GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,
WE HAD SOME VERY SPECIAL FISHING GOING ON AT PESCA PANAMA THIS WEEK. THE AROSTEGUI FAMILY FROM CORAL GABLES,FLORIDA INCLUDING; MOTHER ROBERTA, FATHER MARTY, DAUGHTER DANIELLE AND SON MARTINI HAD SELECTED TO FISH WITH PESCA PANAMA. THIS FAMILY HAS A CAUGHT A COMBINED TOTAL OF OVER 200 IGFA RECORDS. MARTY HOLDS 96 IGFA FLY RECORDS AND HIS GOAL WAS TO TRY AND CATCH HIS 100TH IGFA FLY RECORD WHILE FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA.
THE, 'DYNAMIC DUO,' JIM MCCORD OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA AND HARRY LOWELL OF DATONA BEACH , FLORIDA WERE ALSO FISHING WITH US FOR THE FOURTH TIME THIS YEAR. NOW THAT IS MY IDEA OF A RETURN CLIENT!
OUR NORMAL WEATHER RETURNED THIS WEEK AS THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 'ARLENE' IN THE CARIBBEAN HAD MOVED ON NORTH. THIS LEFT OUR ANGLERS WITH CALMER SEAS, CLOUDY SKIES AND THE NORMAL TROPICAL RAIN SHOWERS WE EXPECT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
THE FISHING ACTION THIS WEEK WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE WAHOO BITE WAS 'WIDE OPEN.' OUR ANGLERS REPORTED BEING ABLE TO CATCH WAHOO, AT WILL, IN MOST AREAS. THE WAHOO WERE SO THICK THERE WOULD BE SCHOOLS OF THEM FOLLOWING THE LURES BACK TO THE BOAT. IF YOU WERE AFTER WAHOO, THEN JUNE IS THE MONTH TO BE HERE. OFFSHORE, JIM AND HARRY HOOKED A SAILFISH AND A BLUE MARLIN ALONG WITH SEVERAL SMALL,40 LB, YELLOWFIN TUNA. BUT OFFSHORE WAS PRETTY DEAD THIS WEEK THE AROSTEGUI FAMILY GOT INTO THE ACTION AS SOON AS THEY STARTED CASTING AND NEW POTENTIAL IGFA RECORDS STARTED BEING LANDED. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEIR FISHING. NOW ALL OF THIS IS PENDING, BUT THE AROSTEGUIS CAUGHT 11 POTENTIAL IGFA RECORD FISH THIS WEEK WHILE FISHING WITH PESCA PANAMA! NOW THAT IS GREAT WEEK OF FISHING IN ANYBODY'S BOOK.
TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN
