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Fishing Report - 05/12/13
THE YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHING WAS STILL, "THE NAME OF THE
GAME." WHEN THE ANGLERS ARMS WOULD GET TIRED THEY WOULD RUN BACK
TO THE BOAT TO REST UP AND WORK ON NOT GETTING DEHYDRATED! IT WAS
A LOT OF FUN! THE LARGEST TUNA CAUGHT WEIGHED AROUND 160 LBS AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF TUNA CAUGHT BETWEEN 60 AND 100 LBS.
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Fishing Report - 05/05/13
IT WAS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE STILL
ACTIVELY FEEDING IN THE AREA THIS WEEK. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF
PULLING ON TUNA OUR ANGLERS ARMS WERE ACHING AND THEY WERE READY TO TRY
FOR SOME THE INSHORE FISHING.
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Fishing Report - 04/29/13
THE YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE ON A FEEDING RAMPAGE THIS WEEK. IT WAS
EXCITING! FISHING LINES WERE SHEARED FROM FREE SWIMMING TUNA. REEL
GEARS WERE STRIPPED UNDER MAXIUM DRAG PRESSURE. RODS WERE SNAPPING,
KNEES WERE BUCKLING, ARMS AND BACK ACHING AND I HEARD SEVERAL ANGLERS
SAY, "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN BETTER SHAPE FOR THIS KIND OF
FISHING ACTION NEXT YEAR!"
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Fishing Report - 04/22/13
THE TUNA ACTION OUR ANGLERS ENCOUNTERED THIS WEEK COULD ONLY BE
DESCRIBED AS, "FANTASTIC!" THE YELLOWFIN TUNA BITE WAS ON! DOUBLE
AND EVEN TRIPLE HOOK-UPS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE NOT UNCOMMON.
SEVERAL OF OUR BOATS REPORTED CATCHING OVER 30 TUNA ON TOP-WATER LURES
IN A GREAT DAY OF FISHING.
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Fishing Report - 04/15/13
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN THE TUNA WERE HUNGRY AND
WOULD EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. THIS IS WHEN OUR ANGLERS GOT INTO
SOME GOOD TUNA ACTION THROWING POPPERS AND THE WAX WINGS. MOST OF
THE TUNA CAUGHT THIS WEEK WERE EITHER IN THE 60 TO 80 LB OR 120 TO 160
LB RANGE.
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Fishing Report - 04/08/13
WHAT A GREAT WEEK OF TUNA FISHING WE HAD THIS LAST WEEK! OUR ANGLERS
WERE REELING IN TUNA IN THE 60 TO 160 POUND CLASS UNTIL THEY
THOUGHT THEIR ARMS WOULD EITHER FALL OFF OR BE PULLED OUT OF
THEIR SOCKETS! IT WAS A "DREAM WEEK" OF YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHING.
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Fishing Report - 04/01/13
TODAY THE BANK WAS COVERED IN SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA. WE HAD
"FOAMERS", HUGE SCHOOLS OF FEEDING TUNA MAKE A FROTH OF THE
WATER. THEN WE HAD "BREEZERS", 150 TO 200 LB. YELLOWFIN THAT WERE
JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. THEN YOU
HAVE THE FEEDING TUNA. WHEN THE SCHOOLS WOULD SURFACE, THEY WOULD
STRIKE ABOUT ANYTHING YOU COULD THROW AT THEM.
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Fishing Report - 03/25/13
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55 LB CUBERA, 90 LB SAILFISH, AND 70 LB BROOMTAIL GROUPER WERE RELEASED
AND THEY BOATED THE BIGGEST FISH OF THE WEEK- A 248 LB TUNA. ANGLERS
CAUGHT AMBERJACK, MANY CUBERA, AND THEY CAST TO SCHOOLS OF JACK
CREVALLE SWIMMING WITH PORPOISES IN BLUE WATER OF OF ISLA MONTOUSA AND
FOUND ROOSTERS AND BIG BLACK TIP SHARK NEAR ISLA COIBA.
