Here we are at the end of day four and the weather is still beautiful, the tuna fishing for sixty to one hundred to forty pound fish is still excellent, we still have a huge quantity of beautiful bait to throw and use, and we are still having a fantastic time. We are incredibly grateful for such a fine run of luck and as we are on somewhat of a roll we elected to leave our hot area as evening fell heading for a zone that produced consistent sightings and one day of good action on trophy yellowfin on our previous voyage. If we had one deficiency to highlight thus far it is the lack of two hundred pound fish but at this point with all the positives surrounding us we do not feel like complaining. Besides we have to keep providing you steadfast skeptics with at least some nourishment for your pessimism.
We enjoyed a fine night of snapper action and even scratched a few in the early morning before finally catching a decent shot of big bait and heading out to the tuna grounds. We were feeling pretty confidant that our odds on the big fish would improve if we could fish some big baits in some of the schools we are seeing but as it turned out the skippies made no difference at all with ninety nine percent of the fish landed taken on the gorgeous anchoveta we are holding. Not that the skippies won't work, they will, but the particular area we have been fishing simply does not appear to be holding a significant amount of trophy fish and as such we are relocating for at least one day in search of a few "vacas" to settle the jackpot and put the finishing touch on an already fine catch of quality yellowfin tuna. With beautiful conditions and three full days of fishing remaining, we hope our good luck continues to the very end.
Our photo today features a bright morning moment for Panama and long time Royal Star veteran Bruce Campbell who landed this HUGE Cubera Snapper while fishing the iron at daylight. Estimated at eighty pounds, this spectacular specimen was immediately released unharmed following this photo. Congratulations on your fine catch Bruce and also keep up the good work on the tuna!