Panama Archives

June 23, 2021November 2, 2017 by Joseph Simonds

For those of you that love fishing (and eating) Cobia, this video is going to be bittersweet.

Why?

Because although this is certainly the largest school of Cobia the world has ever seen, there are no fishing poles allowed in the area where they live.

Why is life so cruel?

What is going on here is a company called Open Blue, founded by Brian O’Hanlon, set out to Panama to create the world’s largest open-ocean fish farm.

And boy did they ever!

Just wait until you see all of the Cobia in this video.

Why Cobia you ask?

According to their website, a single 7-oz serving of their open water Cobia has the same Omega 3 as 67 7-oz servings of rib-eye steak.

Pretty cool.

And if you haven’t eaten Cobia before, you are missing out. One of my favorite fish to eat.

Keep up the great work Open Blue! We love cobia here at Salt Strong, and we will be happy to taste test it whenever you need help…

Enjoy

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Related Video: “How Would You Like To Run Into This School Of Redfish?” (watch it here)

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February 13, 2017 by Joseph Simonds

Here’s some proof that even the jungle snook of Panama can’t resist a bucktail jig!

Check out this cool footage from angler “Sam the Man” while fishing for Snook up a Jungle River on the Caribbean side of Panama.

I’m curious to how deep the water was. It looked like the snook went down quite a bit, but then again the water was jungle dirty!

Either way, this video is just one more reason to head to Panama.

Enjoy.

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February 10, 2016 by Joseph Simonds

Ever heard of San Blas?

And no, I am not talking about the San Blas in Florida…

I am talking about Panama.

The San Blas Islands of Panama comprise approximately 365 islands and cays (of which only 49 are inhabited).

And as you will see below, these islands are a pretty phenomenal, one of a kind, and tough place to fish.

According to our friends over at AFTCO, the San Blas islands are one of those rare places that can be tough to fish because they are just TOO many incredibly looking places (and little is documented about them).

I don’t know about you, but I will gladly fly in a few extra days early for some recon…

What a place!

And it’s why Panama is certainly one of the top places in the entire world to fish.

Enjoy.

Related Video: “This Is What It Looks Like When Tuna Attack In Panama!” (watch it here)

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October 22, 2015August 3, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

First of all, for any of you that aren’t familiar with the term “Stone” or “Stoned” in spearfishing, let me clarify the meaning real quick.

To Stone a Fish: (aka “Kill Shot”, aka “The Fish Goes Lifeless like a Stone”): To properly stone a fish, your spear shot needs to break the fish’s spine or hit its brain. It might sound like a negative connotation, but stoning a fish is actually much better for the fish in terms of a quick death, and it is much better for the habitat and the diver (as a wounded fish can drag your spear all over coral, they can run into things, and they have even been known to attack divers, etc.).

In this video below of a guy spearing a MONSTER Roosterfish in Panama, he gets an amazing shot (certainly hitting part of the rooster fish’s spine), and with what appears little resistance from one of the greatest fighting fish in the sea, brings it up for dinner.

Related Video: “Roosterfish On The Fly In Mexico” (watch it here)

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May 24, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

One of our most VIRAL fishing videos this year was called “Diver Gets Run Over By Tuna In Unbelievable Feeding Frenzy” (you can watch it here).

In that video, we were able to witness the most insane tuna feeding frenzy that we have ever seen… and it came out of Panama, one of the best places in the world to fish.

Well, today we found a tuna feeding frenzy that was just as wild as the that one (although they didn’t have a guy like Mr. Slater to jump in the water with a camera like the other video had).

But they did manage to get right in the middle of the tuna frenzy, so close in fact that the first mate is scooping up the same bait (goggle eyes and blue runners) that the tuna are crushing.

Amazing footage from Captain Shane Jarvis of Panama.

Note from Capt. Shane: These are 50-100 pound yellowfin Tuna

September 3, 2020May 4, 2015 by Luke Simonds

It’s not every day that you get to see hundreds of tuna attacking a bait ball right in front of you.

And let’s face it, it’s not every day that you happen to have a brave cameraman with a professional underwater camera ready on your boat when you come across an unbelievable tuna feeding frenzy like this. But thankfully the stars aligned on this day for this boat as we all get to watch this amazing footage.

Watch as countless Tuna and dolphin go ballistic on a bait ball in Panama.

The crazy diver dodges tuna bullets while the bait hovers around him for safety. At one point, he is literally getting run over by the tuna (wait until you see his underwater footage at the end).

But my only problem with this video: Why is no one fishing the entire time!

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February 27, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

When we saw the title of this video, we probably had the same initial thought that you did…

Should I really even watch this…

But curiosity got the best of us, and we are glad we watched it, as the story ends well for this kid that gets impaled by a marlin in the throat.

After fighting a big marlin in Panama, this marlin jumps up into the boat and literally impales the you man fighting the fish.

But watch the video to see the miracle of him surviving with hardly any scars.

Impaled Boy = Salt Strong

February 22, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Those pesky bottlenose dolphins are at it again!

In this video, Guy Harvey shows you just how crafty these dolphins when it comes to stealing bait and affecting sport-fishing throughout the world.

This underwater camera does an amazing job of showing how these dolphin swipe bait in a surgeon-like fashion…

And make sure to keep your eyes pealed at the 35 second mark…

And then another underwater chuckle from the porpoise at the 40 second mark.

The dolphin actually goes up to the underwater camera and laughs!

Amazing footage from Panama.

Bottlenose Dolpin = Crafty and Salt Strong

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