Our Team
At Sport Fish Panama Island Lodge, we treat our team right. In turn, our team takes good care of the lodge and of all of the people who come to see us.
Our captains, mates, culinary team, and support staff are full-time. Many have been with us for a decade or more. As a result, our island is a happy place to be. It is content.
Our lodge runs with a rhythm of its own—a rhythm that is the product of this care and collaboration. You’ll notice this when we pick you up and take you to the island. This rhythm touches everything from bringing your luggage to your room to putting you on the fishing experience you’re after.
Fishing and Lodge Crew
This familiarity not only benefits the fishing. It imparts a sense of hospitality to your guest experience.
Our team knows this place and they care about it. In a trip’s fishing, you will come to understand why this place is so special and how it comes to captivate so many that experience it.
All of our crews understand the area and the many fisheries here. Offshore and inshore, trolling or live baiting, our boats are prepared and our crews are dialed in and experienced.
Among our captains and mates, three are brothers. There is an uncle and nephew.
They work well together and sometimes seem to communicate without need for talking. It is a pleasure to watch them work.
A Dedicated, Professional Culinary Team
Then there’s the food. If there’s anything that compares with the incredible fishing, it’s happy hour.
Then it’s dinner time.
Breakfast and boat lunches.
Everything is done with purpose and care. Our island is a happy place to be.
The food here is so good that some guests use the word “culinary” to describe the experience. Our team of dedicated, professional chefs is skilled and passionate.
Our approach to food and beverage service is defined by quality, quantity and being all-inclusive. Once you get here, there are no tabs, no extra charges.
Nothing.
Breakfast is made to order. Coffee is on at 5:30.
Boat lunches and tropical fruit await you on the boat—along with plenty of water, soda and cold beer.
When you get back to the island, there is happy hour each night. Conch ceviche. Conch fritters. Grouper or mahi fingers. Chicken wings three ways. Giant coconut. We have rotating spreads during your trip.
Perhaps nothing compares with sushi night. Mountains of sashimi, more rolls than you can count, seared tuna and much more. This makes quite the impression.
Dinner is not to be outdone. Local lobster. Grouper piccata. Steak, ribs, pork and chicken. Plenty of vegetables, fried rice. All followed by desert. It’s really good.
If you didn’t get enough cocktails before dinner, you can round out your night on the patio. The bar is open and it’s fully stocked. Authentic Abuelo brand Panamanian rum, Absolut vodka, Jack Daniel’s whiskey, Johnny Walker Black scotch, 1800 Reposado, and Silver Tequila, and a wide selection of South American red and white wines, not to mention plenty of ice-cold Panama beer.
We even have a humidor with cigars for purchase. We aim to please… and we’re pretty good at it.
Just a Click Away
Tuna. Marlin. Roosterfish. Mountains of sashimi. The stuff fishing dreams are made of. Let’s do it.
