Fishing this month was very good - added 24 marlin to the total for the year-bringing the total to 76: 61 blacks, 14 blues, and 1 stripped marlin. Would have had more but 5 groups where just fishing tuna and inshore. Large dorado, yellow fin tuna where is good numbers along with inshore action - cubera snapper, rooster fish, blue travale, wahoo, etc. and some sailfish off shore also. The only slow period was a few days in the second week in April - but got 2 black marlin. Starting April 24 we had an algae bloom - have never seen one like this before - that shut down all off shore action - but still had OK inshore action. It should clear out in a few more days and everything should get back to normal. Capt. Lee Campbell
"The Marlin fishing at Panama Big Game Fishing Club lived up to its reputation. I boated a 400 lb Blue and my buddy Ed Rosicky of Maderia Beach Florida pulled in a 500 lb Black. Of course we released them to grow up." Wil Brennan
Hello Lee- Just letting you know that all 4 of us made it back to work in good health and a tanned faces to show off. On behalf of all I just wanted to thank you for a great time at your fishing lodge, it was a great getaway. Hope we can return sometime in the future. Thanks again. Joe Stewart
Had a great time Lee, although I should have done a black marlin trip 15 years ago before I damaged my shoulder. Come to think of it I should have done a lot of things 15 ago. I've got some excellent fish recipes but none with curry which would be great on some types of stronger fish. would you be good enough to send me that recipe. Thanks again, Pat Geist
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Captain Lee's Curry Sauce For Fish
fine dice onions, carrots, green or red bell peppers and celery
mince fresh garlic
buy a good canned Italian plum tomatoes-
good curry powder
green curry paste-house of Tai is a good one
coconut milk
chicken stock-
regular or light olive oil-
heat olive oil - sauté onions, carrots, celery .green or red bell peppers - when they start to soften add dry curry powder-do not need much-for 2 quarts of sauce maybe 2 -3 tablespoons. - curry powder needs to melt in the veggies-maybe 2 minutes-then add garlic and canned tomatoes - puree the tomatoes in a blender or food processor - thin out with chicken stock - need to simmer very slowly - covered for one hour - add stock as needed - coat fish in olive oil-sprinkle with salt and pepper-add skin side up to hot non-stick pan - sauté until brown - turn over - add Curry sauce - slow simmer - do not over cook the fish - remove fish - add coconut milk, just enough to lighten up the sauce - spoon over fish and serve - the remaining sauce blend in the curry paste until it gets as spicy as you want it - serve the hotter sauce on the side.
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5/15/2008
Panama fishing report March - April 2008
Panama Fishing Report February 2008
Marlin fishing stayed good with eight groups catching 19 marlin - 16 blacks, two blues and one striped marlin - not many stripes here. Yellow fin here in good numbers but fish up to 100lb – a lot of fun on surface poppers. We should be seeing the 200lb plus tuna here any day - this is the time of year for them. We also had large dolphin in good numbers and decent catches of wahoo - both better than normal -also mullet snapper, cubera snapper, amber jack, rooster fish, sailfish and blue jacks rounded things out. Water has been blue, in the low 80s so all looks good heading into March. Also the sharks that we where catching last month that are not normally here I think are salmon sharks - included a picture of one on this report. Capt. Lee
Captain Lee,
I am just writing to thank you for a truly amazing fishing experience. This was a special trip for the six of us as it was a father/son experience. We all had a great time and the fishing was world-class. You and your team worked together to exceed our expectations in every way. The fishing was great, the accommodations nice and the food excellent. Your entire group operates in concert as a “well oiled machine” with you at the wheel. I will certainly be back to fish with you again soon. Take good care and thanks again. Craig Esrael
