Pictured at left are Jim Chambers (left) and Capt. Tom Yust straining to bring aboard a 225-lb. yellowfin fought by Pat Grotto (right photo, far left) on the famed Hannibal Bank (a submerged mountain) near Isla de Coiba on Panama's Pacific coast.  In the center picture are Capt. Tom Yust (left), mate Porky Pomares and fellow angler Jim Chambers (r).   This big yellowfin was caught on a great trip in May 2000 with Capt. Yust, owner and operator of Coiba Adventure.  That trip was featured in a story in Sport Fishing Magazine entitled "Pacific Panama's Personal Side."  It was written by Editor-in-Chief, Doug Olander (pictured below with a roosterfish), and published in its December 2000 issue.  Incidentally, to record the event for the article, Olander got in a kayak to take these photos.  Many of his other photos from our trip are presented on the excellent Coiba Adventure website.  Also see our black marlin photo section for pictures of the 400-pounder we got the next morning at Hannibal Bank. 

Roosterfish are abundant along Coiba's wave-washed beaches.  Pictured above are Sport Fishing Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Doug Olander (left) and Capt. Tom Yust (right), owner/operator of Coiba Adventure.

Mammoth Pacific yellowfin. 

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