Fish with Cass in Pedasi, Panama June 24 - July 1, 2014

In the year 2000 I read an article in Sportfishing magazine by my amigo Tony Pena about Panama’s Tuna Coast, he told of the village of Pedasi, it’s people and the fabulous Yellow Fin Tuna fishery the area had to offer, thus the name “Tuna Coast”. The article got my juices flowing so I contacted Tony and asked him on his next trip to Panama if I could tag along so I could experience it first hand and the possibility of adding Panama as a destination to our trips inventory. Well a couple of months later Tony invited me to join him on a trip to Pedasi of which I eagerly accepted and the rest is history.

I found the country of Panama to be beautiful in both its landscape and its people and the fishing outrageous for tuna and wahoo, wow what a country! Pedasi is a small fishing village located on the Azuero Penninsula about a 5 hour drive from down town Panama City. Not much there except for a gas station, a small mercado (market) and dulceria (sweet shop/bakery), it’s not a main tourist destination but it does have a few small boutique motels serving the few fishermen, occasional tourists and surfers who visit.

Needless to say I fell in love with Pedasi and began taking small groups once or twice a year so that our clients could experience the country as well as the fabulous fishing. I called this trip “Panama on a budget” because compared to other Panama fishing destinations this was really affordable. About 5 years ago I got side tracked when I was introduced to Pesca Panama an outfitter that fishes out of an area near David and which in my experience offers world class sport fishing for giant Yellow Fin Tuna, Black and Blue marlin in such famous fishing areas as Coiba Island, Montossa Island and world famous Hannibal Bank. Needless to say this area got my attention and kept me away from Pedasi, well it’s time to go back to Pedasi and visit my old friends and once again fish this great area.

 So if your interested in joining me on this “Panama on a budget” trip June 24 to July 1sthere are the details, we arrive in Panama, June 24^th and over night at a hotel next to Tocumen Int’l Airport, the following morning we will be picked up by our private bus and transported to our hotel in the village of Pedasi where we will spend the nights of the 25^ththru 29^th, we’ll fish the commercial pangas for 4 days returning to Panama City on June 30th where we will spend the night, the next morning July 1^st  we will transfer to the airport for our flight home. Included in this package will be all ground transfers in country, all lodging including daily breakfast, 4 days fishing and taxes.

I’ve scheduled this trip during prime time for Yellow Fin Tuna as well as Wahoo, Dorado, Sailfish, Cubera Snapper, huge Sierra and quality Roosterfish. The cost for this trip is $1464.00 per person, airfare to Panama is extra, Copa Airlines offers 3 non-stop flights a day from LAX as well as other U.S. cities. If you don’t have a fishing partner I can team you up with some one. Call me for further information or reservations at 800-593 6510 ext 6 or by e-mail at fishwithcass@gmail.com.