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Fishing Report - 01/16/12
THE WEEK CONTINUED WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO'S ONCE AGAIN FINDING THE YELLOWFIN FEEDING AROUND ISLA MONTUOSA. THESE WERE TUNA IN THE 100 LB RANGE. IT WAS DEFINITELY A CUBERA SNAPPER/ROOSTERFISH SHOW THIS WEEK. WHEN THE FINAL TALLY WAS MADE WE HAD CAUGHT JUST SHY OF 300 FISH THIS WEEK.
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Fishing Report - 01/09/12
THE FIRST DAY'S CATCH GAVE OUR ANGLERS A TASTE OF WHAT THE WEEK HAD IN STORE FOR THEM. OUR ANGLERS CAUGHT AN AMAZING VARIETY OF FISH. CAPTAIN TITO'S ANGLERS, MIKE AND TED, RELEASED THE FIRST BLACK MARLIN CAUGHT ON THE TRIP. IT WAS AN ESTIMATED TO WEIGH IN THE 400 LB RANGE.
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Fishing Report - 12/12/11
A REAL MIXED BAG OF INSHORE FISH THIS WEEK. OUR WATER HAD CLEARED UP FROM LAST WEEK AND I THINK THIS HELPED HELPED THE INSHORE FISHING. LOTS OF ROOSTERS, CUBERA SNAPPERS, MULLET SNAPPERS AND AMBERJACK WERE INCLUDED IN THE 17 DIFFERENT SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK.
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Fishing Report - 12/05/11
SEVERAL CATCH OF BIG YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE THE SURPRISE THIS WEEK. THE TUNA WERE FOUND FEEDING RIGHT ON TOP OF HANNIBAL BANK. THE BRAZILIAN ANGLERS REMARKED HOW GREAT OF FIGHTING FISH THE YELLOWFIN TUNA IS COMPARED TO THE FISH THEY ARE USED TO CATCHING IN THE RIVER OF BRAZIL.
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Fishing Report - 09/12/11
With the beginning of Pesca Panama’s season fast approaching, it is time for us to let you know what we have been doing since our last charter in July. The crew in Panama has been busy preparing for this season so that when our fishermen arrive – we will be in tip top shape.
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Fishing Report - 07/03/11
TUNA WERE STILL ON TAP THIS WEEK. WE CAUGHT TUNA FROM MONTUOSA ISLAND TO JICARON ISLAND. THOUGH THE YELLOWFIN BITE IS STARTING TO TAPER OFF WE WERE STILL ABLE TO MAKE SOME NICE CATCHES. MOST OF THE FISH WERE IN THE 60 TO 100 LB RANGE WITH SEVERAL 200 LB PLUS TUNA BEING THE LARGEST CAUGHT THIS WEEK.
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Fishing Report - 06/26/11
IT IS ALMOST THE END OF JUNE AND WE STILL HAVE A GOOD TUNA BITE GOING ON. MOST OF THE YELLOWFIN ACTION WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF HANNIBAL BANK WHEN IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THERE WERE A FEW SMALLER YELLOWFIN IN THE 25 TO 40 LB CLASS CAUGHT BUT MOST OF THE TUNA WERE IN THE 80 TO 12O LB RANGE.
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Fishing Report - 06/21/11
WE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING CATCHES THIS WEEK. THE YELLOWFIN TUNA BITE IS FALLING OFF WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. JICARON AND JICARITA ISLAND PROVIDE A GREAT DAY OF FISHING. WE HAD GOOD FISHING WEATHER THIS WEEK WITH NOT TOO MUCH RAIN AND VERY LITTLE WIND.
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Fishing Report - 06/05/11
THIS WEEK, YELLOWFIN TUNA ARE STILL IN OUR FISHING AREA. THE VARIETY OF INSHORE SPECIES CAUGHT INCLUDED, ROOSTERFISH, CUBERA SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, ROCK SNAPPER, RAINBOW RUNNER, JACK CREVALLE, BLUE TREVALLE, AMBERJACK, SIERRA MACKEREL, CABRILLO, BROOMTAIL GROUPER AND WAHOO.
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Fishing Report - 05/29/11
MOST OF THE TUNA WERE RUNNING IN THE 80 TO 120 CLASS AND WE ENDED THE DAY CATCHING 26 YELLOWFIN WITH A HAND FULL OF DORADO MIXED IN. THE LARGEST TUNA OF THE WEEK WEIGHED AROUND 150 LBS. INSHORE FISHING WAS ALSO PRODUCING GOOD CATCHES WITH SOME BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WHICH WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED.
