Fishing Report - 5/6/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

THIS WEEK PESCA PANAMA GREETED ANGLERS FROM FRANCE, CHILE, PANAMA AND THE U.S. THEY INCLUDED ANGLERS; IGNACIO ECHEVARRIA, JUAN IBANEZ, HECTOR MCKENZIE, CARLOS ZAMORA, GUSTANO RIQUELME, JOSE IRIBARREN, PHILIPPE DANOS, PASCAL DUMAS DE RAULY, FELIPE BARISON, DEAN FAINA, LUIS FINKELSTEIN, ANDRES LIZAMA, CARLOS GARRIDO, NELSON SALAZAR, JEFF CASTON, JOE AND JOHN BRESSI. ACTUALLY JOHN AND JOSE HAD HOSTED TWO, THREE DAY FISHING TRIPS THIS WEEK, SO THIS IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING MORE ANGLERS THAN USUAL.

PHILIPPE AND PASCAL HAD JOINED COMPANY TO COME POPPER FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA. THEY WERE GUIDED BY CAPTAIN BARTOLO WHO FISHED MOST OF THE ISLANDS IN THE COIBA ISLAND AREA WITH THEM. NEAR THE END OF THEIR CHARTER PHILIPPE TOLD ME, "I ALWAYS LIKE NEVER KNOWING WHAT I AM GOING TO CATCH WHEN IT GO FISHING. HERE AT PESCA PANAMA IT IS EVEN MORE FUN BECAUSE OF ALL THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF FISH YOU HAVE." THESE ANGLERS ESPECIALLY WANTED A CHANCE TO POPPER FISH FOR YELLOWFIN TUNA AND ROOSTERFISH. THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN CATCHING SEVERAL OF BOTH.

TALK ABOUT NEVER KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH, DEAN WAS TROLLING INSHORE NEAR CONTREAS ISLAND FOR WAHOO. HE WAS USING ONE OF OUR YO-ZURI BONITA LURES WHEN HE HOOKED-UP. CAPTAIN TATIN NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE YOUR NORMAL WAHOO STRIKE. THEN OUT OF THE WATER IT JUMPED AND THEY SHOUTED, "LOOK IT'S A SAILFISH." BUT TATIN SAID, "NO LOOK AGAIN, IT IS A BLACK MARLIN!" AND SO IT WAS FOR DEAN AND THE ANGLERS A GREAT SURPRISE. THEY WERE ABLE TO LAND THE MARLIN AND MAKE A GOOD LIVE RELEASE.

AS EVIDENCED BY CATCHING THIS MARLIN NEAR CONTREAS ISLAND AND SEVERAL MORE CAUGHT AROUND LA DRONES ISLAND THE FISH ARE STARTING TO MOVE CLOSER INSHORE AS OUR WATER TEMPERATURES START TO COOL. THE COOLER WATER TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE BAIT FISH THAT ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE RIVERS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE RAIN FALL HAS DEFINITELY HELPED OUR INSHORE FISHING NEARER THE MAINLAND. THIS IS ALSO THE START OF THE WAHOO SEASON AND WE ARE STARTING TO CATCH LOTS OF WAHOO.

FELIPE, CARLOS AND NELSON WERE FISHING OFFSHORE WITH CAPTAIN MACHO WHEN THEY CAUGHT A GREAT MIXED BAG. THIS INCLUDED FELIPE RELEASING AN ESTIMATED 300 LB. BLACK MARLIN, TWO NICE DORADO, THREE WAHOO AND TEN SMALL YELLOWFIN TUNA. THE NEXT AND LAST DAY OF THE CHARTER THE SAME GROUP WAS FISHING NEAR LA DRONES ISLAND WHERE THEY LANDED TWO WAHOO AND NELSON CAUGHT AND RELEASED AN ESTIMATED 500 LB BLACK MARLIN. GOOD FISHING GUYS!

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS: HERE ARE AS COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR ANGLERS WHO ARE COMING TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA AND WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEIR OWN SPINNING RODS. IF THE RODS ARE TWO PIECE THE CHANCES ARE THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK, SO JUST BRING TWO OF THEM. THIS WAY YOU WILL HAVE A BACK-UP ROD. ALSO BUY A COUPLE OF EXTRA GUIDES THAT WILL FIT YOUR ROD TIP. THIS IS THE GUIDE THAT MOST COMMONLY FAILS.


NELSON, CARLOS AND CAPT. MACHO WITH DORADO


FELIPE'S MARLIN "GETTING AIR"


OCEAN MASTER RUNNING THE RIVER


DEAN DISPLAYS A BLUE JACK


JEFF WITH ANOTHER WAHOO


LUIS, RON AND ANDRES "3 MARAUDERS"


IGNACIO AND A "SNAKE" WAHOO


HECTOR AND TOMMY SHOW OFF A SAIL


PHILIPPE WITH A POPPER CAUGHT PARGO


JOSE WITH A GROUPER FOR DINNER