Fishing Report - 01/10/09

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

THIS WEEK LOTS OF RETURNING ANGLERS MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. JOHN MESSINA HAD ORGANIZED ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT INCLUDED VETERAN ANGLERS MARK ROY, KEITH MCMILLION, DWAYNE MILLER, EDWARD PERRY, SCOTT CROKER, MATT ADAMO AND FIRST TIMER JASON SCHATZBURG. THESE GUYS ARE ALL EAST COAST ANGLERS.

FROM THE WEST COAST WE HAD THE, "FEARSOME FOURSOME," KEN LYNCH, TIM AND PAT MCLARNEY AND JEFF VARON. THIS WAS THEIR SECOND FISHING TRIP WITH PESCA PANAMA.

MARK ROY, AN ACCOMPLISHED TOP WATER ANGLER, MANAGED TO LAND 5 NICE SIZED ROOSTERFISH ON HIS FIRST DAY OF POPPING IN THE PARADIAS ISLAND. DWAYNE MILLER SCORED ON THE FIRST BLACK MARLIN CATCH WHEN HE RELEASED A MARLIN THAT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE 500 LB RANGE, AS WELL, HE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME GREAT PHOTOS OF A BIG 150 LB. PACIFIC SAILFISH THAT FISHING PARTNER, KEITH MCMILLION RELEASED. MANY BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK. BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY NEWS AS WE CATCH BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS ON TOP WATER HERE EVERY WEEK, ALL YEAR LONG!

THE, "FEARSOME FOURSOME," SPENT TWO DAYS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN KILI NEAR JICARON AND JICARITA ISLANDS. HERE THEY FOUND THE SEAS CALM AND THE FISH WERE COOPERATING. THE ANGLERS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN CATCHING CUBERA SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, AMBERJACK, JACK CREVALLE, DORADO, YELLOWFIN TUNA AND A LONE WAHOO THAT ATE A PANAMA BELLY BAIT THAT WAS BEING TROLLED NEAR SHORE. WHEN THE FISH "HIT" IN JUST 25 FT OF WATER, CAPTAIN KILI THOUGHT IT WAS A WAHOO. WITH JUST A MONO LEADER HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH HOPE THE WAHOO WOULD BE LANDED. BUT THE MONO LEADER HELD AND WHEN THE WAHOO CAME TO GAFF IT HAD ITS' RAZOR SHARP TEETH LOCKED DOWN ON THE SHANK OF THE CIRCLE HOOK!

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. THE STRONG CURRENTS BROUGHT GREEN WATER TO HANNIBAL BANK SO WE FOUND THE FISHING THERE SLOW. THE GREAT FISHING ACTION THAT WE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING FELL OF THIS WEEK. I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE FULL MOON COMBINED WITH THE EXTREMELY HIGH TIDES WE HAD, BUT I WOULD EXPECT IT WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE MUCH SLOWER FISHING. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT ALL OF OUR ANGLERS CAUGHT FISH WITH THE CUBERA SNAPPER BITE SEEMINGLY NOT EFFECTED BY THE CONDITIONS. THANKS TO ALL OF OUR ANGLERS FOR PUTTING IN THE EFFORT AND FOR MAKING THIS ANOTHER MEMORABLE FISHING EXPERIENCE WITH PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: WE ARE STARTING TO HAVE LOTS OF FISHERMEN THAT WANT TO FISH WITH LIGHT TACKLE. TO ME, HERE IN PANAMA ANYTHING LESS THAN 50 LB LINE IS CONSIDERED, "LIGHT TACKLE." SMALLER TACKLE WITH LIGHTER LINES ARE INDEED EASIER TO FISH WITH AND PRODUCE LOTS OF FISHING PLEASURE. THE BOTTOM LINES IS, WHEN COMING TO FISH WITH US IN PANAMA YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER BRINGING ALONG SOME OF YOUR, "LIGHT TACKLE." YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID.

PHOTOS OF THIS WEEKS FISHING: