After another series of cancellations from Europe due to travel restrictions, we are finally hosting our first group since March. I want to grab this opportunity to remind everyone that we are open for business, that the area is safe, and travelling to Panama is fairly easy. All you need is a negative COVID test, which you can actually do on arrival at the rapid testng facility, where it only costs 50 dollars and takes about 25 minutes to get the results.
Most importantly, I would like to introduce Kieren, ou new staff member. Kieren comes from the UK where he runs the succesful and acclaimed Lo Kie Adventures charter. He is a great guy and a wonderful addition to the Panafishing team. Please check out his website for some of the best fishing Europe has to offer:
www.lokieadventures.com
Kieren was eager to fish and discover the grounds, so we spent 4 days on the water last week. Overall we found fishing to be patchy, more so from the patchy water clarities we experienced from the previous poor weather through November, often having to work hard for our results in the decreased water clarity but each day we found a honey pot of activity which made for fantastic sport from a mixture of species! As the week progressed, seemingly so did the water clarity and therefore the fishing with it. Some mad action on the roosterfish, amberjack, red snapper, yellowfin tuna, Sierra mackerel and some mixed frenzies to note!
Top fish of the week both went to me with 2 big roosterfish, both putting up tremendous reel screaming fights, I also managed a nice cubera as Kieren played a rooster during an incredible top water session! The overall average stamp of roosterfish was very nice this week. On 2 separate occasions this week Kieren had 15-20+ decent roosters all chasing and competing for his popper at once, it simply doesn’t get much more hair raising as you see their iconic dorsal fins homing in on your lure whilst you try to keep your nerve to set the hooks correctly!
On another occasion Kieren had the most incredible moment both to mine and Kieren’s surprise a very large sailfish fish took a particular liking to his popper, numerous casts in a row it ambushed his lure, he really wanted it as it graced the surface behind the popper with its beak open an out the water, adrenaline through the roof as Kieren awaited the moment to commit to the strike, but unfortunately the sail never committed enough to set a hook Incredible, but incredibly frustrating at the same time.
We had our fair share of big fish opportunities through-out , one day I had a truly huge wahoo take flight with my popper out of the blue but again did not get a hook hold, in my own words “It was like a tree trunk” Kieren also had 3 cubera snapper come up and investigate his lure in one day but none committed to a strike much to his despair as is common with this frustrating species.
Day 2 we found a big shoal of feeding yellowfin tuna, out came the light rods and small poppers and the reels began to sing as they simultaneously explode at your popper with unparalleled speed.
The end of the the last day saw us find a solid shoal of quality amberjacks feeding hard on the jigs all in all it made for a happy hour of activity before we had to head back in on the tide but we could of stayed their all afternoon, countless drifts saw us hoop over into feisty fish that put up a terrific fight as they power back down to the reefy bottom, turn up the heat and let the better man win!
We ended the 4 days on I believe 19 species, some magnificent specimens, frenzy action, terrific sport and most of all some fantastic fun! We had lots and lots of fish that wasn’t pictured as we weren’t to fussed and wanted to stay in the action! Can’t wait to get back out again!
Most importantly, I would like to introduce Kieren, ou new staff member. Kieren comes from the UK where he runs the succesful and acclaimed Lo Kie Adventures charter. He is a great guy and a wonderful addition to the Panafishing team. Please check out his website for some of the best fishing Europe has to offer:
www.lokieadventures.com
Kieren was eager to fish and discover the grounds, so we spent 4 days on the water last week. Overall we found fishing to be patchy, more so from the patchy water clarities we experienced from the previous poor weather through November, often having to work hard for our results in the decreased water clarity but each day we found a honey pot of activity which made for fantastic sport from a mixture of species! As the week progressed, seemingly so did the water clarity and therefore the fishing with it. Some mad action on the roosterfish, amberjack, red snapper, yellowfin tuna, Sierra mackerel and some mixed frenzies to note!
Top fish of the week both went to me with 2 big roosterfish, both putting up tremendous reel screaming fights, I also managed a nice cubera as Kieren played a rooster during an incredible top water session! The overall average stamp of roosterfish was very nice this week. On 2 separate occasions this week Kieren had 15-20+ decent roosters all chasing and competing for his popper at once, it simply doesn’t get much more hair raising as you see their iconic dorsal fins homing in on your lure whilst you try to keep your nerve to set the hooks correctly!
On another occasion Kieren had the most incredible moment both to mine and Kieren’s surprise a very large sailfish fish took a particular liking to his popper, numerous casts in a row it ambushed his lure, he really wanted it as it graced the surface behind the popper with its beak open an out the water, adrenaline through the roof as Kieren awaited the moment to commit to the strike, but unfortunately the sail never committed enough to set a hook Incredible, but incredibly frustrating at the same time.
We had our fair share of big fish opportunities through-out , one day I had a truly huge wahoo take flight with my popper out of the blue but again did not get a hook hold, in my own words “It was like a tree trunk” Kieren also had 3 cubera snapper come up and investigate his lure in one day but none committed to a strike much to his despair as is common with this frustrating species.
Day 2 we found a big shoal of feeding yellowfin tuna, out came the light rods and small poppers and the reels began to sing as they simultaneously explode at your popper with unparalleled speed.
The end of the the last day saw us find a solid shoal of quality amberjacks feeding hard on the jigs all in all it made for a happy hour of activity before we had to head back in on the tide but we could of stayed their all afternoon, countless drifts saw us hoop over into feisty fish that put up a terrific fight as they power back down to the reefy bottom, turn up the heat and let the better man win!
We ended the 4 days on I believe 19 species, some magnificent specimens, frenzy action, terrific sport and most of all some fantastic fun! We had lots and lots of fish that wasn’t pictured as we weren’t to fussed and wanted to stay in the action! Can’t wait to get back out again!
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