Fishing Report - 01/03/09

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

THIS WEEK PESCA PANAMA WELCOMED BACK THREE ANGLERS THAT FISHED WITH US LAST YEAR. THEY WERE THE MAUSNER BROTHERS TERRY AND GARY ALONG WITH JIM REDMOND. THEN TO ROUND OUT THE GROUP THEY HAD ROUNDED UP ANGLERS RONALD ELLISOR, JASON FULLER, JEFF WOODWARD, GREG ANDREWS, DAVE FRANCIS, JOHN FULLER AND PERRY SENDUKA.

MARLIN ACTION AT HANNIBAL BANK HEATS UP

PERRY WAS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO AT HANNIBAL BANK WHEN HE CAUGHT AND RELEASED A 200 LB BLACK MARLIN. CAPTAIN KILI'S ANGLER JEFF ALSO CAUGHT AND RELEASE AN ESTIMATED 250 LB BLACK MARLIN THE SAME DAY. THEN THE NEXT DAY JEFF HOOKED ANOTHER MARLIN AT HANNIBAL BANK, BUT THIS ONE WAS A BLUE MARLIN. JUST AS SOON AS THEY RELEASED THIS FISH AND GOT THEIR LIVE BONITA BACK IN THE WATER THEY HAD ANOTHER HOOK-UP. IT WAS RON TIME UP ON THE ROD AS HE WATCHED THE BLACK MARLIN GRAB THE BAIT AND MAKE A QUICK RUN PASSING RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF THE BOAT AND THEN CHARGING AHEAD. RON DESCRIBED HOW HIS KNEES WERE KNOCKING AND HIS HANDS WERE SHAKING WITH EXCITEMENT! THE FISH WAS ESTIMATED AT 300 LB WHEN THE LIVE RELEASE WAS MADE. BUT WAIT, IT GETS BETTER! RON RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND LANDED A LARGER BLACK MARLIN. THIS ONE WEIGHTED WELL OVER 500 LBS. IF FACT ALL FIVE BOATS CAUGHT MARLIN TODAY! JASON CAUGHT AND RELEASED A 250 LB BLACK MARLIN AND HAD TWO DORADO, THE LARGEST WEIGHTING 50 LBS. CAPTAIN TITO ANGLERS HOOKED A DOUBLE ON MARLIN. THE LEADER BROKE ON ONE OF THE FISH BUT THE OTHER FISH, ESTIMATED AT 550 LBS, WAS CAUGHT AND RELEASED BY GREG. JIM WAS NEXT WITH, GET THIS, A BIG STRIPPED MARLIN, A SAILFISH, 2 DORADO AND A CUBERA SNAPPER. CAPTAIN TATIN WAS IN NEXT WITH BROTHERS GARY AND TERRY. TERRY HAD LANDED A 300 LB BLACK MARLIN AND GARY CAUGHT ANOTHER BIG STRIPPED MARLIN ALONG WITH 3 BIG DORADO. A GREAT DAY OF FISHING ON HANNIBAL BANK!

WEDNESDAY AND THE BOATS WERE BACK FISHING AT HANNIBAL BANK AND MONTUOSA ISLAND. JOHN RELEASE A 55O LB BLACK MARLIN, GREG RELEASED A 350 LB BLACK MARLIN , JEFF RELEASED A 200 LB BLACK MARLIN AND GARY RELEASED A 400 LB BLACK MARLIN. YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE FOUND NEAR MONTUOSA ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY. TUNA WEIGHING 180, 150 AND 100 LB WERE LANDED. THEN WE NEED TO ADD IN A COUPLE OF BIG PACIFIC SAILFISH AND A HAND FULL OF DORADO AND LETS' JUST SAY IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF FISHING.

ROOSTERFISH WERE RAVENOUS

OUR ANGLERS HAD A POT GOING ON WHO WOULD CATCH THE BIGGEST FISH OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES THIS WEEK. THE POT INCLUDED ROOSTERFISH. WHEN RON REELED IN HIS 60 LB ROOSTERFISH HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE POT. THE ROOSTER FISH ACTION WAS GOOD THIS WEEK, WITH ROOSTERFISH TAKEN IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ISLAND GROUPS. RON'S BIG ROOSTERFISH WAS TAKEN AT COIBA ISLAND.

DORADO ON DEMAND

OUR DORADO CATCHES CONTINUE TO BE GOOD. ON THE FIRST DAY OF FISHING 17 NICE SIZED DORADO WERE LANDED. IT WAS DECIDED BY THE ANGLERS THAT THIS WOULD NEED TO BE ONE OF THE SPECIES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FISHING POT, WITH THE LONGEST FISH TAKING THE POT. WELL, WHEN TERRY BOATED A 66 INCH LONG DORADO THAT WAS JUST AS TALL AS HIS CAPTAIN TATIN, THAT PRETTY WELL CINCHED UP HIS SPOT AS THE WINNER OF THE DORADO POT.

"REEF DONKEYS" BUCKLE KNEES

SEVERAL BIG AMBERJACK AKA, "REEF DONKEYS," WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK. ANGLER GARY WAS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN TATIN NEAR FRIJOLES ROCKS WHEN HE GOT HIS KNEES BULKED BY AN AMBERJACK. GARY TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER HEARD AMBERJACKS CALLED "REEF DONKEYS" BEFORE BUT NOW HE UNDERSTOOD WHY. THESE FISH ARE STUBBORN FIGHTERS AND JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR HOME ON THE REEF.

AS YOU CAN TELL WE HAD ANOTHER GREAT WEEK OF FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA. THANK YOU TO ALL THE ANGLERS FISHING WITH US THIS WEEK AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BROTHERS TERRY AND GARY MAUSNER FOR PUTTING ANOTHER TRIP TOGETHER WITH PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: PRIMERO UNO -- LIVE BAIT IS USED EXTENSIVELY. BE PATIENT WITH YOUR HITS!! ALLOW TIME FOR THE FISH TO TAKE THE BAIT FULLY. THIS IS TRUE WHETHER YOU ARE MARLIN FISHING OR BOTTOM FISHING FOR CUBERAS. AS WELL, DO NOT JERK YOUR ROD TO SINK THE HOOK--- THESE ARE CIRCLE HOOKS AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS REEL, REEL, REEL!! SO, REEL LIKE A .... ALL THE BEST GARY MAUSNER

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