Panama’s Big Game Fishing Camp Text and photographs by Mary L. Peachin Rich green plankton, microscopic organisms that inhabit pelagic zones, is dense surrounding Panama’s underwater seamounts. Rising from the Continental Shelf to a 120 beneath the surface, upwellings carry bait-rich nutrients. These strong plankton-filled currents attract fish—big fish, those record-breaking billfish and tuna of [...]

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Sund’s Lodge on Malcolm Island, British Columbia Mary L. Peachin British Columbia is noted for five species of salmon migrating along coastal waters throughout the summer. Bottom fishers favor BC’s numerous flats where they can jig for halibut. But where can you go to fish, a lodge that offers both saltwater and freshwater fly fishing? [...]

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Say Yes to Yes Bay story by Lois Beath, photos by John & Lois Beath The early morning sun creeps over the tops of countless evergreen trees clinging precariously to steep rock hillsides.  A fluffy ring of low-hanging mist hangs just above the glassy-smooth glacial green water, soon to disappear in the rare Alaskan sun.   [...]

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An Angler’s California Dream: Extreme Fly-Fishing for Mako Shark Mary L. Peachin with photos by Michelle Woo Bowman Attracted by chum, a wide-shouldered mako, its broad-tipped pectoral fin weaving, approached the boat. Closer and closer, 30-25-20 feet, its glassy eyes honed on us as it gulped bits of fresh mackerel. Flying fishing guide Conway Bowman [...]

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