Fishing Report - 04/24/10

GREETING FROM THE TROPICS

I WAS SITTING AT THE HOUSE LOOKING AT THE NOAA WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE WEEK. SEEMS THERE HAD BEEN TWO BIG STORMS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. ONE STORM WAS IN NEW ZEALAND AND THE OTHER IN THE COOK ISLANDS. BOTH DEPRESSIONS HAD GENERATED WAVE TRAINS THAT WERE NOW HEADED OUR WAY AND WERE GOING TO CRASH ON TO THE SHORES OF PANAMA. WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

PESCA PANAMA HAD TWO GROUPS FISHING WITH US THE WEEK. ROBERT CAVALERO AND HIS TWO SON ROBERT JR AND DALE CAVALERO, JOE WINTERBERGER AND BRIAN VOYNICK WERE IN ONE GROUP. THE SECOND GROUP OF FISHERMEN WERE BROTHERS CHRIS, ANDY AND ERIC GEORGE.

AS IT TURNED OUT THE SEAS WERE ROUGH BUT NOT TOO ROUGH TO FISH. WE HAD RAIN AND LOT OF IT ONE DAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WATER TEMPERATURE HAD COOLED DOWN TO 82 DEGREES AND THERE WAS LOT OF FLOATING LOGS IN THE WATER TO ATTRACT FISH. SOMETHING I HAD NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF BEFORE WERE THE HUGE SCHOOLS OF SMALL AMBERJACK THAT WERE SCHOOLED UP UNDER THE LOGS. OF COURSE THE WITH ALL THE FLOAT IN THE OCEAN I WAS HOLDING BAIT, SO TUNA AND DORADO ACTION WAS TO BE HAD.

THE GEORGBE GROUP FISHED FOR THREE DAYS IN THESE LESS THAN IDEA WEATHER CONDITIONS. THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN LANDING SEVERAL NICE CUBERA SNAPPERS, A COUPLE OF BROOMTAIL GROUPERS THAT WEIGHTED UP TO 50 POUNDS AND A HANDFUL OF VARIOUS OTHER FISH. BUT AFTER THREE DAYS THEY WERE READY TO "THROUGH IN THE TOWEL" AND HEADED TO TOWN.

MEANWHILE THE OTHER TWO BOATS FISH ON. BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WERE BEING CAUGHT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. DORADO AND SAILFISH WERE IN THE DRIFT LINES. BUT THE BIG NEWS WAS THE BIG TUNA CAUGHT. 9 TUNA BETWEEN 100-150 LBS, 2 TUNA IN THE 200 PLUS RANGE, ONE OF WHICH ROBERT JR CAUGHT ON A POPPER AND OUR BIGGEST YELLOWFIN EVER. A WHOPPING 322 LBS. YELLOWFIN BRIAN AND ROBERT DOUBLE TEAMED. BOTH ANGLERS PUT IN ROD TIME AS THIS FAT FISH HAD EATEN A LIVE BLUE RUNNER THEY HAD PITCHED OUT ON A BIG SPINNING RIG. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS ON LANDING A GREAT FISH!

JOE LANDED A GOOD SIZED ROOSTERFISH IN THE 60 LB RANGE. DESPITE MOTHER NATURE AND THE WEATHER, SHE WAS PROVIDING SOME GREAT FISHING ACTION THIS WEEK AT PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:




BOB AND BRIAN WITH A BIG CUBERA


BOB WITH ONE OF THIS WEEK'S BIG DORADO


BRIAN AND BOB WITH A COUPLE OF NICE SNAPPERS


BIBLE BOB AND BRIAN WITH THE LARGEST YELLOWFIN TUNA EVER LANDED AT PESCA PANAMA, 322 POUNDS


BIBLE BOB WITH ONE OF THIS WEEK'S MANY CUBERA SNAPPERS


JOE AND MATE JOSE WITH A BIG ROOSTERFISH CAUGHT IN THE SECAS ISLANDS


BRIAN WITH A CUBERA SNAPPER


ROBERT JR AND A BIG CUBERA SNAPPER


ROBERT JR AND JOE WITH ANOTHER OF THIS WEEK BIG TUNA CATCHES