Fishing Report - 11/5/05

Hello From The Tropics,

THE PESCA PANAMA SEASON IS UNDERWAY AND THE BITE IS ON!!  THIS WEEK WE HOSTED TWO GROUPS OF ANGLERS; TIDEWORKS TECHNOLOGY, A MAJOR SOFTWARE COMPANY IN THE CONTAINER SHIPPING INDUSTRY WAS HERE WITH ANGLERS T. J. RUCKER, TODD TATTERSON, TOM LEATHERBERRY, MERVYN GRANT, FRED CASTONGUAY, JAVIER MIRANDA, FRANK ROVIROSA AND RICK ROVIROSA.  WE WELCOMED BACK RETURNING ANGLERS BRUCE JARVIS AND HIS SON SHANE ALONG WITH CECIL BRODERICK AND NEW COMER ROBERT MAYER.

THE FIRST DAY OUR ANGLERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN WHAT WE CALL A "WIDE OPEN WAHOO BITE" AT LADRONES ISLAND. FINDING THE HOOS STACKED IN NEAR SHORE HIGH SPOTS AND ROCKS, ALL MAYHEM ERUPTED WITH DOUBLES, TRIPLES, AND QUADS!!! PACKS OF AGGRESSIVE FISH FOLLOWED THE TROLL HOOKED FISH TO THE BOAT CREATING EVEN MORE EXCITEMENT AS THE FISH ATTACKED IRONS AND POPPERS!  AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED THE WAHOO ACTION REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE AREA! ON THE FORTH AND FIFTH DAY BRUCE AND CECIL, FISHING WITH TEAM MACHO FOUND SOME MONSTER HOOS LANDING SEVERAL FISH BETWEEN 45 AND 70 POUNDS!!!

OFFSHORE FISHING THIS WEEK ALSO PRODUCED SOME GREAT CATCHES!  WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SECOND DAY WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A LARGE SCHOOL OF PORPOISE AND TUNA AND IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL ALL THREE BOATS WERE PINNED TO "XL" YELLOW FIN TUNA! FRED CASTONGUAY HAD THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE WITH A BRUISER OF A FISH, WEIGHING 170# AND TAKING OVER AN HOUR TO WRESTLE TO THE BOAT! WHEN THE SMOKE SETTLED AND THE BITE COOLED DOWN THE COUNT WAS 5 YELLOW FIN BETWEEN 120 AND 170 LBS AND SEVERAL SMALLER FOOTBALLS TAKEN ON TOP-WATER!

THE INSHORE FISHING WAS FAIR WITH A FEW OF THE AREAS FAMED CUBERA ‚ MARLIN ROJO‚ SNAPPER SHOWING THEMSELVES! SEVERAL ROOSTERS, JACKS AND MULLET SNAPPER ALSO FILLED IN THE GAPS ON THE INSHORE SIDE!

HANNIBLE SHOWED SIGNS OF WARMING UP AS CAPTAIN BARTOLO JUMPED TWO BLACK MARLIN! UNFORTUNATELY THE FISH WERE ABLE TO THROW THE HOOKS ON THE FIST JUMP, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE BLACKS MAKING THEIR SEASONAL RETURN TO THE BANK!

WE ARE ALSO STARTING TO SEE SCHOOLS OF DORADO, SO IT WOULD INDICATE THAT OUR DORADO FISHING WILL CONTINUE TO PICK-UP AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE PEAK OF DORADO FISHING IN DECEMBER. THIS WEEK'S YELLOW FIN CATCHES WERE TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF THE TIME THE YELLOW FIN SHOWED UP LAST YEAR.  WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?  BEATS ME, BUT I DO KNOW WE HAD SOME GREAT FISHING THIS WEEK AT PESCA PANAMA.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN

FISHING TIPS:
IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO TRY SOMETHING NEW OR DIFFERENT WHEN FISHING.  THIS WEEK CAPTAIN TRAVIS PETERSON FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BEN FLOYD DID JUST THAT.  WHILE THE FISHING THIS WEEK HAD BEEN GOOD, THEY DECIDED TO TRY FISHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.  NOW WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF KITE FISHING FOR SAILS BUT HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF KITE FISHING FOR SNAPPERS?  AFTER LOCATING A HIGH SPOT THEY WOULD PUT LIVE BAIT OUT BELOW THE KITE AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE SCHOOLS OF OVER A HUNDRED SNAPPERS WOULD BE BUSTING THE SURFACE TRYING TO INHALE THE BAIT.  THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME GREAT FISHING STORIES AND SOME EXCITED FISHERMEN!


Nice Hoo on the GT Bull Rucker


Tuna and rum and coke on the beach...
Life is good for Fred!!!


More Big Tuna!!


Wahoo Time!! The bite is on!!


Cubera Time, good job Ricky!


Nice Tuna Shane


Big Wahoooooooo in the rain! Good job Cecil!


Merv and his hoo - one of many!


Old Butros Butros Galli on the gaff with Todd!


Nice Dorado Javier!