Captain Miguel is without a doubt a master of his craft and the best Captain we could have asked for on our half day fishing trip. He took us out bright and early, 6 am, just in time to see a beautiful sunrise over the Bay’s waters on our way several miles out for some early morning blue water trolling.

Even though it was towards the end of the season, he had no reservations over us choosing trolling over the safer pick of shallow water jigging near Taboga Island. We trolled along an underwater structure near an underwater shelf for most of the morning. The result was several hours of exciting fishing pulling in a few picture worthy Spanish Mackerel and a Black Fin Tuna.

Once the fishing had slowed down he took us on a picturesque tour around Taboga Island on our way into the docks. Once there, he dropped us off for a small excursion around the city while he prepped our fish himself. Upon returning to the boat we were greeted with bags of fresh fish fillets and the freshest, tastiest Ceviche either of us had ever tasted. There’s nothing better than Ceviche made out of a fish you caught 30 minutes prior.

Miguel took care of everything and our amateurish nature of ocean fishing was never a problem. He had a knack for finding the good areas and made the whole experience extremely fun and memorable.

We ended up catching more fish than a tourist to the area would know what to do with and his good nature showed through more when he would take those fish we wouldn’t use and donate them to workers on the docks and piers.

100% recommend Miguel and Panama GEM Charters - 27’ Proline to anybody looking to do some fishing in the Panama City area and we will be looking his way if/when we make our way back down there for a longer fishing adventure.!!

Cheers!! #TightLines

We didn’t catch the big sailfish or yellowfin tuna we were after, but Miguel and Pedro had us on fish all day long. We ended up catching 14 albacore and bonito tunas.

Miguel speaks excellent English and is a very knowledgable captain/fisherman. It was a pleasure fishing with him.

The boat is in excellent condition with a small bathroom if needed. Cooler was full of beer and water for the clients.

Miguel made some fresh ceviche while filleting our catch which was a treat.

Would recommend fishing with Panama Gem if you want a great experience.

Excellent trip captained by Jorge!  Tried trolling at beginning but after and hour of not catching anything, pulled up to a random fishing boat and bought bunch of shrimp.  We then dropped anchor and fished off bottom and started hitting!  Enjoyed several fish, Red Snapper mostly.  Then took us to Tobago Island where filleted a fish for each of our team, then took us to a local restaurant where they fried it up for lunch.  Definitely a unique experience that we will not soon forget!

We had the best time on the full day trip to Pearl Islands.  Miguel was a wonderful Captain, spoke great English, and was informative the entire time.  We were lucky to catch Mahi Mahi, Amberjack, and Snapper.  We got to take our catch to Contadora (one of the Pearl Islands) and have it prepared fresh for lunch, it was delicious!  Miguel also prepared some fresh ceviche for us right on the boat.  Overall wonderful time and would highly recommend.

We had a wonderful fishing trip with Capt Miguel and Panama GEM Charters - 27’ Proline! The boat/equipment was perfect and Capt Miguel is an expert fisherman who is fluent in English and a great fishing companion (great guy!). And just as importantly, the fishing was great! We caught Blackfin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel. Crevalle Jack, & African Pompano! After fishing we had lunch on Tobago Isandat a great local restaurant on the beach which expertly cooked our Spanish Mackerel along with great sides of rice, beans, and plantains (cold beer was great as well). Capt Miguel also made wonderful ceviche on the boat from our catch!

I also want to commend Capt Miguel for being flexible and understanding when my wife and daughter had had enough of fishing well before lunch. At his suggestion we simply dropped them off at the town on Tobago Island to relax on the beach, chill at a beach-side cafe, and explore the town all with directions from Capt Miguel. My wife/daughter were very happy with this arrangement (they enjoyed their visit to Tobago) and my son & I got right back to fishing with Capt Miguel. Well played Capt Miguel!!!!

All in all a great day which we all enjoyed!