Amazing time on the water with Captain Rene.  Having travel the world and fishing in different places, Captain Rene is extremely knowledgeable about the variety of fish and habitat in the Panama Canal.

Locating drop offs and hidden structures kept myself, cousin and 73 year old grandma busy landing and bringing fish in the boat.  He is focus on making sure you are catching fish. 

His technique targets fish that are willing to bite and covering a lot of water.  For the experience fisherman, you will learn a lot from him by understanding feeding patterns and reading cover.

Many thanks to Captain Rene and happily recommended his to anyone looking to fish in Panama.  Looking forward to fishing with Captain Rene when I am back in Panama.

Let me start by saying I am an Avid fishermen in the states and I have been on many guided trips across the globe.
This trip by far tops them all!
It was the highlight of my 12 days I spent traveling across Panama, San Blas, Bocas de toro etc…

Rene Him was very professional and his equipment is top of the line. From the second he picked us up in the morning I knew he was legitimate and knowledgeable about what he was doing by the fishing lingo he was speaking. Not only that he was also enthusiastic about taking us on the water. Almost more excited then I was myself. Which is great to see in a guide!
He obviously wasn’t there to just collect a paycheck like many other guides I have been on.

We caught so many fish we literally lost count in the first hour of the morning. Within 10 minutes of being at our first spot we had 2 good sized peacock bass in the boat. Of course in the moment we thought this would be the best fish we would catch all day. Boy was I wrong! Rene really dedicated his attention to making sure we were catching fish and doing everything we could to make it possible. My wife even landed a monster 5lb peacock bass, a once in a lifetime kind of fish!
We went on to spend the day catching fishing non stop and even did a variety of techniques from casting, live bait, and trolling.
We ended up catching 3 species of fish.
Peacock bass
Amberjack
Snook

I cannot say enough good things about our trip. Rene’s enthusiasm was contagious, throughout the entire trip. There was never a moment there wasn’t a smile on our face. We shared many fishing and life stories throughout the trip, was a awesome experience to have a genuine, personable guide, who felt more like a friend, with us all day.

Rene even contacted me days before the trip, and asked what kind of snacks/drinks/beer etc we would like for the trip! Truly amazing costumer service on his part.
To top it all off, Rene even went out of his way after our trip was over to showed us some amazing local restaurants and sat down with us at one of his favorites for a quick bite! I can tell he did this truly out of the kindness of his heart.
I highly highly recommend you book this trip, you will not regret it!

My family of six booked 2 boats (one with Rene Him and one with Gerardo Duran) to go fishing on Lake Gatun for the morning of December 27.  And then, blame it on Covid, our flight was canceled.  While both captains were booked mornings for the remainder of the time we had, they worked together to make sure we were able to enjoy a fabulous fishing trip.  One boat was back from their morning trip early and took my wife kids and granddaughter out.  They visited Monkey Island where they called the monkeys down from the canopy and they ate out of our hands.  Then they spent a few minutes fishing waiting for the second boat.  I waited at the marina for the second boat and we raced to Monkey Island where we were able to transfer and get a more manageable number on each boat.  For the rest of the day peacock bass watch out.  We caught and released so many fish no one could remember how many they had caught.  Our primary goal was fast action for the 8 year old so we mostly used live bait and caught one to two pound fish.  There were some bigger ones though.  I used a popping plug a little and it was a thrill to see the bass explode on it on the surface.  My wife, who said she did not want to fish, watched for about a half hour and decided she needed to join the action.  She caught a lot of fish and said she had a great time.

My husband and son had an amazing experience with Captain Rene! He was very knowledgeable and took them to the best fishing spots in Gatun Lake. They caught more fish than they could count and really enjoyed the location. They both agree that it was the best part of the entire trip. We HIGHLY recommend Captain Rene. He is also very quick to respond to questions when booking and delivers exactly what he says he will.

Great trip, highly recommended doing a trip with Captain Rene. He is very knowledgeable guide on Lake Gatun and will put you on the fish. I’ll be a customer again on future trips to Panama.