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Fishing Report - 03/17/13
JUST LIKE LAST WEEK'S FISHING, OUR CAPTAINS HAD FOUND SCHOOLS OF TUNA
AROUND THE BANANA BANK. THEY TUNA WERE PICKY EATERS THIS WEEK BUT ALL
OF OUR BOATS WERE ABLE TO CATCH YELLOWFIN ON EITHER POPPERS OR USING
THE LIVE BAIT WE HAD CAUGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE.
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Fishing Report - 03/11/13
IT WAS A GOOD DAY OF FISHING FOR ALL OF PESCA PANAMA BOATS WITH A TOTAL
OF 124 YELLOWFIN CAUGHT IN ONE DAY. MOST OF THE TUNA WERE IN THE 30 TO
90 LB CLASS AND MOST OF THEM WERE RELEASED. WHAT A GREAT DAY OF
FISHING!
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Fishing Report - 03/03/13
IT WAS A WEEK OF GREAT FISHING WITH A FUN GROUP OF GUYS. ON THE
SECOND DAY, THE WIND DIED OFF AND THE BARGE CRUISED TO COIBA ISLAND ON
CALM SEAS WHILE ALL FIVE OF OUR FISHING BOATS HEADED BACK TO FISH AT
HANNIBAL BANK. THIS WAS A GOOD CALL FOR OUR ANGLERS BOATED A
TOTAL OF 72 YELLOWFIN TUNA.
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Fishing Report - 02/24/13
OUR ANGLERS ENJOYED EPIC TUNA FISHING THIS WEEK. BY THE TIME THE WEEK
WAS COMING TO AN END WE HEARD OF A LOT OF ACHES AND PAINS. THESE
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAN REALLY PUT THE HURT ON AN ANGLER. WE WERE ALSO
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE CALM SEAS THIS WEEK AND THE DAY TIME
TEMPERATURES WERE MOST PLEASANT.
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Fishing Report - 02/18/13
BIG SCHOOLS OF TUNA WERE SURFACING ALL OVER THE OCEAN THIS WEEK. IT WAS
A WEEK OF, "RUN AND GUN," FISHING AS THE TUNA WERE MOVING FAST AND TO
GET ON THE "BITE" YOU NEEDED TO HAVE YOUR FISHING BOAT IN FRONT OF THE
SCHOOLS. THE TUNA WERE ON THE POPPER BITE THIS WEEK AND IT WAS CAST,
CAST, CAST A POPPER AND HOOK A TUNA.
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Fishing Report - 02/11/13
WHAT WE ALL HAVE ALL BEEN ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR HAPPENED THIS
WEEK. A HUGE SCHOOL OF FEEDING YELLOWFIN TUNA SHOWED UP.
THE BIRDS WERE DIVING, PORPOISE JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND
YELLOWFIN TUNA CRASHING POPPERS. THE BITE WAS ON!
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Fishing Report - 02/04/13
THE FISHING GOT OFF TO A GOOD START WHEN OUR ANGLERS STARTED CATCHING
ROOSTERFISH IN THE PARADIAS ISLANDS. WHILE THE ANGLERS WERE CATCHING
FISH THE CREW OF THE BARGE WAS BUSY BUYING FRESH LOBSTERS FROM THE
LOCAL DIVERS. LET'S JUST SAY, "IT WAS A GOOD DAY."
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Fishing Report - 01/21/13
JANUARY CONTINUES TO OFFER EXCELLENT FISHING CONDITIONS. IT'S NOT TOO
HOT DURING THE DAY AND THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS ARE COOLED BY TROPICAL
BREEZES. SEA CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN CALM TO MODERATE, PERFECT FOR
COMFORTABLE FISHING. WATER TEMPERATURE IS AROUND 84 DEGREES, WHICH IS
NORMAL. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THE FISH ARE BITING!
