Bay of Chiriqui
Why? The fishing topography of the area is dominated by undersea mountains which rise from the depths from several thousand feet to less than 50 feet from the surface. These groups of underwater islands and pinnacles obstruct the currents, which causes oxygen and nutrients to push upwards to the surface. Massive amounts of bait fish feed on these nutrients, and the baitfish are like magnets to the other larger fish. The shallowest spot on the Hannibal bank has a 200 foot pinnacle which is home to black marlin and giant yellowfin tuna.
Ten miles away from the Hannibal Banks is Isla Montuosa. From this island, a deep drop rises steeply from 10000 feet right to the island. There are many rock pinnacles around the island where you are just about guaranteed to catch either or all of black marlin, sailfish or snapper.
Isla Ladrones is closest to the fishing resort and probably the most popular of fishing spots, because of its proximity. Eight miles on the West side of Ladrones, is the deep drop which falls from 3000 ft to the darkest depths of the Pacific.
Ladrones, Secas and Parida's are great for inshore fishing of roosterfish, snapper, jack, wahoo, kingfish, and mackerel.
another great place to go out of is Propeidad de Paradise
1962-1967; 10-15 years old: Watch out…. We made our first 10 trips to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and by 15 years old, I had released at least 100 billfish and a lot of striped marlin. We fished in Palm Beach, FL during the sailfish run and I was starting to learn how to drop back, set up, and fight the fish on fairly light tackle. I was now defiantly running boats in the 30-35’ class as well as docking them, learning knots, understanding the tide and wind. I was starting to be a decent angler.
1972-1977; 20-25 years old: From 20-25 years old, I now owned my Forest Johnson, 32’ Prowler and it was big-time boogie canyon exploration. I was about 60% emerged in canyon fishing and it hadn’t become a disease yet but it was a passion. I berthed at Shinnecock Marina and caught one of the first Big Eye tuna caught on rod and reel. The Nation Marine Fisheries Service came down from Massachusetts to identify the species. My stories from 5-8 fish on at a time while fishing solo on my 19’ Mako were laughed at. I had over 60 hook ups before I landed the first fish by myself. I brought back stories of the Japanese-Russian fleet offshore, and now people started going to the canyon to confirm what I had said. Canyon fishing was coming of age. I fished extensively off Bimini and Cat Cay running Giant bluefin tuna on the flats learning from the best in the world. During this time, I was becoming seasoned captain, running in zero zero fog, I could wire big fish with the best of them, and I was starting to develop my own techniques.
1977-1982; 25-30 years old: The greatest big eye fishing known to man. I developed multiple hookup techniques, the “Barta throttle dance,” a concept of trolling 9 lines at one time, incorporating 7 riggers, the Barta porcupine rig. I literally caught thousands of tuna, yellow fin, albacore, big eye, bluefin and was starting to be recognized as one of the canyon experts of the world. I fished the Cape Horn of Africa, visited the Seychelles, fished the Galapagos, St. Thomas, and extensively explored the Bahamas.
1982-1987; 30-35 years old: Aboard my 47 foot Ridgeway, team Makaira wrote the book on canyon fishing. New techniques, places to fish, I was 100% consumed in canyon fishing. It was a disease, I was sick. I thought and slept nothing but the canyon. I spent a huge part of my energy proving the value of warm core eddies and how they move against the 100 fathom line, where the bait is found in these eddies, how to track them, etc.
1987-1992; 35-40 years old: The Best of the Canyon Fishing gone, the fish were showing signs of weakness; pair trolling, hard pressure from long lining, and extreme pressure from recreational fisherman were taking its toll on canyon fishing. It was still very good, but the golden years were waning. Massive commercial purse seining of blue fin schools seemed to be decimating the blue fin stock. The price of big eye tuna and blue fin tuna were soaring. There was a price on every fish's head. As far as maturity as a deep sea fisherman, my skills as a captain, mate and angler were at their height. I saw a conservation movement coming and I saw the need for it.
Hosted by Capt. Tony DiGiulian of Saltwater Professional Consulting, you can count on these hourly demos will show you how to rig traditional ballyhoo, trolling mullet, strips, offshore lures, mackerel rigging, squid rigs for sword fishing, use of teasers, wind on leaders and proper techniques for sharpening hooks and much, much more. Each session is approximately one hour and the instructor’s name, time and subject will be written daily on the blackboard. Check the daily schedule at the show for times and techniques and talk with pro Tony DiGiulian on his vast fishing experiences. 
