Especially popper fishing can be very exciting, as the owner of Panama Portfolio found out when a large Peacock Bass attacked his topwater lure, creating a huge surface splash of water and a severe spike in blood pressure.
Panama has its big city and tourist attractions, but to find the real Panamanian nature, Lago Gatun Fincas is the place to be.As life is meant to live, to see and experience, to create memories that will stay with you. The nature of Lago Gatun Fincas keeps making an unforgettable impression to locals and foreigners.Go fish on the lake, mountain bike through the hills, and explore nature by horse. The price will be fix according to the destination and the number of pax.We are retired and with all the time and experience to do your fishing amazing, in addition the places around the fishing areas are full of natural beauty, wild life, very quiet, no odors, no traffic and few anglers, so be sure you will be relaxing, in the lake you will be fishing between the large vessels that transit the canal.You will see how friendly we are to make you feel that you are fishing with your Panamanians friends or in the other services that we provide.
It is one of the rarest species, though very abundant in this specific lake. Gerardo and Rolando teamed to create Gatun Sport Fishing Lodge, offering experienced or novice anglers the chance to have a memorable fishing trip, where every single detail is taken care of, and you, as our guests, can focus on landing the fish of a life time.
A regular Fishing trip is 6 hours. Since 2005, we have been developing multiple unique projects at 16 different locations in Panama. Hit the big prizes with the best lake fishing tour ever! The trip usually starts at 7:00 a.m. when our captain and English- speaking fishing guide meets you in Gamboa marina, boat ready to head out to Gatun lake for the day. Put your hectic life on pause. With our Gatun lake fishing tour, you will experience the exciting adventure of exploring the Gatun Lake, which is one of the largest artificial man-made lakes in the world. One of the more requested destinations is the Bayano River in Eastern Panama where Tarpon (catch and release) Tarpon and Snook are the primary targets. The most dominant fish in Gatun Lake is the aggressive Peacock Bass, called ‘Sargento’ by locals. 5 Minutes away from the fishing grounds. If you arrive by cruse we pick-up you in the pier of arrival and return to it, the price will be fix according to the arrival pier, to the destination and the number of pax.The variety of fish in our seas are incredibly and the lake with real fighters will make your fishing tour outstanding.Pick you up or drop off to the Tocumen international airport, any time, day or night to catch your flight, also domestic airport any time. Truly there is nothing more peaceful than being at your Finca, watching the sunrise, and breathing in that fresh air. This means that you will see large merchant ships and Panama Canal operations while on the Gatun lake tour.Catch cleaning & filleting done by the crewA bilingual licensed Captain will guide along your trip suggesting best activities along your lake fishing trip.