TURNS ON A DIME, AND WE'LL KEEP THE CHANGE.
AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF VERY CONSISTENT DORADO FISHING, WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF BILLFISH THROWN IN, WE HAD A CHANGE YESTERDAY. LARGE SCHOOLS OF YELLOWFIN (ARE YOU READING THIS PHILLIP?) WHICH HAVE BEEN 35 MILES OFFSHORE, MOVED IN AS CLOSE AS 10 MILES OFF PUNTA PERICO. CHASING PORPOISE THESE GUYS WERE FEEDING LIKE CRAZY IN THE LATER PARTS OF THE MORNING YESTERDAY. JON FLESHER AND HIS PARTNER DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS CHAOTIC, WITH LOTS OF 30-50 POUND FISH AIRBORNE AND A 5 ACRE PATCH OF FISH BREAKING AND FEEDING. IN AMONGST THESE WERE CLEARLY LARGE FISH, BUT THEY WEREN'T JUMPING, MERELY BOILING. (PERHAPS A NAME FOR MY NEXT ALBUM, "TOO HEAVY TO JUMP"). PINNING SOME TINY LITTLE SARDINES ON THEIR HOOKS, JON QUICKLY BECAME FAST TO ONE OF THESE LARGER FISH, ON 40LB. LINE, WITH WHAT HE CALLED A "WIMPY ROD" AND A 1/0 HOOK.
6 HOURS LATER THEY BOATED A 143 POUND YELLOWFIN, TO GO WITH THE 3 FISH THAT THEY HAD IN THE AIRBORNE RANGE. WHILE THIS WAS THE BIG NEWS OF THE DAY, THEIR COMPANEROS IN ANOTHER PANGA WERE NOT DOING SHABBILY WITH TWO AMBERJACK, ONE 28, THE OTHER BOTTOMED OUT THE 50LB. SCALE, AND 6 DORADO IN THE MEDIUM RANGE. CAN'T WAIT FOR THESE TIRED WARRIORS TO RETURN TODAY, ALMOST NOTHIN' BETTER THAN TALKIN' WITH GROWN MEN WHO ARE AS EXCITED AS KIDS ON CHRISTMAS OVER CATCHING THE LARGES FISH OF THEIR LIVES. VERY GOOD,
DAVID
