During 1986-91 while serving at a location called Ft. Davis, Panama, I heard many stories about 02 soldiers catching anywhere from 50 to over a hundred fish in Gatun Lake! By the way Gatun lake is abosolutely H U G E!! Without it there would be no Panama Canal.
Well in late 1990, I heard about two soldiers who caught more than 100 bass fish - starting at 7am till 1 or 2pm in the hot and very humid afternoon while fishing in Gatun Lake. Due to my job, I very rarely had time to go fishing, but I wanted to look into this "fishy" story. Initially I thought the story was outright B.S.!!! I heard the same story from a couple of other avid fisherman so I thought I'd track down those two soldiers that caught all those fish in a few hours and ask them what they did.
A few days later, I caught up to these soldiers and they both said the same thing. They caught over 100 fish for a Company fish-fry. They caught all those fish in Gatun Lake. They both laughed excitedly at how SWARMS OF FISH would attack their fishing hooks while trolling in Gatun Lake!
They were literally throwing their fishing line in the water, fish would attack it and they'd real em' in one right after the other! NO TIME FOR RELAXATION, NO TIME FOR EVEN A COLD BREWSKI in that very hot and humid environment! They were too busy reeling in those fish that begged to be caught!
What were they doing to catch all those fat fish? That's exactly what I asked them even though I already knew what others had told me. Are you ready to hear what they did? You sure? Make sure you have this little item in your survival kit, tackle box,... !
They told all they did was put a "regular white straw with stripes" over the hook and they would simply troll along in the waters! That's right, they were using a "regular white straw with stripes!"
They said they simply threw their lines out while trolling and the fish just fought to get on their hooks! I asked them Why? Is it the movement, does it make sound in the water, why? They didn't know exactly why, they said movement might have something to do with it.
So you know what I did? I eventually got a boat and tried it myself. Yes, I did catch some fish using a white striped straw. I even tried it off the shore, just casting out my line (with a bobber) and slowly reeling it in, and I did catch some fish that way too!
Hey, I don't care if you're fishing for, fish are attracted to the color RED!
So make sure you put some pieces (1 1/2-inch) of "white & red striped straws" in your Survival Kit. Oh, make sure the hook is exposed to hook em when they bite! OK, did you like that TRUE STORY!!! Now that you've caught those "brain food" guys lets prepare em!
UPDATE: I call the fishing trick, the Panamanian Fishing Trick. And here's why it works. Make sure the straw you use has RED STRIPES on it. Why red? Fish like frogs are ATTRACTED to the color RED. Why? Who cares. Red lure-like devices are also used to catch frogs. Frogs and all types of species of fish are attracted to the color RED. So go get some striped straws and make your own FREE fishing lures!
My name is Joseph A. Laydon Jr. and thank you for reading Fishing Report - "Panamanian Fishing Trick!" And I have HUNDREDS more waiting for you. This baby is just a few bucks and very worthy of you pro anglers and you wanna-be fishermen. Go to http://www.survivalexpertebooks.com to get your own "269+ International Fishing Tricks And More!"
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