Charter Operator
The Pearl Island Charter Company

Member since March 2017 Panama City, Panama
Background
The Pearl Islands Charter Company has been operating in the area for over two decades, running fishing trips, pleasure cruises, and sightseeing tours. They pride themselves on providing a safe, fun, and client-oriented experience on every trip, and will always be more than happy to go the extra mile in order to make your time with them even more memorable!

Hey, it's The Pearl Island Charter Company

Panama City, Panamá
Background
The Pearl Islands Charter Company has been operating in the area for over two decades, running fishing trips, pleasure cruises, and sightseeing tours. They pride themselves on providing a safe, fun, and client-oriented experience on every trip, and will always be more than happy to go the extra mile in order to make your time with them even more memorable!
26
Reviews
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Fishing Reports
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Our Team
Marcial T.
Captain
Justin T.
Captain
Rolando P.
Captain

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Pearl Islands Charter Company – 31' Bertram

Excellent
4.7 / 5
(24 reviews)
Panama City
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Pearl Islands Charter Company – 37' Intrepid

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(1 review)
Panama City
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Albermarle - 39 feet

Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Panama City
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Trips from US $1,849

Fishing Reports

Great mixed bag!
Great mixed bag!
Jan 23, 2026 Panama City
Casting and trolling produced 12 fish landed and a couple that got away. At the end we landed 3 albacores, 4 sierras, 3 barracudas and 2 leather jacks! Great day!
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Bite after bite on the
Bite after bite on the "Pique y Pique"
Jul 21, 2025 Panama City
This last week the inshore bite was insane!!! Hooking up 20 or more fish in a day seems to be the rule this past couple of days! Casting and trolling got us hooked on Bonito, Sierra, Jacks and Mexican Houndfish... We even got a big Rooster in the live bait! We had 2 groups from Texas, one from Colombia and one from Mexico! Fish on!
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Pearl Island Trolling trip became a bott
Pearl Island Trolling trip became a bott
Jun 25, 2025 Panama City
This was a repeating client, we fished Otoque Island Back on 2023, we had an exceptional day back then, we caught over 40 albacores! This time, they wanted to go after Mahi and Sailfish! They booked their trip 8 months in advance... 4 days before their trip, wind shifted, north wind started to blow! pushing all the bait and Mahi's out of the Gulf! As fishermen, we know that currents and wind can change everything... without the possibility of a good day off shore, we talked to the client and changed the trolling trip for a Bottom fishing trip... Pics will speak for themselves! Enjoy! We got another epic day!
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Big Almacos and Cubera!
Big Almacos and Cubera!
Jun 25, 2025 Panama City
Patience and live bait does the trick again! we had a very nice couple looking to pick a fight with some big fish! So we did. First thing in the morning we load the baitwell with some hardtails, once we got bait we steamed directly to our "honey hole", we arrived at the precise moment, half pushing tide! we rigged our first bait, and we started on the east part of the reef a south to north drift moving a little west on each drift until we found the bait ball on our sonar! The reef was plagued with small triggers and other bait eating critters, but we could see some nice marks on our sonar, so we kept drifting baits over the spot. and suddenly boom, our first Almaco took the bait. After a 15 to 20 minutes fight the fish was on deck... a couple of Mackerels took the jig, before a nice Cubera took a second bait! While jigging we caught a 3 pound bonito and we decided to slow troll it over the rig on the downrigger... It paid off, a second hefty Almaco took it! What a great fight... after 20 minutes that beast was on board and we had a very happy couple on board... What a great day!
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Action! Action! Action! and a great mixe
Action! Action! Action! and a great mixe
Jun 25, 2025 Panama City
The sea was a little rough but the bite was on fire! the minute we arrived and deployed the spread we got hit. We had multiple, double, triple and even cuadruple hits during the day. We stoped at a calm bay to have lunch were me and Justin (mate) prepared 2 different dish of Albacore Carpaccio for our dear guests. We closed the day jigging in a deep reef around Chamá Island were we got a nice Lane Snapper... what a wonderful day! Tight lines!
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Mahi season is officially open!
Mahi season is officially open!
Jun 25, 2025 Panama City
The wind is starting to shift, north winds are dying slowly, driftlines are forming and mahi are showing up... In a couple of days we expect the mahi bite to be on fire!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.7 / 5
out of 5 stars from 26 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (62)
Fantastic trip!
Fantastic trip!
Fantastic trip!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
80%
Friendly captain
96%
Recommend this charter
88%
Appropriate for children
82%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
88%
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Joe T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fantastic trip!

VERIFIED   NEW  8 Hour Trip – Mahi Mahi & Sailfish on July 20, 2026
I booked two days with Pearl Island Charters, and was not disappointed. Captain Ronaldo and our mate Marquez took great care...
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Thomas C.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great trip with the family

VERIFIED   Otoque and Boná - West on February 14, 2026
Capt. Rolondo was great to work with. He put s on many varieties of fish from snapper to tuna. After we caught dinner he put...
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Joshua M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Rolando

VERIFIED   Pearl Islands Contadora Fishing on March 29, 2026
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Benjamin B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great experience

VERIFIED   Otoque and Boná - West on January 23, 2026
Captain Rolo and Justin were top notch. They went above and beyond to create an awesome fishing experience for us. Would...
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Nicholas K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Rolo is awesome

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip – Taboga on December 5, 2025
great time fishing with a great captian !  awesome time and very accommodating.
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