Fishing Report - 03/21/09

GREETING FROM THE TROPICS

THIS WEEK WE SAID OUR GOOD BYES TO CAPTAIN BEN FLOYD AS HE HAD TO RETURN NORTH TO FREEZE HIS NUTS OFF IN ALASKA. AFTER TWO MONTH OF FISHING IN THE WARM TROPICS I AM SURE IT WILL BE A SHOCK TO ALL OF THIS BODY PARTS. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HIM HERE FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR. HE PROVIDED A LOT OF HELP, MOSTLY IN THE BAR, TO ANGLERS AND STAFF ALIKE. THANK YOU BEN! ALL OF US AT PESCA PANAMA ARE AWAITING YOUR RETURN NEXT YEAR AND WISH YOU A SUCCESSFUL SALMON FISHING SEASON THIS YEAR WITH REEL CLASS CHARTERS FISHING OUT OF SIKTA, ALASKA.

THIS WEEK WE HOSTED FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS FISHING OUT OF FIVE BOATS. FISHING WITH US THIS WEEK WERE ANGLERS KEITH NAVIDI, BRENDEN STAI, EDWARD WEMHOFF, RANDY ARNZEN, BILL SHOWALTER, ANDREA GONELLA, ROBERT BRAUNS, JAMES DIMAGGIO, TONY CAROLEO, TOM GERVAIS, SEAN POULK, JOHN DECKER, LARRY SMEARER, BRAIN HILLS AND DENNIS RAM

89 DEGREE WATER

A HOT CURRENT OF 89 DEGREE WATER FLOWED OVER OUR FISHING AREA THIS WEEK. AS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER HEATED UP THE BITE COOLED DOWN. THOUGH OUR ANGLERS THIS WEEK ENJOYED THE CALMEST SEAS WE HAVE HAD ALL YEAR THEY ALSO SUFFERED THE SLOWEST FISHING OF THE YEAR. WITH THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE, THE FISH WENT OFF THE BITE!

BUT EVEN WITH THE BITE BEING WAY BELOW NORMAL, EVERY BOAT CAUGHT AT LEAST A FEW FISH EVERY DAY OF THE CHARTER. THERE WERE SOME CATCHES THIS WEEK THAT WERE NOTABLE. ON OUR SECOND DAY OF FISHING, 64 YELLOWFIN TUNA IN THE 40 TO 100 LB RANGE WERE CAUGHT. MANY MORE COULD HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IF THE ANGLERS ARMS DIDN'T START FEELING LIKE THEY WERE BEING PULLED FROM THEIR SOCKETS.

MARLIN WERE SCARCE THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. ANDREA MADE THE FIRST MARLIN RELEASE, AN ESTIMATED 450 LB BLACK MARLIN CAUGHT ON LIVE BONITA AT HANNIBAL BANK.

THE AREA AROUND ISLA LADRONES STARTED PRODUCING MARLIN ON THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE TRIP. BRENDEN RELEASED A 250 LB BLACK, BILL RELEASED A 450 LB BLACK, TOM RELEASED A 430 LB BLACK AND TONY RELEASED 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. THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE MARLIN THAT CAME IN ON THE LIVE BAITS BUT JUST WOULDN'T EAT. THIS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS PUT AND EXCITING ENDING TO WHAT OTHER WISE WAS A SLOW WEEK OF FISHING.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: IF YOUR TROLLING LURES ARE STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE OLD AND DIRTY, WASH THEM IN FRESH WATER WITH A LITTLE DISH SOAP. NEXT RINSE THE LURES OFF AND PLACE THEM IN A BUCKET OF FRESH WATER THAT HAS HAS HAIR CONDITIONER ADDED TO IT. LET THE LURES SOAK FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE TAKING THEM OUT AND YOU WILL HAVE LURES THAT LOOK, "ALMOST AS GOOD AS NEW." THIS TECHNIQUES MIGHT ALSO WORK FOR THE WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT BUT AFTER I HOLD HER HEAD UNDER THE WATER FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES SHE COMES OUT FIGHTING MAD! I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF I GET THIS WORKED OUT.

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