Fishing Report - 07/8/05

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

WILL BRUNE AND FRIEND BO NORRIS, BOTH FROM MAINE, FISHED WITH US THIS WEEK.  WILL WAS JUST HERE WITH ONE OF MIKE AUGAT'S GROUPS LAST MARCH.  HE HAS CHARTERS BOOKED AGAIN IN 2006 AND 2007.  IF YOU SAID, "WILL WAS ON FIRE FOR FISHING PANAMA," YOU WOULD BE CORRECT.  WILL IS INTO THE POPPER FISHING HERE IN PANAMA AND WANTED TO INTRODUCE BO TO SOME OF THIS EXPLOSIVE FISHING ACTION.  AFTER THE FIRST DAY BO TOLD ME, "THIS IS NOT QUITE LIKE CATCHING A TROUT IN MAINE."

ALSO FISHING WITH US THIS WEEK WAS THE FAMILY OF EBEN AND DIANNE HUSTON WITH THEIR TWO TEENAGERS, ARRON HUSTON AND ALICIA CROTEAU. THEY ARE FROM ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND BERWICK, MAINE. EBEN WAS HERE TO CATCH HIS FIRST BLACK MARLIN.

NEXT THERE WAS FERNANDO OLTRA AND HIS SON BORJA FROM THE BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE CITY OF MARRELLA, SPAIN.  THEY WERE HERE TO TRY THE "POPPER" FISHING COMBINED WITH THE BOTTOM JIGGING THAT THIS AREA IS FAMOUS FOR.

EBEN AND FAMILY, FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MACHO AT HANNIBAL BANK, FOUND THEIR BLACK MARLIN.  IN FACT THEY CAUGHT FOUR BLACK MARLIN IN ONE DAY ALONG WITH TWO SAILFISH, A DORADO AND A YELLOWFIN TUNA.  THREE OF THE MARLIN WERE SUCCESSFULLY RELEASED BUT ONE DIDN'T MAKE IT,  SO IT WENT TO HELP FEED THE GIRLS AT THE ORPHANAGE IN DAVID. THIS FISH WEIGHTED 537 LBS AND CAPTAIN MACHO SAID THEY RELEASED ONE FISH THAT WAS LARGER. QUITE THE DAY FOR A GUY THAT HAS NEVER CAUGHT A MARLIN BEFORE!

FERNANDO AND BORJA HAD EXCELLENT FISHING THIS WEEK WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN SERIGO. THEY RELEASED OVER TWENTY PLUS FISH MOST DAYS, ALL CAUGHT EITHER POPPING OR JIGGING. THEY ALSO KEPT SOME NICE AMBER JACKS, GROUPERS AND CUBERAS. ON THE YELLOWFIN TUNA THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH DOZENS OF FOOTBALL SIZED TUNA UP TO 40 LBS, ALL ON POPPERS. FERNANDO, WHO HAS FISHED ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOW CALLS PANAMA, "THE PARADISE OF FISHING."

WILL AND BO ENJOYED GREAT TOPWATER ACTION WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO.  THEY SAID, "WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOOKED-UP ONCE FOR ABOUT EVERY TEN CAST."  WHEN WILL WAS LAST HERE IN MARCH THEY CAUGHT LOTS OF JACKS WITH CUBERAS MIXED IN.  NOW IN JUNE IT WAS JUST REVERSED WITH LOTS OF CUBERAS HITTING THE POPPER AND VERY FEW JACKS.  WILL TOLD ME, "THE FISH WERE HITTING SO FAST WE HAD TO FIGHT THEM OFF WITH A STICK." NEXT IT WAS OFF TO HANNIBAL BANK FOR BLACK MARLIN,  THEY HOOKED TWO, RELEASED ONE, THE WEIGHT GUESSED AT 400 LBS, AND HAD THE LINE BREAK RIGHT AT THE BOAT ON ANOTHER.

HERE IT IS THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE, IN THE RAINY SEASON, AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE BEST FISHING WE HAVE HAD ALL YEAR.  BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER PESCA PANAMA FISHING REPORT FOR SOME TIME.  WE ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF FOR VACATIONS AND TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS. I DO HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE FISHING REPORTS THAT TRAVIS AND I HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER.  I KNOW I HAVE REALLY ENJOY PUTTING THEM TOGETHER. WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF ANGLERS WE HAVE HAD FISHING WITH US THIS YEAR AND WHAT A GREAT PLACE THIS IS TO GO FISHING. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN


FERNANDO CONNECTS WITH A CUBERA SNAPPER


BIG BLACK MARLIN SHOWING HIS STUFF


BO AND A BRIGHT AMBER JACK


WILL AND ONE OF HIS MANY CUBERAS


WILL WITH A WILY ROOSTERFISH


ALICIA SMILES, WHILE HOOKED-UP TO A BLACK MARLIN, WHILE
CAPTAIN MACHO LOOKS ON


MATE CARLOS HEFTS A HEAVY CUBERA FOR DIANNE


EAT ME! YELLOWFIN TUNA LOVE YO-ZURI GT BULL


BORJA ADMIRES A BEAUTIFUL BROOMTAIL GROUPER


MATE TATIN AND BO SHOW-OFF A SAIL

JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS

WHY BOWLING IS BETTER THAN FISHING!
BY CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A BOAT TO GO BOWLING
YOU DON'T NEED A BAD ASS, 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO PULL YOUR BOWLING BALL
YOU NEVER GET RAINED ON AND YOU NEVER GET WET WHILE BOWLING
YOU NEVER GET SUN BURNED WHILE BOWLING
IT'S NEVER TOO WINDY TO GO BOWLING
NO ONE EVER GOT SEA SICK WHILE BOWLING
NO ONE EVER DROWNED WHILE BOWLING
YOU CAN'T GET ARRESTED FOR NOT HAVING A "BOWLING LICENSE"
YOU NEVER GET TOO COLD OR TOO HOT WHILE BOWLING
BOWLERS DO NOT GET ATTACKED BY HORDES OF BITING INSECTS
BOWLERS DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TIE ALL THOSE CONFUSING KNOTS
BOWLERS NEVER GET A HOOK STUCK IN THEM
YOU ALWAYS HAVE COLD BEER AND HOT FOOD NEARBY WHEN BOWLING
YOU DON'T NEED ELECTRONICS T0 FIND THE 10 PINS, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE
YOU ONLY NEED ONE BOWLING BALL, NOT DOZENS OF ROD AND REELS
UNLIKE RODS AND REELS, A BOWLING BALL NEVER BREAKS
EVERY TIME YOU THROW A BOWLING BALL IT COMES BACK, NOT LIKE THE DOZENS OF LURES YOU HAVE THROWN AND LOST
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE MOON PHASE TO BOWL
BOWLERS AREN'T CONCERNED WITH THE TIDES
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE, "RULES OF THE ROAD," TO BOWL
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR CLOTHES WITH FISH OR TACKLE LOGOS ON THEM
AND BEST OF ALL, THEY GIVE YOU SHOES