Fishing Report - 02/27/10

GREETING FROM THE TROPICS

JAY CAPMPANA RETURNED TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA ALONG WITH A FEW OF HIS FISHING BUDDIES, RAY REINHARD, THOMAS DONNICK, RICHARD BAGAKIAN AND CHRIS SMITH. COMING FROM THE CAROLINAS WERE FISHERMEN MARK MITCHELL, JEFFERY RICHARD, CHARLES PADGETT, STEPHEN MCLAUGHLIN AND WILLIAM STEVESON. MIKE AUGAT ALSO SENT DOWN RETURNING ANGLER BO NORRIS FROM MAINE ALONG WITH FRIENDS MIKE AND JOHN ENDRES FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

AFTER WEEKS OF BEING FRUSTRATED WITH THE SLOW TUNA BITE WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE TUNA TO "TURN ON." WE FOUND THE TUNA NEAR HANNIBAL BANK AND FOLLOWED THEM NEARLY 15 MILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO MONTUOSA ISLAND. TOP FISH CAUGHT THAT DAY WERE TWIN 130 LB FISH LANDED BY RICHARD AND STEVE, A 170 LB FISH LANDED BY BO AND A 220 LB FISH LANDED BY WILL. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS ON SOME GREAT FISH. MARK ALSO HOOKED A TUNA ON POPPER THAT HE FOUGHT FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE THE HOOKS FINALLY PULLED. ON TUESDAY TOM TANGLED WITH A TUNA COMING IN AT 150 LBS. ALTHOUGH THERE WASN'T AS MUCH TOPWATER ACTION ON THE SMALL TUNA WE WERE GLAD TO GET A SOME BIG FISH TO EAT BONITA AND HAVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL A "TUNA BITE".

WITH ALL THE TUNA ACTION GOING ON IT TOOK SOME TIME AWAY FROM THE MARLIN FISHING. WILL GOT TO TANGLE WITH THE ONLY MARLIN OF THE WEEK COMING IN AT 450 LBS. IT WAS A GREAT FISH THAT PUT UP A SPECTACULAR FIGHT BEFORE GETTING A CLEAN RELEASE AT THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.

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. THE FISH RANGED FROM 15 TO 30 LBS AND WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE EATING POPPERS, JIGS AND CHUNK BAIT. ALONG WITH THE GREAT MULLET SNAPPER BITE WE ONCE AGAIN HAD GREAT ACTION ON CUBERA SNAPPER. EVERY WEEK WE ARE MORE AND MORE SURPRISED TO KEEP SEEING HUGE CUBERA SNAPPER COME TO THE SURFACE. WITH MANY FISH LANDED IN THE 30 TO 50 LB CLASS TWO FISH REALLY STOOD OUT THIS WEEK. ONE LANDED BY RICHARD AND THE OTHER LANDED BY JOHN. BOTH FISH WERE ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 70 LBS. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS ON SOME TRUE MONSTERS.

ONCE AGAIN WE HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK WITH GOOD FISHING, GOOD FOOD AND A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS. THANKS FOR COMING DOWN TO SEE US AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE FUTURE.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN AND CAPTAIN BEN FLOYD

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BRING DOWN SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE FISHING LURES. JAY CAMPANA, AN EXPERT WAHOO FISHERMAN, BROUGHT DOWN A FEW OF HIS SECRET LURES WHICH ENDED IN THREE NICE WAHOO.

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:


BO WITH A YELLOWFIN TUNA


JAY WITH AN XL MULLET SNAPPER. THESE FISH WERE EVERYWHERE THIS WEEK!


TOM WITH ANOTHER BIG CUBERA SNAPPER


RAY WITH A NICE CUBERA


RICHARD AND CHRIS WITH AN ESTIMATED 75 LB CUBERA. THIS IS A TRUE MONSTER!


WILL GOT TO TANGLE WITH THIS TUNA THAT WEIGHED 220#


BO WITH A POPPER CAUGHT ROOSTERFISH AT COIBA ISLAND


MIKE WITH OUR ONLY PACIFIC BLACK SNOOK OF THE WEEK


TITO HOLDING A GIANT CUBERA SNAPPER THAT WAS CAUGHT BY JOHN ENDRES


STEVE AND JEFF WITH A DOUBLE HEADER CUBERA AND MULLET SNAPPER AT HANNIBAL BANK