Red Rooster III
We started out this morning with a little hit on these better size fish. We picked off 10 of the 50 to 60 pounders and a couple of smaller fish and then it died.
Perfect weather out here with very nice drifting conditions.
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Friday, August 16, 2013
tuna red-rooster fish report
We started out this morning with a little hit on these better size fish. We picked off 10 of the 50 to 60 pounders and a couple of smaller fish and then it died.
Perfect weather out here with very nice drifting conditions.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
50,000 tons of increase in tuna catch seen
50,000 tons of increase in tuna catch seen
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 12 2013 5:23 pm
Fisheries officials are projecting an increase of around 50,000 metric tons in the country’s annual tuna landings once fishing companies here complete the deployment of their 36-vessel quota into the reopened high seas of the tuna-rich western Pacific Ocean.
Lawyer Asis Perez, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director, said tuna fishing companies based in this city have already deployed 14 catcher vessels into the Pocket 1 of the western Pacific Ocean’s high seas since it was reopened to Philippines-based fishing vessels in September last year.
“We have 14 vessels operating in the area right now. That would have been 20 already if not for typhoon Pablo,” he said in an interview.
He said six of the tuna catcher vessels that resumed operations in the area last year had went missing and were presumed to have sunk following the onslaught of typhoon “Pablo” off Mindanao’s eastern seaboard last Dec. 4.
A total of 47 fishing vessels owned by tuna fishing companies based in this city went missing at the height of the super typhoon. Eight bodies were recovered while 352 crew members from the area remained missing and were so far presumed dead.
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission reopened Pocket 1 of the Pacific high seas to local fishing fleets in September last year following an extended fishing ban that started on Jan. 1, 2010.
Pocket 1 is located in an area of about 590,000 square kilometers north of Papua New Guinea and east of southern Indonesia, which are areas closest to the Philippines and where local purse seine tuna fishing companies operate.
The WCPFC, a treaty-based organization that leads the conservation and management of fish stocks in the Pacific Ocean, initially imposed a two-year fishing ban in Pockets 1 and 2 of the high seas in the western and eastern areas to replenish the dwindling stocks of the highly migratory tuna species.
The ban was imposed on all its 25-member countries and 10 other observer-states as a result of scientific studies and the emergence of statistics that showed the drastic decline of tuna fish stocks, especially bigeye and yellowfin tuna.
Dr. Alma Dickson, chief of BFAR’s Marine Fisheries Development Center, said they were assisting tuna fishing companies in properly complying with the requirements set by the WCPFC for fishing vessels to facilitate their deployment into the reopened high seas.
She said these include the installation of a vessel monitoring system, deployment of an observer and the use of appropriate net size to prevent catching of juvenile tuna.
The WCPFC earlier set that “purse seine net shall have mesh sizes not less than 3.5 inches starting at the mid-body to the entire wing while ring nets shall have mesh sizes not less than 3.5 inches at both wings.”
Dickson said most fishing companies have been facing difficulty in complying with the fish net requirement due to their high costs.
“A VMS only costs around P180,000 but the nets could cost millions,” she said.
Perez said they were hoping that local tuna fishing companies would be able to fill up their 36-vessel quota within the year.
“Our main consideration in meeting that quota is the additional catch of around 50,000 MT that we will get there. Based on our assessment, each vessel deployed there could produce around 20 tons of tuna on a good day,” he said.
The fishport complex here recorded a total of 244,472 MT in total fish landings last year, about half of which comprised tuna species that were either exported fresh or processed by the six tuna canneries based in the city.
In 2011, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), which operates the city’s fishport complex, reported a total of 97,013 MT in tuna landings out of the 212,638 MT in total fish landings.
A PFDA report cited that the fishport complex’s total fish landings last year still increased significantly despite the noted drop in commercial fishing vessel arrivals from 15,014 in 2011 to just 13,922 in 2012.
During the first three quarters of 2012, the National Statistics Office (NSO) noted a 128.7-percent increase in the country’s tuna exports (fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers), with total receipts valued at US$ 47.99 million.
Tuna, which generated total receipts of about US $21 million last year, posted the highest annual increase among the country’s top 10 exports, NSO said.
Tuna, which posts average export receipts of US$250 million yearly, remains the biggest export earner for this city and contributes around 50 percent to the area’s economy.
