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FISHING REPORT
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"Fishing Frenzy"
#42 Weekly Fishing Report
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by: John Gabruk
June 26, 2002.
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 It's
going off right now here in Puerto Vallarta, GIANT YELLOWFIN
TUNA ARE THICK at Corbetania and they are big. This
week 14 giants over 200 pounds hit the decks of local
charter boats. The largest caught on the "Tonya
Too", a 29-foot center console, owned by Master
Baiter's Sportfishing & Tackle. This giant weighed
in at a whopping 362 pounds, caught by a Houston Texas
Bluefin tuna fisherman and took 2 hours and 47 minutes
to get on the deck. Yellowfin tuna will "KICK YOUR
ASS", not many people have the technique, strength
or endurance to land one of these monsters on their
own. Not so for owner of "Proteam Sportfishing",
Rodney Caughman, charter fleet owner and number one
ranked charter service in Mazatlan Mexico. This long
term Mexico fisherman and I.G.F.A. representative for
Mazatlan knows fishing and knows if you want 300 pound
plus Yellowfin, Puerto Vallarta is the best place in
the world to hook one of them up. And… that's just
what he did. Rodney set out to Corbetania again on "Tonya
Too" to nail a Tuna 200 pounds plus. He has many
Tuna over 100 pounds under his belt but had yet to hit
that magic 200 pound mark but that was about to end.
What he got was much more than he had hoped for. Owning
his own charter service, Rodney feels very comfortable
fishing with his own Captain and he brought him along
as the mate.
 After
catching bait, 2 small Yellowfins and 2 Skipjack, they
slowed down and set all four out. 2 long rigger, 1 short
rigger and 1 down rigger. 15 minutes after setting the
lines a giant boil, then the shirt rigger snapped hard
and the Shimano 50 was screaming as Rodney raced to
the rod at what was obviously a Tuna at least as big
as he had set out for. His Captain, a deckhand for the
day, hooked him into the stand-up gear as Captain Arturo
gunned the boat to ensure a good, deep hook set. This
giant ripped off approximately 300 yards of 100-pound
test Izorline at 28 pounds of drag, then she went down.
Captain Arturo and "Tonya Too" came around
to pick up as much line as possible from the initial
run. After that, the grueling fight was on. Rodney got
the Tuna within 10 feet of the leader 3 times and each
time the fish freaked as it saw the boat and took off,
one time pulling Rodney to the rail. In 1 hour &
20 minutes, the fish was in the boat, a 303-pound giant
Yellowfin Tuna. Way to go Rodney, your style & technique
landed this monster in half the time most 300 plus pound
fish take. You also did it with a 50, not an 80 pound
rod & reel which again proves… It's not how
big the rod is, it's how you use it!
 Big
Black Marlin are also at Corbetania in very good numbers.
If you want a big Black, get out now! Fluoro Carbon
leaders are a must for big Tuna and they eat it fast,
but won't eat mono as a rule. So, if it's a Black Marlin
you want, go with a mono leader to give the Marlin a
chance. Small Tuna or Skipjack slow trolled live are
producing the majority of hook-ups. Friday when I was
out and we were catching bait, I put out a medium size
"Wild lure", black & purple for Wahoo
and hooked & released an approximately 500 pound
Black Marlin. So, do what feels comfortable to you.
But… Get out there now!
The Bank is wide open also if you
are looking for Sailfish or Dorado or 50 to 70 pound
Tuna. Put out a Google Eye on a short rigger or center
rigger and put some food on the boat.
Remember, it's hot out there now.
Bring sunglasses, hat & sunscreen. Also, stop into
Master Baiter's Sportfishing & Tackle and pick-up
a "Polar" stay cool neck or head band. It
will cool you off all day and they last for a year!
On a fishing scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the best), I give
P.V. a 4.5 fishes. Till next week, see you on the water.
Good luck & best fishes!!!
 If
you would like to rent a charter boat and know exactly
what you are getting then stop into either MASTER BAITER'S
SPORTFISHING & TACKLE locations: Downtown on Morelos
Street #164 tel/22-27239 or Marina Vallarta, when facing
the water 3 doors to your right of the lighthouse tel/20-90498.
You will receive an accurate description and the right
boat, crew and equipment for what you want to catch.
You can freeze, smoke or mount (stuff) your catch to
take home or weigh it I.G.F.A. style. Their company
owned boats Tonya Too and including the "High Maintenance"
who is the winner of the WORLD CHAMPION TEAM award 2
years in a row! offer you a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE, that
you CATCH a game fish, that's how confident they are.
If you are just 1 or two people then ask about sharing
a boat. As our famous T-shirts say "We won't jerk
you around"
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