Here’s a sampling of articles about one of our newest passions — topwater fishing for yellowfin tuna — particularly in Panama. Check them out and you may want to book a trip with us. We’re headed back in 2024.

While many of my friends are fascinated by my late-in-life discovery of fishing, more than a few of them get agitated by one aspect of my addiction: They can’t understand how and why we catch and release all of our fish. To make them happy, check out our seared tuna.

As if I needed to get any more excited for our upcoming return to Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge, every time I turn on the Google machine it seems to taunt me with another reminder about how excited I am. While I’ve already acquired four new items that will accompany me, I keep discovering new clothing that brings to mind both the epic offshore and inshore fisheries that await me.

Two years ago I shipped home 50 pounds of incredible halibut from Alaska, and on last year’s trip back we checked through two boxes of salmon as luggage coming home. We use it to stock our freezer, bribe our friends, and remind us of good times in faraway places. For my money, though, there’s no fish as good as sushi-grade tuna.