Sport fishing in Panama | Pedasi Tuna Coast Fishing

Janvier et février n’auront pas connu le fort vent du nord des autres années, ce qui nous a permis de faire de super pêches toutes techniques confondues. Février a été le mois des gros coqs (au-dessus de 25kg), faute de petits vifs on s’est mis à la grosse bonite, sélection assurée ! Le plus gros spécimen a été pris au popper Komodo : 96lbs pesé sur le bateau. Vue l’exceptionnelle  densité de très gros coqs  dans cette région du Panamà, il y a de fortes chances pour que le nouveau record IGFA soit battu à Pedasi prochainement.

Nearly no strong wind in January and February this year, we had a really good time on the Tuna Coast with all species at all techniques. Livebaits were still difficult to catch so we used bonitos, even big ones and caught some serious roosters, the biggest one was a 96lbs specimen caught on big popper. The density of big roosters is really unique in Pedasi and we are confident that soon the new IGFA all tackle record will be broken here.

Many small roosters in the beginning of January.

and jacks

WELL PREPARED ANGLERS.

LOCAL FISHERMAN FROM THE BEACH;

BIG ONE ON SPEED JIGGING.

THERE IT IS A BIG AJ!

THAT IS THE VISION YOU HAVE WHEN A ROOSTER FOLLOW YOUR POPPER.

MANY SMALL TUNAS, GREAT FUN ON LIGHT TACKLE.

AFTER FISHING TIME.

AJ ON POPPER.

A FIRST GOOD ROOSTER.

AND A SECOND HUGE ONE!

A SURPRISE GUEST LOOKING FOR ROOSTERS…

96lbs on popper.

December is considered as one of the best months for giant roosterfishes on the Tuna Coast, last year has been great.  This year we had some great weeks and 1 slow week, with wind and small fishes, fishing is still fishing and even if we didn’t reach the last year level we got some big specimens. Popping and livebait were the best techniques, speed jigging was slow (right now speed jigging is at the top with many amberjacks, snappers and groupers).

It looks that this year the cold current will bring a lot of fish for february and March, specially on jigging, you will see that in the next news.

Morning departure for a new fishing day full of hopes…

Nice Dorado caught on a small popper.

Followed by a really big rooster!

Alex enjoying yellowfin tunas on stickbaits.

Bluefin trevaly.

Good rooster on popper.

Many different species for Alex, still on popper!

And a big rooster for the end.

No mercy…

2 jacks on the same popper>

Again with Big eye jacks.

Amberjack on livebait.

Guadeloupean  team with great roosterfishes on popper:

Amberjack on popper

Biggest rooster of the month, 90lbs, on big popper like all the other fishes this week.

Swedish group caught fishes with poppers, butterfly jigs and livebaits:

Lodge at sunset

Rigging fishing equipment just after arrival first day…

… and there is a lot…

These are pictures of the last fishing pictures from Mads, who came on the Tuna coast to enjoy his first sport fishing trip in Panama. It was the first time also he practised surface lures with heavy spinning gear.

From the first day he found a big surface activities an learnt quickly how to use big poppers. Many fishes were caught this week with a total of 18 different species, all on surface lures except the sailfish:

Cubera snappers, Mullet snappers, yellow snappers, Grouper, jack Crevales, Big eye jacks, Blue jack, Blue runner, rainbow runners, Scierra mackerel, Bonito, Skipjacks, yellowfin tunas, Doarados, sailfish, Roosterfishes, Great Amberjacks and may be I forget more…

Many Cuberas this week with a special day with 8 cuberas and 8 Roosterfishes caught on the popper!

Here are some of the pictures with a new surface lures addict, Tuna Coast is the new sport fishing spot in Panama!

Amberjacks were caught both on popper and butterfly jigging.

The 3 first days were the best for tunas but saddly the 2 big ones that mads fought were lost before to reach the boat…

many Dorados this week, still on surface jigs.

jack Crevale

First Roosterfish, always a great moment.

Scierra mackerel si also fun at this size.

Big Cuberas are the nastiest fishes, a minimum of 80lbs braidline is required to stop them going back to the rocks.

Big Mullet snappers

May is the month of transition between dry and rainy season in Panama, but this year first rain came very late on the Tuna Coast area and gave us sunny sportfishing days in Pedasi until June.

Azuero Peninsula, has always been drier than the others region, like Chiriqui or Darien, and allows us to fish year round without any problem.

See our last pictures below, May was a great fishing month, with plenty of different species and thousands and thousands of tunas! Popper has been the best technique (we lost 2 black marlins popping for tuna, the same week…). Pedasi and the Tuna Coast are really one the best sportfishing spots in Panama, with very few sportfishing boat, come and enjoy it!

new lodge at dinner time

Puerto Escondido, our bay where we start fisshing in summertime.

fishing arround isla Iguana, somedays a great spot for giant Roosterfishes on popper.

like this one! heavy casting is often the best fishing technique in Panama, specialy in Pedasi!

Another good fishing spot, with many secret spots underwater arround… Good for popping, jigging and livebait.

jigging on a secret spot arround, fighting a big Cubera Snapper.

That is a real big cubera snapper!

Many tunas this month, all caught casting and spinning, someday we caught more than 30 each boat.

Baby whale and its mother, they are showing from May.

Roosterfish is still on the menu.

Sailfish season started early this year, we caught the first ones end of May.