Panama fishing Report May - June 2007
Panama Big Game Fishing Club Isla Boca Brava Chiriqui
Republic of Panama
 Tuna
fishing with surface poppers was all you wanted but smaller fish running
from 10 to 80 lb. The first week in May we got some tuna over 100 lbs. and
a few over 200 lbs. Black Marlin still good with 4 out of 5 groups
catching a black. Fair wahoo action but they will pick up with
August being the first real strong month for them. Had a few sails and
some smaller dorado (dolphin) also. Inshore action was very good with
snapper, rooster fish, sierra mackerel, blue jack and amber jack in good
numbers.
Captain Lee Campbell - Panama Big Game Fishing Club
There is something about tracking fish by sight that activates the
adrenalin flow like nothing else. We had hot and cold moments on the trip
but the image of two and three hundred pound yellow fin tuna hurling
themselves airborne, intent on murder or adultery upon anything in their
path…baby it’s just too much. Man and boy I’ve fished those things on both
the Atlantic and Pacific but the supreme numbers of big fish right in
front of your beak made this a very special opportunity, what most would
call a “once in a life time.” Standing on the bow of the boat and throwing
them top water plugs was really sweet, as well as productive. We jumped on
a red hot marlin bite one morning with a double hook up and hooked a third
immediately afterwards. It’s fair to say we had some slow times but even
the inshore fish were real trophies. This included a seventy-pound amber
jack, eighty-pound roosterfish and a wondrous blue trevalle. These fish
get big down in Panama, bigger than in Costa Rica, bigger than in
Guatemala. The Panama Big Game Club lives up to its reputation.
Riley Love - May 2007
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