PACIFIC CENTRAL AMERICA FISHING MAP
Fishing Hot Spots
From the sailfish grounds off Guatemala past El Salvador, the Gulf of Fonseca and Nicaragua, down Costa Rica's Guanacaste, Los Sueños, Quepos and the Osa Peninsula, to Panama's Gulf of Chiriquí, Hannibal Bank, Pedasí, the Pearl Islands and Piñas Bay near Colombia. Tap any star or dot to see what it is and what to fish there.
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Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.
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Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:
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Sailfish country from Guatemala to Panama
The Pacific coast of Central America is some of the best billfish water on Earth. Guatemala is famous for huge numbers of sailfish, and Costa Rica's Los Sueños and Quepos fleets fish sailfish and marlin from about December to April. Panama has Hannibal Bank, Coiba and Piñas Bay, where black marlin and record fish have made history.
Inshore, roosterfish, cubera snapper, jacks and snook line the rocky points, islands and river mouths from Nicaragua to the Pearl Islands.
Rules: every country here requires a fishing license (Costa Rica through INCOPESCA, Panama through ARAP), and Guatemala requires releasing sailfish and marlin. Costa Rica's marine national parks, including Isla del Coco, Isla del Caño, Manuel Antonio and Las Baulas, are closed to fishing.
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