Relato de Pesca - 05/14/12

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

FUNNY HOW SOME THINGS CAN BE RIGHT, "UNDER YOUR NOSE," AND YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. THIS HAPPENED TO ME THE FIRST NIGHT OF THIS CHARTER. IT WASN'T, "RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE," BUT OFF THE BACK DECK OF THE BARGE. WE WERE TIED UP TO DOCK WHEN TAT TATTERSON HEARD THIS BANGING NOISE AROUND MID-NIGHT. WHEN HE GOT UP TO CHECK ON THE DISTURBANCE HE FOUND THE NIGHT WATCHMAN AND SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS CATCHING SOME NICE SIZE SNOOK. AS HE WATCHED THE PROCEEDED TO LAND AROUND A DOZEN OR MORE OF THESE FISH THAT WERE ATTRACTED TO OUR DECK LIGHTS. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNOOK FISHERY THAT IS, "RIGHT UNDER OR NOSE."

THIS WEEK WE WELCOMED BACK THE NEARLY FAMOUS JOHN BRESSI. JOHN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, LINDSEY AND MARISSA. ALSO FISHING WITH HIM WAS JOHN KIEFFER. BRIAN HILLS AND JOHN DECKER HAD RETURNED AND WERE FISHING WITH MICHAEL CARROCINO. ALSO FISHING WITH US WERE JOHN RIEPLE, RICHARD HARROW, STEVE WALTERS, ANTONIOS LOIZOU, CHARTER CAPTAIN TAT TATTERSON AND REX TURNER. AFTER COCKTAILS AND LOBSTER TAILS WE ALL TURNED IN ANTICIPATING THE FISHING ACTION THAT WAS TO COME THIS WEEK.

OUR ANGLERS GOT OFF TO A FANTASTIC START THIS WEEK. HUGE BAITS BALLS WERE FORMING UNDER OUR FISHING BOATS AS THE BAIT FISH WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE THE TUNA FEEDING FRENZY. CAPTAINS AND MATES WERE USING THEIR LONG HANDLED BAIT NETS TO DIP BAIT LIVE BAITS RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEAN. IT WAS SIMPLY AMAZING! JOHN RIEPLE AND RICHARD HARROW LANDED 15 YELLOWFIN TO 180 LBS. JOHN DECKER, BRIAN HILLS AND MICHAEL CARROCINO LANDED ANTOHER 19 YELLOWIN WITH THEIR LARGERST WEIGHTING 160 LB. STEVE WALTERS AND TOY LOIZOU MANAGED TO CATCH 8 YELLOWFIN AND THEN 7 DORADO. REX TURNER CAUGHT A 50 LB ROOSTERFISH. A GREAT FIRST DAY OF FISHING!

OUR SECOND DAY'S FISHING TURNED OUT TO BE BETTER THAN OUR FIRST DAY. OUR FINAL YELLOWFIN COUNT FOR DAY TWO WAS A 139 YELLOWFIN CAUGHT! THEY WEIGHTED BETWEEN 40 AND 140 LBS. WE ALSO CAUGHT SEVERAL WAHOO TODAY THAT WEIGHED BETWEEN 40 AND 60 LBS. MOST OF THE BOATS REPORTED DORADO CATCHES BUT CAPTAIN ALLEN ANGLERS WERE ABLE TO GET 27 DORADO TO THE BOAT, MOST OF THEM WERE RELEASES. WITH THE FISHING SO WIDE OPEN WE DECIDED TO STAYED ANCHOR IN THE BEAUTIFUL SECAS ISLANDS.

THE ACTION CONTINUED THE FOLLOWING DAY. ALL OF OUR FISHING ACTION WAS NEAR THE LADRONES ISLANDS. ON THE THIRD DAY WE CAUGHT 133 MORE YELLOWFIN TUNA ALONG WITH 22 DORADO. RICHARD LANDED THE LARGEST DORADO OF THE DAY WHEN HE BOATED A 52 LB BULL.

DAY FOUR AND WE WERE AGAIN ANCHORED IN THE PARAIDAS ISLANDS SO WE COULD STAY CLOSE TO THE HOT BITE. FISHING WITH CAPTAIN TOMMY, JOHN WAS ABLE TO LAND 30 MORE YELLOWFIN TUNA WITH THE TWO LARGEST WEIGHTING IN AT OVER 180 LBS. ON THE LAST DAY JOHN ADDED A 60 LB ROOSTERFISH TO HIS WEEK'S CATCH. THIS GUY WAS ON FIRE!

MEANWHILE CAPTAIN ALLAN KEPT TONY AND STEVE IN THE TUNA ACTION BY CATCHING THE LARGEST YELLOWFIN OF THE WEEK, A 200 PLUS LB TUNA. BRIAN, JOHN AND MIKE WERE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN TATIN WHEN THEY CAUGHT AND RELEASED A 400 LB BLACK MARLIN WHILE FISHING NEAR ISLA LADRONE. THEY ALSO GOT A FANTASTIC ACTION PHOTO OF THE CATCH.

TALK ABOUT A GREAT WEEK OF FISHING. THIS WAS IT! MAY HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A MONTH OF P.F.M., "PURE FISHING MAGIC." THANKS TO ALL OF THIS WEEKS ANGLERS FOR FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN
CAPTAIN ALLAN SMITH


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