Capt Lee, Our group had a great time at the Big Game Panama Fishing Club. The fishing was exceptional with our group of 4 landing 4 Black and 1 Blue Marlin along with a sailfish in 3 days of fishing. Not to mention numerous Yellow fin Tuna. Food was wonderful, drinks flowed freely along with the stories and the accommodations were first rate. Thanks, we'll be back. Steve Ditto
Hi Lee, Thanks for the GREAT TIME! Everyone really enjoyed it and I am sure we will schedule again. We do have some nice pictures, one that has a sail fish high in the air. But we do have them all on a CD also. We think we caught a total of 41 fish, I will also send you the numbers of each type. Thanks again, Gary
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2/05/2008
Panama Fishing Report Jan. 2008 - Best Marlin Fishing Ever
Marlin fishing this month has been the best anyone has seen. Through Jan. 27th, with still 4 fishing days left -we fished 8 groups and have caught 30 marlin so far. Also a lot of large dolphin, mullet snapper, cubera snapper, sailfish and have caught 17 tuna over 100 lb. with the biggest at 240lb. We also had a lot of sharks here for two weeks. I am waiting to get a photo back from Trevor Gowdy - he was filming here and caught a 12 footer around 600lb. Most were around 150lb - captains called them Needle sharks - look a lot like a Mako but are brown - not blue. So am interested to get them identified. Never have caught them here before and last 5 days have not caught another one. Also had a big blow the first week - could not fish for two days but it laid right down after that. Captain Lee Campbell
Lee, It was truly a great experience to fish with you and your crews, I look forward to a return trip. I take the XXL in a T shirt and will wear it with pride knowing that I have fished with one of the great Panamanian big game fishing camps, so thank you again for a great experience. Very Truly Yours, Steven R. Rothenberger
Capt. Lee,
Here are a few pictures from our trip. It's too bad the color of Kirk's dorado isn't brighter. Or, it's too bad my brightly colored dorado isn't larger! Thanks again for a wonderful time. We really enjoyed the fishing, food, accommodations and crew. As you can see by the fourth picture, we even had fun when it was too windy to fish. How did the other two groups come out for their fishing totals? We had a great time in Panama City. We toured the canal, went to El Valle, visited with the Emberra Indians and enjoyed the sights around our hotel. Thanks, Peggy and Kirk
Lee, Good to hear that all the guys have had some luck. With out question the three days that Jason and I had there were as good as I could have imagined. Good luck for the rest of the season...We had a great trip and if we come back to Panama it will be to the Big Game Club. Best wishes, Jack and Jason Cooper
We really enjoyed our stay at PBGC. The food and accommodations were great, and the fishing was phenomenal! George Whitaker
Lee, We had the best time ever. The marlin fishing was the best we have ever had. 7 out of 11 in 4 days fishing is unreal especially considering their size . I sent a couple of pictures but I'm not too good with the camera and most of my fishing shoots are of splashes or tails . Everyone here is jealous and wants to come with us when we come back. Again thanks for a great trip and we will fish with you again. Doug Roscoe
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12/26/2007
Panama Fishing Report Dec 07 - Large Yellow Fin Arriving Early
Fishing last two weeks in November had good inshore action - large cubera snapper - rooster fish and except for two slow days good off shore. Lots of yellow fin tuna, wahoo, larger dolphin and three black marlin. Weather was more rainy than usual but no problem for fishing. I Do not book trips in October - worst month here for weather.
