THE FISHING WAS SLOWER THAN USUAL THIS WEEK. FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW OUR ANGLERS ENCOUNTERED GREEN WATER THAT LOOKED A LOT LIKE CAMPBELL'S GREEN PEA SOUP. WE WERE ALL WONDERING WHEN THE BLUE WATER WOULD RETURN. OUR ANGLERS HAD TO WORK HARD FOR THE FISH THEY CAUGHT BUT CATCHES WERE MADE. OF THE FOUR BOATS WE HAD FISHING THIS WEEK ONLY ONE BOAT CAME IN WITH A ZERO IN THE CATCH COLUMN. IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OUR FOUR BOATS ENDED UP CATCHING A TOTAL OF 165 FISH, THOUGH A LOT OF THESE FISH WERE SMALLER THAN USUAL. MAYBE WE WERE ALL WANTING TO LAND THE "BIG ONE?"

THE WAHOO ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP IN THE AREA. TONI AND JEFF WERE ABLE TO CATCH EIGHT OF THESE SPEEDY FISH ONE DAY WHILE FISHING AT CANALES ISLAND. JEFF ALSO WANTED TO CATCH A BLACK MARLIN WHILE HE WAS HERE AND HE DID JUST THAT WHILE FISHING NEAR JICARITA ISLAND. THE FIRST BLACK MARLIN THAT CAME TO HIS LIVE BAIT REFUSED TO EAT. BUT WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES ANOTHER BLACK MARLIN ATE HIS LIVE BONITA AND THE FIGHT WAS ON. AT RELEASE THE BLACK WAS ESTIMATED TO WEIGH 400 LBS.

JUST LIKE THE LAST TWO WEEKS MOST OF OUR BOATS REPORTED GOOD CATCHES OF ROOSTERFISH. ALONG WITH THE ROOSTERFISH HERE IS A LIST OF THE OTHER SPECIES CAUGHT THIS WEEK; AMBERJACK, MULLET SNAPPER, CUBERA SNAPPER, BLUE JACK, YELLOW SNAPPER, JACK CREVALLE, FORTUNE JACK, RAINBOW RUNNER, BROOMTAIL GROUPER, WAHOO, POMPANO, DORADO, SILK SNAPPER, AND ROCK SNAPPER.

THE ANGLERS PUTTING IN THE EFFORT THIS WEEK INCLUDED FROM BRAZIL; MARCIO PAES, MICHEL PINESI, FRANCISCO ROXO AND BASILIO TAKASHI. FROM FRANCE WERE CLAUDE PORT AND HERVE AUBRIL. FROM THE U.S. WERE JEFF AND TONI BRECKE. THANKS TO ALL OF OUR ANGLERS FOR PUTTING A GOOD FISHING EFFORT IN LESS THAN IDEAL FISHING CONDITIONS.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: A REMINDER TO ALWAYS COVER THE TIPS OF YOUR GAFFS. THIS HELPS PREVENT ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURE WOUNDS IN YOU AND YOUR ANGLERS. WE HAD JUST SUCH AN ACCIDENT THIS WEEK. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IT HAS ALWAYS AMAZED ME JUST HOW FAST AND HOW DEEP A SHARP GAFF CAN PENETRATE. NOT TO MENTION IT "HURTS LIKE HELL."

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GREAT PHOTO OF JEFF'S BLACK MARLIN CAUGHT NEAR JICARITA ISLAND