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Fishing Report - 05/23/11
SCHOOLS OF TUNA WERE SOON ENCOUNTERED AROUND MONTUOSA ISLAND. THE YELLOWFINS CAME CRASHING DOWN ON THE POPPERS. WE LOST THE EXACT COUNT DURING THE ACTION BUT ENDED UP WITH OVER 35 YELLOWFIN TUNA FOR THE DAY. MOST WERE IN THE 80 TO 120 LB CLASS.
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Fishing Report - 05/15/11
THE YELLOWFIN WERE HITTING POPPERS THIS WEEK. MOST OF THE FISH WOULD WEIGH IN THE 80 TO 100 CLASS BUT PETER LANDED THE LARGEST TUNA, 180 LBS, CAUGHT ON A POPPER. MIKE LANDED THE LARGEST "REEF DONKEY" ESTIMATED AT 75 LBS. SEVERAL DORADO WERE ALSO CAUGHT THIS WEEK ALONG WITH SOME BIG RAINBOW RUNNERS.
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Fishing Report - 05/08/11
THE FURIOUS TUNA ACTION FORM THE PREVIOUS WEEK HAD STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, THOUGH A LOT OF YELLOWFIN WERE CAUGHT. CATCHES OF DORADO WERE MADE THIS WEEK AS THE FISH ARE STARTING TO GATHER AROUND THE LOGS THAT THE SPRING RAINS ARE WASHING DOWN OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. THIS SHOULD START TO INCREASE EVEN MORE.
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Fishing Report - 05/01/11
THE DEEP COBALT BLUE SURROUNDING ISLA MONTUOSA THIS WEEK WAS THE PLACE TO CATCH YELLOWFIN TUNA. THE TUNA SEEMED A LITTLE LARGER THAN LAST WEEK'S FISH. WITH MOST OF THE FISH WEIGHING IN BETWEEN 100 AND 150 LBS. THE LARGEST TUNA WEIGHED IN AT 200 LBS. TOTAL YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT THIS WEEK WAS 210!
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Fishing Report - 04/24/11
IT WAS FIVE DAYS OF THE MOST AWESOME TOPWATER TUNA ACTION YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE! THIRTEEN ANGLERS AND AN AMAZING TOTAL OF 568 YELLOWFIN TUNA. OVER HALF WERE IN THE 50 TO 100 LB CLASS. NOW HERE COMES THE INCREDIBLE PART. ALL THE YELLOWFIN WERE CAUGHT ON TOPWATER USING POPPERS AND SPINNING TACKLE!
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Fishing Report - 04/17/11
GOOD TUNA ACTION WAS FOUND HALF WAY BETWEEN ISLA LADRONES TO MONTUOSA ISLAND AND THEN ON OUT TO HANNIBAL BANK. THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF FISHING PROVIDED SOME GREAT POPPING ACTION AS 91 TUNA WERE CAUGHT TO FIRST DAY AND 141 TUNA WERE LANDED THE SECOND DAY.
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Fishing Report - 04/10/11
THE YELL0WFIN WERE BEING PICKY EATERS THE FIRST DAY OUT AND OUR ANGLERS HAD TO WORK FOR THE FISH THEY CAUGHT. BUT FOR YOUNG CHRIS KRAUSGRILL, WHO HAD NEVER CAUGHT A TUNA BEFORE, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS AN, "OLE TUNA PRO." HE LANDED BOTH A 220 LB AND A 285 LB TUNA THE FIRST DAY OUT!
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Fishing Report - 04/04/11
THE SEA WAS BOILING WITH SCHOOLS OF HUNGRY YELLOWFIN TUNA AND OUR ANGLERS JUMPED INTO ACTION AND STARTED REELING THEM IN. ALONG WITH THE FANTASTIC TUNA BITE, OUR INSHORE ACTION THIS WEEK WAS PRODUCING CATCHES OF BIG ROOSTERFISH, CUBERA SNAPPERS, AMBERJACK AND GROUPERS.
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Fishing Report - 03/27/11
THE SEA WAS FULL OF TUNA. THIS TIME THEY WERE NOT PICKY EATERS. NO MATTER WHAT YOU THREW TO THEM, THEY ATE IT. WHILE SOME TIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND CAST WITH A POPPER TO GET A HIT, DAVE SAID HE WAS JUST DANGLING HIS POPPER IN THE WATER PREPARING TO MAKE A CAST AND A YELLOWFIN HIT IT.
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Fishing Report - 03/19/11
DAY TWO AND IT WAS OFF TO MONTUOSA ISLAND WHERE THE TUNA WERE RUNNING IN HUGE SCHOOLS AND GET THIS, THEY WERE FEEDING ON ANYTHING YOU PUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE YELLOWFIN BITE WAS WIDE OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN THEY SOUNDED. BUT IN THAT TWO HOURS OUR ANGLERS LANDED 32 YELLOWFIN IN THE 60 TO 120 RANGE.
