Fishing Report - 4/1/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

THIS WEEK, FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO WAS TOM MICK, RANDY ARNZEN AND KEITH NAVIDI. USING LIVE BONITO AS BAIT THEY HOOKED A BLACK MARLIN NEAR JICRON ISLAND. RANDY FOUGHT THE ESTIMATED 300 LB FISH AND HAD IT TO THE BOAT IN 21 MINUTES WHERE THEY MADE A LIVE RELEASE. ON ANOTHER DAY THEY RELEASED FOUR SAILFISH WHILE FISHING THE AREA AROUND MONTUOSA ISLAND

WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO; GARY CHANEY, BOB WAIT, RON DAVIS AND "IRON MAN" BRUCE RIFKIN HOOKED UP A 160 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA BY CASTING A POPPER. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE ONE "HOT" TUNA AND BY THE TIME THIS FISH WAS LANDED ALL ANGLERS ONBOARD HAD PUT IN SOME ROD TIME.

CAPTAIN MACHO GUIDED BRUCE AND RON AT THE BANANA BANK WHERE RON CAUGHT AND RELEASED AN ESTIMATED 400 LB BLUE MARLIN. THEY FOUGHT ANOTHER MARLIN THIS WEEK BUT AFTER 10 MINUTES IT THREW THE HOOK.

CAPTAIN TATIN FISHED WITH JOSH DUNLAP, RON ATWOOD AND TOM PACK. THE ANGLERS WON THE TRIP IN WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS' TUNA TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR IN CABO. THEY CAME TO FISH FOR BIG TUNA AND THE BIG YELLOWFIN JUST WEREN'T HERE THIS WEEK. THEY DID ENJOYED SOME GOOD FISHING INSHORE FOR SNAPPERS AND JACKS AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES.

SUMMARY: LOTS OF 30-60 LB AMBERJACKS WERE CAUGHT THIS WEEK AS WERE SOME BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS. GARY HAD ONE CUBERA THAT WEIGHED 58 LBS. THE TUNA ACTION SLOWED DOWN THIS WEEK THOUGH THERE WERE LOTS OF SMALL YELLOWFIN TUNA NEAR JICRON ISLAND. SEVERAL ROOSTERFISH WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED THIS WEEK AS WERE SAILFISH AND BOTH BLACK AND BLUE MARLIN.

WE HAD A FISHING FRIEND WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP THIS WEEK FOR HIS FISHING CHARTER. HIS NAME IS RICK CUTLER. THOU VERY ILL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, RICK HAD BEEN PLANNING ON THIS FISHING TRIP. RICK PASSED AWAY A DAY BEFORE THE PLANE LEFT THE GROUND FOR PANAMA. RICK LOVED TO FISH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I KNOW HE WOULD EXPECT US TO CARRY ON FOR HIM.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS:

IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING THE FISHING REPORTS YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN CATCHING A LOT OF FISH THIS YEAR ON BUTTERFLY JIGS. FOR A GREAT JIG AT A GREAT PRICE I RECOMMEND THE WILLIAMSON "SPEEDY JIG". THESE JIGS COME IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEIGHTS BUT WE LIKE THE 100, 150 AND 200 GRAM WEIGHTS WITH THE 150 GRAM THE BEST FOR ALL AROUND USE. WE BUY THESE JIGS FOR 6.95 AND THIS INCLUDES A GOOD HOOK ALREADY ATTACHED TO THE TOP SPLIT RING. SO WHEN YOU COME FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA, THROW IN SOME BUTTERFLY JIGS WITH YOUR TACKLE.


BOB AND A JICRON ISLAND SAILFISH


BOB AND A "REEF DONKEY"


TROPICAL SUNSET IN PANAMA


TOM AND RON WITH A NICE PAIR OF CUBERAS


GARY AND HIS BIG CUBERA SNAPPER


JOSH WITH A RAINBOW RUNNER ON THE BUTTERFLY JIG


BRUCE AND GARY WITH A 160 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT ON A POPPER


RON AND A RED SNAPPER


RON HOOKED UP TO A BLUE MARLIN


BOB RELEASED THIS 200 LB HAMMERHEAD