Fishing Report - 05/10/08

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS

YES, THE WATER IS STILL GREEN BUT THIS WEEK WE HAD ANOTHER LITTLE SURPRISE. WE FOUND RED TIDE BLOOMING AROUND MANY OF THE ISLANDS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW BETTER YOU WOULD THINK MOTHER NATURE WAS DECORATING THE OCEAN FOR CHRISTMAS!

OF COURSE THE FISHING SUFFERED FROM THESE ADVERSE WATER CONDITIONS. OUR CATCH RATES WERE DOWN FROM NORMAL AND THE SIZE OF THE FISH WE WERE CATCHING SEEMED TO BE SMALLER. I DON'T THINK WE HAD ONE BOAT THIS WEEK THAT REALLY WAS ON A HOT BITE, BUT CAPTAIN SERIO'S ANGLERS FARED BETTER THAN THE OTHER BOATS.

THIS WEEK NICOLA ZINGARELLI (WWW.CARANX.NET) BOUGHT A GROUP OF 12 ANGLERS FROM EUROPE. THESE ANGLERS INCLUDED LORENZO ROCA , MIGUEL LOPES, HIPOLITO MERCADAL , RAFAEL JIMENEZ , EMILIANO BLANCO, MARCUS MULLER, ORIOL RIBALTA, JOAN RENOM, TOMAS SANTIS, IVAN ACEVEDO, MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ AND JOSE ANGEL FERNANDEZ.

WHEN THE FINAL TALLY WAS TAKEN THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 210 FISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK. ALL OF THESE FISH WERE EITHER CAUGHT ON POPPERS OR JIGS. THIS WEEK'S FISHERMEN DID NOT LIKE FISHING WITH NATURAL BAITS, EITHER DEAD OR ALIVE. A LIST OF THE SPECIES THEY CAUGHT INCLUDE JACK CREVALLE, DORADO, BLUE JACK, HORSE EYE JACK, FORTUNE JACK, AMBERJACK, YELLOWFIN TUNA, GOLDEN JACK, AFRICAN POMPANO, SPOTTED GROUPER, BROOMTAIL GROUPER, ROOSTERFISH, RED SNAPPER, SIERRA MACKERAL, RAINBOW RUNNER, YELLOW SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, WAHOO, SILK SNAPPER, BARRACUDA AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SHARKS.

HERE AT PESCA PANAMA WE ARE ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR THE OCEAN TO RETURN TO ITS' NORMAL BEAUTIFUL BLUE COLOR. IT COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS THE NEXT TIDE, BUT WE CAN ONLY KEEP FISHING AND WAIT. WE ALL KNOW THE BIG FISH HAVE TO BE HUNGRY WHEN THE WATER DOES CHANGE AND I FOR ONE WANT TO BE THERE!

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: THIS WEEK WE HAD A GROUP OF GOOD ANGLERS THAT ONLY LIKE TO FISH WITH POPPER AND JIGS. I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS. I THINK WE ALL HAVE A SPECIAL PREFERENCE IN THE WAY WE LIKE TO FISH. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS WHEN THE FISH ARE NOT HITTING ARTIFICIAL BAITS IT IS TIME TO TRY NATURAL BAITS. NOW I KNOW THIS MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU CAME FOR BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO CATCHING NO FISH THE WAY YOU LIKE TO FISH OR CATCHING FISH USING A TECHNIQUE YOU DON'T PREFER. WELL, I PREFER CATCHING FISH WHAT EVER IT TAKES. IN TOUGH FISHING CONDITIONS I THINK NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IT PAYS TO LISTEN TO YOUR CAPTAIN. HE IS THE ONE WITH THE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. IN THE MEAN TIME PASS ME A HAND FULL OF DYNAMITE.

ALL PHOTOS THIS WEEK BY NICOLA ZINGARELLI: