If you’re visiting the Naples area, you could do worse than join Captains Eric Alexander and Brandon Lawson aboard the Solo Lobo for a mixture of inshore and offshore fishing. Choose these guys and you’ll be fishing with the 2009 & 2010 Southwest Florida Choice Award winners.
Captain Skeet Warren operates this offshore charter fishing operation in Flamingo at the north end of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. From his 42’ Bertram, the hugely experienced and reliable Captain Skeet specializes in targeting billfish, tuna, wahoo, dorado and everything else that swims in these waters.
A great option for those staying in the resort of Manuel Antonio or anywhere else in the Quepos area, Luna Tours offer sportfishing charters on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast, specializing in both inshore and offshore fishing from a fleet of well-equipped boats.
Combining luxury amenities with typically knockout Andros Island bonefishing (as well as some excellent offshore sport), this resort in stunning South Andros is something of a one-off. It’s also a great option for those holidaying with non-fishing companions/family.
Located at the heart of the Bocas del Toro archipelago on Panama’s Caribbean coast, this eco adventure lodge is a gem. A family-run establishment, its six cabanas and main lodge have been lovingly and carefully built into 110 acres of lush rainforest. Although not specifically a fishing lodge, Tranquilo Bay have pioneered fishing in this area, and the inshore fishing for tarpon in particular is excellent. This is a great option for the fisherman travelling with family.
Fishing holidays aboard a motorized barge off Panama’s Pacific coast, offering accommodation for up to 16 guests and access to the sportfishing grounds around Hannibal Bank and the many islands in the Coiba Island National Marine Park.
Located just south of David in the province of Chiriqui, this lodge offers the traditional all-inclusive Panama fishing lodge experience – VIP service on arrival, seamless transfers, excellent accommodations and sportfishing (both inshore and offshore) in the fish-filled waters of Panama’s Pacific coastline.
Comfortable accommodations for up to six guests and sportfishing charters on Isla Boca Brava off Panama’s Pacific Coast. The nearby fishing grounds of Hannibal Bank, Isla Coiba and Montuosa make marlin a year-round proposition, while inshore fishing is also red-hot. The club came under new ownership in 2011 and has since undergone a $6million refurbishment.
A remote and stunning destination likely to wow even the most widely-travelled fisherman, Islas Secas Resort sits on one of the 16 uninhabited, jungle-clad volcanic islands in Panama’s Las Secas archipelago. With just seven casitas to ensure a feeling of privacy, this lodge is bathed by the Eastern Pacific and surrounded by some of the most incredible inshore and offshore fishing.
Originally built by a Texas oil baron in the 1960s, this Panama fishing lodge is hard to beat – cut out of the mountain-side at the edge of the Darien Jungle on the Pacific coast of Panama, Tropic Star caters for just 36 guests at a time and is accessible only by boat or plane. The fishing is a mixture of inshore and offshore action – both of which are world-class, as the decades’ worth of magazine articles and TV shows will attest.
