Fishing Report - 03/28/09

GREETING FROM THE TROPICS

THE CUBANS FROM MIAMI INVADED PESCA PANAMA THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDED 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH GENERATIONS ANGLERS OF THE ROVIROSA FAMILY. THEY HAD BROUGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON A SPECIAL FISHING EXPEDITION TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. DAVID CABARROCAS ENJOYED HAVING HIS TWO BOYS, ALEJANDRO AND DAVID, JOIN HIM. THE EVER COMPETITIVE RICKY ROVIROSA WAS THE FIRST ANGLER OUT EVERY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY PEPE "JC" CASTELLVI AND EDDIE "EL FLACO" CLAVIJO, HOPING TO CATCH A BIG BLACK MARLIN. THEIR FISHING EFFORTS PAID OFF WHEN ON THE THIRD DAY WHEN "JC" HOOKED AND BROUGHT ALONGSIDE A 350 BLACK MARLIN. FRANKY ROVIROSA ENJOYED WATCHING HIS TWO SONS, FRANKY JR. AND ANDRES, INTENSELY FOCUS ON THEIR FISHING. THE YOUNGER ANGLERS HAD BROUGHT ALONG THE OWN RODS TO SEE IF IT WOULD STAND UP SOME REAL FISHING PRESSURE.

THE, "POPPER, POPPER, POPPER" FISHING BOAT WAS MANNED BY JORGE ROVIROSA, JIMMY "CRACKER JACK" MARTINEZ, TINO DOMINGUEZ AND WERE KEPT ENTERTAINED BY JAVIER MIRANA TELLING HIS PAST FISHING STORIES. IT WAS LIKE, "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA," STORY WHEN THEIR BOAT CAUGHT A 150 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA, PLAYING THE FISH FOR 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES DURING A TROPICAL DOWN POUR WHILE FISHING AT HANNIBAL BANK. TINO LANDED A HUGE 70 LB CUBER SNAPPER THAT MADE HIS DAY. BERNIE PIMENTEL SAID, "HE LEARNED MORE ABOUT FISHING IN 3 DAYS THAN HE HAD LEARNED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS."

THE ENTIRE GROUP THANKS JAY AND THE ENTIRE CREW OF PESCA PANAMA FOR THEIR WONDERFUL HOSPITALITY AND A GREAT FISHING EXPERIENCE. WE WILL BE BACK!

WRITTEN BY UNCLE GEORGE ROVIROSA

ALSO FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA THIS WEEK WAS RETURNING ANGLER ERNEST JAQUENOUD AND HIS FRIEND MICHEL ANSELMO, BOTH FROM GENEVE, SWITZERLAND. THESE ANGLERS ARE AVID POPPER FISHERMEN WITH SOME DEEP JIGGING ADDED IN TO HELP INCREASE THE FISHING ACTION. JAQUENOUD HAD A GREAT DAY FISHING AT HANNIBAL BANK WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO LAND 26 TUNA, ALL CAUGHT ON A POPPER!

RAIN MARKS THE END OF THE DRY SEASON

OFFSHORE THIS WEEK WE EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST RAIN SHOWERS IN SEVERAL MONTHS. THE RAINS HELPED BRING THE HIGH WATER TEMPERATURES, 89 DEGREES, WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK DOWN THIS WEEK TO 86 DEGREES. WITH THE LOWERING OF THE SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE THE FISH CAME BACK ON THE "BITE."

SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA WERE TO BE FOUND FEEDING AROUND MONTUOSA ISLAND AND HANNIBAL BANK. BLACK MARLIN WERE FEEDING AT HANNIBAL BANK AND ALSO AROUND ISLA LA DRONES. THE SEAS REMAINED CALM EXCEPT AROUND THE RAIN SHOWER FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. SO PUT ON YOUR RAIN JACKETS AND BE READY TO SET THE HOOK. WITH THE START OF THE CHANGE OF THE SEASON, THE COOLER WATER AND THE INCREASED RIVER FLOWS PUSHING MORE BAIT INTO THE OCEAN, I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE OUR NORMALLY GOOD FISHING GET EVEN BETTER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

A BIG 'THANK YOU" TO ALL OF THIS WEEK'S ANGLERS FOR CHOOSING TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: SOME OF OUR CUBAN ANGLERS THIS WEEK BROUGHT WITH THEM THEIR, HOPPER CUSTOM JIGGING RODS THEY HAD BOUGHT FROM CAPTAIN HARRY'S IN MIAMI. THESE TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE RODS. I WOULD SUGGEST FOR FISHING THIS AREA THAT THE ROD NUMBER HOPC 270FS WOULD THE ONE TO USE.

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