12-25-2011, 06:15 PM
Chiriqui, Panama Fishing Report Dec. 18th 2011
December 22, 2011 by Capt. Kerry H. Leggett
Offshore Sports Fishing today we had 1st time Angler here in Panama Bruce Ferreria from South Africa. Bruce came here looking to hook up with Black/Blue Marlin and Pacific Sailfish which has eluded him many times at different locations through-out the globe. We are here to make sure that at least one of them was not going to get away.
Weather Conditions has been pretty hard on us here in Chiriqui, Panama with lot’s of rain and cloud cover that would make anyone stay home. But we were going to find a way to make this happen, even if we had to hunt down the Marlin/Sail in Isla Ladrones if weather did not permit to make it out to Isla Montuosa or Hannibal Bank. This of course held true, so off to Ladrones we went.
After catching up with our preferred Marlin/Sail bait (Bonito) we bridled 2 Bonitos up and left one short and one long. After much of the morning going by and not a bite I quickly decided to bridle up a third bait but this one was going to be a Live Cojinoa and leave him just 40 feet back. Action started to pick up, the movement of all three baits started to panic and the rod tip started to bend slightly and the 30 wides would peel off line but this pelagic would not eat it whole.. Finally line was ripping off the Tiagra and their was what we were looking for, a Pacific Sailfish looking for a free Cojinoa was hooked up and the fight was on. Bruce was looking to get this Pacific Sail to the boat and claim his 1st catch, indeed it happen.. After a couple of quick shots the release program came into effect and off the sail went. We still had about an hour left of fishing so we headed over to do a little bottom fishing and get Bruce into some knee-buckling action.
Just South of Ladrones we dropped our bait and instantly hook up was provided on dead bait. Bruce hooked up with a nice Mullet Snapper which ended up been the heaviest and biggest he as ever hooked into. He was pretty surprised on how tuff these snappers fight but he didn’t forget he won this battle today. Bruce decided to call it a day after that and the hunt for his 1st Marlin would cont. on Day 2, so off and back to the lodge we headed. Rain never came but the cloud cover and heavy seas kept us limited to what we could do on day 1. Looking forward to Day 2 was to say No Rain, Good Seas and Marlin we hope…
After catching our baitfish Cojinoa in and around the Paridas Island we headed off to Ladrones since the sea conditions cont. to be choppy and ruff to head further out. Once at Ladrones we quickly deployed our Bonito’s that we hooked up with earlier and on this day we had many strikes but no hook ups, just pelagics running off with the bait to later drop it.. Then the hook up came and Bruce was all hooked up again, out the back jumped a Mahi that took a good size Bonito so we knew that this Mahi was going to be in the 60-90 class range. Once again the dance out the water came and Monster Mahi was on tight, Bruce held on and boat side it came..
This Mahi came in at 65 pds. and once again this Pelagic been the heaviest and biggest Mahi/Dorado he has hooked up with. For the most part that could be said to a lot of anglers out there..
The troll on Livebait Bonito’s for the elusive Black Marlin cont. at Ladrones so we deployed our bait once again and pressed on.. After zig zagging the western part of the island we decided to head south of it and troll our baits over a few drops that we have on the GPS.
This was the ticket and once again the 30 wides started to scream and tear line off the Reel. Bruce got into position and held on, waiting for his opportunity to start to crank and pump the rod but that never came. The marlin cut the line down on the rocks that were just 180 feet below. This is the one and only backdrop of trying to hook up with Marlin in shallow water where the depth can range quickly from 180 to 60 on low tide.
Sea Conditions started to improve so we decided to go pound the Amberjacks, Cubera Snappers, Mullet Snappers and all the other Bottom Feeders just south of the island. We had many strike and hook ups and a few were just strong enough to hole up so those won the battle their but Bruce was pretty much on top of his game. Bruce was pretty intrigue to learning the different methods that we provide on line tying, baitfish, and hook up methods that I’m sure he will take that back to South Africa to apply..
Day 3 provided Inshore Fishing for him at Isla Paridas and over at Isla Secas which produced other species for him which he was delighted to catch. With awesome weather and clear water we managed to hook him up with different Inshore and some Offshore Fish but the one that got away from him was the Roosterfish that he was hooked up to but he to broke the line on the rocky bottom.. This one must have been a big powerful fish because the line did not stop coming off until it was broken off on the rocks.
We would like to thank Bruce for coming all the way from South Africa to Offshore Fish with us and we look forward to taking him and his fellow mates Offshore Sports Fishing in April when they arrive.
Below you will find a few more shots of his successful week with us at Come Fish Panama, please visit our Photo Gallery to view the rest of his trip as well as past anglers on our site.
