Go Sport Fishing in Panama, Central America
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MONDAY, 23 APRIL 2007
When it’s about offshore sport fishing trips in the Gulf of Panama, you can expect some of the best sport fishing in the world. As a matter of fact, Darien’s Bahia Piñas has more International Game Fish Association world records broken than any where else in the world.
The Republic of Panama has fishing opportunities all year round. However, there is not a bad season for fishing but different types of fish during each season. In between the months of late May thru December, sport fishing opportunities will most likely be pelagic gamefish 'Barracudas, Amberjacks, Roosterfish and Sierras" among others with off season chances on catching big game slope fish "larger groupers, sappers, jacks, pompanos and corvine" among others.
During our dry season (Jan – May), the Republic of Panama experiences some changes that are convenient for deep sea sport fishing charters in the Gulf of Panama. First off, a southern Pacific strong cold saltwater current know as the “Humboldt” starts to move up north from South America bordering the Colombian Pacific coastline into Panama’s famous Tuna Coast or Azuero Peninsula “Pedasi” and also the Gulf of Panama’s “Pearl Islands and Piñas Bay”.
Furthermore, the Panama Gulf starts to receive strong north winds from Panama’s Atlantic coast creating what oceanographers call the “Panama Current”. A constant strong north wind blows the surface of the Panamanian Gulf waters creating a vertical current from down under. Water from the surface of the ocean gets blown miles offshore making a necessity for deep cold water (62-69 F) to move in replacing it. This phenomenon causes slope fish or bottom fish to migrate from the continental slope drop-off into the Gulf of Panama. When the cold nutrient rich offshore waters emerge to a certain depth, sunlight makes a reaction where tons of plankton supplies are spread all over the Gulf of Panama making it special for any type of game fish or quarry to immigrate to this area. While this period is in process, the opportunities to catch deep sea big game fish, shelf demersal or slope gamefish are extraordinary once you are on a fly fishing or regular fishing charter with www.panamacruise.com.pa around the Gulf of Panama.
Source:
www.prlog.org
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