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Fishing Report - 03/14/11
BLUE WATER BROUGHT IN BY STRONG CURRENTS COVERED OUR FISHING GROUNDS THIS WEEK. WITH IT CAME SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL OF YELLOWFIN TUNA. TUNA WERE TO BE CAUGHT FROM MONTUOSA ISLAND, TO HANNIBAL BANK AND ON SOUTH OF JICRON AND JICARITA ISLAND. THEY WERE THOUSANDS OF THEM. RON SAID, "EVERY WHERE YOU LOOKED THERE WAS ANOTHER OF YELLOWFIN TUNA."
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Fishing Report - 03/06/11
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THE FIRST DAY WE CAUGHT 11 YELLOWFIN TUNA FROM 20 TO 120 LBS AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER FISH. ON THE SECOND DAY OUR ANGLERS HAD CAUGHT AND MOSTLY RELEASED 115 GAME FISH, 47 OF THEM WERE YELLOWFIN TUNA. WE HAD ALSO CAUGHT 14 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH NOT COUNTING OUR VARIOUS BAIT FISH.
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Fishing Report - 02/27/11
WE HAD SOME HUGE CUBERA SNAPPERS CAUGHT AND RELEASED THIS WEEK. WE ALSO CAUGHT QUITE A FEW BIG POMPANO WITH IS UNUSUAL. THE JIGS PRODUCED LOTS OF HOOK-UPS ON AMBERJACK AND WELL AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES OF GROUPERS. EVEN WITH THE GREEN WATER AND THE FISHING ACTION SLOWER THAN NORMAL WE STILL CAUGHT AND RELEASED OVER 300 FISH THIS WEEK!
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Fishing Report - 02/20/11
THE FINAL COUNT WAS OVER 65 JACKS OF ALL KINDS CAUGHT AND RELEASED THIS DAY. THERE WERE AMBERJACK, JACK CREVALLE, BLUE JACK, HORSE EYE JACK AND FORTUNE JACKS. THEN CAME THE SNAPPER FAMILY; CUBERA, RED, YELLOW, ROCK AND MULLET. THEN ROOSTERFISH, SIERRA MACKEREL, RAINBOW RUNNERS AND DORADO. YOU COULD SAY, "THE INSHORE BITE WAS ON IN THE ISLANDS!"
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Fishing Report - 02/13/11
THE HUGE TUNA ATTACKED THE BAIT AND THE CIRCLE HOOK WORKED JUST LIKE THEY SAY IN THE BOOK. DIDONISIO FOUGHT THE FISH ON STAND-UP GEAR THROUGH A EXCITING FIGHT THAT ENDED WITH THE TUNA IN THE BOAT AND WEIGHING IN AT 317 LBS. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, SO FAR THIS IS OUR LARGEST YELLOWFIN TUNA OF THE SEASON.
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Fishing Report - 02/06/11
IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING THE PESCA PANAMA FISHING REPORTS YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A GOOD FISHING YEAR. WELL THAT ALL CHANGED THIS WEEK! A STRONG OFFSHORE CURRENT PUSHED CRYSTAL BLUE WATER INTO OUR FISHING AREA AND THE FISHING GOT EVEN BETTER. THE FISHING, "EXPLODED."
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Fishing Report - 01/31/11
LOTS OF XXL CUBERA SNAPPER WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK. THE ROOSTERFISH WHERE HERE TO BE CAUGHT AND WERE ATTACKING TOP WATER LURES. ADD IN THE ROOSTERFISH, HORSE EYED JACKS, JACK CREVALLE, BLUE TREVALLE, FORTUNE JACKS, AMBERJACK AND THREE BIG WHITE TIP SHARKS AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF FISHING ACTION GOING ON.
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Fishing Report - 01/23/11
THE BAIT TANK WAS LOADED WITH "LIVIES" AND FRESH CAUGHT LOBSTER TAILS WERE A BOILING IN THE POT. THE WIND WAS CALM AND THE SEA HAD JUST A RIPPLE. I WAS WONDERING, "HOW MUCH BETTER CAN IT GET THAN THIS?" WELL, THIS WEEKS ANGLERS WERE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
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Fishing Report - 01/16/11
THE WEATHER AND SEAS CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL THIS WEEK. SEAS WERE CALM AND THE WEATHER WAS NOT TOO HOT AND EVEN FRESH AND A LITTLE COOL IN THE EVENING. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE EVEN FELT A SMALL SHIVER RUN DOWN MY SPINE ONE TIME. BUT THAT MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN FROM REALIZING HOW LUCKY I WAS TO BE HERE.
