Fishing Report - 12/05/09

GREETING FROM THE TROPICS

WOW, WHAT A WEEK OF FISHING! BLACK AND BLUE MARLIN, YELLOWFIN TUNA, DORADO, ROOSTERFISH AND BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS. TRAVIS PETERSON STAYED ON THIS WEEK TO FISH WITH HIS DAD, JUDD PETERSON. OTHER ANGLERS THIS WEEK INCLUDED; TOM AULIK, BRUCE CARLSON, FISHING GUIDE MIKE AUGAT, PAUL DINERSTEIN, DAN HUTCHINSON, LAID AND JIM PHLKAS. COUSIN PETER GUSTIN AND DOUG SPRAGGETT WERE FISHING OUT OF A NEW BOAT THEY HAD SHIPPED DOWN THIS YEAR FROM CANADA. WITH THIS VARIED GROUP IT WAS FUN JUST HEARING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT FISHING AS WE HAD BOATS HEADED TO ALL POINTS ON THE COMPASS.

JUDD BROUGHT WITH HIM A COUPLE OF THE DAIWA ELECTRIC REELS FOR BOTTOM JIGGING. LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE FAST RETRIEVE OF THESE REELS GET THE FISH SO EXCITED THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO RESIST STRIKING. AFTER THE FISH IS HOOKED THE ANGLER PLAYS THE FISH JUST AS YOU WOULD ON A CONVENTIONAL REEL. TRAVIS SAID THIS WAS THE BEST JIG BITE HE HAD EVER SEEN! OH COURSE TRAVIS IS KNOWN TO SPIN A FEW FISHING YARNS AFTER HE TOSSES BACK A FEW BEERS. WHILE JUDD WAS FISHING ON HANNIBAL BANK HE HOOKED A BLACK MARLIN JUST AFTER HE PUT OUT A LIVE BONITA. AFTER 2 1/2 HRS HE RELEASED THE ESTIMATED 450 BLACK MARLIN. STILL NOT DONE YET, THEY GOT INTO A WIDE OPEN DORADO BITE WHERE YOU COULD CATCH ALL THE DORADO YOU WANTED. THE SURPRISING THING IS JUDD SURVIVED IT. NOT BAD FOR A MAN BORN BACK IN 1946.

PETER AND DOUG FIRED UP THEIR NEW 300 HP SUZUKIS AND BLASTED OFF FOR HANNIBAL BANK. PETER SAID THEIR LINES WERE NOT IN THE WATER TWO MINUTES WHEN A BLACK MARLIN STRUCK THE BLACK BART BIG BREAKFAST LURE HE HAD CHOSEN TO PUT OUT. WHAT A WAY TO BREAK IN A NEW BOAT. AT RELEASE THEY ESTIMATED, NOW YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE SALMON FISHING GUYS, THE FISH TO BE IN THE 400 LB CLASS. HOW MANY 400 LB SALMON HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN? BUT THE SIZE DIDN'T MATTER NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT WAS THEIR FIRST BLACK MARLIN IN THEIR NEW BOAT. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.

PAULY, DAN AND CAPTAIN MIKE HAD A GOOD EVENING FISHING AT THE SECRET BEACH. MIKE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE TIDES AND WANTED TO FISH THE LAST HALF OF THE FLOOD TIDE ONE EVENING. WELL HE HAD IT FIGURED OUT RIGHT. WHEN THE TALLY FOR THE EVENING WAS MADE THEY HAD CAUGHT ROOSTERFISH, JACK CREVALLE, BLUE TREVALLE, MULLET SNAPPERS, POMPANO, SIERRA MACKEREL, YELLOW SNAPPERS AND THESE WERE JUST THE SPECIES THEY COULD REMEMBER.

GARY HAD A BIG DAY AT HANNIBAL BANK WHEN HE CAUGHT AND RELEASED AN ESTIMATED 400 LB BLACK MARLIN PLUS BOATED A YELLOWFIN TUNA THAT WEIGHTED 252 LBS. THEN HE TOPPED OFF HIS CATCH WITH 4 BIG DORADO AND A ROOSTERFISH CAUGHT OFF THE BEACH ON THE WAY BACK TO THE BARGE. NOW THAT MY FRIENDS IS A GREAT DAY OF FISHING IN ANY BODIES BOOK! BUT GARY'S FISHING LUCK WAS STILL WITH HIM. THE NEXT DAY WHILE SLOW TROLLING A LIVE BONITA AT HANNIBAL BANK HE CAUGHT AN ESTIMATED 250 LB. BLACK MARLIN. THEN AFTER A SHORT RUN OVER TO MONTUOSA ISLAND HE LANDED ANOTHER MARLIN. THIS TIME IT WAS A BLUE MARLIN, ESTIMATED AT 450 LBS, THAT FELL FOR ONE OF THE OLD TIME FAVORITE TROLLING LURES, A MEAN JOE GREEN. NOW I AM NOT GOING INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT THE NEXT MARLIN HE HOOKED. BUT HE SAID WHEN IT CAME OUT OF THE WATER IT WAS BIGGER THAN THE OTHER TWO MARLIN COMBINED!

