Fishing Report - 5/27/06

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

THE LINES WERE BREAKING AND THE HOOKS WERE PULLING AS CAPTAIN MACHO'S FISHERMEN; TERRY AND BRENDAN LEEN, KIRK WARRIOR AND TIM THROWER WERE IN A SCHOOL OF GIANT YELLOWFIN TUNA. BRENDAN, AN EXPERT FREE DIVER, JUMPED OVER THE SIDE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE FISH. HE SAID, "I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE. THE SEA WAS FULL OF HUGE TUNA FLASHING BY, LEAVING A TRAIL OF BUBBLES IN THEIR WAKE." LATER ON IN THE WEEK, WHILE FISHING NEAR MONTUOSA ISLAND, THE GUYS TOLD ME THEY WERE ABLE TO CATCH AND RELEASE AS MANY TUNA, 20 TO 45 LBS, AS THEY WANTED!

MEANWHILE NANCY REGAN, BRUCE JARVIS AND GLENN ANDERSON WERE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO WHEN THEY HOOKED UP TWO GOOD YELLOWFINS. GLENN BOATED A 140 LB FISH TAKEN ON LIVE BAIT. THEN BRUCE HOOKED UP A BIGGER FISH ON A POPPER. BY THE TIME THIS 200 LB YELLOWFIN CAME OVER THE RAIL EVERYONE ONBOARD HAD PUT IN SOME REEL TIME.

NEW COMERS TO PESCA PANAMA, MARK AND LISA SIMPSON ALONG WITH MATT ADKINS WERE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO WHEN MARK BOATED A 140 LB YELLOWFIN AND LISA BROUGHT IN SEVERAL SMALLER TUNA. MATT ALSO LANDED SEVERAL TUNA, A SMALL ROOSTERFISH, A NICE DORADO AND A GOOD SIZED CUBERA SNAPPER.

CAPTAIN TATIN'S ANGLERS, MARTEN MILLS AND JACK LEHMAN WERE ABLE TO CATCH 5 WAHOO, ON THE WILLY"Z' LURES THAT RICKY ZUNIGA BROUGHT DOWN LAST WEEK. THEN THEY CAUGHT 20 YELLOWFIN TUNA TO 60 LBS TAKEN ON THE YO ZURI BULL GT POPPER. TO ADD TO THE CATCH THEY LANDED SEVERAL BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS AND A BIG AMBER JACK.

SUMMARY: AS YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS STACKING UP TO BE QUITE A WEEK. THE BIG YELLOWFIN WERE ONCE AGAIN IN THE AREA ALONG WITH BIG SCHOOLS OF SMALLER TUNA, WAHOO, DORADO, CUBERAS SNAPPERS, AMBER JACK AND A ROOSTERFISH CATCH THROWN IN. MOST OF THE WEEK WE ENJOYED CALM SEAS AND SOME OF THE NICEST WEATHER WE HAVE HAD ALL YEAR. ON OUR LAST DAY, WHILE THE BARGE WAS COMFORTABLY ANCHORED IN THE RIVER, THE WIND BLEW OFFSHORE PRODUCING BIG WAVES AND GREEN, CLOUDY WATER. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR FISHING. SO ALL OF THE BOATS, EXCEPT ONE, CALLED IT A DAY AND TURNED IN EARLY. ALWAYS REMEMBER, IF YOU MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE SHE WILL WHIP YOUR BUTT EVERY TIME!

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS: WHEN SALTWATER FISHING ALWAYS REMEMBER TO KNOW WHEN THE TIDE CHANGES ARE. FISH MOVE MORE AN HOUR BEFORE, DURING AND AN HOUR AFTER THE TIDE CHANGE. I ALSO PREFER TO FISH THE HIGH TIDE CHANGE OVER THE LOW TIDE CHANGE. ALWAYS GET TO YOUR FISHING SPOT BEFORE THE SCHEDULED TIDE CHANGE AND FISH A LITTLE LONGER AFTER THE TIDE CHANGE. EVEN THOUGH TIDE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED TO BE EXACT IN FACT THEY ARE NOT. TIDES ARE AFFECTED BY BOTH WIND AND CURRENTS. WHEN THE ANGLER GETS TO REALLY KNOW AN AREA HE WILL LEARN THAT SOME AREAS ARE BEST FISHED ON THE FLOOD, HIGH, TIDE AND OTHER AREAS WILL PRODUCE BETTER ON THE EBB, LOW, TIDE.


BRUCE WITH A "POPPER CAUGHT" SCHOOLIE


GLENN "GETS DOWN" WITH A 200 LB YELLOWFIN


MARK WITH HIS 140 LB TUNA


KIRK AND A DANDY LITTLE YELLOWFIN CAUGHT ON A POPPER


"GO GIRL" AS LISA PUTS THE MUSCLE TO A YELLOWFIN


DORADO CAUGHT BY MATT


MARK WITH A GOOD CUBERA SNAPPER


MARTEN WITH A "HOG" OF A CUBERA SNAPPERS


"REEF DONKEY" THAT MARTEN BROUGHT TO GAFF


JACK WITH A CUBERA SNAPPER