The fish diversity is huge in the pacific coast, listing all of them would be too long, therefore we are going to focus on the most interesting ones for Sport Fishing in Panama.
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1. Snapper /Pargo: many kinds of snappers are present in the tuna coast waters, but the big cubera snapper and the mullet snapper are the main targets for angler. It has an average weight of 40 lbs and can reach 100 lbs.
Fishing techniques: big poppers and live baite. |
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2. Roosterfish/Pez gallo: it is very abundant in these waters. The average size of this super fish is amazing: many specimens over 100 lbs. have been caught on top- water lures.
Fishing Techniques: spinning top-water lures and live baites, fly fishing. |
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3. Amberjack/Bojalá: living in big schools mostly in deep waters the amberjack is a very powerful fish. Average weight 20 pounds to 80 pounds.
Fising Techniques. Jigging, live baites, spinning top –water lures. |
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4. Jacks/Jurel: also living in big schools ( sometimes thousands of them) they are fun to fish too with spinning top-water lures. There are four speciesof jacks: yellow jack, blue jack, bigeye jack, pompano. Average weight goes from 5 to 30 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: light top-water lures, fly fishing and trulling. |
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5. Groupers/ Mero: You can find a wide variety of groupers, including Jewfish (over 500 pounds), broomtail grouper (100 pounds).
Fishing Techniques: Jigging, dead and live baites. |
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6. Sierra Mackarel/ Sierra: very common near the shore and can weigh 20 pounds
Fishing Techniques: live spinning top water lures and trolling. |
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7. Yellowfin Tuna/ Atun Amarillo: huge schools of them can be found here (the coast is named after this fish), sometimes very close to the shore. The Average weight of the of the yellowfin tuna goes from 10 pounds to 200 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: spinning top water lures, trolling, fly fishing. |
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8. Dolphin fish/ Dorado: can also be found very close to the shore, Dolphin fish is very abundant on specific seasons ( see chart ). Average weight from 10 to 70 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: spinning top water lures and trolling, fly fishing. |
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9. Wahoo/ wahoo: it can be found in very specific areas of the shore. Its average weight is 70 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: trolling. |
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10. Sailfish/ Pez Vela: is one of the attractions here for offshore fishing, sailfish are abundant in our secret spots from 10 to 20 milles ofshore. Can reach 200 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: trolling. |
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11. Marlin/Marlin: Black marlin is the easiest to find, but blue and stripped marlin live here too. Up to 200 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: trolling lures and bonito. |
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12. Sharks/ Tiburón: The most commun shark we catch is the black tip one, but it can also find the tiger shark, bull shark, white tip etc. up to 200 pounds.
Fishing Techniques: spinning top water lures, dead and live baites. |
And also: Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, rainbow Runner, Milkfish, Snook, Corvina, Tarpon, Macabi etc...
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