During the last three days in March we at Cebaco Bay Sportfishing Club were visited by Warren Sellers, who had come down from Costa Rica bringing six friends with him. They fished from “Extreme“, a 31′ Bertram and from a panga. Here is his report. TR
The temporary lack of blue water prevented the Marlin and Wahoo from making their usual appearance in Cebaco Bay, Panama but the group downshifted to topwater plug casting the shoreline and jigging the reefs. Final tally for 3 days is as follows,
DAY 1
1 Sailfish..140 lbs..caught trolling
1 Roosterfish 35 lbs..top water casting
1 Yellowfin Tuna 25 lbs..vertical jigging
1 Dog Toothed Snapper 40 lbs..top water casting
1 Rock Snapper 20 lbs..top water casting
3 Grouper 8-20 lbs..vertical jigging
2 Almaco Jacks 5-12 lbs..vertical jigging
3 Jack Crevalle 20-25 lbs..top water casting
2 Blue Fin Trevally 15-25 lbs..top water casting
DAY 2
8 Blue Fin Trevally 8-25 lbs..top water casting
2 Horse Eye Jacks 10-15 lbs..top water casting
1 Roosterfish 35 lbs.. live bait
1 Roosterfish 60 lbs..top water casting
8 Yellowfin Tuna 30-65 lbs..trolling
DAY 3
1 Dog Toothed Snapper 60 lbs..live bait
1 Dog Toothed Snapper 40 lbs..top water casting
1 Roosterfish 50 lbs…top water casting
4 Jack Crevalle 20-30 lbs top water casting
Warren and Lee with Snapper caught on top water gear - wow
These are the numbers of fish caught and released, many others were hooked but were not brought to the boat to be released. We fished miles of shoreline, reefs and islands with no other boats or people in sight… imagine had the water been blue with a heavy black marlin bite going on….no one in the group had any complaints about the fishing and the amenities on board the mothership were first class, the crew was well versed in their capacity to find fish and tackle was as good as it gets….I plan to make another trip in August 2012 as I can’t wait to return for more wilderness fishing
Warren Sellers
