Fishing Report for January 17th

Vann and Taylor Cleveland from Atlanta Georgia fished with Captain Chaka and Mate Carlos. During their trip they released 8 sails, with twice as many missed, 4 dorado’s estimated over 35lbs.
Stan & Mitch from Saskatchewan Canada fished with Captain Oliver and Mate Carlos for 4 days. They landed 3 marlin biggest one estimated at 350lbs. – 2 sails – 1 rooster fish estimated weight 35lbs. – 2 dorado’s and 2 Y-fin tuna.
We had the Johnson family from Florida with us this week here at Hooked on Panama Lodge. Ed, Sue, Brannen and Nathaniel. These guys didn’t get in on the Great Yellow Fin fishing tournament, because they wanted to focus on nearshore fishing. Man, did they kill it.
The gates, weighing as much as 700 elephants each, opened slowly like the entrance to King Kong’s Village. I’d come with my crew to spend a week at the aptly named Hooked on Panama Lodge. A week of intense sport punctuated by guilt free napping, fresh homemade food, cold drinks and people as warm as the tropical sun to help enjoy it all.
We had Greg and Dennis Pawlek back again with friends John and Tom. Fishing with Captain Carlos. These guys are our deep drop guys and bring us all kinds of critters we hardly ever see, but are so awesome on the dinner table. Below is Greg’s day by day breakdown. Those cute little red things are unbelievable to eat…