From the Crocodile Bay Lodge, Puerto Jiménez
by Todd Staley, Fishing Director
June 11, 2002
Fishin's not too bad these days with stuff happening both offshore and inshore. George Sr., Jr., and Terresa Kohn teamed up for some great line pullin' action this week as they took sails, roosterfish, and a marlin estimated at over 300 lbs. Jon Fischer and Cathy Hooper from Urban Angler tossed some flys at a few billfish with success. In fact Cathy released a fish that was estimated as bigger than the woman's world record.
Our own Nicole Elam from the U.S. office of Crocodile Bay was down to check us out with her beau Jeff. They had an exceptional day a couple hundred yards off the beach when they took 13 roosters, 9 jacks, and 2 snapper. The biggest rooster went around 45 lbs and the snapper around 23 lbs.
Mary Davis and good friend Kathy Bussan from Ft Myers wanted two things during their short stay here, to snorkel at Cano island and catch a roosterfish. They saw tons of stuff at Cano, and each took a roosterfish over 30 lbs fishing a half day.
June 24, 2002
Fishing slowed a little with the roosters getting lockjaw for a couple of days, but a few nice ones to 40 lbs decided to test some drag washers. Lots of jacks and big needlefish had been beating the roosterfish to the baits. A few cubera snapper have been taken and some big ones broken off.
11 year old Kurt Durnberg made other anglers at the lodge envious with his 350 lb blue marlin. The Durnbergs also took a few sails and roosterfish on their trip.
Father and son team, Joe and Matt Meador, teamed up together and wrestled a 200 lb yellowfin tuna which took the boat after a 2 1/2 hour battle.
Len Newon, who fished with us before the hotel was complete in 1999, returned after a long recovery from an auto accident. He took a boatload of jacks, a couple of snapper and a few roosters inshore, and landed a 147 lb yellowfin tuna. Yesterday Dave Fontan had 15 sails up in the baits along with a marlin, so it looks as if the fish are going to cooperate a little better this coming week.
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