December was the same-only better and with sailfish starting to turn up - multiple strikes common - two blue marlin and four black marlin. Also large yellow fin -over 100 lb. are here already. We have schools of smaller yellow fin all year but the big ones start showing up in January with March and April the best months for large yellow fin and May the best month for the shear numbers of yellow fin. Last time they showed up early - first week in January - it was a big year here for large tuna so off to a good start for them. Captain Lee Campbell
Capt Lee, Just dropping a note to say thank you for one of the best fishing trips my brother and I have experienced in some time. The boats, crews, facilities, coordination of transport and especially the food were all excellent. The fishing was great as well with the two of us catching a Sail Fish each,1 nice Blue Marlin, several nice Wahoo’s, a nice Rock Snapper, several very nice Yellow Fin Tuna each and an estimated 40 to 50 nice Dorado over 4 days of fishing last week. Be sure we will return again in the future when we can manage to get reservations. I am also attaching several photos you can hopefully use in the magazine article. Wishing You and All Your Staff a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! - Robert (Bob) Fielder - President - Black Gold Oilfield Services
Hello Lee, We had a great time fishing in Panamá. We hope to come back soon. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. - Thanks, Carlos Alberto - Bueno Netto
Hi Lee, Just getting back to a normal daily routine. Again want to thank you and your staff for the first class service and great fishing. - Thank you, Chris and Vivian Etmanczyk
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10/01/2007
Panama fishing report Sept. 2007
I was lucky enough to spend four days on the water at Panama Big Game this September taking pictures for New Jersey boys Ron Torkas and Joe Ozalas. Wahoo to 50 lbs. were everywhere. I lost count early on. Small yellow fin tuna were hitting on top water—exciting action! Lots of small dorado, yellow snapper, blue jack, bonito, and rainbow runners kept the boys busy with too many jack and houndfish to keep track of. Oh yeah, we ran into a couple of Marlin too.
We fished four full days with Captain Tati and mate Eddie in a 31' Bertram. Most of the time we fished near pinnacles in the area of Montuosa but also visited Islas Secas for roosterfish and Los Ladrones for snapper. Poor Ron and Joe hardly had time to fish for Marlin with all the wahoo action. "No more wahoo!" was the final decision. This cleared the decks for serious marlin battles. Early on day three, we arrived at Montuosa, quickly landed five bonito for bait and dropped them over with a couple of live blue runners for variety. Joe hooked up with a marlin almost immediately, fought for about 45 minutes and released a black weighing in the 350 lbs. neighborhood. We had barely recovered when Ron hooked another black. After about a half hour fighting the marlin in the pouring rain, Ron released his black, also running about 350 lbs. We spent the rest of the day bottom bumping for huge snapper and casting surface plugs for tuna. Not bad for the off-season. Check out the picture of Ron with his Rooster.
We usually arrived back at the lodge by 5:30 or 6:00, showered and spent the rest of the evening gorging on Lee's sushi, ceviche, home cooking, drinking rum and telling lies. Great fun! The rooms are large, air conditioned, with king-size beds and the showers have plenty of hot water. The mini-bars are kept chock full of beer and cokes (no extra charge).
I don't know why anyone would call August/September the "off" season. It rained on us once during the day, the weather was reasonably cool, and there was no one else fishing anywhere in the area. The seas boiled with life. We probably could have nailed more marlin but the boys wanted to taste everything the area had to offer. Bruce Morris
Hi Lee,Thanks for a great time at your lodge and thank your crews for a great stay and fishing trip, it was good to have caught a once in a life time snapper like the one I caught (60 - 70 lbs).
I will be looking forward to the next trip to your lodge.
Best Regards, Martel Muhlestein
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9/05/2007
Panama Big Game fishing report July August 2007
Again July and August are two of the best months to fish here. We only had 2 groups this year though. Always a pleasure to have Howard Chong with us - fished 3 days in July - his fifth time here. Had a very good day inshore with wahoo, jacks, sierra mackerel, cubera snapper and rooster fish - action all day. Next two days fishing offshore the highlight was a black marlin each day with nice catches of wahoo, yellow fin tuna caught on spinning with surface poppers, and dolphin.
Next group was the 
Everett family-always enjoy family groups the best. It was their first time here - from England but came to us by way of Chub Cay- Bahamas. They are avid fisherman all and mostly fly fish for bone fish and tarpon-probably one of the hardest things to do in Sport Fishing. Had pretty good luck, corvina, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, dolphin and the highlight a nice blue marlin that took both baits of Father and Son so both fought it to the boat and released him in very good shape - not a legal IGFA release because of the double hook up but allot of fun just the same.
