Farewell 2012
Half day fishing out by Punta Burica on the 30th of Dec. Fun day for John and his daughter Mari. Two mahi’s and two yellow fin tuna.
Half day fishing out by Punta Burica on the 30th of Dec. Fun day for John and his daughter Mari. Two mahi’s and two yellow fin tuna.
Got a group with us from Brazil. First day out was productive. 12 roosters released with twice that many lost. 3 sail fish in the spread managed to release 1. Many tuna in the 30lb. to 50lb. range with 1 weighing in at 131lbs. Hooked up and broke off many more.
This week at Hooked on Panama Lodge we had Mark and Peggy Rose with us, fishing with their friends, James and Joanne Harden. These guys are a pleasure to have with us at the lodge, more like family than guests.
Last week we had Steve McCReary, his friends Mike, Jerry and the new guy Bill. They were fishing wit Captain Carlos and Mate Eloy. These guys are a riot. When I say Steve brought his friends, well, you couldn’t really tell they were friends by the way they treated each other:) This is their 4th trip with us.
The first three and a half months of the season this year have been off the charts. This last January we managed to release more Blue and Black Marlin in one month than over the last 6 years combined. Dorado bite like never before, sails everywhere, biggest rooster we have seen at around 105lbs, and then, it quit.
Day 1 Started out a little slow but did release a 200 lb. Black Marlin and brought in some Rock Snappers for dinner.
Day 2 Fishing picked up and they released 3 Black Marlins 200 to 400 lbs. 5 Sailfish and a few small Ahi´s for
dinner and Shashimi.
Day 3 They released 1 Blue Marlin, 1 Black Marlin, 5 Sailfish and lost 2 more Blacks. At the end of the day picked
up a nice Mahi for dinner. Lost count of how many Bills were raised over the three days….
The Marlin bite was a bit slow a good amount was raised but not many releases. The Dorado and Yellow Fin Tuna made up for it and on the inshore so did the Roosters. The Meyers knocked out their Rooster Bucket list with six releases.