From all of us here at CFP in Tropical Panama we thank him and look forward to taking you Offshore Sports Fishing.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Kerry H. Leggett
Avid Angler/Owner of CFP
www.ComeFishPanama.com
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December 22, 2011 by Capt. Kerry H. Leggett
Offshore Sports Fishing today we had 1st time Angler here in Panama Bruce Ferreria from South Africa. Bruce came here looking to hook up with Black/Blue Marlin and Pacific Sailfish which has eluded him many times at different locations through-out the globe. We are here to make sure that at least one of them was not going to get away.
Weather Conditions has been pretty hard on us here in Chiriqui, Panama with lot’s of rain and cloud cover that would make anyone stay home. But we were going to find a way to make this happen, even if we had to hunt down the Marlin/Sail in Isla Ladrones if weather did not permit to make it out to Isla Montuosa or Hannibal Bank. This of course held true, so off to Ladrones we went.
After catching up with our preferred Marlin/Sail bait (Bonito) we bridled 2 Bonitos up and left one short and one long. After much of the morning going by and not a bite I quickly decided to bridle up a third bait but this one was going to be a Live Cojinoa and leave him just 40 feet back. Action started to pick up, the movement of all three baits started to panic and the rod tip started to bend slightly and the 30 wides would peel off line but this pelagic would not eat it whole.. Finally line was ripping off the Tiagra and their was what we were looking for, a Pacific Sailfish looking for a free Cojinoa was hooked up and the fight was on. Bruce was looking to get this Pacific Sail to the boat and claim his 1st catch, indeed it happen.. After a couple of quick shots the release program came into effect and off the sail went. We still had about an hour left of fishing so we headed over to do a little bottom fishing and get Bruce into some knee-buckling action.
Just South of Ladrones we dropped our bait and instantly hook up was provided on dead bait. Bruce hooked up with a nice Mullet Snapper which ended up been the heaviest and biggest he as ever hooked into. He was pretty surprised on how tuff these snappers fight but he didn’t forget he won this battle today. Bruce decided to call it a day after that and the hunt for his 1st Marlin would cont. on Day 2, so off and back to the lodge we headed. Rain never came but the cloud cover and heavy seas kept us limited to what we could do on day 1. Looking forward to Day 2 was to say No Rain, Good Seas and Marlin we hope…
After catching our baitfish Cojinoa in and around the Paridas Island we headed off to Ladrones since the sea conditions cont. to be choppy and ruff to head further out. Once at Ladrones we quickly deployed our Bonito’s that we hooked up with earlier and on this day we had many strikes but no hook ups, just pelagics running off with the bait to later drop it.. Then the hook up came and Bruce was all hooked up again, out the back jumped a Mahi that took a good size Bonito so we knew that this Mahi was going to be in the 60-90 class range. Once again the dance out the water came and Monster Mahi was on tight, Bruce held on and boat side it came..
This Mahi came in at 65 pds. and once again this Pelagic been the heaviest and biggest Mahi/Dorado he has hooked up with. For the most part that could be said to a lot of anglers out there..
The troll on Livebait Bonito’s for the elusive Black Marlin cont. at Ladrones so we deployed our bait once again and pressed on.. After zig zagging the western part of the island we decided to head south of it and troll our baits over a few drops that we have on the GPS.
This was the ticket and once again the 30 wides started to scream and tear line off the Reel. Bruce got into position and held on, waiting for his opportunity to start to crank and pump the rod but that never came. The marlin cut the line down on the rocks that were just 180 feet below. This is the one and only backdrop of trying to hook up with Marlin in shallow water where the depth can range quickly from 180 to 60 on low tide.
Sea Conditions started to improve so we decided to go pound the Amberjacks, Cubera Snappers, Mullet Snappers and all the other Bottom Feeders just south of the island. We had many strike and hook ups and a few were just strong enough to hole up so those won the battle their but Bruce was pretty much on top of his game. Bruce was pretty intrigue to learning the different methods that we provide on line tying, baitfish, and hook up methods that I’m sure he will take that back to South Africa to apply..
Day 3 provided Inshore Fishing for him at Isla Paridas and over at Isla Secas which produced other species for him which he was delighted to catch. With awesome weather and clear water we managed to hook him up with different Inshore and some Offshore Fish but the one that got away from him was the Roosterfish that he was hooked up to but he to broke the line on the rocky bottom.. This one must have been a big powerful fish because the line did not stop coming off until it was broken off on the rocks.
We would like to thank Bruce for coming all the way from South Africa to Offshore Fish with us and we look forward to taking him and his fellow mates Offshore Sports Fishing in April when they arrive.
Below you will find a few more shots of his successful week with us at Come Fish Panama, please visit our Photo Gallery to view the rest of his trip as well as past anglers on our site.
From all of us here at CFP in Tropical Panama we thank him and look forward to taking you Offshore Sports Fishing.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Kerry H. Leggett
Avid Angler/Owner of CFP
www.ComeFishPanama.com
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