InTheBite Dock Talk: Tropic Star Lodge in Pinas Bay, Panama

March 19, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Panama’s Tropic Star Lodge has been a staple of the sportfishing landscape since 1963. The present is a very interesting time at Tropic Star.

This all access pass provides a look at one of the most unique and historic fishing operations in the world:

Read Tradition and Trajectory at Tropic Star in our latest issue of InTheBite

March 2019 Issue – Volume 18, Edition 2

InTheBite Super Fresh: Dolphin Edition

January 31, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

“Super Fresh” brings you InTheBite’s culinary adventures. This was fishing with Captain Asael and first mate Harol on the “Miss Spain” out of Tropic Star Lodge in Piñas Bay, Panama. How would you prepare this mahi mahi?

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