TOM AND BRUCE WERE THE DORADO KINGS THIS WEEK. ONE DAY THEY LANDED 15 DORADO AND MISSED A CHANCE AT A BLACK MARLIN. THEN A BIG YELLOWFIN TUNA CAME UNBUCKLED RIGHT AT THE BOAT. OUT THE NEXT DAY AND THEY CAUGHT ANOTHER 25 DORADO AND WERE BACK TO THE BARGE FOR LUNCH. BUT THE BEST WAS YET TO COME! ON THE LAST DAY WHILE SLOW TROLLING LIVE BONITA NEAR ISLA LADRONES THEY HAD A DOUBLE HOOK-UP ON BLACK MARLIN. THE SMALLER OF THE TWO MARLIN CAME UNBUCKLED AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. BRUCE FOUGHT THE LARGER OF THE TWO FISH AND HAD IT TO LEADER IN AN HOUR AND THEN THE BIG FISH SOUNDED. ON 50 LB STAND-UP TACKLE HE FOUGHT ON FOR ANOTHER 2 1/2 HRS BEFORE THE ESTIMATED 700 LB BLACK MARLIN WAS RELEASED. NOW HERE IS ANOTHER FISHING STORY THAT IS GOING TO BE TOLD FOR YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS BRUCE.

I THINK IT WAS LAID AND JIM THAT LANDED THE MOST SPECIES OF FISH. THEY ALSO DID GOOD ON CATCHING DORADO, LANDING 20 IN ONE DAY. ADDED TO THEIR DORADO CATCH WERE CATCHES OF; CUBERA SNAPPER, MULLET SNAPPER, YELLOWFIN TUNA, BARRACUDA, TRIPLE TAIL, JACK CREVALLE, ROOSTERFISH, BLUE TREVALLE, HORSE EYE JACK, AMBERJACK, ROCK SNAPPER AND YELLOW SNAPPER. YOU WILL SEE SOME HAPPY FACES OF THESE ANGLERS WHEN YOU SEE THEIR GREAT PHOTOS.

WE ENJOYED OUTSTANDING WEEK FISHING THIS WEEK. THE FISH WERE HERE, THE SEAS WERE CALM AND THE COMPANY WAS GREAT. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. WE HOPE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU FISHING WITH US IN THE FUTURE.

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAINS JAY GUSTIN AND TRAVIS PETERSON

FISHING TIP OF THE WEEK: CAPTAIN MIKE AUGAT IS ALWAYS KEEPING A SHARP OUT OUT FOR ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN ADD UP TO MAKE YOUR FISHING A BIG SUCCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS WEEK WAS THE SIZE OF THE LEADER LINE WHEN YOU ARE THROWING ARTIFICIAL BAITS. BIG POPPING BAITS CAN HANDLE USING A HEAVY WIND ON LEADER SUCH AS THE NEW BRAZILIAN TWIST LEADERS THAT OUR CAPTAINS ALL NOW USE. BUT THE ACTION OF SMALLER BAITS CAN BE HINDERED USING SUCH A HEAVY LEADER. WHEN USING SMALLER LURES USE A LIGHT LEADER SO THE LURE CAN OBTAIN THE ACTION IT WAS DESIGNED FOR.

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:

I INCLUDED SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN OUR NEW BROCHURE THIS SPRING AND ALSO BE USED ON OUR NEW WEB PAGE.


PAUL WITH A "DINNER SIZED" DORADO


BRUCE WITH A GOOD SIZED ROOSTERFISH HE CAUGHT AND RELEASED AT COIBA ISLAND


SEE THE OLD PRO, GUIDE MIKE AUGAT, CAN EVEN CATCH A ROOSTERFISH WITH PESCA PANAMA


DAN WITH ANOTHER ONE OF THE MANY ROOSTERFISH CAUGHT THIS WEEK


GARY'S 252 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA


JUDD HOLDS UP A BIG CUBERA SNAPPER


LOOKS LIKE ANGLER TOM AND THE CUBERA ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THIS CATCH


GARY WITH ANOTHER OF THE MANY DORADO CAUGHT THIS WEEK


A SMILING LAID WITH A DORADO


ANOTHER GREAT PHOTO OF A ROOSTERFISH JIM CAUGHT