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Fishing Report - 01/09/11
OUR ANGLERS HAD A PRETTY SPICY WEEK OF FISHING AS WE LANDED 26 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH. THE TUNA BITE WAS NOT ON BUT WE CAUGHT A COUPLE OF NICE YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 160 TO 180 LB RANGE. SEVERAL BIG DORADO WERE ALSO BROUGHT TO THE DINNER TABLE. BUT THE BIGGEST NEWS WAS THE NUMBER OF COLOSSAL SIZED CUBERA SNAPPERS THAT WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED.
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Fishing Report - 12/11/10
THE MONTH OF DECEMBER CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL FISHING WEATHER I THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN. YOU COULD EVEN DESCRIBE IT AS "BALMY." ON TOP OF THE GOOD WEATHER WE ARE ENJOYING SOME GREAT FISHING. POPPING AND LIVE BAITING INSHORE IS WERE WE ARE STILL CATCHING MOST OF OUR FISH.
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Fishing Report - 12/04/10
THERE ARE TWO THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY WEEK, SUNSHINE AND EAGER ANGLERS. THIS WEEK WE HAD BOTH! WE HAD FANTASTIC WEATHER ALL WEEK, A LITTLE RAIN, A LITTLE WIND AND THE MOST DELICIOUS AIR AND DELIGHTFUL TEMPERATURE ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR.
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Fishing Report - 11/27/10
THE FISHING WAS GOOD RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE TRIP. CUBERA SNAPPERS ON POPPERS AND AMBERJACKS ON LIVE BAIT KEPT THESE ANGLERS BENT OVER THE RAIL FOR MOST OF THE TRIP. THE FIRST WORDS IF EXCLAMATION I HEARD FROM THEM WAS, "I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH IN ONE PLACE IN MY LIFE."
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Fishing Report - 11/20/10
NICE CATCHES OF WAHOO ADDED TO THE FISHING ACTION THIS WEEK. TWO OF OUR FAVORITE LOCATIONS TO FISH FOR WAHOO, JICRON ISLAND AND WAHOO ROCK, WERE WHERE WE FOUND THE MOST WAHOO SCHOOLED UP. MOST OF THE WAHOO CAUGHT WERE IN THE 40 LB RANGE WITH A 70 LB WAHOO BEING THE LARGEST.
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Fishing Report - 11/13/10
NOVEMBER 13, 2010 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF PESCA PANAMA'S 2010-2011 FISHING SEASON. AFTER TWELVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF FISHING THIS MOST INTERESTING AREA WE ARE STILL CHALLENGED AND ENCHANTED BY ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE FISHING AREAS TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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Fishing Report - 09/24/10
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT JANUARY IS CONSIDERED THE START OF THE "HIGH FISHING SEASON" IN PANAMA AND "PRIME FISHING TIME IN THE TROPICS." DUE TO THE ECONOMY, OUR BOOKINGS FOR THIS JANUARY HAVE LEFT SOME OPENINGS, SO WE'RE OFFERING THE REMAINING JANUARY DATES AT A REDUCED PRICE TO GET THEM FILLED.
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Fishing Report - 08/20/10
LAST WEEKEND SOME OF THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT "HIGHER UPS" CHARTERED TWO PESCA PANAMA FISHING BOATS, COMPLETE WITH CAPTAINS, MATES, FUEL AND TACKLE TO MEET THEM FOR TWO DAYS OF FISHING AROUND COIBA ISLAND... THEY WERE GOING TO BE HELICOPTERING IN AND LANDING AT THE RANGER STATION.
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Fishing Report - 07/03/10
USING THE LIVE BAIT COMBINED WITH CASTING TOP WATER PLUGS OUR ANGLERS WE ABLE TO LAND 19 ROOSTERFISH., ALONG WITH ALL KINDS OF SNAPPER AND JACKS, YELLOWFIN TUNA, WAHOO AND SEVERAL 100 TO 150 LB HAMMERHEAD SHARKS. JIGGING WAS ALSO PRODUCTIVE. THEN THERE WAS THE DOUBLE HOOK-UP ON BLACK MARLIN...
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Fishing Report - 06/19/10
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SPEND A SPECIAL FATHERS' DAY THAN TO TAKE YOUR SONS FISHING. USUALLY BY THIS TIME OF YEAR THE YELLOWFIN TUNA HAVE MOVED ON SOME OTHER UNKNOWN LOCATION AND OUR ANGLERS ATTENTION TURNS TO CATCHING OTHER SPECIES. WELL THIS WAS NOT THE CASE THIS WEEK AT HANNIBAL BANK!
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Fishing Report - 05/22/10
THOUGH THE MARINE FORECAST WAS CALLING FOR A BIG OCEAN SWELL THIS WEEK, THE SUN WAS SHINING WHEN I MET THIS WEEK'S ANGLERS FROM BRAZIL. AS BAD AS THE WEATHER WAS OUR ANGLERS WERE PRODUCING GOOD CATCHES THAT INCLUDED; WAHOO, CUBERA SNAPPER, RED SNAPPER, YELLOW SNAPPER, AMBERJACK, BLUE JACK AND JACK CREVALLE.
