After the last couple dubious collecting forays east, we’ve decided to head west, over the of the Bridge to the Americas, about 50 miles west of Panama City, to the Rio Chame.
The river begins in the cloud forest, at Cerro Chame mountain, near the town of Altos de Maria.
On the way the fast flowing streams cut canyons from the rock, until emptying into the Pacific ocean near Nueva Gorgona, a touristy black sand beach town
Access to the river was blocked with barbed wire, in many places, and signs saying Privada, and cattle ranches so we moved on.
We finally found access near the highway at one one the Chame tributaries and spent a couple hours casting our nets without success, catching only Astyanax, and Roeboides tetras, and osscional mountain mullet.
Due to the dry season the river was down a number of feet, exposing large boulders, and quite beautiful scenes in the shallows, yet not a singe cichlid thoughout the next couple hours collecting, in all directions.
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The river begins in the cloud forest, at Cerro Chame mountain, near the town of Altos de Maria.
On the way the fast flowing streams cut canyons from the rock, until emptying into the Pacific ocean near Nueva Gorgona, a touristy black sand beach town
Access to the river was blocked with barbed wire, in many places, and signs saying Privada, and cattle ranches so we moved on.
We finally found access near the highway at one one the Chame tributaries and spent a couple hours casting our nets without success, catching only Astyanax, and Roeboides tetras, and osscional mountain mullet.
Due to the dry season the river was down a number of feet, exposing large boulders, and quite beautiful scenes in the shallows, yet not a singe cichlid thoughout the next couple hours collecting, in all directions.
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