Offshore Species
Dorado
Neons of yellow, green and blue. Pull up to a floating tree, see two or three 40-pounders hanging beneath it, and hold on once you hook up.
The Gulf of Chiriquí is home to a good dorado fishery. We catch plenty of them — and some big ones, too.
We catch lots of them on floating structure. There's nothing like pulling up to a floating tree and seeing two or three 40-pounders hanging around it — the dream of anyone who's ever thrown a popper, and it happens here with some frequency. We also catch plenty trolling, where they knife in to eat the plugs we pull for marlin. They love live blue runners, and the big ones will even eat a live bonito.
Once you hook a dorado, hold on. They spend plenty of time in the air, flinging themselves completely out of the water, cartwheeling and shaking. Big bull dorado — the males — have blunt heads and turn sideways when they fight.
From spread to table
Beautiful to catch, hard to beat on the plate.
Dorado are beautiful creatures — intense neons of yellow, green and blue that change and light up when the fish is excited. It's common to see the top half of their heads out of the water as they crash the spread.
They're also great to eat. Ceviche, fried, turned into piccata or dorado fingers — our chefs are always happy to see them, and so are our guests.
In the spread
Dorado at the lodge
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