My friend Chicho with a nice Yellow Fin.  I told you these bad boys were in our waters this year!

Monster Tuna are in the waters and this years tournament will see some nice fish caught and many tagged for tracking.  I am a proud member of the Panama Marine Resource Foundation and I am glad to know the head of the organization, my friend John Maynard.

The second annual “Great Panama Fishing Challenge” will be held on June 6th and 7th this year. This is the best way to become a pro-active member of the fishing community here in Panama and support the effort to contribute to this fishery. The Panama Marine Resource Foundation is comprised of concerned fishing lodge owners, sporting goods retailers, marinas and just a lot of sport fishing enthusiasts. This year we are joined in the sponsorship of this tagging program and limited take project by A.F.T.C.O and The King Sail Fish Release mounts Companies. Both of these forward thinking organizations have always been at the forefront of sport fishing conservation internationally. The derby will use our member lodges as weigh stations for this two day event. The weight stations include, Hooked on Panama, Propiedad de Paradise lodge, Panama Big Game Fishing Lodge, Paradise Fishing Lodge, *Cebaco Bay Fishing Lodge.

The derby is designed to give information on the migration and growth patterns of the Yellow fin tuna and pacific blue and black marlin. For further information please drop me a note at maynardjw@yahoo.com. Thank you