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Report 11/04/21 - Big Fish Anarchy!

18/4/2021

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This week we welcomed Oscar, Carlos, Matteo, Tony, José, Danny, José R and Juan over from Spain for a week hunting giants on the Azuero Peninsula, Panama.

The bite has seriously picked up this week in terms of big fish opportunities, some more opportunities fruitful than others when you get the upper hand on some of these powerhouse brutes! All 3 boats landed some serious fish this week with a fair portion more lost, as is common with species such as giant Cubera Snapper.

Moments to note: For Oscar it was when he had at least 6 solid Cubera all ambushing the same lure before he connected with a brute, a proper hair raising moment no doubt! Another boat almost had a XXL Cubera double hook up but as one was hooked, another went for another lure only to have a decent Rooster get their first, not all was bad for Danny and José but come on that would have been epic! In another instance a XXL Cubera was hooked and went straight for the reef and popped the lure, only to then have a solid Broomtail grouper hit the lure straight away, what an outcome from an otherwise unfortunate situation!

The Roosters showed a pretty steady showing this week, the best day was 14 to the boat, but on most days the guys were able to find some that was willing to feed with one of the better ones coming on the slow jig for Tony, which is always cool! Some nicer specimens for some of the guys with again a few big fish tactically finding freedom with their classic unpredictable and erratic fight.

The group managed a vast array and quantity of other species which are commonly on offer here, some great activity at times with some crazy hives of activity from the Jack Crevalles, Bluefin Trevally, Amberjacks and White Tuna which all provide some great sport when the hits are super regular.

Well done guys on a super week!

Enjoy just some of the photos from their trip.

The Cuberas...

Some of the Roosters...

A lovely Rooster for Tony on the slow jigging gear.

The rest of their week...

A quality Yellowtail Corvina for Carlos on topwater.

A nice Mullet Snapper for Jose and Decent Almaco Jack for Carlos.

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Report - 10/04/21 - Stud Cubera!

12/4/2021

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This week we welcomed the return of Marc and Mattias from Switzerland seeking revenge on some Panamanian brutes and they did exactly that!

The Cubera bite is starting to kick off now here with opportunities being made on a more regular basis with these absolutely savage fish! A few made it in the boat for Mattias this week and another boatside I believe when it chucked the hooks. The star of the show was an absolute monster of a Cubera estimated over 80lb+! A true test of the anglers tackle, skill and strength it really is sensational when you manage the upper hand on these fish, which isn’t all too often!

Mattias also managed another Cubera in the boat, the roosters proved to test their patience this week but on the last day they worked out how they like it and managed to successfully get some to the boat with a few nice fish to note.

They had some mental action on the Jacks, White tuna and fortune Jacks throughout the week, even have 2 Jacks on the same popper multiple times, crazy fun!

The guys had a rest day and decided to convince Kieren to take them on a guided shore fishing session of which they successfully landed multiple Roosters on their first attempt from the shore, Jacks and smaller grouper species!

All in all some very happy clients!

A true monster! Well done Mattias, that's a hard one to beat for sure! Deserves more than one picture!

A much wanted decent Roosterfish for Marc.

Mattias with a second Cubera.

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Report - 24/03/21

1/4/2021

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This week we welcomed Olija, Xavier and Willem from Spain and also Mark, Peter and Drew from the US, some more favourable conditions honed the week for the clients.
The Spanish set their tone nice and early from literally the first drop Olija hooking up with a quality broomtail grouper, the group then provided consistent fishing all week capitalising on as many opportunities as possible, that being said they lost their fair share of XL fish, first day Xavier lost a gigantic Cubera and on the last day they had multiple losses from big ones also finding weaknesses in the tackle! All in all they had some quality roosters, groupers, almaco jacks, sharks and a whole host of other Jacks (lots of crevalle) and snappers amidst other species throughout the week, they was impressed with the quantity of fish.

Something you don’t see all too often, Olija was fighting a nice rooster of around 40lb, when all the sudden a huge Goliath grouper chased it boatside hoping for an easy meal, the rooster thankfully made a lightening fast run and managed to escape to be landed soon after, pretty cool to see though!

The American group found their fishing to be slightly more patchy, but still finding some hives of activity which they managed to pluck some fish from connecting with a good variety of species, the roosters were on a weird one this week, visually seeing many throughout the week as they would chase and ambush a lure sometimes in great numbers however no matter what we tried rarely would one commit to a strike, maybe an abundance of baitfish is to blame and them not being too hungry for it! On top of that often the plentiful Jack Creval causing havoc when you are trying for the Rooster.
Kieren joined the group for one of the days and had some quality Almaco Jacks and Snappers on the slow jigs along with a wicked double shot of a nice size Almaco and Yellowtail Snapper on the same jig! Even he couldn’t believe how fussy the Roosters where being on topwater this week! However at one point during the day we witnessed a true Leviathan of a Roosterfish repeatedly attack Drew big popper but failed to get a hook hold, a monsterous fish most likely of the 80lb+ calibre, it was an unreal sight, a fish of dreams!