Off Season Marlin - last 8 groups (including last week in April). Below all released alive - with all live bait we only use circle hooks. Love party-2 blue marlin ~ McDonald party-2 black Marlin-1 800lb. ~ Dempsey party--no marlin ~ Charles Party-1 black marlin ~ Asherl, Perez, Sinclair party-1 black marlin ~ Olivera, Hunter, Amador party-no marlin but hooked a big black on a surface popper inside of 20ft. from the boat and when hooked came clear out of the water and jumped 4 more times (luckily away from the boat) then the popper pulled out ~.Chong party-2 black marlin ~ Everett party- 1 blue marlin ~ Captain Lee Campbell
July, 2007 – Here I am back in the water taxi from Pedregal Marina to Isla Boca Brava, home of the Panama Big Game Fishing Club. This will be my fifth time there and during the one hour boat ride out to the island I anticipate seeing the head honcho and my buddy, Capt. Lee Campbell and the crew that makes up this outfit. I can taste the first Pina Colada already. I had just finished three days of fishing in Costa Rica so I decided to stay in shore on the first day hooking up on 
Sierra, jacks and roosters.
This is an easy boat ride working the small island groups and bottom structures around Boca Brava in calm seas. The action was good on light tackle. The next two days were reserved for my favorite area Montuosa Island and the nearby Hannibal Bank. This is a 2 hour trip out with the ever present possibility of a few rain squalls this time of year. I was not to be disappointed. The big Dorado and big tuna are not around this time of year although I caught enough for the table and some sashimi for appetizers. The Wahoo were on the small side, about 20 – 25#, but, in abundance (4 on board in 15 minutes) with a total of 7 until I decided to quit. Now – the reason I go there – Marlin. I picked up one each of the two days out there in the 350# class on live bait. No backing down on these babies for me. It’s strictly “mano-a-mano” on 80# test so you can expect to be in the chair around 45 minutes per fish. Aloha, Howard Chong, Jr. Honolulu, Hawaii
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Panama fishing report by Captain Mike Love
One of the translations for the word Panama is variety. Whoever originated this translation must certainly have been a fisherman. After broad experiences in Central and South America, it must be said that for variety, Panama ranks among the best that the hemisphere has to offer. This was my third trip to the Panama Big Game Fishing Club, and sixth overall to the country. Club owners Bill Beck, and Lee Campbell are both ex-charter boat captains, and this is reflected in their operation of the club.
Captain Campbell manages the club on site and handles the in-country arrangements. After a four-hour flight from Houston, we were greeted by representatives from starlite travel and escorted to the airport's VIP lounge. While the agents took care of our luggage and passports, cocktails were served. A waiting van took us to our first night accommodations, the new five-star hotel Veneto in downtown Panama City. The city is clean, modern and sophisticated. Exploring the restaurant scene is an adventure for the palate.
Early the next morning our van took us to the local airport for our 6:00 am departure to David, the second largest city in Panama. A short 10 min. drive to the marina had us in a small transfer boat for about a one hour scenic river cruise to Boca Brava, the home of Panama Big Game Fishing Club. Capt. Lee was waiting on the dock when we arrived. I knew the routine, so we wore our fishing clothes on the flight into David. A 36 ft. Palm Beach had her engines running at the dock when we got there. While the staff carried our gear to our rooms, we stepped right onto the boat and took off to fish around 9:00 am.
Our destination was Montosa Island, about 40 miles from the club. There were reports of schooling yellow fin tuna in the area. After 30 minutes of fishing, we heard a radio call about a big school of tuna on the other side of the island. Our captain, Tatti, told me the voice from the other boat's radio belonged to his cousin. . It also turned out our mate, Virgel, was the son of a captain I had fished with many years ago at the famous Club Pacífico, on Coiba Island. From my visits to this part of Panama over the years I've found that most of these excellent native fishermen are related. The sons follow in the footsteps of their fathers.
