GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,
FATHER AND SON ANGLERS, BOB AND ETHAN BERTO FROM KETCHIKAN, ALASKA JOINED JOHN BRESSI WITH HIS GANG FROM CHILE INCLUDING; JAMIE FERNANDEZ, CHRISTIAN PRIETO, ENRIQUE SOTO, ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ, CARLOS ARENAS, SERGIO MALICETT, CARLOS GARRIDO, JOSE IRIBARREN, MARIO ELGUETA, FERNANDO NUNEZ AND MARIO AGUILERA FOR SOME FISHING FROM THE FLOATING LODGE HERE AT COIBA ISLAND, PANAMA
THIS WEEK SEVERAL CHANGES CAME ABOUT AT PESCA PANAMA. THE FIRST WAS CAPTAIN TRAVIS "ROBERTO" PETERSON LEAVING THE FANTASTIC FISHING IN PANAMA TO RETURN TO ALASKA FOR THE, UP COMING, FISHING SEASON THERE. THANKS TRAVIS FOR HELPING MAKE THIS A GREAT YEAR OF FISHING HERE AT PESCA PANAMA. NOW THE FISH CAN REST EASIER!
THE SECOND CHANGE WAS THE RETURN OF CLEAN, BLUE WATER TO OUR FISHING AREA. THIS WAS MOST WELCOME AFTER THREE WEEKS OF GREEN WATER. ALONG WITH THE IMPROVED FISHING CONDITIONS CAME THE YELLOW FIN TUNA. WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO HOT TUNA FISHING AREAS THIS WEEK. ONE AREA WAS 3 TO 5 MILES OFF PUNTA HERMOSA ON COIBA ISLAND AND THE OTHER WAS BACK AT OUR OLD FISHING GROUNDS NEAR ISLA MONTUOSA. THIS WEEK MANY TUNA IN THE 20 LB TO 60 LB CLASS WERE AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKING OUR POPPERS. FISHING WITH LIVE BONITA PRODUCED NUMEROUS YELLOW FIN IN THE 130 TO 150 LB CLASS WITH THE LARGEST, A 268 LBS TUNA ,CAUGHT BY ANGLER ETHAN BERTO WHILE FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MACHO. ETHAN WAS ALSO ABLE TO HOOK-UP ON THE LARGEST FISH WE HAVE EVER HOOKED, A WHALE SHARK. THE MONSTER SIZED ANIMAL,REPORTED AS LONG AS THE 27 FT BOAT, JUST SLIDE DOWN TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN WHILE OUR ANGLER AND CREW COULD ONLY HANG ON TO THE ROD AND REEL. NOW THIS IS ANOTHER SPECIES OF FISH TO ADD TO YOUR LIST!
WE "WACKED THE WAHOO"THIS WEEK WITH WAHOO BEING CAUGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS. WAHOO WERE EATING UP THE NEW "RICKY Z" TROLLING LURES THAT HAD JUST ARRIVED. FROM ALL INDICATIONS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD WAHOO BITE THIS WAHOO SEASON [MAY THRU NOVEMBER]. NOT MUCH INSHORE CASTING WAS DONE THIS WEEK AS OUR ANGLERS CONCENTRATED ON CATCHING TUNA. SO WE DON’T REALLY HAVE AN INSHORE REPORT BUT WITH THE RETURN OF THE BLUE WATER YOU CAN BET THE INSHORE BITE IS READY TO GO OFF.
TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN