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Fishing Report - 01/06/13
AFTER THE HECTIC HOLIDAYS IF FELT GOOD TO BE OFF THE BEACH AND BACK
FISHING IN THE BRINY BLUE WATER OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. JANUARY IS
TURNING INTO ONE OF OUR BEST MONTHS TO CATCH A, "MIXED BAG," OF FISH
THAT THIS AREA IS BECOMING SO FAMOUS FOR. AT LAST COUNT WE HAD
CAUGHT OVER 24 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH THIS WEEK.
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Fishing Report - 11/26/12
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WEEKS WHERE YOU JUST HAD TO BE HERE TO BELIEVE HOW
GREAT IT REALLY WAS! THE SEAS WERE TRANQUIL FOR THE MOST PART AND
THEN
TO TOP ALL OF THIS OFF WAS, "A SEA BREAMING FULL OF WHAT I THINK IS THE
MOST DELIGHTFUL FISH THAT SWIMS IN THE SEA.
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Fishing Report - 11/26/12
LOTS OF DORADO WERE CAUGHT WITH MOST OF THEM BEING RELEASED. THIS
WAS THE FIRST WEEK THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE DORADO NUMBER REALLY START
COMING UP. REMEMBER, DECEMBER IS THE MONTH THAT IS USUALLY OUR
BEST MONTH FOR DORADO.
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Fishing Report - 11/18/12
THIS WEEK PESCA PANAMA STARTED IT'S 2012-2013 FISHING SEASON. IT WAS
GOOD TO BE BACK FISHING IN PANAMA. IN THE OFF SEASON OUR CREW HAS
BEEN
BUSY GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR YOUR ARRIVAL. ALL FIVE OF OUR CENTER
CONSOLE, OCEAN MASTER BOATS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY GONE THROUGH AND ALL
REPOWERED WITH NEW TWIN SUZUKI FOUR STROKE ENGINES.
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Relato de Pesca - 08/10/12
It's that time again for an update during Pesca Panama's well deserved
down time. The Ocean Masters are being re-powered and detailed. All of
our equipment is being gone through. Reels, Rods, Line, Leaders, Lures
and Terminal Tackle are being ordered. The Barge is getting the
full Spa Treatment!
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Relato de Pesca - 06/30/12
LAST WEEK PESCA PANAMA FINISHED ITS CHARTER SEASON. I WANT TO THANK ALL
THE ANGLERS WHO FISHED WITH US THIS YEAR. IT WAS ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR
OF FISHING IN PANAMA. THE YELLOFIN TUNA FISHING REMAINS AT A HISTORICAL
HIGH LEVEL AND CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS NOTHING OTHER THAN "OUTSTANDING."
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Relato de Pesca - 06/22/12
Joe & Jordon seemed to have had the best day for most species, with
5 Yellowfin, 4 Cuberas, 6 Jacks, 2 Mullet Snappers, 6 Blue Jacks, 1
Rock Sapper, and 2 Nurse sharks. Not to be out done, Kenny and Jason,
bagged 13 Yellowfin and 1 Dodo. Last but not least, were Bruce and Jeff
with 3 yellowfin, 3 Jacks, 1 Blue Jack, 1 Cubera, and 1 Rooster.
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Relato de Pesca - 06/11-15/12
We woke to a Blue Bird day, clouds could be seen way off in the
distance. Everyone pounded down their breakfast, to get a head start on
this gorgeous day. One boat headed off to Rancheria and was rewarded
with a 50 lb. class Hoo. The rest of our team ran around canalas, and
Cotreras, were they found some great Popping and Jigging.
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Relato de Pesca - 05/20/12
AFTER A GREAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST OUR ANGLERS BOARDED THEIR BOATS AND
SPED DOWN THE RIVER HEADED OFFSHORE IN SEARCH OF THE TUNA. THEY FOUND A
SCHOOL OF DOLPHIN AND TUNA THAT HAD "BALLED" UP THE BAITFISH AROUND A
LOG. THE TUNA WERE LITERALLY JUMPING OVER THE LOG AS THEY SAVAGED THE
BAIT.