Moving quickly to the new location, we found the sea alive with surface busting baitfish and diving birds. Speeding directly to the school's perimeter, I cast a large popping plug into the action and began a rapid retrieve. The lure only moved about 3 feet before the strike occurred. This was a 30lb. yellow fin tuna, which provided great action on top water with a spinning rod. The reels are loaded with 65lb.braided line. Capt. Lee had just respooled with 65 because of breaking off some fish the week before. We spent the rest of the afternoon casting to schools of 30 to 40 lb yellow fin. The fish would stay on top for only a few minutes before they had to re-group and ball the bait again. Later that day, I found out why Capt. Lee had added the heavier fishing line. Another cast into a feeding frenzy brought an explosion of a strike. It was a much larger tuna that took the line screaming off the reel. Forty-five minutes later we finally saw the flash of the fish as it began circling on its side. We timed it so as it circled toward the boat I lifted the fish toward the surface, and two gaffs found their mark. A 125 lb. yellow fin was slapped on the deck. Cheers and high fives were all around. During the next day we did more of the same. What great sport on top-water casting outfits! Some of the other boats were also live-baiting small bonito, to catch larger tuna over 250lbs. On day three it was all sun and the yellow fin surfaced much less. So we fished much closer to Montosa catching some Wahoo to 40lbs., and big jack crevalle to 30lbs. We even dropped down some cut bait for some barred snapper to about 10lbs.
Our last day's fishing took us south to another group of islands. There were big schools of bonito, and we had no trouble with all the bait we wanted. We even caught two dogtooth tuna mixed in with the bait. Trolling around the islands, we caught more Wahoo and jack crevalle, and then headed out to large under water pinnacle. We dropped down live baits and immediately hooked up with a 50 lb. Amberjack. We lost a large broomtail grouper and had an enormous cuberra snapper come off at the boat.
We wanted to try some casting inshore, and headed back into islands' shallows. This is my favorite type of fishing locally. The islands are beautiful and the waves break on the rocky shoreline sending white foam spray 20 ft. into the air. I caught a big blue trevalle on a top water plug. Panama is the only place where I have encountered this amazing species of jack. While casting, we also free-lined a dead ballyhoo. Moments after boating the trevalle the free line went off. Fifteen minutes later an 80lb. Roosterfish was photographed and released. The rest of the afternoon we tried trolling ballyhoo. The sailfish weren't home but we did manage three bull dolphins in the 40 lb. range.
Back at the Club we all shared our weeks full of stories over cocktails and tuna sushi. Capt. Lee was also a chef earlier in his career and brought out a finale dinner of local beef and all the types of fish we had caught that week prepared in different ways. That's a glimpse of fishing Panama style. On two previous trips to Panama Big Game, we caught hot marlin bites, averaging 6 to 8 marlin strikes per day. At other times we found huge logs floating offshore, which were loaded with dolphin. There were so many dolphins that we would only catch the 30 to 40 pounders and then move on to the next floating hotel.
The hand made cottages that house the sleeping rooms are extremely nice. They line the stairway, which meanders up the hillside to the main dining room and lounge. The accommodations belie the Club's remote location. So if you are interested in one of the most interesting places available for variety big game fishing, then consider the Panama Big Game Fishing Club. It is run by professional fishermen and is staffed by some of the friendliest people imaginable. It's the place to be. El Capitan
Our thanks to: Captain Mike Love & Susan Maza
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6/20/2007
May - June 2007 Panama Big Game Sport Fishing Report
Tuna fishing with surface poppers was all you wanted but smaller fish running from 10 to 80 lb. The first week in May we got some tuna over 100 lbs. and a few over 200 lbs. Black Marlin still good with 4 out of 5 groups catching a black. Fair wahoo action but they will pick up with August being the first real strong month for them. Had a few sails and some smaller dorado (dolphin) also. Inshore action was very good with snapper, rooster fish, sierra mackerel, blue jack and amber jack in good numbers.
