Fishing Report - 11/26/05

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR THAT DORADO NORMALLY START MOVING INTO THE ISLANDS IN BIG NUMBERS.  WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU CAN LAY YOUR MONEY DOWN THAT GREG ROBERTS AND MIKE KINGSLEY WILL BE FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA.  THIS YEAR JUSTIN ALLENSWORTH RETURNED WITH THEM ALONG WITH NEW COMERS GERALD MORGAN, ROD LEWIS AND ROLLAN CUMMINS.  ALL OF THESE FISHERMEN ARE FROM OREGON AND HAVE LOTS OF EXPERIENCE FISHING FOR KING SALMON AND STEELHEAD.  FLY FISHING GUIDE TODD WECK; WHO FISHED WITH US LAST WEEK, DECIDED TO STAY ANOTHER WEEK AND HELP OUT (AFTER A FEW RUM AND COKES).

ALL THOUGH THE WEEKS WEATHER WAS SOMEWHAT PROHIBITIVE THE OREGON CREW HAD SOME GREAT FISHING! MIKE, JUSTIN AND ROLLAN (THE GEAR CREW) HAD SOME WIDE OPEN FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MACHO! WORKING A COMBINATION OF JIGS AND TOP-WATER POPPERS THE GUYS HAD WIDE OPEN FISHING; INCLUDING A 60 FISH DAY OFF OF COIBA AND JICRON!  CUBERA SNAPPER, AMBERJACKS, BROOMTAIL GROUPER, WAHOO, DORADO AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER SPECIES KEPT THE GUYS BUSY ALL WEEK!! MIKE'S NEW "SUPER POPPER" AND BUTTERFLY JIGS PROVED TO BE DEADLY WITH THE GUYS LANDING 6 MONSTER CUBERA IN CONTREAS ON DAY 5!

THE EXPERT FLY CREW, GREG, ROD AND GERALD THREW THE FLY FROM DAWN UNTIL DUSK ALL WEEK!  FISHING OFFSHORE THE CREW FOUND SEVERAL SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE DORADO WILLING TO "EAT THE FEATHERS", BUT THE SUPER AGGRESSIVE DORADO WE HAVE FOUND IN YEARS PAST WERE NOT TO BE FOUND! THE CREW DID FIND SOME INSHORE ACTION INCLUDING A GREAT STRIKE BY AN ASSUMED MONSTER CUBERA THAT SOON FOUND ITS HOME IN THE ROCKS! THE FLY CREW ALSO HAD SOME GREAT INSHORE ACTION FROM THE "SECRET BEACH "ON COIBA! FISHING EARLY MORNING FROM THE BEACH THE GUYS HAD SUPER ACTION ON SMALL SNOOK, JACKS, MULLET SNAPPER AND SMALL CUBERA!  THANKS FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME "ON THE FLY" GUYS!

WORLD TRAVELERS AND FISHERMAN FROM DENMARK; CHRISTOFFER HOLMGARD, STEFAN HANSEN, AND JAKOB SOERENSEN, HAD THE CHANCE TO DO SOME DAY FISHING WITH CAPTAIN BARTOLO THIS WEEK. THIS CREW OF TRAVELING ANGLERS ARE SEARCHING THE PLANET FOR HOT SPORT FISHING DESTINATIONS! THE GUYS HAD GREAT LUCK BOTH INSHORE AND OFFSHORE LANDING SEVERAL CUBERAS, MULLET SNAPPER AND 2 XL TUNA WEIGHING IN AT 140 AND 240 LBS GOOD JOB GUYS AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TRAVELS!


The jig brothers Mike and Rollan with a couple
of monster Sumo jig caught fish!! Good job guys!


Mike with a nice size  grouper!!


Nice job on the Cubera Rollan!


Justin on the job!


The "commander" and a nice Jack on the  feathers!!


First light....on the beach!


And they say sage used to build good  reels.....you will have to ask Greg!


The bar is open!! Jenn helping her favorite customer find a drink!


Nice cubera and good photo Jakob!


Now that's a Tuna Jakob...thanks for the great  photo!

FISHING TIPS:
IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF SALTWATER SPORTSMEN MAGAZINE THE EDITORS WROTE AN ARTICLE CALLED "THE TWENTY GREATEST FISHING SPOTS ON EARTH!‚ ISLA COIBA, PANAMA IS NAMED AS ONE OF THESE SPOTS!  THERE IS EVEN A FULL PAGE PHOTO OF CAPTAIN AL RISTORI AND HIS 170 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT HERE LAST YEAR ON POPPER.  NOW I WAS HERE WHEN AL CAUGHT THE FISH AND CAPTAIN TRAVIS TOOK THE PHOTO. WE ALREADY KNEW THAT COIBA ISLAND AREA IS A GREAT PLACE TO FISH. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE ARE HERE!  WHAT SURPRISED AND PLEASED US WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ARTICLE.  SO A BIG "THANK YOU" TO CAPTAIN AL RISTORI AND SALTWATER SPORTSMEN MAGAZINE FOR INCLUDING ISLA COIBA AND PESCA PANAMA IN YOUR ARTICLE.  IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY YET, RUN OUT AND BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL ONE.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAINS JAY AND TRAVIS