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Fishing Report - 05/08/10
WE WERE TIED TO THE DOCK THIS WEEK FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED R & R (REST AND REPAIRS) HERE AT PESCA PANAMA. WE ARE ALL RESTED AND READY TO GO FISHING NEXT WEEK WITH 15 ANGLERS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY ARE WANTING TO GET IN ON THE HOT TUNA BITE THAT HAS BEEN GOING OFF IN PANAMA.
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Fishing Report - 04/24/10
BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WERE BEING CAUGHT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. DORADO AND SAILFISH WERE IN THE DRIFT LINES. BUT THE BIG NEWS WAS THE BIG TUNA CAUGHT. 9 TUNA BETWEEN 100-150 LBS, 2 TUNA IN THE 200 PLUS RANGE, ONE OF WHICH ROBERT JR CAUGHT ON A POPPER AND OUR BIGGEST YELLOWFIN EVER. A WHOPPING 322 LBS.
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Fishing Report - 04/17/10
IN 5 DAYS A TOTAL OF 610 TUNA HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOAT. MOST WERE UNDER 25 LBS AND THE LARGEST WAS 140 POUNDS. THE BEST NEWS IS, MOST OF THESE FISH ARE STILL ALIVE, SWIMMING AROUND, FEEDING AND GETTING BIGGER FOR THE NEXT TIME WE MEET.
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Fishing Report - 04/10/10
IT WAS AND INSHORE FISHING SHOW THIS WEEK. AGAIN, BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WERE THE MAIN ATTRACTION. SCHOOLS OF SMALL YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE ACTIVELY ATTACKING POPPERS. THE NIGHT FISHING FROM THE BARGE JUST ABOUT WORE THE ANGLERS OUT. IT WAS A FUN WEEK TO BE FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA!
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Fishing Report - 04/03/10
THE TUNA WERE ACTIVELY HITTING TOP WATER BAITS AND OUR ANGLERS WERE ABLE TO LAND A TOTAL OF 46 YELLOWFIN TUNA. BIG AMBERJACKS WERE ALSO HITTING JIGS GOOD THIS WEEK, PRODUCING SOME KNEE BUCKLING STRIKES. WE HAD SO MANY INTERESTING PHOTOS THIS WEEK THAT WE ARE FEATURING A SPECIAL EXTENDED PHOTO ALBUM!
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Fishing Report - 03/27/10
THE YELLOWFIN TUNA BITE AT MONTUOSA CONTINUES. THE OCEAN IS FULL OF TUNA CRASHING INTO HUGE SCHOOLS OF BAIT THAT ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE BECOMING PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN. CAPTAIN TOMMY'S ANGLERS HAD ONE OF THE BEST DAYS WHEN THEY LANDED 30 YELLOWFIN THAT INCLUDED A 230 LB TUNA!
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Fishing Report - 03/20/10
WE HAD OUTSTANDING YELLOWFIN TUNA ACTION. I CAN NOT INCLUDE ALL THE TUNA STORIES FROM THIS WEEK IN THIS FISHING REPORT, THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY. CATCHING BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WAS ALSO HIGH ON THE LIST OF FISH CAUGHT. WE ARE STILL IN THE TUNA, SNAPPER PATTERN. WE HAVE SOME GREAT PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK!
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Fishing Report - 03/19/10
THE YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHING IS STILL HEADING UP THE MAJORITY OF THE OFFSHORE FISHING ACTION. BIG TUNA BOILS ARE BEING ENCOUNTERED FROM BETWEEN THE SECAS ISLANDS AND ISLA MONTUOSA, ON TOP OF HANNIBAL BANK AND SOUTH TO JICARON ISLAND. YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE BIG SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN ARE GOING TO BE FOUND AS THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM.
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Fishing Report - 03/06/10
MONDAY MORNING AND ALL THE BOATS HEADED TO HANNIBAL BANK WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS. ON THEIR WAY OUT THEY ENCOUNTERED SMALL POCKETS OF PORPOISE, BIRDS AND TUNA, BUT THE REAL ACTION WOULDN'T START UNTIL THEY GOT OUT PAST THE BANK. THERE THEY ENCOUNTERED A TUNA BOIL THAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST EXPERIENCED ANGLERS WEAK IN THE KNEES!
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Fishing Report - 02/27/10
THIS WEEK WE HAD WHAT I WOULD SAY WAS GOOD TUNA FISHING AND GREAT INSHORE FISHING. THE MULLET SNAPPER THIS WEEK WERE UNBELIEVABLE. WE GOT TO SEE THE FAMOUS "RED HORDE" 3 TIMES THIS WEEK AS SCHOOLS OF MULLET SNAPPER AND JACK CREVALLE ROSE TO THE SURFACE FEEDING AT HANNIBAL BANK AND MONTUOSA ISLAND.