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 12 2013 5:23 pm
Fisheries officials are projecting an increase of around 50,000 metric tons in the country’s annual tuna landings once fishing companies here complete the deployment of their 36-vessel quota into the reopened high seas of the tuna-rich western Pacific Ocean.
Lawyer Asis Perez, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director, said tuna fishing companies based in this city have already deployed 14 catcher vessels into the Pocket 1 of the western Pacific Ocean’s high seas since it was reopened to Philippines-based fishing vessels in September last year.
“We have 14 vessels operating in the area right now. That would have been 20 already if not for typhoon Pablo,” he said in an interview.
He said six of the tuna catcher vessels that resumed operations in the area last year had went missing and were presumed to have sunk following the onslaught of typhoon “Pablo” off Mindanao’s eastern seaboard last Dec. 4.
A total of 47 fishing vessels owned by tuna fishing companies based in this city went missing at the height of the super typhoon. Eight bodies were recovered while 352 crew members from the area remained missing and were so far presumed dead.
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission reopened Pocket 1 of the Pacific high seas to local fishing fleets in September last year following an extended fishing ban that started on Jan. 1, 2010.
Pocket 1 is located in an area of about 590,000 square kilometers north of Papua New Guinea and east of southern Indonesia, which are areas closest to the Philippines and where local purse seine tuna fishing companies operate.
The WCPFC, a treaty-based organization that leads the conservation and management of fish stocks in the Pacific Ocean, initially imposed a two-year fishing ban in Pockets 1 and 2 of the high seas in the western and eastern areas to replenish the dwindling stocks of the highly migratory tuna species.
The ban was imposed on all its 25-member countries and 10 other observer-states as a result of scientific studies and the emergence of statistics that showed the drastic decline of tuna fish stocks, especially bigeye and yellowfin tuna.
Dr. Alma Dickson, chief of BFAR’s Marine Fisheries Development Center, said they were assisting tuna fishing companies in properly complying with the requirements set by the WCPFC for fishing vessels to facilitate their deployment into the reopened high seas.
She said these include the installation of a vessel monitoring system, deployment of an observer and the use of appropriate net size to prevent catching of juvenile tuna.
The WCPFC earlier set that “purse seine net shall have mesh sizes not less than 3.5 inches starting at the mid-body to the entire wing while ring nets shall have mesh sizes not less than 3.5 inches at both wings.”
Dickson said most fishing companies have been facing difficulty in complying with the fish net requirement due to their high costs.
“A VMS only costs around P180,000 but the nets could cost millions,” she said.
Perez said they were hoping that local tuna fishing companies would be able to fill up their 36-vessel quota within the year.
“Our main consideration in meeting that quota is the additional catch of around 50,000 MT that we will get there. Based on our assessment, each vessel deployed there could produce around 20 tons of tuna on a good day,” he said.
The fishport complex here recorded a total of 244,472 MT in total fish landings last year, about half of which comprised tuna species that were either exported fresh or processed by the six tuna canneries based in the city.
In 2011, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), which operates the city’s fishport complex, reported a total of 97,013 MT in tuna landings out of the 212,638 MT in total fish landings.
A PFDA report cited that the fishport complex’s total fish landings last year still increased significantly despite the noted drop in commercial fishing vessel arrivals from 15,014 in 2011 to just 13,922 in 2012.
During the first three quarters of 2012, the National Statistics Office (NSO) noted a 128.7-percent increase in the country’s tuna exports (fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers), with total receipts valued at US$ 47.99 million.
Tuna, which generated total receipts of about US $21 million last year, posted the highest annual increase among the country’s top 10 exports, NSO said.
Tuna, which posts average export receipts of US$250 million yearly, remains the biggest export earner for this city and contributes around 50 percent to the area’s economy.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Panama Fishing Report - Yellowfin Tunas are back! - February 9-13, 2013
Panama Fishing Report - Yellowfin Tunas are back! - February 9-13, 2013
Propiedad de Paradise Lodge welcomed Jim Foreit from Washington D.C. to the island for a few days of blue water hunting here in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama! Jim was celebrating his 70th birthday and specifically wanted to the chance to catch a Roosterfish. The receding tide in the early mornings meant that our best chance to get a Rooster was in the afternoon with the rising tide. We decided that heading offshore to chase Tunas in the morning and hit the Rooster spots in the afternoon would be our game plan.
