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Here we are into the middle of April already...finally we are just starting to feel like things are starting to get back to normal from an unusually cold and windy winter. The fishing has been good even with the wind blowing 20-25 on many days. I wa

For the past couple weeks the Gulf Stream has been way offshore the current has been running to the south and the seas have been rough.  We've been finding most of the fish about 5 miles out.  One day while we were trolling offshore we

This week’s broadcast of the Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report will feature baitfish. There’s a wide variety of baitfish used by saltwater anglers in Florida. Some of the same baits are used for inshore and offshore fishing. However th

Dennis Roark and Victor Maddens flew in from Panama City and joined me for two day trip charter out of the marina just south of the David airport. The three days prior I had been out and the action was pretty slow so I wasn't too p

This has been a solid week with daily trips and weather work  arounds.  It's been windy and cloudy in Miami for the most part this week but fishing has been solid.  Most of my trips this week have been with really cool clients tha

A Panamanian Captain friend called me and mentioned that a yacht anchored at Coiba was looking for a charter boat. I called the number he gave me and spoke with Captian Nelson of the Pacific Provider...West Coast Fishing Club's mothership. Nelso

I had a full day with great long time and local client Chris with his grand daughter Nicole and her boyfriend Carlos.  These are such great people and I was looking forward to fishing with them.  We started off with zero wind and lots of s

Light hazy sky east wind Water is riled up waves 2-3+ temp 78 Yesterday:  Blues skippies hardtails and reds This morning:  Reds blues hardtails and skippies For J & J Nordo is the local name for northern mackerel Hardtails are indeed blue r

This first week of April I had mainly all charters where clients wanted to just caught anything and have a good time.  It started with Brian Gainor and Bryson and this was so cool because they all caught a bunch of species including a ton

The weather and seas have been unseasonably nice the past two days here in the Gulf of Chiriqui for Pepe Angel Fernando Onofre and Manuel. The normal cloudy and overcast rainy season conditions were replaced by sunshine and clear skies for our visiti

We had a two days with two different sets of clients last week. The man from Alabama repeat client Kim Kornegay and his friend John Maltry joined us for a day of offshore hunting at Isla Ladrones and also a couple of Brazilian businessmen Mauricio an

Although the "rainy season" here in Panama is supposed to be in full swing it sure does not seem like it. The weather has been unseasonably nice with little rain and sunshine and the seas have been smooth. Don't get me wrong...we have had

Today we fished a half day. We started off by catching some live Ballyhoo on the Reef. The waves were a little big for our little guy we had on the boat so we headed to the Bay. We caught a few Spanish Mackerel a Blue Runner and a few other odds and

Great action this weekend with our local Angler the Arango Fishing team fishing with them is Capt. Chi Chi aka. Cabayo Loco aboard our newly added boat a 30′ Bertram named Crazy Loco the YFT Porpoise and Birds got organized and balled up some B

OFFSHORE- Bit of a windy weekend ahead...to put it mildly. A few days of NE wind in the forecast (unfortunately without much of a temperature drop) could really fire the sailfish up. Look for 150-250' to be about right for the sails. Dolphin repo

OFFSHORE- Should be a very fishy weekend offshore! Looks like we get a little bit of all wind directions over the next few days but thankfully doesn't look like it blows all that hard. Sailfish bite has been pretty good; and the north wind should

I had the pleasure of fishing the past 2 days with long time client Al McCaughlin and his friend Al. We landed several very large jacks some blue runners a few nice pompanos and a very large tarpon.

OFFSHORE- Sailfish contiunue to bite in pretty good numbers over the past few days along with a good number of dolphin. Best action has been 150-225' of water with the best spot moving up and down the line from day to day. Live baiting with goggl

The next FWC Commission Meeting will be held on November 21 2013 in Weston. On the agenda are a couple of issues that could impact Southwest Florida’s offshore anglers. First is a draft rule discussion on swordfish. NOAA Fisheries Highly ̷

The second half of July got HOT and the fishing was still good with most trips being fun catch whatever is fun trips.  These are great trips because we can focus on the best fishing not necessarily a specific species.  My trips were with S