Fishing Report - 3/4/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

TUNA MANIA!  THIS WEEK PESCA PANAMA GUESTS LANDED DOZENS OF GOOD SIZE TUNA ON LIVE BAIT, JIG, AND POPPER. ALTHOUGH INSHORE CASTING WAS SLOW; JIGGING WAS HOT, AS OUR CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY, AND EUROPEAN ANGLERS HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE DIVERSITY THAT THE COIBA REGION HAS TO OFFER.

FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO WAS WAYNE THOMAS, ANGELO SAMMARTANO AND WILLIAM HUELSENBECK. THESE ANGLERS HAD SOME FANTASTIC TOP-WATER AND JIG FISHING FOR YELLOW FIN TUNA OFFSHORE JICRON ISLAND.  FISHING WITH A LARGE SCHOOL OF PORPOISE AND TUNA FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS, THE GUYS SAW RED HOT TUNA ACTION LANDING DOZENS OF FISH INCLUDING 7 FISH OVER THE 100 POUND MARK.

CAPTAIN MACHO FISHED WITH DOUGLAS GREEN, NOEL HUELSENBECK, STEVE MASSY AND HIS MOTHER PHYLLIS MASSEY. THESE ANGLERS WERE EXPERT JIG FISHERMEN AND THIS COMBINED WITH CAPTAIN MACHO'S LOCAL KNOWLEDGE WAS A DEADLY COMBINATION AS CUBERAS, GROUPERS, AMBERJACKS AND VARIOUS OTHER BOTTOM PREDATORS AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKED THE IRON. STEVE WAS ELATED WHEN ON THE THIRD DAY HE MADE SHORT WORK OF A MONSTER 300 LB YELLOW FIN OFFSHORE OF MONTOUSA ISLAND. DOUG ALSO HAD GOOD LUCK ON THE BIG TUNA LANDING A 165 LB FISH!

CAPTAIN LUCHO WAS FISHING WITH TWO COUPLES, MARGUERIE AND BERNARD NICOLAS AND LOUISETTE AND ACHILLE PENET.  THESE ANGLERS CONNECTED WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO LAND A GOOD SIZED ROOSTERFISH ALONG WITH BIG GROUPER AND SOME LARGE CUBERA SNAPPERS.  THEIR FISHING ACTION CONTINUED AS THEY LANDED SEVERAL CUBERA, AMBERJACK, ROOSTER FISH, AND WAHOO AT CANALES AND PARIDAS ISLANDS. ON DAY FIVE, BERNARD AND ACHILLE ROUNDED OUT THEIR TRIP TAG TEAMING A 120 LB YELLOW FIN ON TOP WATER.

CAPTAIN TRAVIS GUIDED RETURNING ANGLER CHRISTIAN LHOTE AND A NEW ANGLER FROM SWITZERLAND, ALAIN BERGER. CHRISTIAN HAD RETURNED TO ONCE AGAIN ENJOY THE "WORLD CLASS" POPPER FISHING.  ALTHOUGH THE INSHORE POPPER FISHING WAS ON THE SLOW SIDE THEY FISHED HARD AND PUT TOGETHER 25 FISH DAYS WHILE POPPING AND JIGGING NEAR COIBA AND JICARON ISLANDS, INCLUDING 4 ROOSTER FISH  AND 3 CUBERA ON TOP-WATER. THE CREW WAS ALSO ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE "OFF THE CHARTS TUNA ACTION" LANDING MULTIPLE TUNA ON TOP-WATER AND JIG..... THE LARGEST WEIGHING IN AT: 150, 120, 100, 8O AND 70 POUNDS.

THANKS FOR A GREAT WEEK!!!

KEEP CASTING,
CAPTAINS TRAVIS AND JAY


Nice Tuna Doug


Cuda on Top-Water!!


Even the ladies took part in the area's
great bottom fishing!!


It was Tuna on top-water week!!


XXL Rooster landed on live bait.


XXL Cubera time!!


Grouper on the iron!!


Nice Cubera Phyllis!!


Rooster on top!!!


The Roosters were on the bite!!