Panama Fishing at Pinas Bay!

It was only week 3 in the year 2010 and vacationing in Panama, at Tropic Star Lodge proved to be a perfect way to start the year for some visitors.  Mark and Cathy Hamilton, were at Pinas Bay for the week and landed some pretty amazing fish. Cathy caught and released her first Pacific Blue Marlin estimated at 400lbs, another first was a Black Marlin around 450lbs and her first Pacific Sailfish for a week’s slam.  Her husband Mark, released his first Black Marlin estimated around 450lbs.

The Blue Marlin were feeding in the bait schools and were caught off Jacque, a town further south of Pinas Bay, which they typically roam the 100 fathom curve offshore. There was great action while the schools of dorado were invading the territory while waiting on the bills to show up.  It’s always interesting to see what will be encountered, like the monster sailfish that was released and estimated at 180lbs.  All the sails were rather large, which is unusual for this time of year. Here are some more folks the same week that scored big, like the Hamilton’s.

Dan Spalding released his first Pacific Blue Marlin, estimated at 350 lbs. Pete Holehouse also got his first Pacific Blue Marlin around 280 lbs and Art Lancaster released his first Pacific Blue Marlin.

Elias Zaher released his first Black Marlin on their first day of fishing, estimated at 500 lbs. George Zaher also released his first Black Marlin the same week, a decent 350 lb fish.  John Robinson released his first Black Marlin around 300 lbs, John Siegrist released his first Black Marlin around 250 lbs and Dave Copeland also released his first Black Marlin.

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