Panama fishing report March - April 2008

Fishing this month was very good - added 24 marlin to the total for the year-bringing the total to 76: 61 blacks, 14 blues, and 1 stripped marlin. Would have had more but 5 groups where just fishing tuna and inshore. Large dorado, yellow fin tuna where is good numbers along with inshore action - cubera snapper, rooster fish, blue travale, wahoo, etc. and some sailfish off shore also. The only slow period was a few days in the second week in April - but got 2 black marlin. Starting April 24 we had an algae bloom - have never seen one like this before - that shut down all off shore action - but still had OK inshore action. It should clear out in a few more days and everything should get back to normal. Capt. Lee Campbell

"The Marlin fishing at Panama Big Game Fishing Club lived up to its reputation. I boated a 400 lb Blue and my buddy Ed Rosicky of Maderia Beach Florida pulled in a 500 lb Black. Of course we released them to grow up." Wil Brennan

Hello Lee- Just letting you know that all 4 of us made it back to work in good health and a tanned faces to show off. On behalf of all I just wanted to thank you for a great time at your fishing lodge, it was a great getaway. Hope we can return sometime in the future. Thanks again. Joe Stewart


Had a great time Lee, although I should have done a black marlin trip 15 years ago before I damaged my shoulder. Come to think of it I should have done a lot of things 15 ago. I've got some excellent fish recipes but none with curry which would be great on some types of stronger fish. would you be good enough to send me that recipe. Thanks again, Pat Geist

*For those of you who love Lee's cooking here is the recipe:

Captain Lee's Curry Sauce For Fish
fine dice onions, carrots, green or red bell peppers and celery
mince fresh garlic
buy a good canned Italian plum tomatoes-
good curry powder
green curry paste-house of Tai is a good one
coconut milk
chicken stock-
regular or light olive oil-

heat olive oil - sauté onions, carrots, celery .green or red bell peppers - when they start to soften add dry curry powder-do not need much-for 2 quarts of sauce maybe 2 -3 tablespoons. - curry powder needs to melt in the veggies-maybe 2 minutes-then add garlic and canned tomatoes - puree the tomatoes in a blender or food processor - thin out with chicken stock - need to simmer very slowly - covered for one hour - add stock as needed - coat fish in olive oil-sprinkle with salt and pepper-add skin side up to hot non-stick pan - sauté until brown - turn over - add Curry sauce - slow simmer - do not over cook the fish - remove fish - add coconut milk, just enough to lighten up the sauce - spoon over fish and serve - the remaining sauce blend in the curry paste until it gets as spicy as you want it - serve the hotter sauce on the side.




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Panama Fishing Report February 2008

Marlin fishing stayed good with eight groups catching 19 marlin - 16 blacks, two blues and one striped marlin - not many stripes here. Yellow fin here in good numbers but fish up to 100lb – a lot of fun on surface poppers. We should be seeing the 200lb plus tuna here any day - this is the time of year for them. We also had large dolphin in good numbers and decent catches of wahoo - both better than normal -also mullet snapper, cubera snapper, amber jack, rooster fish, sailfish and blue jacks rounded things out. Water has been blue, in the low 80s so all looks good heading into March. Also the sharks that we where catching last month that are not normally here I think are salmon sharks - included a picture of one on this report. Capt. Lee

Captain Lee,
I am just writing to thank you for a truly amazing fishing experience. This was a special trip for the six of us as it was a father/son experience. We all had a great time and the fishing was world-class. You and your team worked together to exceed our expectations in every way. The fishing was great, the accommodations nice and the food excellent. Your entire group operates in concert as a “well oiled machine” with you at the wheel. I will certainly be back to fish with you again soon. Take good care and thanks again. Craig Esrael



Capt Lee, Our group had a great time at the Big Game Panama Fishing Club. The fishing was exceptional with our group of 4 landing 4 Black and 1 Blue Marlin along with a sailfish in 3 days of fishing. Not to mention numerous Yellow fin Tuna. Food was wonderful, drinks flowed freely along with the stories and the accommodations were first rate. Thanks, we'll be back. Steve Ditto

Hi Lee, Thanks for the GREAT TIME! Everyone really enjoyed it and I am sure we will schedule again. We do have some nice pictures, one that has a sail fish high in the air. But we do have them all on a CD also. We think we caught a total of 41 fish, I will also send you the numbers of each type. Thanks again, Gary

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