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Bass Fishing in
Panama's Gatun Lake
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Your trip
begins at sunrise and you'll be treated to a breathtaking ride
through spectacular rainforest scenery as you head to the prime
fishing grounds. You'll experience an incredible display of
wildlife as you begin your day of fishing.
The key to the Canal
across the Isthmus of Panama is Gatun Lake, formed by the
Chagres River. At Gatun a gigantic dam was built between two
mountains, 8,400 feet long and a half mile wide at the base.
By means of this
man-made mountain, the waters of the Chagres were pushed back
and impounded in the valley of its 1,320-mile watershed, until
they formed the largest artificial lake in existence -
approximating in size, Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
With an area of 164 square miles, a shore line of 1,100 miles
and a capacity of 183,000,000,000 cubic feet, Gatun Lake rests
85 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, which it easily overlooks from
a distance of about six miles.
Gatun lake is an excellent area for freshwater fishing, and such
fish as peacock bass, tilapia, perch, tarpon, and on rare
occassional snook can be caught in these waters. In reality, "sargentos"
or peacock bass, are not actually bass at all. They are actually
chichla monoculus which are different (scientifically speaking)
from bass.
Gatun also home to several indian villages reserves, as well as
an island by the name of Barro Colorado, which is home to one of
Smithsonian Research centers.
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