Capt. Lee Campbell
There is something about tracking fish by sight that activates the adrenalin flow like nothing else. We had hot and cold moments on the trip but the image of two and three hundred pound yellow fin tuna hurling themselves airborne, intent on murder or adultery upon anything in their path…baby it’s just too much. Man and boy I’ve fished those things on both the Atlantic and Pacific but the supreme numbers of big fish right in front of your beak made this a very special opportunity, what most would call a "once in a life time." Standing on the bow of the boat and throwing them top water plugs was really sweet, as well as productive. We jumped on a red hot marlin bite one morning with a double hook up and hooked a third immediately afterwards. It’s fair to say we had some slow times but even the inshore fish were real trophies. This included a seventy-pound amber jack, eighty-pound roosterfish and a wondrous blue trevalle. These fish get big down in Panama, bigger than in Costa Rica, bigger than in Guatemala. The Panama Big Game Club lives up to its reputation.
Riley Love - May 2007
5/08/2007
Trevor Gowdy - Quest For The One - To Air Soon
Filmed at Panama Big Game - To Air Soon
Blue Marlin! Black Marlin! Yellow fin Tuna!
Lee, Thank you so much for the most incredible fishing and footage that we got at Panama Big Game. It was your untiring hard work and attention to every detail and tremendous planning that allowed us to get footage never shot before. It was the BEST fishing I have seen there in over 10 years. Where else can you hook 4 blue marlin by 9 AM then move on to 200-300 lb. yellow fin tuna on topwater plugs, all in a single day! It was a first for me bringing a group this year while filming and to see 800 lb black marlin day one was incredible. Everyone raved about the great food and boat crews, I have never seen in all my travels all over the world harder working crews and a spirit of friendship and laughter. It was simply the best fishing ever, but your untiring hard work and planning made our difficult work of filming so much easier and successful, Thank you Lee - This is not a plug, This is a true fact. If anybody doubts this in anyway, have them call me in my office at 978-927-1776. The inshore fishing was incredible also, My head is still spinning and I already have 8 guys ready to come back for huge snook and sailfish - Lee thank you again, it is always a pleasure and Panama Big Game is a place that I and everyone I have met visiting there always call home.All my best, Trev Gowdy
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5/01/2007
Panama Big Game Sport Fishing Report April 2007
Lee, Thanks so much for the kind hospitality and the great fishing! An
We had very good inshore fishing all month, rooster fish, cubera snapper, mullet snapper, amber jack, broom tail grouper, blue jack, wahoo. The off shore was a little slow the first of the month but yellow fin tuna and marlin came on strong. Allot of yellow fin tuna over 200 lb. with 5 yellow fin between 125lb. and 250lb. caught on surface poppers with spinning tackle. Black Marlin-1 at 800lb. and Blue Marlin- with 4 in one day- came on strong the last half of the month. We have blue marlin, black marlin and yellow fin tuna over 200lb. - caught on spinning tackle including the strike-on film. Trevor Gowdy was filming here the last week-targeting large yellow fin on spinning tackle and marlin - and also had a pretty good day fishing the river just a short distance from our Resort with the highlight a 45 lb. Corvina. As usual April was one of the best fishing months - start of wahoo, strong Black and Blue Marlin with yellow fin tuna being the highlight - always the best month for yellow fin over 200lb. Captain Lee Campbell
Lee,
I want to thank both you and your staff for a wonderful fishing trip. You 0perate a first class lodge. Everything was great from the time I stepped off the plane in Panama City and met by your representative, to the time I stepped back on the plane at the end of the week. The food was excellent, even though there was too much to eat. The open bar was a pleasant treat. It was all the little details that you and your staff pay attention too that made the trip so enjoyable. I would also like to compliment you on your selective harvest program that you encourage to your guests as well as your staff. I've always been in favor of keeping a couple of fish to bring home to eat, and releasing the rest so that they can be caught again in the future either by me or a guest. Enclosed are some pictures of only some of the fish I caught. I look forward to coming down and fishing again next year. I hope that my brother will be able to join me. Thanks again, Larry Little
experience I will never forget. All the best, Evan
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4/08/2007
Panama Big Game Sport Fishing Report March 2007
We started off with a group coming to us from Germany: blue marlin, black marlin, sailfish, yellow fin tuna, 1 over 250lbs., cuberra snapper, rock snapper, yellow snapper, mullet snapper, wahoo, amber jack and dorado - was about as good as it can get. The next group only had 1 full day off shore and got 2 large yellow fin tunas, 1 over 100lbs. and 1 over 200 lbs. The last week was a little slow - in shore okay but finished up with double digit both in numbers and weight of dorado - very rare for March and a black marlin around 700 lbs. The water temp and quality has been good all Month and is looking good heading into April - which is always one of the best months to fish here. Otze and Troy both caught their first Black Marlin here this month - for Otze it was the last bill fish he needed-around 400 lbs.- to have them all - Congratulations!!! Troy it was one of the bigger Marlins he has caught - around 700lbs.- and after 47 blues lifetime he was due for a black -Congratulations!!
