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Starting to see a few #fishreport The Boys in #panama just reported this one Big Tunas at Hannibal Bank today! Good JOB Guys send more !! #yellowin #tuna
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Red rooster Fish Count feb 6 to 24

FISH COUNT: 180YELLOWFIN TUNA 100 WAHOO
9 OVER 200LBS 1 OVER 300LBS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 312.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOSH GERSON OF SHERMAN OAKS, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 258.2LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LIM SUN WOONG OF LA PALMA, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 251.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SPIROS SOTIROPOULOS OF ORINDA, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 40.9LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY JOSH GERSON OF SHERMAN OAKS, CA
220 LBS BEN KITA
222.1 LBS JOHN DIXON
233.1 LBS CHRIS MINNICK
211.3 LBS JOSHUA GERSON
225 LBS JIM SOTIROPOULOS
229.7 LBS SUN MYONG SHOI
223.2 LBS MARTIN GOMEZ JR

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing In Panama

Yellowfin Tuna Fishing In Panama 

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Ground zero to Panama's World Class offshore and inshore saltwater fishery. Our exotic sport fishing lodge is located 12-miles off the southern coast of Panama, inside the isolated tropical sanctuary of Chiriqui National Marine Park, on Isla Paridas.

Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) and TUNA

How do fish aggregating devices, used for tuna fishing, affect the ocean environment?


If you’ve seen the television show “Wicked Tuna” on National Geographic, then you are certainly familiar with some of the techniques associated with long line fishing of these species. While this is the method of choice for recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen seeking various species of tropical tuna have abandoned the traditional “rod-and-reel” technique for a far more effective tool. Known as the Fish Aggregating Device (FAD), this tool relies on the natural behavior of tuna to congregate under floating objects on the surface of the ocean. Most FADs are made from bamboo rafts in order to mimic natural logs and other marine debris that often drift out at sea, and large numbers have been deployed. Besides dramatically increasing the number of tuna caught in fisheries operations, how have the use of FADs modified the “floating object environment” in the ocean, and what effects can they have on marine ecosystems? A recent article published by Dr. Laurent Dagorn has attempted to answer these important questions.
A school of yellowfin tuna, a commonly fished species. 
To address these questions, Dr. Dagorn and his colleagues collected data from fisheries observers working on tuna fishing vessels in the West Indian Ocean. The data showed the total number of both natural and artificial floating objects encountered over two years of observations. The researchers then divided the West Indian Ocean into the fishing zones established by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, and compared the amount of FADs and natural logs in each zone. Their results concluded that the number of floating objects has nearly doubled in every zone. This is due to FADs occupying areas with natural logs and also occupying new areas previously devoid of any natural floating object. In addition, the number of floating objects in some areas even ranged between 20- 40 times higher than the numbers found before we even began to use FADs! \

Although the study only focused on determining how FADs modified the natural floating object environment, Dr. Dagorn did address the potential implications these changes can have for tropical tunas. It is believed that natural logs indicate biologically productive areas, areas rich in resources needed by many tropical tuna species. If this is the case, then it is possible that this peculiar tuna behavior represents an evolutionary adaptation that helps them to remain in waters more beneficial to their growth and survival. FADs now deployed into poorer quality waters can lead these tuna away from those better areas, creating an “ecological trap” that poses a significant risk to their overall health, and the overall health of the tuna fisheries in the West Indian Ocean as well. Scientists will still need to conduct more research to confirm this idea, but Dr. Dagorn’s study has established better parameters for monitoring FAD use, parameters which can guide future studies aimed at promoting more sustainable tuna fisheries.

Yellowfin Tunas Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama now

The Yellowfin Tunas are just now starting to show up!
March through June here in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama will be prime time for big YFTs. We still have dates available here at the lodge and for charters out of Boca Chica so hit me up for more info.
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Tuna are biting !!! Panama

HI The Folks down in panama are at it again Shane Jarvis to out Paul and Patty to catch 90# YFT to end the day Great job i have been seeing alot of reports of tuna in this area 

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Panama’s Top Sportfishing Destination, Hannibal Bank And Propiedad de Paradise Lodge where they fished out of.