Fishing Report - 4/27/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

TOM DALSASO AND TOM DALSASO, JR RETURNED THIS WEEK TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM A WHOLE BARGE LOAD OF GUYS WHO LIKE FISHING, DRINKING AND TELLING JOKES. THEY INCLUDED; CHRIS BEE, TIM MASON, MATT CRADDOCK, BERRY CRADDOCK, KEVIN BECKER, RENE MONDEJAR, MARK REYNER, JEFF FERGUSON, DEAN VENEZIA, JIM MCCLELLAN AND MIKE CROKE.

FIRST DAY OF INSHORE FISHING AND OVER 40 FISH WERE CAUGHT INCLUDING; ROOSTERFISH, CUBERA SNAPPERS, AMBERJACKS, AFRICAN POMPANO, BLUE JACKS, JACK CREVELLE AND BROOMTAIL GROUPER. WE EVEN HOOKED A BLACK MARLIN INSHORE WHEN IT TOOK A POPPER ON THE FIRST CAST. THE FIGHT LASTED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE IT THREW THE LURE, BUT WHAT EXCITEMENT!

OUT ON HANNIBAL BANK MIKE WAS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO WHEN THEY RAISED TWO BLACK MARLIN AND WERE ABLE TO CATCH AND RELEASE AN ESTIMATED 450 LB FISH. CAPT. BARTOLO LIKES TO TROLL LIVE BONITA ON A DOWNRIGGER AND THIS IS HOW HE CAUGHT THIS MARLIN. MARK, FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MACHO, CAUGHT AND RELEASED ANOTHER BLACK MARLIN ESTIMATED AT 280 LBS WHILE HE WAS FISHING ON THE BANK. THIS FISH FELL FOR A SLOW TROLLED LIVE BONITA.

LOTS OF SMALL YELLOWFIN IN THE 20 TO 40 LB RANGE WERE CAUGHT ON POPPERS THIS WEEK. CAPTAIN MACHO DID BRING TO GAFF TWO YELLOWFINS THAT WEIGHED OVER 120 LBS. CAPTAIN BARTOLO'S ANGLERS HOOKED TWO GIANT YELLOWFIN THAT LOOKED AROUND 250 LBS BUT WERE LOST WHEN THE LEADER BROKE ON ONE FISH AND THE ROD SNAPPED ON THE OTHER. SOME DAYS ARE JUST LIKE THAT.

CUBERA SNAPPER ACTION WAS HOT FOR THE ANGLERS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO. FISHING NEAR CANALES ISLAND THEY CAUGHT TWO SNAPPERS OVER 50 LBS ALONG WITH MANY SMALLER FISH. THEY EVEN HOOKED A WAHOO ON A POPPER.

ANGLERS FISHING WITH CAPTAIN TATIN ENJOYED SOME GOOD BOTTOM FISHING THIS WEEK. I THINK THEY CAUGHT ABOUT EVERY KIND OF BOTTOM FISH WE HAVE HERE IN PANAMA AND THAT IS A LOT. YOU WILL SEE THE FISH IN THE PHOTOS BELOW.

ON THEIR LAST DAY, OUR ANGLERS ENJOYED EXCELLENT FISHING IN THE PARIDAS ISLAND. HERE TOM AND TOM, JR. LANDED TWO ROOSTERFISH. ONE FISH WEIGHED 60 LBS AND THE OTHER FISH WEIGHTED 35 LBS. A GREAT WAY TO END YOUR CHARTER.

SUMMARY: WE HAD A MIXED BAG OF FISHING THIS WEEK. WITH THE CHANGE OF SEASONS OUR WATER IS STARTING TO COOL OFF AND WE ARE SEEING MORE FISH MOVE INTO THE ISLAND CLOSER TO THE MAINLAND. OFFSHORE THIS WEEK WE CAUGHT BLACK MARLIN, YELLOWFIN TUNA, WAHOO, SAILFISH AND DORADO.

THANKS GUYS FOR FISHING WITH US. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND HAVE YOU IN OUR RESERVATION BOOK FOR YOUR RETURN CHARTER IN 2008.

FISHING TIPS: IT IS APRIL AND WE ARE INTO THE WET SEASON HERE AT PESCA PANAMA. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE COMING DOWN TO FISH WITH US REMEMBER TO BRING YOU RAIN GEAR ALONG WITH YOUR KNEE PADS AND A MARTIN ARCHERY GLOVE.


JEFF WITH ONE OF THIS WEEKS YELLOWFIN


BERRY AND TOM WITH A BROOMTAIL GROUPER


MARK, CHRIS AND KEVIN WITH SNAPPER CATCH


BOYS GONE WILD ON THE BEACH


MATT AND BERRY WITH A LAST DAY WAHOO


RENE WITH ROOSTERFISH


TIMMY AND A GOOD SIZED REEF DONKEY


JEFF AND A BIG CUBERA


MATT AND A BRIGHT CORVINA CAUGHT ON A JIG


JIM WITH ANOTHER BIG CUBERA