Pesca Panama Fish Reports

[Willy'Z]

For those interested we thought we would share weekly fish reports for those of you considering fishing in Panama. If you have any questions in general about fishing in Panama don't hesitate to ask.

Tight Lines
Ricky R. Zuniga
West Coast Rep.
Pesca Panama

[Willy'Z]

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

[papagallo]

Great Idea !!! Fished in Panama once. Great trip. Would love to hear from you guys.

[TeamStriper]

Thanks for the report!
We're booked with you guys for the first week of April 2006.
Keep us informed

Thanks!
Josh

[TheShark]

Right on!!!

Thank you for the report! Please keep them comming!!!

[John]

Those are some rad pictures...nice fish.

[Willy'Z]

GREETINGS FROM THE TROPICS,

CALM SEAS AND A WIDE OPEN WAHOO BITE GREETED OUR GUEST THIS WEEK. FROM BOCA RATON, FLORIDA CAME ANGLERS TERRY LEEN, BRENDAN LEEN, LOUIS TOMASIELLO AND KIRK WARRIOR. ALSO FISHING WITH US THIS WEEK WAS, FAMILY FRIEND, HAROLD BURKUM FROM ANACORTES, WASHINGTON.

WAHOO WERE THE "FISH OF THE WEEK." THE FLORIDA BOYS GOT RIGHT INTO THE BITE LANDING 10 WAHOO WHILE FISHING NEAR LA DRONES ISLAND. THIS WAS FOLLOWED UP THE NEXT DAY BY MORE WAHOO, A RELEASED SAILFISH AND A COUPLE BIG CUBERA SNAPPERS WHILE FISHING NEAR MONTUOSA ISLAND. KIRK WAS ABLE TO CATCH AND RELEASE AN ESTIMATED 350 LB BLACK MARLIN WHILE FISHING AT HANNIBAL BANK. ACTION ON BIG TUNA SLOWED THIS WEEK BUT LOUIS WAS ABLE TO LAND A 210 LB YELLOWFIN AND PULLED THE HOOK, RIGHT AT THE BOAT, ON ANOTHER LARGE TUNA, CAPTAIN MACHO REPORTED GOOD TOP WATER ACTION ON FOOTBALL SIZED TUNA WITH THE FISH AGGRESSIVELY STRIKING POPPERS.

WHILE THE FLORIDA BOYS WERE FIGHTING THE BLACK MARLIN AT HANNIBAL BANK, HAROLD AND I RAN DOWN TO JICARITA ISLAND AND GOT INTO ANOTHER WAHOO BIT. WITH CAPTAIN LUCHO, WE LANDED 7 WAHOO, A COUPLE OF SMALL YELLOWFIN TUNA AND A JACK CREVELLE. HAROLD ALSO HAD ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER AT THE "SNOOK HOLE" ON COIBA ISLAND. HE SUCCESSFULLY CAUGHT AND RELEASED 12 SNOOK ONE MORNING. OTHER NOtABLE CATCHES THIS WEEK INCLUDED; BRENDAN'S CATCH AND RELEASE OF A 100 LB SAILFISH ON A POPPER AND BOTH TERRY AND HAROLD CAUGHT AND RELEASED ROOSTERFISH ON A POPPER. GOOD GOING GUYS!

AS JUNE ARRIVED OUR ANGLERS ENJOYED CATCHING THE BIG VARIETY OF FISH AVAILABLE THIS TIME OF YEAR HERE AT PESCA PANAMA. THIS WEEK THE FOLLOWING 23 SPECIES WERE CAUGHT; AMBERJACK, BARRACUDA, BONITA, BIGEYE JACK, BLACK GROUPER, BLACK MARLIN, BLUE JACK, BLUE RUNNER, CABRILLA, CUBERA SNAPPER, DORADO, JACK CREVELLE, HOUNDFISH, LADYFISH, MULLET SNAPPER, POMPANO, ROOSTERFISH, SAILFISH, SIERRA MACKERAL, SNOOK, WAHOO, WHITETIP SHARK AND YELLOWFIN TUNA,

I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO FISH LIMITS IN PANAMA. SO WHEN THE ANGLER GETS INTO ONE OF THESE WIDE OPEN BITES IT IS UP TO HIM TO REGULATE HIS CATCH. MOST OF OUR ANGLERS DO A GOOD JOB OF LIMITING THEIR CATCH, KEEPING 6 TO 10 WAHOO A DAY PER BOAT. GUY HARVEY ONCE TOLD ME,"THE SPORT IS IN THE CATCHING, NOT IN THE KILLING." THIS STATEMENT REALLY MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME,

TIGHT LINES,
CAPTAIN JAY GUSTIN


P.S. FISHING NOTES:
AT PESCA PANAMA WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED REPLACING THE OUTBOARD MOTORS ON ALL OF OUR OCEAN MASTERS. WHAT DID WE REPLACE THE MOTORS WITH? THE SAME MAKE OF MOTOR WE TOOK OFF, THE SUZUKI 140 4-STROKE. THE ENGINES WE REPLACE HAD BETWEEN 3500 AND 4200 HOURS RUNNING TIME. I FIND THIS REMARKABLE FOR OUTBOARDS MOTORS. THE ONLY THINGS WE DID TO MAINTAIN THE MOTORS WAS CHANGE OIL EVERY 100 HRS AND THE OTHER SCHEDULED MAINTENCE. WE DID HAVE TO CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS, SEVERAL FUEL INJECTOR AND A COUPLE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMPS, THESE MOTORS ARE COMPETIVELY PRICED, REQUIRE LOW MAINTENCE, ARE FUEL EFFICENT AND OFFER SURPRISING LONGIVITY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING A MID-RANGE OUTBOARD, MAKE MINE A SUZUKI 140 4-STROKE. I AM SOLD ON THEM!

[Reel Trouble]

Yo Willy'Z any chance you could type your report not in cap locks? It's much easier on the ojos.

Thank you

[Willy'Z]

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

[Willy'Z]

Yeah I'll fix that next time

[skippajack]

Kller reports man!!!!

[Saluki]

Awesome reports!!!

My uncle is down at Panama right now,,,,,,, & I'm jealous