Sport Fishing Boats and Services

Our 30’ Blackwatch Sportfish and 26’ Seacraft CC are custom-rigged to suit your needs here in Panama. Each is equipped with twin engines, full electronics, safety equipment, enclosed head, outriggers, oversized bait wells, tuna tubes, and high end spinning and conventional tackle by Shimano, G. Loomis, St. Croix, Cape Fear, Seeker, and Penn. You may also bring your own favorite tackle, and recommend that you bring your favorite fighting belt/harness. Three anglers fish comfortably on our boats, but four is acceptable. These versatile boats provide us with a fast, comfortable and safe ride offshore as well as the ability to maneuver close in to reefs and other structure when targeting inshore species. The center console is also perfect for exploring the miles of estuaries.

Our methods vary from trip to trip, but trolling plastics, slow trolling and pitching live baits, and jigging all produce fish. Test your skills and strength with the top-water action on spinning tackle. The sight of a huge rooster or cubera snapper or even yellowfin tuna exploding on your lure is an experience you won’t want to miss. Don’s personal best is a 150# yellowfin…on a popper! Top-water lures have even hooked sailfish, once within four feet of the boat! If this sounds like fun to you, believe us it is. Be sure to bring plenty of your favorite top-water lures because break-offs are commonplace. We have been using 80# Power Pro braided line and still experience many break-offs. These fish are behemoths, and we have not yet found a way (or line) to keep them out of the rocks. All in all, there is a method that will work for you.

Never will you see a place so full of life with so little fishing pressure or competition. It is sure to top your list of the most pristine, beautiful and most tranquil places in the world. The estuaries, inshore reefs, hundreds of islands and underwater structure are home to a wide variety of gamefish. Here you will find giant cubera snapper, rooster fish, huge amberjack, blue jacks, barracuda, grouper, jack crevelle and pompano cruising the rocky shoreline looking for a meal. Offshore, in the rich, deep blue waters near the Hannibal Bank and Isla Montuosa, you will find black marlin, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, blue marlin, blackfin tuna, dorado, sailfish and swordfish feasting on the bait that congregate and thrive on these banks. The best part? You never know what’s next and it very well may be a world record! It’s not uncommon to come home battered and bruised from fighting fish. Fishing is spectacular year-round here, but Dec-May is deemed to be the 'best,' as the largest of the migratory species are here in numbers, and skies are crystal-clear blue.

The fishing experience will begin with Breakfast at 5am. Your boat will leave the dock around 6am and return around 5pm. Our captains are experienced, very knowledgeable, friendly and bilingual. They have fished these waters their entire lives and will tailor the days to your preferences. Lunch, snacks and beverages are provided. Let us know if you have any preferences or special requests. We promote catch and release to assure the future and quality of the sport. We are close to the equator so don’t forget your sunscreen, the higher the protection the better. We also recommend a wide brim hat and good sunglasses. The weather is tropical with daytime temperatures in the high 80’s and nightly lows in the 70’s. Humidity is high, but the ocean breezes are constant. Summer is from Dec-April, which is considered the ‘dry season.’ The rainy season normally consists of clear mornings with brief thunderstorms in the late afternoon. It’s best that you pack light raingear anyway, just in case.

Packages include transfers to and from David airport, lunches, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages on board, Prices do not include international airfare, hotel accommodations, taxes, gratuities (hotel, captains, mates,) or alcoholic beverages. We can assist with your itinerary/logistics. Please inquire.