Beaucoup d'activite pour le 3eme groupe de la saison ! L'Ocean etait vivant et il y a eu beaucoup d'action au popper et au jig. Nos amis Tcheques ne s'en sont pas trop mal tires mais j'ai failli pleurer chaque jour en entendant mes Capitaines me lister les "pertes": un gros snook estime a plus de 30 livres, un tarpon estime a 80 livres decroche tout pres du bateau, un marlin, des wahoos, un tres gros requin, beaucoup de cuberas et quelques tres gros poissons coqs... Je suis alle pecher le dernier jour et j'ai pu sortir une belle cubera, ainsi que quelques petits coqs. Mais la chose interessante est qu'avec le Capitaine nous avons fait sauter, non pas 1, mais 6 tarpons, estimes entre 35 et 80 livres. Les clients pour leur part les ont vu tous les jours et je pense qu'il y en a bien plus que ce que l'on pense. Je vais aller verifier cela avec du materiel adapte des que j'en ai le temps. Si il est possible de le pecher de maniere reguliere, le tarpon serait une superbe addition a la variete que nous avons ici...
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Our 3rd group of the season got a lot of activity. The seas were alive and there was a lot of action on both popper and jigs. As always, I felt like crying when the Captains told me all that has been missed: a 30+ pound snook, an 80 pounds tarpon lost by the boat, wahoos, one marlin, a big shark, many cuberas and some big roosters... That being said, our Czech friend did pretty well. here are some pictures of the action. I went fishing on their last day to try to get a piece of the action but this was the worse day. I still got a nice cubera and some small roosters, but the very interesting thing is that we jumped, not one, but 6 tarpons, between 35 and 80 pounds I believe... I think there is much more than what we think. I am going to investigate as soon as I have time... Tarpon would be such a great addition the variety we have here...

Some Dutch invaded the Panafishing lodge and fished for 5 days. They had good action on the jigs, less on popper. A lot of nice amberjacks have been caught, along with a good variety of other fish. The hysterical moment of the week happened when I joined some of the guys to get some piece of the action. All four anglers on the boat were reeling in something when a big marlin decided to eat my fish and tangle another line. I got to fight (or should I say to get a beating) the fish for a minute or two before the tangle messed up with the reel and the line broke. The marlin took off 2/3 of my spool before we started chasing it. It was pretty amazing to feel the power on my jigging outfit.
It's been another week of good fun at the lodge with some very nice guys.

Here is Pete, showing the younger guys what a jack crevalle should look like:

Next is his son Steven displaying one of three roosters he caught during the week:

Ronnie got some nice amberjacks like this ones:

There was amberjacks for everyone to enjoy. Here is a double hookup by Arnold and myself:

Big eye jacks are not too shy when it comes to striking a popper. Ronnie and Menno with their catches:

Oskar with two snappers: a mullet and a silk. The first one struck a popper while the second one was caught jigging.

That's a beast ! And the fish looks mean too ! Rinus and a broomtail grouper:

Father and son Pete and Steve: fishing is in their blood !

Menno got himself a sizeable rainbow runner that hit his popper and made some fast runs on light tackle:

I hope you guys enjoyed the week !