Marlin Fishing Panama
Tropic Star Lodge

Trip Information

This trip will require an overnight in Panama City on March 16 and may require an overnight in Panama City on March 22, depending on your flight schedule leaving Panama City for home. Prices based on shared rooms at Tropic Star Lodge.

Fishing in Panama

Often referred to as the best fishing lodge in the world, Tropic Star Lodge offers a remote, excellent fishing location with superior service. Tucked deep into the Darien rainforest at the back of Piñas Bay, Panama - you can't reach the lodge by road - Tropic Star provides unparalleled access to the world famous Zane Grey Reef and its large numbers of hungry black marlin. In fact, Panama, and Tropic Star in particular, is the closest place to the United States that offers up a really good chance of catching a black marlin. Join us for our second trip to one of the most beautiful spots on the planet.

Panama is an Indian word meaning "an abundance of fish". Piñas Bay, Panama truly lives up to this meaning .The abundance and variety of gamefish caught in the Pacific waters around the lodge includes Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin, and Sailfish. All species of billfish can be caught "right outside our front door," making this a truly unique location. You have a good chance of catching large Dorado, Yellowfin Tuna (some over 200 pounds), above average size Roosterfish (many over 50 pounds), big Cubera Snapper, Amberjack, Rainbow Runner, Wahoo, Grouper and Mackerel. In recent years a few "Pacific" Tarpon have also been caught.

TROPIC STAR LODGE® FISHING GUIDELINE

FISHING AT TROPIC STAR LODGE®

At Tropic Star Lodge®, most of the fishing is 6 to 20 miles offshore in fairly calm waters. The roughest seas (4 to 6 feet) normally occur from January through March and our fleet of Bertram 31's is the perfect boat for fishing this area. Our crews are all local and have been fishing these waters for over 20 years.

MARLIN

The Black Marlin and Blue Marlin season typically begins around June and runs through until the following March. The PRIME Black Marlin bite occurs from December through mid March and Blue Marlin are also abundant at this time. The majority of the Marlin released during the prime months average in the 300-400 pound range. There is also a good chance of a Striped Marlin from February through May.