Warren taking a siesta amidst our monstrous pile of luggage in the water taxi. It's hard to describe what it was like carrying all of our bags, equipment and fish everywhere we went. It was a CHORE. Many took whatever opportunity available catch a few winks.
Here's Dan answering my inquiry about the amount of rainfall the day before. I'm not sure if he was signalling one inch or one foot.
Rusty appears to be thinking it over.
Rusty at the front of the boat catching some rays on our way back from the Isle of Boca del Toro into the fabulous port city of Almirante (*cough-cough* slum). You can see the large Chiquita vessel on the right.
In case of emergency, please enter the survival craft and get the hell out of dodge.
Eddie Martin bagging a few Z's on the way out for a day of Peacock Bass fishing in Lago Gatun.
The dock at Gamboa Preserve...where we left to fish that day.
Dan landed a HUGE snook...which we promptly had cooked when we got back. Without a doubt one of the best meals of my life.
Looking down the business end.
Here's the six pound lunker that I caught while trolling. It hit that hard i thought that the lure had snagged the bottom.
I got a LOT of flack about the tiny fishing pole that I brought (an Emrod...collapses down to about 8" in length) But at the end of the day it served me well...catching one of the largest PBass of the day.
A shot of the Jesus bird (Jicana)...so named because it appears to walk on water. It actually is walking across the tops of the vegitation spanned by it's large feet.
More fish photos...
This is the livebearer that we found at the Rio Balboa. We found them in a very small strean that emptied into the river. Almost missed it....but Warren located a trickle. We followed it back and bang. There they were. I have a new found respect for th Live Bearing fish. To survive in such a small biotope. I don't remember the name of the fish.
Rusty checking out the bag
Rio Balboa...we caught the live bearers at the bottom left of the photo in small stream...and the Nanoluteus up nd to the left of the plon under the pier.
One of the many Tetras we saw.
What they were used for...and worked great.
A. rhytisma
Whenever we saw a fisherman we stopped and asked to see his catch. This guy was nice enought to show us his fish...and we gave him a ride up the road.
Here's one of the Biotopes that we stopped at looking for Trimaculatus. Really tough to get at. If we had time I have no doubt that Warren would have caught them (provided they were there) on hook and line. As it was we just used the cast net to see what was there.
Deep fast moving water with Mangrove tree roots...brackish water as we were close to the coast near David.
Proof positive of the water condition...this is a slat water Mullet that was netted.
Warren saw a group of Puffers that he wanted bad. Frustrating in that he only had the cast net and couldn't use it in the dense murky water.
Good a time as any to show this cast net series...and to say that you are looking at the master fish catcher. Warren is absolutely amazing on these trips. In Honduras I actually saw him snorkeling with a net and a fishing pole. He just likes "to catch things". I asked him to post some of his photos here of his various trips. The man has some AMAZING photos.
Here's Dan answering my inquiry about the amount of rainfall the day before. I'm not sure if he was signalling one inch or one foot.
Rusty appears to be thinking it over.
Rusty at the front of the boat catching some rays on our way back from the Isle of Boca del Toro into the fabulous port city of Almirante (*cough-cough* slum). You can see the large Chiquita vessel on the right.
In case of emergency, please enter the survival craft and get the hell out of dodge.
Eddie Martin bagging a few Z's on the way out for a day of Peacock Bass fishing in Lago Gatun.
The dock at Gamboa Preserve...where we left to fish that day.
Dan landed a HUGE snook...which we promptly had cooked when we got back. Without a doubt one of the best meals of my life.
Looking down the business end.
Here's the six pound lunker that I caught while trolling. It hit that hard i thought that the lure had snagged the bottom.
I got a LOT of flack about the tiny fishing pole that I brought (an Emrod...collapses down to about 8" in length) But at the end of the day it served me well...catching one of the largest PBass of the day.
A shot of the Jesus bird (Jicana)...so named because it appears to walk on water. It actually is walking across the tops of the vegitation spanned by it's large feet.
More fish photos...
This is the livebearer that we found at the Rio Balboa. We found them in a very small strean that emptied into the river. Almost missed it....but Warren located a trickle. We followed it back and bang. There they were. I have a new found respect for th Live Bearing fish. To survive in such a small biotope. I don't remember the name of the fish.
Rusty checking out the bag
Rio Balboa...we caught the live bearers at the bottom left of the photo in small stream...and the Nanoluteus up nd to the left of the plon under the pier.
One of the many Tetras we saw.
What they were used for...and worked great.
A. rhytisma
Whenever we saw a fisherman we stopped and asked to see his catch. This guy was nice enought to show us his fish...and we gave him a ride up the road.
Here's one of the Biotopes that we stopped at looking for Trimaculatus. Really tough to get at. If we had time I have no doubt that Warren would have caught them (provided they were there) on hook and line. As it was we just used the cast net to see what was there.
Deep fast moving water with Mangrove tree roots...brackish water as we were close to the coast near David.
Proof positive of the water condition...this is a slat water Mullet that was netted.
Warren saw a group of Puffers that he wanted bad. Frustrating in that he only had the cast net and couldn't use it in the dense murky water.
Good a time as any to show this cast net series...and to say that you are looking at the master fish catcher. Warren is absolutely amazing on these trips. In Honduras I actually saw him snorkeling with a net and a fishing pole. He just likes "to catch things". I asked him to post some of his photos here of his various trips. The man has some AMAZING photos.
