Fishing Report - 09/15/07

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

PESCA PANAMA'S "BARGE" WAS OUT ON THE BRINY, BLUE SEA THIS WEEK WITH ANOTHER BUNCH OF BOYS FROM BRAZIL. THESE ANGLERS WERE HOSTED BY ROBERTO VERAS OF PESCAVENTURA TURISMO AND HENRY RIGGS-MILLER OF BILLFISH PRO TRAVEL CONSULTANTS. THE ANGLERS INCLUDED; VALDIR MILANI, JOAO LUIZ FERNANDES, CARLOS ALBERTO MOTA, ALEXSANDER MALAFAIA, JOHNNY HOFFMAN, ANDRES MORALES, REGINALDO SOUZA, MIGUEL HADAD, FABIO REZENDE BARBOSA, JOSE RONALDO BIGATAO, AND JOSE LUIS DOS REIS.

THESE ANGLERS ARE INTO JIGGING AND THIS IS HOW THEY SPENT MOST OF THEIR WEEK. ALL THE ANGLERS BROUGHT SEVERAL OF THEIR FAVORITE JIGGING RODS AND REELS AND MANY OF THEM BROUGHT THE DAIWA ELECTRIC JIGGING REELS THAT WE HAVE REPORTED ON BEFORE. THE JIGS REALLY PRODUCED WHEN IT CAME TO CATCHING THE "REEF DONKEYS."

SALTWATER POPPING WAS ALSO HIGH ON THE LIST OF FISHING ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK. SEVERAL BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS IN THE SIXTY POUND RANGE WERE CAUGHT. NUMEROUS LARGE ROOSTERFISH WERE TAKEN ON POPPERS AND ALSO LIVE BAIT. A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER FISH WERE CAUGHT ON EITHER THE JIGS OR THE POPPERS INCLUDING; JACK CREVALLE, BLUE JACK, GOLDEN JACK, FORTUNE JACK, HORSE EYED JACK, AMBERJACK, POMPANO, BROOMTAIL GROUPER, SPOTTED GROUPER, SIERRA MACKEREL, RED SNAPPER, ROCK SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, YELLOW SNAPPER, BARRACUDA, HAMMERHEAD SHARK, RAINBOW RUNNER AND WAHOO.

THOUGH THIS GROUP WERE REALLY NOT INTO OFFSHORE FISHING THREE BLACK MARLIN WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED AND WE MISSED HOOKING SEVERAL MORE. THE WATER ON THE HANNIBAL BANK WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND OUR CAPTAINS COULDN'T RESIST GIVING IT A TRY WHEN THEY WERE IN THE AREA. SEVERAL NICE DORADO WERE ALSO CAUGHT AS THEY ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP IN THE AREA. A FEW YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 20 TO 40 OB RANGE WERE ALSO TAKEN ON POPPERS.

THE SEA CONDITIONS THIS WEEK WERE GOOD WITH SOME DAYS NEAR FLAT CALM AND OTHER DAYS THE SEAS WERE ROUGHER WITH THE WAVES RUNNING FOUR TO SIX FEET. WATER TEMPERATURE WAS GREAT FOR THIS AREA AS IT WAS REGISTERING 8O TO 83 DEGREES. WE DEFINITELY HAD OUR SHARE OF RAIN THIS WEEK BUT WE ALSO CAUGHT OUR SHARE OF FISH. IN FACT WE WERE THE ONLY BOATS FISHING COIBA ISLAND AREA AND HANNIBAL BANK. IT WAS AS IF YOU OWNED THE OCEAN. YOU HAD TO LOVE IT!

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN



LOOKS LIKE CARLOS WAS DRESSED TO CATCH THIS RED SNAPPER


JOAO WITH A GOOD SIZED BROOMTAIL GROUPER HE CAUGHT ON A JIG


JOHNNY WITH A GOLDEN JACK


ANDRES WITH A ROOSTERFISH CAUGHT AT COIBA ISLAND


GOT TO LOVE THOSE ROOTERFISH


JOSE LUIS WITH A BEAUTIFUL BLUE JACK


JOSE RONALDO AND A CUBERA WITH A MOUTH FULL OF TEETH


JOSE LUIS, JOSE RONALDO AND VALDIR WITH ONE OF THE ROOSTERFISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK


MIGAL WITH AN AMBERJACK AKA "REEF DONKEY" CAUGHT ON THE JIG


ROBERTO WITH A BROOMTAIL GROUPER