Sport Fishing in the Republic of Panama

The Republic of Panama has always been knownothers" with off season chances on catching big
for its fishing, tropical islands and beautiful beaches.game slope fish
It took about 3 million years for the Republic of"larger groupers, sappers, jacks, pompanos and
Panama to emerge as it was a vast archipelagocorvine among others".
of volcanic islands. Due to volcanic activities duringDuring our dry season (Jan - May), the Republic of
that period, Panama became an isthmus withPanama experiences some changes that are
over 1,500 islands, 2,988 kilometers of coast andconvenient for deep sea sport fishing charters in
a total of 480 rivers that empty their waters intothe Gulf of Panama. First off, a southern Pacific
the ocean. Once this phenomenon was over,strong cold saltwater current know as the
there was a reduction on genetic mixing among"Humboldt" starts to move up north from South
different types of fish quarry and a reduction ofAmerica bordering the Colombian Pacific coastline
fish migration in between the Pacific Ocean andinto Panama's famous Tuna Coast or Azuero
the Atlantic Ocean.Peninsula "Pedasi" and also the Gulf of Panama's
Archaeologists have proven that people has been"Pearl Islands and Piñas Bay".
living in the Republic of Panama for at least 11,000Furthermore, the Panama Gulf starts to receive
years. The first inhabitants of the Republic ofstrong north winds from Panama's Atlantic coast
Panama lived on the Pacific Ocean and practicedcreating what oceanographers call the "Panama
fishing as their main occupation in 1500 B.C. andCurrent". A constant strong north wind blows the
their ancient fishing techniques are still being usedsurface of the Panamanian Gulf waters creating a
today! Due to the tremendous importance thatvertical current from down under. Water from
fish had in the lives of Isthmians, they decided tothe surface of the ocean gets blown miles
name the Isthmus "Panama" as the word meansoffshore making a necessity for deep cold water
"abundance of fish".(62-69 F) to move in replacing it. This
SPORT FISHING IN THE GULF OF PANAMAphenomenon causes slope fish or bottom fish to
The Gulf of Panama is where Panama City ismigrate from the continental slope drop-off into
located. It extends to approximately 12,000the Gulf of Panama. When the cold nutrient rich
square miles in size and counts with over 100offshore waters emerge to a certain depth,
volcanic spectacular islands including the famoussunlight makes a reaction where tons of plankton
Pear Islands. Sport fishing in the Gulf of Panamasupplies are spread all over the Gulf of Panama
could be a unique angling experience as themaking it special for any type of game fish or
underwater geography in this fairly large area isquarry to immigrate to this area. While this period
relatively shallow and well geographically positioned.is in process, the opportunities to catch deep sea
This makes it special for a wide variety of sea lifebig game fish, shelf demersal or slope gamefish
to immigrate and breed in the extensiveare extraordinary once you are on a fly fishing or
Panamanian gulf waters.regular fishing charter with pa around the Gulf of
When it's about offshore sport fishing trips in thePanama.
Gulf of Panama you can expect some of theThe sport fishing phenomenon lasts for about 1
best sport fishing in the world. As a matter ofmonth to 1 ½ months depending on the
fact, Darien's Bahia Piñas has morewinds. This wind effect is only experienced in the
International Game Fish Association world recordsgulf area as else where in Panama's Pacific Coast
broken than any where else in the world.is blocked by mountains. However, the cold water
In the Gulf of Panama you will find the presencetemperature stays while the Humboldt Current
of a great number of game fish species "pelagicflows around the whole Pacific coast of the
gamefish / demersal gamefish" among others.Republic of Panama making it hard for surfers
The Republic of Panama has fishing opportunitiesandpeople to swim as the beaches gets filled with
all year round. However, there is not a badgelly-fish. Water temperature in Panama changes
season for fishing but different types of fishdrastically during the year. The Republic of
during each season. In between the months ofPanama has warm waters (82-84F) for 8-10
late May thru December sport fishing opportunitiesmonths in between (May-December) and the cold
will most likely be pelagic gamefish "Barracudas,water from the vertical current (62-69F) for 2-3
Amberjacks, Roosterfish and Sierras amongmonths in between (December-May) once a year.