Big fish on poper in Panama

[Panafishing Adventures]

Thought you guys would like to see some different species, so here is the report from the last group that visited us. All fish caught on popper or jigs !

 

 After an amazing first week at the Panafishing lodge, things started slowly for the second group: very few fish and no big ones for the first 2 days. The action got much better towards the end, and although the numbers were not impressive, the big ones were definitly out there !


The first boat was not the most lucky one. 3 big cuberas and one big rooster were lost and could have make a huge difference, but the lack of experience and some broken popper played against them. A big amberjack was caught on popper but the rod broke in the first seconds of the fight, due to a "cubera drag". The fish was boated nevertheless but it's a shame for the nice fight it could have been.

Some good fish were taken despite all the bad luck, including 2 nice roosters for Andreas:













Good amberjack on topwater:



On the second boat, Arnold got 2 trophy roosters and a nice cubera:















The 3rd boat fished the best. Starting with Eddy with a trophy cubera and a big rooster:







Fishermanb of the week was Petter, with 2 trophy cubera and a trophy rooster:





cubera 1:



cubera 2:





cubera 3:





and a beautiful rooster:

[samsteele115]

Those 'cubera' look like our Mangrove Jacks, only bigger. I bet they go hard. Thanks for posting, very cool

[Tybo]

Panama looks like the place to check out sometime in the future.

[Luvit]

Not taking anything away from the other fish but those rooster are such a cool looking fish.

 

[Angus]

Thanks for the report man!

 

Love seeing different fish and also seeing how similar some species are!

 

Angus

[kmcrosby78]

WOW!!!!!!!!! Some seriously impressive fish!!!!  Yep, those 'cubera' are our mangrove jack. People over here are absolutely obsessed about them due to their fighting/hard-hitting qualities. 50-60cm in our estuaries/creeks is a jolly good fish - they get bigger 10kg plus when they move to the reefs. 

Do you get smaller 'cubera' in creeks/rivers at all?

And yes, if there's a cooler fish than those roosters I haven't seen it!!! Oh and that's a seriously big long-tom (the real long thin one).