Fishing Report - 4/8/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

SCHOOLS OF ROOSTERFISH WERE ATTACKING THEIR POPPERS AS OUR ANGLERS STARTED FISHING THIS WEEK NEAR ISLA PARIDA. CALIFORNIA ANGLERS ROB SMYTH AND CHUCK BYARD HAD RETURNED TO FISH WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO AND BROUGHT FIRST TIMER TAD HALL. THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH 5 ROOSTERFISH, 5 JACK CREVELLE AND 4 CUBERA SNAPPERS ON POPPERS THE FIRST AFTERNOON. ALSO RETURNING THIS YEAR WERE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ANGLERS GREG ISERI AND DAVE RIPPEE. ACCOMPANYING THEM WERE ANGLERS KENNETH BUETTNER, MARK WIDENER, MICHAEL BELL AND MARK HICKMAN.

CHUCK WAS ABLE TO CATCH AND RELEASE AND ESTIMATED 400 TO 450 LB BLACK MARLIN CAUGHT ON LIVE BAIT WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO ON HANNIBAL BANK AND TAD LANDED A 285 LB YELLOWFIN.

KENNY, FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MACHO, HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A 500 LB PLUS BLACK MARLIN ON WHEN AFTER FIGHTING THE FISH FOR OVER 30 MINUTES THE NEW 80 LB ANDE LINE SOMEHOW PARTED. THE FOLLOWING DAY KENNY AND DAVE BOATED A 270 LB YELLOWFIN AND RELEASED A BIG SAILFISH.

WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO, AT HANNIBAL BANK, MIKE AND MARK CAUGHT AND RELEASED AN ESTIMATED 450 LB BLACK MARLIN AND TOPPED THIS OFF WITH A 243 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA AND A NICE ROOSTERFISH. AT JICRON ISLAND MARK CAUGHT AND RELEASED ANOTHER BLACK MARLIN IN THE 450 LB RANGE WHILE MARK HAD HIS LINE PART ON AN EVEN LARGER FISH.

FISHING AT JICRON ISLAND WAS LIT-UP THIS WEEK. GREG AND MARK CAUGHT AND RELEASED A 450 LB PLUS BLUE MARLIN WHILE FISHING "THE WALL" WITH CAPTAIN TATIN. THEY ALSO CAUGHT WAHOO, CUBERA SNAPPER AND AMBERJACKS WHILE FISHING NEAR THE ISLAND. WELCOME GUYS TO FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA!

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS: THIS WEEK ANGLERS ROB AND CHUCK BROUGHT WITH THEM THREE FINGERED ARCHERY GLOVES. THEY REMEMBERED HOW HARD THE SPECTRA LINE WAS ON THEIR FINGER TIPS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE CASTING POPPERS WITH PESCA PANAMA. THESE GLOVES WERE JUST THE TICKET AS THEY WORKED GREAT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE GLOVES, MADE BY MARTIN ARCHERY, THEN YOU NEED TO BRING TAPE TO HELP PROTECT YOUR FINGER TIPS.


GREG AND MARK WITH A GOOD AJ


TWO BIG BOYS-285 LB YELLOWFIN


THE ARCHERS "ANGLING GLOVE"


TAD AND CHUCK WITH A GOOD ROOSTER


ROB AND A NICE ROOSTER


ROB WITH A BIG CUBERA


MARK AND TATIN SHOW OFF A WAHOO


MARLIN "HERES LOOKIN AT YA"


HE'S UP, BLACK MARLIN "GETTIN AIR"


MIKE WITH OUR FIRST EVER GALAPAGOS PORGY