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Fishing Report - 02/20/10
THIS WAS THE WEEK FOR CATCHING AND RELEASING BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS. SEVERAL BIG ROOSTERFISH WERE ALSO CAUGHT AND RELEASED. OUR THANKS TO THIS WEEK'S FISHERMEN FOR A VERY ENJOYABLE WEEK. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF FISHING EXCITEMENT TO EXPECT WHEN FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA!
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Fishing Report - 02/13/10
THE CUBERA SNAPPERS MUST HAVE BEEN CONSPIRING IN THEIR UNDERWATER CAVERNS FOR THE CHANCE TO MAKE AN ALL OUT CHARGE! FOR THIS WAS THE WEEK WHEN THE BIG CUBERAS DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CHALLENGE PESCA PANAMA'S ANGLERS AT EVERY CHANCE THEY HAD!
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Fishing Report - 02/06/10
AFTER THE SLOW FISHING AND GREEN WATER WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE CRYSTAL CLEAR BLUE WATER AND BIRD ACTIVITY AT LADRONES ISLAND. AFTER FISHING FOR FIVE MINUTES GARY AND TERRY HOOKED INTO THE FIRST OF 9 SAILFISH THAT WERE LANDED THAT AFTERNOON.
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Fishing Report - 01/30/10
THE THE SEA WAS ALIVE WITH DIVING BIRDS, LOTS OF SEA TURTLES, JUMPING PORPOISE AND SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA. THE TUNA WERE FINICKY AND NOT JUMPING ON POPPERS, JIGS, OR LIVE BAIT. OF ALL THINGS THEY WANTED THE OLD TUNA STAND BY, THE "CEDAR PLUG". SEVERAL OF THE BOATS WERE ABLE TO LAND TUNA IN THE 120 TO 150 POUND RANGE.
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Fishing Report - 01/23/10
LOTS OF BIG FISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK, LOTS OF BIG FISH RELEASED THIS WEEK AND SOME BIG FISH MISSED THIS WEEK. WE HAD OUR HIGH POINTS AND SOME LOW POINTS. BUT ALL THE TIME WE WERE MAKING FISHING STORIES THAT CAN BE TOLD OVER AND OVER WHILE SITTING AROUND THE BAR AND THE BEST PART IS THE MORE YOU DRINK THE BIGGER THE FISH GET.
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Fishing Report - 01/16/10
THE TRIP GOT STARTED OF QUICKLY WHEN JUST OFFSHORE FROM LADRONES THE CREW ENCOUNTERED FLOCKS OF BIRDS, PORPOISE, AND TUNA FEEDING ON HUGE SCHOOLS OF SARDINES. THERE WAS SOME NICE CATCHES CAPPED OF WITH A 90 LB FISH ON TOPWATER BY MARK ROY AND PHIL BITELLO'S FIRST EVER PACIFIC SAILFISH.
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Fishing Report - 01/09/10
WHERE WE ONCE MEASURED OUR TIME SPENT FISHING IN HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS AND YEARS. WE CAN NOW COUNT IT IN DECADES. THE YEAR 2010 MARKS THE START OF OUR 11TH YEAR OF FISHING IN PANAMA. WHEN WE FIRST DECIDED TO START FISHING THIS AREA WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA HOW GREAT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
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Fishing Report - 12/05/09
WOW, WHAT A WEEK OF FISHING! BLACK AND BLUE MARLIN, YELLOWFIN TUNA, DORADO, ROOSTERFISH AND BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS. THE FISH WERE HERE, THE SEAS WERE CALM AND THE COMPANY WAS GREAT. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. WE HOPE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU FISHING WITH US IN THE FUTURE.
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Fishing Report - 11/28/09
RETURNING TO PANAMA IS MORE OF A HOMECOMING THAN A FISHING TRIP TO ME. ANYONE RETURNING TO FISH WITH JAY AND THE PESCA PANAMA CREW WOULD AGREE THAT STEPPING ONTO THE BARGE IS NOT DIFFERENT THAN VISITING OLD FRIENDS. PAST FISHING MEMORIES AND NEW ANTICIPATIONS COMBINE TOGETHER IN THE EXCITEMENT OF THE TRIP TO COME.
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Fishing Report - 11/21/09
TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT, THE CREW OF PESCA PANAMA WAS PUMPED AS WE STARTED OUR 2009-2010 FISHING SEASON. OUR FLOATING HOME, "THE BARGE," IS IN THE BEST SHAPE IT HAS EVER BEEN IN. ALL FIVE OF THE OCEAN MASTER BOATS HAVE BEEN DETAILED OUT AND LOOK GREAT. ADD IN $20,000 IN NEW RODS, REELS, RADIOS, TERMINAL TACKLE AND WE ARE READY TO HIT THE WATER.
