From the Crocodile Bay Lodge, Puerto Jiménez
by Todd Staley, Fishing Director
July 4, 2003
Fish were slim pickins for a while because the green water moved in and sent the pelagics scurrying after the bait that had moved to "greener pastures" so to speak. Luckily when a group of 30 showed up this week so did the fish. Not in great numbers but enough to keep some rods bent and put some smiles on some faces.
Evertt Kelly from Nashville brought his family down to celebrate his and Mrs Kelly's 51 st anniversary and they were top guns on the inshore scene. The couple took 25 snapper one day and 19 nice mullet snapper on day two. There kids caught some nice sails and dorado in the 40 pound range offshore. John Williams also had his family here and the managed 10 sails and some small tuna the little time they fished as they spent much of their time here exploring the jungle. (Must have read the L.A. Times article)
Ed Olsen from San Francisco fished with sister Barbara and announced he would like to catch some "football" size tuna in the 10 to 20 pound range. No problem I said, there has been plenty of those around.Well Ed "Big Tuna" Olsen returned to the dock with a new definition of "football". His football yellowfin weighed 203 lbs. He and Barbara had 4 sails to their credit and a large number of guests had grilled tuna and sushi.
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