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Relato de Pesca - 05/14/12
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
WEIGHED BETWEEN 40 AND 140 LBS. WE ALSO CAUGHT SEVERAL WAHOO TODAY THAT
WEIGHED BETWEEN 40 AND 60 LBS.
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Relato de Pesca - 05/07/12
CALM SEAS WERE THE ORDER FOR WEEK AND OUR ANGLERS TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE
OF THE IDEAL FISHING CONDITIONS THEY ENCOUNTERED. THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS WERE SUCCESSFULLY SPENT FISHING INSHORE.
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Relato de Pesca - 04/29/12
THE ANGLERS HAD GOOD ACTION FISHING FOR YELLOWFIN TUNA NEAR ISLA
MONTUOSA. MOST OF THE TUNA CAUGHT WERE IN THE 40 TO 50 LB CLASS.
SEVERAL NICE SIZED WAHOO WERE CAUGHT NEAR ISLA LADRONES. SEVERAL BIG
DORADO WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST DORADO
PHOTOS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
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Relato de Pesca - 04/23/12
THE INSHORE FISHING WAS A SLOWER THIS WEEK AS THE WATER TEMPERATURE
AROUND COIBA, JICARON AND JICARITA ISLANDS REMAINED A FEW DEGREES
COOLER THAN NORMAL. IT WAS HARDER TO GET THE BIG FISH TO BITE BUT WHEN
THEY DID OUR ANGLERS WERE REWARDED WITH SOME QUALITY CATCHES.
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Relato de Pesca - 04/16/12
TUNA WAS THE ORDER FOR THE DAY AND THEY WERE SOON RUNNING OFFSHORE
TOWARD MONTUOSA ISLAND WHERE THERE WERE REPORTS OF GOOD ACTION THE DAY
BEFORE. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE FIRST SCHOOLS OF DOLPHINS, BIRDS AND
BREAKING TUNA WERE SPOTTED. THE TUNA WERE FEEDING HEAVILY ON RED
SARDINES.
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Relato de Pesca - 04/09/12
This week was a mixture of slow fishing followed by moments of
pandamonium. The Tuna was the reason for most of this. This weeks focus
was off shore chasing Tuna with a mixture of Poppers, Jigs, and live
bait.
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Relato de Pesca - 04/02/12
ON WEDNESDAY THE ANGLERS OPTED FOR MORE INSHORE FISHING WITH EMPHASIS
ON POPPER AND PLUG CASTING INTO THE SHORELINE. THIS MADE FOR A NICE
MIXED BAG OF SPECIES THAT INCLUDED GROUPER, BLUE TREVALLE, RED SNAPPER,
YELLOW SNAPPER, BARRACUDA, MULLET SNAPPER, RAINBOW RUNNERS, JACKS AND
SNOOK.
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Relato de Pesca - 03/25/12
THE INSHORE ACTION TOOK A BACK SEAT THIS WEEK AS MOST OF THE ANGLERS
WERE FOCUSED ON TUNA. DROPPING JIGS ON THE REEFS MADE FOR A NICE MIXED
BAG OF AMBERJACK, BLUE TREVALLY, GROUPER, SNAPPERS, RAINBOW RUNNERS AND
JACK CREVALLE.
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Relato de Pesca - 03/19/12
This week’s fishing can be described in a simple statement: WIDE OPEN!!
Concentrations of bait, porpoise and a mixed bag of pelagic fish filled
the offshore waters and turned everyday into an experience sport
fisherman dream about! Inshore we were entertained by explosions on
top-water lures and surprised by the power and aggression of the fish
landed on bottom fishing gear.
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Relato de Pesca - 03/12/12
OFF IN THE DISTANCE WE COULD JUST SEE THEM. TINY, DARK, SPECKS CIRCLING
AND DIVING. THEN RISING AGAIN TO CONTINUE THE CHASE. I TURNED THE BOAT
TOWARD THEM AND ACCELERATED THE ENGINES. “WHAT IS IT?” ASKED ONE OF THE
ANGLERS. “TUNA”, I SHOUTED OVER THE ROAR OF THE ENGINES.
