We had a great trip on a mothership of PSFL last year and I arranged the mothership trip again with 8 anglers this year.
I was a fun trip catching lots of tuna on popping rods.
We released all tuna except a few for dinner.
The Hannibal Bank was hot before your trip, but tuna were on and off there. But we chased yft on popping rods and each angler who could cast had 5 - 6 hookups with 30 lb - 90 lb on each day on poppers except the last day.
We fished inshore briefly and managed to catch two roosters and some jacks on popers.
I used this opportunity to test our 9'2" - 10' Black Hole yellowtail/tuna popping rods.
arriving at David, Panama
arriving at PSFL
ready for fishing.
first tuna with light 9'2" Black Hole Striper rod
used sardine.
fighting a tuna with light Black Hole Cape Cod Slow Pitch 632 rod on a jig.
It was great to meet Macho on the water with whom I fished several years when he worked for PSFL.
bait bite
tuna to be released.
our second boat
ready for dinner at mothership after fishing.
baited hook. I think tuna are too many to eat those baited hook there. :)
We usually atarted with bait in Hannibal Bank.
Then, we chased yft on surface
foul hooked turtle on a jig
80 lb tuna using light 9'6" Black Hole Striper rod