SUMMER TIME, A TIME FOR FAMILIES TO GET TOGETHER AND GO WHERE ELSE, FISHING!

THIS WEEK BRUCE KIEVIT HAD RETURNED FOR THE THIRD TIME TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. HE BROUGHT ALONG WITH HIM HIS TWO BROTHERS BOB AND DAVE. CHUCK FRENCH WAS FISHING WITH HIS TEN YEAR OLD SON JUSTIN AND FRIENDS DR. ALEX KAWANA AND PAUL PRYBYLLA. NEXT WAS THE NAZARIAN FAMILY, HUSBAND, KEVORK AND WIFE, REVERIE WITH THEIR TWO TEENAGE SONS SHAUNT AND ARIK. THREE BOATS, THREE FAMILIES AND ALL HERE TO CATCH FISH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME IN PANAMA!

CAPTAIN TATIN WAS GUIDING THE NAZARIAN FAMILY. SON SHAUNT CAUGHT THE BIGGEST AMBERJACK AKA "REEF DONKEY " OF THE WEEK. IT WEIGHED 83 LBS ON THE SCALES. ARIK HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL THE DAY BEFORE WHEN HE LANDED A 75 LB AMBERJACK. CUBERA SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, YELLOW SNAPPER, ROCK SNAPPER AND YELLOWFIN TUNA, DORADO,SAILFISH AND BLUE TREVALLE ALL WERE PART OF THEIR CATCH.

CAPTAIN LUCHO WAS FISHING WITH THE KIEVIT CLAN THIS WEEK. WHILE THEY WERE FISHING NEAR JICRON ISLAND BRUCE LANDED A 140 YELLOWFIN TUNA. BROTHER BOB CAUGHT BOTH A 50 LB ROOSTERFISH AND A 50 LB CUBERA. THEY PUT IN SOME TIME AT HANNIBAL BANK LOOKING FOR MARLIN BUT ONLY FOUND ONE WHICH WAS ACTIVELY FEEDING ON SMALL TUNA BUT WOULDN'T EAT A BAIT WITH A HOOK IN IT.

CHUCK CAUGHT AND RELEASED A 10 FOOT BULL SHARK HE HOOKED AT THE BACK OF THE BARGE WHILE WE WERE ANCHORED AT COIBA ISLAND. CHUCK ALSO LANDED A 120 YELLOWFIN. SON JUSTIN HAD FUN FISHING UNDER THE LIGHTS FROM THE BACK OF THE BARGE WHERE HE WAS CATCHING BIG HORSE EYE JACKS. ALEX LANDED SEVERAL BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WHILE FISHING PARTNER PAUL LANDED SEVERAL YELLOWFIN ON POPPERS ALONG WITH A NICE ROOSTERFISH.

THERE WAS SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE BEACH THIS WEEK FOR SWIMMING AND EXPLORING THE DESERTED SHORELINES. IT WAS A FUN WEEK AS THESE FAMILIES MADE MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETIME.

PESCA PANAMA IS GOING TO TAKE A TWO WEEK BREAK FROM THE FISHING ACTION. OUR NEXT FISHING REPORT WILL BE POSTED THE LAST WEEK OF JULY WHEN THE BOYS OF BRAZIL RETURN FOR SOME MORE POPPING AND JIGGING ACTION.

TIGHT LINES,

CAPTAIN JULIAN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: GUESS WHAT WE HAVE AT PESCA PANAMA? TWO OF THE NEW SHIMANO STELLA 18,000 SPINNING REELS. LAST WEEK WHEN RANDY CHIN AND SAMI GHANDOUR OF ANGLERS PRO SHOP WERE HERE THEY BOTH WERE FISHING WITH THE NEW STELLA 18,000. PROBABLY THE FIRST IN THE U.S. I OFFERED THEM SOME CASH AND THEY DECIDE TO PART WITH THE REELS LEAVING THEM HERE FOR THE CLIENTS OF PESCA PANAMA TO USE. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE NEW REELS BUT THEY SEEM TO BE 15% TO 20% LIGHTER IN WEIGHT THAN THE OLD 10,000 MODEL. THEY ALSO HAVE A NOTICEABLE BEVEL ON THE LIP OF THE SPOOL WHICH WILL LET THE LINE FLOW OFF THE SPOOL BETTER. ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE I AM NOT AWARE OF. OH, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PRICE SO THERE MUST BE SOME GOLD OR OTHER PRECIOUS METAL IN THERE SOMEWHERE. IN YEARS PAST I CAN REMEMBER BUYING OLD CARS TO GO TO WORK IN FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF THESE TOYS!

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: CHUCK FRENCH IS AN AVID ARMATURE PHOTOGRAPHER AND WE HAVE HIM TO THANK FOR MANY OF THIS WEEK'S GREAT PHOTOS. THANKS CHUCK











THREE BROTHER BAG THREE BEAUTIES


TEN YEAR OLD JUSTIN WAS INTO THE FISHING, SOMETIMES














NOW THAT IS A NICE ROOSTERFISH!