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Fishing Report - 05/23/09
THIS WEEK THE COBALT BLUE WAHOO WERE CAUGHT IN JUST ABOUT EVERY LOCATION THAT IS KNOWN FOR GOOD WAHOO FISHING. BETWEEN THE TUNA BITE, THE DORADO BITE AND THE WAHOO ARRIVING, IT WAS A WEEK OF FISHING THAT THESE ANGLERS WILL NOT SOON FORGET!
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Fishing Report - 05/16/09
THIS WEEK'S ANGLERS FISHED IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND CALMEST SEAS WE HAVE HAD ALL YEAR. AFTER HOURS OUR BARTENDER WAS POURING THE DRINKS STRONG. A LOT OF JOKES WERE TOLD ALONG WITH SOME GREAT FISHING STORIES. SOME OF THE STORIES WERE OLD AND SOME HAD JUST BEEN MADE!
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Fishing Report - 05/09/09
Out of the gates, the kayakers set the bar pretty high, catching and releasing 8 Roosters, a Cubera and a Jack. Team Tito bagged 2 Yellowfin and 8 Dorado's for Danny and Corby. Team Lucho gaffed 2 Yellowfin, 1 Leopard Grouper, 1 Jack and 1 Rooster. Team Kili boated 5 Yellowfin, 1 Rooster and 1 Jack. Team Carlos not to be out done finished the day with 4 Yellowfin, 1 weighing in at 80 Lbs.
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Fishing Report - 05/02/09
IT WAS OFF THE BEACH AND BACK ON THE WATER AS PESCA PANAMA WAS BACK IN FULL FISHING MODE THIS WEEK. NEAR PUNTA ANEGADA, ANGLERS LANDED SIX YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 60 TO 100 POUND CLASS, MOST OF THEM CAUGHT ON POPPERS. THEN THEY LANDED A COUPLE OF 50 POUND ROOSTERFISH AND A COUPLE OF BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS.
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Fishing Report - 04/30/09
THE BARGE SITS TIED TO THE DOCK AS PESCA PANAMA HAS A WEEK OFF FOR SOME R AND R. AROUND HERE THAT STANDS FOR REPAIR AND REFURBISH! THE CAPTAINS ARE BUSY GOING THROUGH THEIR TACKLE, SORTING OUT STUFF THAT HAS LAID WAY TOO LONG IN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR TACKLE BOXES.
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Fishing Report - 04/18/09
CAPTAIN TITO PUT A LARGE CHUNK BAIT ON A CIRCLE HOOK AND SENT IT TO THE BOTTOM. INSTANT HOOK-UP. AFTER AWHILE, A BLACK MARLIN EXPLODED FROM THE WATER RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR BOAT. IT TOOK THE NEXT THREE HOURS TO BRING THE ESTIMATED 350 LB FISH TO THE BOAT. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU TO CATCH NEXT WHEN YOU ARE FISHING IN PANAMA!
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Fishing Report - 04/11/09
A FEW CUBERA SNAPPERS WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK ALONG WITH SOME WAHOO, AMBERJACK, ROCK SNAPPER AND YELLOWFIN TUNA. BUT THE REAL NEWS WAS THE BLACK MARLIN BITE AT HANNIBAL BANK! ONE ANGLER HOOKED INTO ANOTHER BIG MARLIN WHEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE A 400 LB BULL SHARK.
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Fishing Report - 04/04/09
THE DEEP PURPLE WATER AROUND HANNIBAL BANK WAS ALIVE THIS WEEK WITH MARINE LIFE! OUR ANGLERS COULD LOOK DOWN INTO THE TRANSLUCENT WATER AND SEE THE BRILLIANT YELLOW AND BLUE COLORS AS HUGE SCHOOLS TO BIG YELLOWFIN TUNA SWAM BY, WHERE SCOTT LANDED A 226 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT ON A SLOW TROLLED LIVE BONITA.
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Fishing Report - 03/28/09
SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE TO BE FOUND FEEDING AROUND MONTUOSA ISLAND AND HANNIBAL BANK. BLACK MARLIN WERE FEEDING AT HANNIBAL BANK AND ALSO AROUND ISLA LA DRONES. I EXPECT TO SEE OUR NORMALLY GOOD FISHING GET EVEN BETTER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
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Fishing Report - 03/21/09
ON OUR SECOND DAY OF FISHING, 64 YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 40 TO 100 LB RANGE WERE CAUGHT. OUR ANGLERS RELEASED A 250 LB BLACK, A 450 LB BLACK, A 430 LB BLACK AND A 450 LB BLACK. A COUPLE OF OTHER BLACK MARLIN WERE HOOKED DURING THIS TIME FRAME BUT ONE THREW THE HOOK, ANOTHER MANAGED TO SNAP THE MAIN LINE.