Hello Lee, Jorge, Totschy, Otze and I are back in Germany after a 32 hour-trip. At last we had a problem with the suitcase of Totschy, because it got lost. Very annoying is that his camera was in the suitcase with a lot of nice photos. We hope that the suitcase will be located and send back to Totschys home address. We all thank you for the first class service we enjoyed, the very-very-very good food and the excellent drinks and the great fishing. It was wonderful ! I never caught so many big-game fishes before and the 250 pound yellow fin tuna on last Friday was a fantastic closing. Enclosed for today now some photos of the yellow fin tuna I caught. The other photos of our fishing trip - the blue and the black marlin and especially of the "nice hair" in the fighting chair I'll send you with my next mail. Hope you are fit as a fiddle and wish you much Petri Heil !!! Best wishes to all !!! Your friend Yogi
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2/28/2007
Panama Big Game Sport Fishing Report February 2007
The first three weeks were not as strong as January, water temperature was up to 87 but we got plenty of sailfish, mullet snapper, cubera snapper, dorado and 4 out of 5 groups got marlins. 5 blacks total but had to work hard for all. The last week really got going with the water temperature back to 84. Yellow fin tuna were in with a lot of smaller fish but got two over 200 lbs. Sailfish still good and the last group added 1 blue marlin plus concentrated on catching inshore for 2 days and had good catches of mullet snapper, cubera snapper, all kind of jacks and double digit sierra mackerel. So all looks good heading into March. - Captain Lee Campbell
Capt. Lee, I can't thank you guys enough for an absolutely incredible trip. I've probably told the "Panama Fishing Story" a 100 times and never get bored repeating myself.
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2/07/2007
January 2007 Fishing Report Panama Big Game Fishing Club
January was a great month with 4 out of five groups catching Marlin. 6 blue marlin, 3 black marlin a lot of sailfish most over 100 lb., dorado, mullet snapper and cubrea snapper and a few wahoo but they are finishing up. Capt. Lee Campbell
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1/19/2007
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OFF SEASON SPECIAL - CLIENT DIRECT BOOKINGS ONLY
May 15th - December 20th ~ Pricing is per person per boat.
Four Days Fishing Pay For 3
4 anglers-$2461.00
2 anglers-$3481.00
Six Days Fishing Pay For 5
4 anglers-$3364.00
1/15/2007
Big Game Fishing Journal March 2005 issue - Panama Big Game Sportfishing Club
Marlin Magazine January 2005 Issue - Panama Big Game Sportfishing Club
The fishing options in this region are seemingly endless. Depending on current conditions and the species targeted, productive inshore fishing is less than 15 minutes from the lodge and blue-water action, less than an hour's steam from the dock.
The operation's manager Capt. Lee Champbell says that although the inshore fishing can be fantastic, most anglers come here to fish for the bounty of billfish and giant yellowfin tuna that prowl the waters surrounding the Isla Coiba area, including Isla Montousa, Isla Ladrones and Hannibal Bank a bit farther offshore. While grander blue and black marlin certainly reside in these waters, most range from 250 to 500 pounds, making them manageable on 50 pound tackle." Click Here to read full article.