Contact Shane Jarvis at
http://panamasportfishinglodge.blogspot.com/2013/02/panama-fishing-report-yellowfin-tunas.html#links
Or Bigfish@FishPanamaToday.com
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Bay of Chiriqui
Bay of Chiriqui
Why? The fishing topography of the area is dominated by undersea mountains which rise from the depths from several thousand feet to less than 50 feet from the surface. These groups of underwater islands and pinnacles obstruct the currents, which causes oxygen and nutrients to push upwards to the surface. Massive amounts of bait fish feed on these nutrients, and the baitfish are like magnets to the other larger fish. The shallowest spot on the Hannibal bank has a 200 foot pinnacle which is home to black marlin and giant yellowfin tuna.
Ten miles away from the Hannibal Banks is Isla Montuosa. From this island, a deep drop rises steeply from 10000 feet right to the island. There are many rock pinnacles around the island where you are just about guaranteed to catch either or all of black marlin, sailfish or snapper.
Isla Ladrones is closest to the fishing resort and probably the most popular of fishing spots, because of its proximity. Eight miles on the West side of Ladrones, is the deep drop which falls from 3000 ft to the darkest depths of the Pacific.
Ladrones, Secas and Parida's are great for inshore fishing of roosterfish, snapper, jack, wahoo, kingfish, and mackerel.
another great place to go out of is Propeidad de Paradise
Saturday, January 19, 2013
TUNA
People ask how you estimate the weight of tuna? You measure the girth of the fish squared, and multiply it by the length of the fish, then divide that by 800. If done correctly, it gives you the correct weight within a few pounds.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
TUNA excel Sportfishing
Excel Long Range Sportfishing
Jackpot Photo from this morning: 1st place- John 445lb YFT. 2nd place- Al 302lb YFT. And Tony- 287lb YFT. Congrats Guys!
Jackpot Photo from this morning: 1st place- John 445lb YFT. 2nd place- Al 302lb YFT. And Tony- 287lb YFT. Congrats Guys!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Fisherman Catches 1,000 lb Tuna
Fisherman Catches 1,000 lb Tuna
Marc Towers, 30, wrestled with the huge fish for two hours before he pulled it to the surface of the water off the coast of Canso in Nova Scotia.
It was worth the effort and the wait as the fish is expected to sell for £20,000 in Japan and make 20,000 pieces of sushi.
Neil Cooke, who was on the fishing trip with Mr Towers, said: ‘We didn't realize how big it was until it was about 15 feet away from the surface.
‘It took Marc two hours to pull in, and we had started to see the shape of it when the skipper said “This could be a big fish”.
‘All of a sudden it broke the surface and everyone said “It’s a monster!”’
The fish was so huge that the crew was unable to haul it onto the boat and had to tie a rope around it to drag it four miles back to the dock.
Mr Cooke, 37, added: ‘The deck hand made a lasso and tied it around the end of the fish and we dragged it through the water back to the dock.’
When the boat arrived back at the dock, the fish was lifted by a crane from the water and onto a forklift truck which carried the giant fish over to a set a scales.
Mr Cooke, owner of Bournemouth Fishing Lodge in Dorset said: ‘We saw 1,000lb come up on screen which was brilliant.’
The crew transferred the fish to a fridge and they are planning on selling it in Japan where Atlantic Bluefin tuna - Thunnus thynnus in Latin – is frequently made into sushi.
The pair, who go on fishing trips together, decided to visit Nova Scotia with the aim of catching a Bluefin tuna.
They went during the commercial season when fish that are usually set free after being caught are taken back to the dock and sold.
The record for a Bluefin tuna is held by Ken Fraser who caught a 1,496-pound specimen off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1979.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
192.8 pound Bluefin Tuna Excel Long Range Sportfishing
Excel Long Range Sportfishing
sept 11 2012
Congrats again to Gary on his 192.8 pound Bluefin Tuna!
Mike Ramirez docked Excel at Fisherman’s landing September 11, following the Patrick Gallagher eight-day trip with 29 anglers. The angler disembarked with a fine catch that included near-limits of yellowtail, a huge bluefin tuna (best so far this year) and some exotics: two escolar and one big oilfish.