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Fishing Report - 03/14/09
We started this week the same way that we ended last week, with a hot Roosterfish bite in the Paridas Islands. You know that there is some fish around when the Roosterfish are eating the Blue Runners off of your Sabiki. One of the best bites of the day came when Mark hooked a Snook on fly which was immediately eaten by a Saltwater Crocodile!
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Fishing Report - 03/07/09
Arriving at Paridas Island on Saturday we encountered blue water and lots of fish activity eight miles out of the river mouth. The guys threw in their Dorado lures hoping to find dinner when Bob Dendy hooked his first Black Marlin weighing in at 250 lbs. The Black made a pass on a Skipjack that Dave had just hooked before switching to a plastic in the far rigger. Congratulations Bob!
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Fishing Report - 02/28/09
Throughout the week there was also some great jigging and chunk fishing for Cubera Snapper, Amberjack and Broomtail Grouper. George Babikian was also able to coax a couple of Roosterfish into biting throwing topwater at Jicaron and many Skipjack Tuna in the 8 to 12 pound range on the fly rod.
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Fishing Report - 02/21/09
If there is one thing that reigns true of fishing at Coiba Island Panama, it would be you never know what is going to happen! This little spot in the ocean is very unique to fisherman. You literally have no idea what to expect! Over 30 species of sport fish ply the waters off this unique and beautiful coast and this week fishing with Pesca Panama.
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Fishing Report - 02/14/09
On Tuesday the Marlin bite turned on. Dave Pincus was the first to start things off landing a 250 lb Black Marlin. Shortly after Dave Richardson Sr. hooked and released a 400 lb Black! John Clendenen Jr. landed a beautiful 600 lb Black Marlin in just over an hour. On their way back to the Barge, John Clendenen Sr. hooked and landed a 153 lb Tuna. A great finish to a great day offshore!
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Fishing Report - 02/07/09
All four boats headed offshore Wedensday morning in hopes of more Tuna action. They would not be disappointed. John landed a beautiful Tuna weighing in at 225 lbs! At the same time, Bob and Russ, were tag teaming a Black Marlin that was in the 450 lb class. Not to be outdone Jim and the gang released an estimated 350 lb Bull Shark and happened upon a red hot Amberjack bite deep dropping jigs.
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Fishing Report - 01/31/09
"TEAM SNAPPER" FISHED HARD ALL WEEK LONG. THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE A GREAT AMBERJACK BITE AT HANNIBAL BANK. AT ISLA MONTUOSA THEY FOUND A SCHOOL OF YELLOWFIN TUNA AND WERE ABLE TO LAND AN 80 LB AND A 90 LB YELLOWFIN ON POPPERS.
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Fishing Report - 01/24/09
The week started with calm seas and fair winds at our backs. The anticipation was high and the fish delivered. Sunday found the boats at Montuosa where the Sailfish were hungry and waiting. In a few short hours of trolling live Bonito, the boats totaled 6 Sails and a handful of Dorado.
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Fishing Report - 01/17/09
WE FISHED IN A CALM OCEAN THIS WEEK. INSHORE IT WAS GREAT FISHING FOR CUBERA SNAPPERS WITH BIG SNAPPERS IN THE 60 LB TO 70 LB RANGE CAUGHT AND RELEASED. OFFSHORE BLACK MARLIN IN THE 300 LB TO 800 LB RANGE WERE CAUGHT AROUND HANNIBAL BANK. WE ALSO HAD BIG PACIFIC SAILFISH FEEDING IN THE AREA. BIG SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 25 LB TO 125 LB RANGE WERE BEING TAKEN ON POPPERS.
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Fishing Report - 01/10/09
THIS WEEK LOTS OF RETURNING ANGLERS MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. DORADO WERE FOUND IN MANY AREAS THIS WEEK AS WERE SOME REALLY BIG PACIFIC SAILFISH. A VERY FEW SMALL YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 40 TO 60 LB RANGE WERE FOUND NEAR ISLA MONTUOSA. BIG AMBERJACK WERE TAKEN WHILE FISHING OFF THE EAST END OF COIBA ISLAND.
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Fishing Report - 01/03/09
THE ACTION WAS GOOD THIS WEEK, WITH ROOSTERFISH TAKEN IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ISLAND GROUPS AS WELL AS BLACK MARLIN, YELLOWFIN TUNA AND DORADO. SEVERAL BIG AMBERJACK AKA, "REEF DONKEYS," WERE CAUGHT, THESE FISH ARE STUBBORN FIGHTERS AND JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR HOME ON THE REEF.
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