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Relato de Pesca - 03/04/12
SLOW TROLLING THE SHORELINE WITH LIVE BAITS BEHIND THE BOAT AND ANGLERS
CASTING POPPERS IN THE BOW YIELDED A MIXED BAG OF TREVALLY, CUBERA
SNAPPERS, JACK CREVALLE, POMPANO AND ROOSTERS. THERE WERE ELEVEN
ROOSTER FISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK, INCLUDING TWO ON POPPER AND KENT
STOCKEBRAND’S ESTIMATED 80 POUNDER THAT TOOK A BLUE RUNNER. OTHER
CATCHES OF NOTE INCLUDED A 60 POUND CUBERA SNAPPER AND A 40 POUND
AMBERJACK.
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Relato de Pesca - 02/27/12
INSHORE FISHING CONTINUED TO BE HOT. THE CUBERA SNAPPER BITE THE LAST
FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH GOOD CATCH NUMBERS AND SOME BIG FISH
MIXED IN. I PERSONALLY SAW TWO FISH OVER SIXTY POUNDS THIS WEEK.
CONSIDERING MOST OF OUR ANGLERS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THEIR TIME
FISHING OFFSHORE, THEY STILL MADE SOME IMPRESSIVE INSHORE CATCHES JUST
FISHING THEIR WAY BACK FROM HANNIBAL BANK.
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Relato de Pesca - 02/19/12
THE INSHORE FISHING CONTINUED TO BE HOT THIS WEEK AND THOUGH, THREE OF
OUR BOATS MOSTLY TARGETED OFFSHORE, WE STILL PUT UP SOME IMPRESSIVE
NUMBERS. THESE INCLUDE (FOR THE WEEK) 45 CUBERA SNAPPER, 40 MULLET
SNAPPER, 36 BLUE TREVALLY, 44 JACK CREVALLE, 13 ROOSTERFISH, 13
AMBERJACK, PLUS A MIXED BAG OF 12 OTHER SPECIES.
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Relato de Pesca - 02/12 -
2/17 2012
THE INSHORE FISHING WAS EXCELLENT THIS WEEK, ESPECIALLY FOR CUBERA
SNAPPERS. LOOKING AT THE CAPTAINS REPORTS I SEE OUR BOATS LANDED OVER
FIFTY CUBERA SNAPPERS. THIS INCLUDED SOME NICE TROPHIES WITH SEVERAL
FISH OVER SIXTY POUNDS.
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Relato de Pesca - 02/06/12
TUESDAY THE FISHING DEFINITELY IMPROVED. CAPTAIN TOM RAN OUT TO THE
BANK AND FOUND A SCHOOL OF DOLPHIN WITH SOME HUNGRY TUNA. HIS ANGLERS
LANDED SEVEN 60-80LB YELLOWFIN TUNA AND ONE AROUND 130LBS ALL ON
POPPERS.
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Relato de Pesca - 01/30/12
WE BEGAN OUR WEEK, SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH A TWILIGHT RIDE DOWN THE RIVER
FROM THE MARINA TO GAMAZ ISLAND, WHERE THE BARGE WAS WAITING WITH A
GREAT LOBSTER DINNER. THE NEXT MORNING OUR CREW MADE BAIT WHILE THE
ANGLERS ATE BREAKFAST, THEN IT WAS OFFSHORE TO ISLA MONTUOSA AND
HANNIBAL BANK IN SEARCH OF TUNA AND MARLIN.
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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 03/06/11
ON 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 02/06/11
IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING THE PESCA PANAMA Relato de Pesca S 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 03/20/10
WE HAD OUTSTANDING YELLOWFIN TUNA ACTION. I CAN NOT INCLUDE ALL THE
TUNA STORIES FROM THIS WEEK IN THIS Relato de Pesca , 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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Relato de Pesca - 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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