The big bluefin was caught by fireboat skipper Gary Schall of Huntington Beach. The fish taped out at 192 pounds, said Mike in an interview with dock reporter Bill Roecker. On the scales it weighed 192.8 pounds, so Ramirez did a good job with his estimate.
Schall said he hooked the monster on the drift with a flylined squid in the dark or pre-dawn. The tuna behaved in a squirrely manner, dashing toward and away from the boat at first, prompting those at hand to think it might be a marlin or some other sort of fish. But later it went straight up and down, and Gary knew he was on a big tuna.
The fireboat captain has a best yellowfin of 202 pounds, but he thought this fish fought harder. It was obviously a tuna. After an hour and 20 minutes it came to gaff, hooked on a Mustad 12/0 7691 J hook. He said he crimped the Mustad to an 80-pound Seaguar Premier wind-on leader and 80-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate ATD 12 reel and a self-wrapped Phenix 700 2X rod. The big tuna won first place.
Schall’s buddy Landon Yacobucci of San Clemente, a recent hire at Hogan’s Bait & Tackle in Dana Point, won second place for a feat that was astounding, a first for the fleet in modern times, at least. Just before Schall hooked his bluefin, Landon caught two oilfish and two escolar, by deep-dropping squid with five pounds of weight to 450 feet. Landon added an Owner Offshore 9/0 hook for a trailer or trap hook to the Mustad 12/0 7691 main hook on his rig, and won his spot for the biggest oilfish, a 55.6-pounder. He released one of his two oilfish.
Jon Scobey of Bartlett, TN won third place for a 38.4-pound grouper.
Chartermaster Gallagher said the group made use of an R/C model boat to tow baits out during some of the fishing, and that the method met with success. He also remarked that two Avet reels were given away, as were many prizes from Eric’s Tackle and Bob Sands Fishing Tackle in Van Nuys.
The big bluefin was caught by fireboat skipper Gary Schall of Huntington Beach. The fish taped out at 192 pounds, said Mike in an interview with dock reporter Bill Roecker. On the scales it weighed 192.8 pounds, so Ramirez did a good job with his estimate.
Schall said he hooked the monster on the drift with a flylined squid in the dark or pre-dawn. The tuna behaved in a squirrely manner, dashing toward and away from the boat at first, prompting those at hand to think it might be a marlin or some other sort of fish. But later it went straight up and down, and Gary knew he was on a big tuna.
The fireboat captain has a best yellowfin of 202 pounds, but he thought this fish fought harder. It was obviously a tuna. After an hour and 20 minutes it came to gaff, hooked on a Mustad 12/0 7691 J hook. He said he crimped the Mustad to an 80-pound Seaguar Premier wind-on leader and 80-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate ATD 12 reel and a self-wrapped Phenix 700 2X rod. The big tuna won first place.
Schall’s buddy Landon Yacobucci of San Clemente, a recent hire at Hogan’s Bait & Tackle in Dana Point, won second place for a feat that was astounding, a first for the fleet in modern times, at least. Just before Schall hooked his bluefin, Landon caught two oilfish and two escolar, by deep-dropping squid with five pounds of weight to 450 feet. Landon added an Owner Offshore 9/0 hook for a trailer or trap hook to the Mustad 12/0 7691 main hook on his rig, and won his spot for the biggest oilfish, a 55.6-pounder. He released one of his two oilfish.Jon Scobey of Bartlett, TN won third place for a 38.4-pound grouper.
Chartermaster Gallagher said the group made use of an R/C model boat to tow baits out during some of the fishing, and that the method met with success. He also remarked that two Avet reels were given away, as were many prizes from Eric’s Tackle and Bob Sands Fishing Tackle in Van Nuys.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
BIG GAME 90 2 1/2 day trip with over 235 mixed fish
BIG GAME 90 2 1/2 DAY TRIP SCORES ON A MIX OF TUNA, DORADO AND YELLOWTAIL
The Big Game returned yesterday morning from a 2 1/2 day trip with over 235 mixed fish
Capt. Mike reported good weather and lots of fish including 114 Yellowfin.
Mike said there are several areas for fish ranging from as close as 40 miles to and area west of San Binitos at about 250 miles from San Diego.
The Boat left on a 5 1/2 day charter yesterday and Mike plans on looking at that 250 mile area of fish.
We will keep you posted
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