Panama is a place that's been on my list for a while now, primarily for the huge level of diversity that's available. Everyone knows about the Yellowfin Tuna there with plenty of specimens up to 100kg+ getting taken out on the Hannibal banks each year. But there's also awesome medium tackle surface fishing and jigging for Roosterfish, Cubera Snapper, Broomtail Grouper and Amberjack. In addition to that there's a host of other bluewater fish available like marlin, sailfish and wahoo. So it really has everything. I am putting together a specialised trip for next year and have some spaces available. This will be a 100% jigging and popping trip. The lodge that I am booking is situated in Pedasi, which has incredible fishing for many species but in particular for trophy size cubera snapper and roosterfish. Every year they take roosters over 100lb on popper at this lodge. The time of year I am going is late August into September. First fishing day is Monday 29 August. The base package is to fish 5 days, but there's the option to add extra days at the end (I will likely fish 6) but not everyone has to do the extra days. At this time of year, this lodge is normally shut for the rainy season. I have arranged for the lodge to re-open for this one week if I book the whole lodge (3 boats), simply because the tides are spot on and most importantly, this is the time of year when the biggest tuna and Roosters are likely to be present. It is important to note though that whilst Pedasi gets a lot less rain than the rest of Panama, it is still the rainy season so we will likely get some rain. But it will still be warm, and I've been advised that these months have the lowest wind - so it should not interrupt the fishing. The pricing is very reasonable. I've done a nice deal as will be booking the whole lodge, so much so that I'm not able to publish the price. If you are interested please drop me a message but to give you some idea, the cost for 6 nights accommodation, 5 days fishing and all your meals is roughly the same as a 5 day Monte Bellos charter. That price is based on fishing 3 to a boat, and doing 5 days fishing. If you want to fish 2 to a boat or do more than 5 days I can advise pricing. On top of that you need to add your flights to Panama City from wherever you are and airport transfers (3.5 hour drive) which work out around $100 a head. 40% deposit required to confirm the spot, balance payable 2 weeks before the trip. Cheers, Dan

TWO SPOTS NOW AVAILABLE

Two people have now had to pull out on this trip. Offering these two places at a loss now. Price for the charter is now less than a trip to the Monte Bellos (not including flights) so someone please get on this! If you need any incentive, check out this massive Rooster that was just caught there at the lodge recently. please PM for more info.

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