Panama Fishing Reports

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama Offshore Patches of RED TIDE continue to affect inshore fishing, but troling offshore , even in the middle of the funky-smelling water, still produces strikes. Capt. Pete LaFleche, piloting the CORK helped his better half, Annie Cavande more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Costa Rica Offshore Two boats out day before yesterday. 3 marlin releases, all blues ranging from 300 to 550 lbs. 4 sails released. 3 yellowfin tuna(10-20 lb. class), 1 dorado (35 lbs. Boat 2: 2 marlin releases. One on plastic /mullet rig. One more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama Offshore / Inshore Reports from many corners of Panama are very exciting. This season was a strange one, but not the first of it's kind in the last few years. Like a delayed reaction. Now , finally , it's exploding , and there is a LOT more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama Offshore We have been attacking Panama waters from the Costa Rican side lately, with fine results. Actually, we try to stay somewhat close to the border, but it's like the U.K- Iran mess, our word against theirs. Anyway, BIG, and I mean more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - COSTA RICA--GOLFITO AREA We just sent Gianbattista Ziliani and his four friends from Brecia, Italy, home with fantastic stories to tell of their angling adventures with us. Very, very nice people. The El Nino effect still remains , with it's h more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama--Punta Burica to Isla Montuosa After a very windy February, high surface temperatures, and sluggish billfish, the temp. has dropped from the 90-91 area back down to a more comfortable(for the fish) 86 degrees. What was one day another bor more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama Offshore We've had some great days, and some slow days outside since the New Years charter with shawn Taylor and son Matthew. High water temps have made the billfish a little fussy about coming up into the 87 degree water on top, so we more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama Offshore The Norte's or north, offshore winds are keeping seas rough and fishing tough. The areas around Isla Ladrones, the Secas Island chain, and over to Punta Burica get these very stiff winds about every day. Even inside, in the more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Golfito, Costa Rica Offshore Marlin continue to be the hot ticket here, with more marlin bites and sightings every day than those of sailfish. Warm surface temps keeping the sails down in the thermocline. Still enough sail bites to make it inter more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica

Panama - Boca Chica - Panama--Offshore Salfish-- Very good numbers of sails coming up to plastics between Ladrones and Montuosa. Belly baits always work, but if bonito are hard to get, go plastic. Took a very good blue marlin just outside Isla Ladrones last week. more...
Capt. Bob Baker - Boca Chica