What is Fish School?
Learn to fish, surf and cook on our incredible house boat. Cruise the Atlantic in your own skiff or ride along with a guide for day of fishing. Try your hand at surfing or stay dockside for relaxation or a cooking lesson. Looking for the perfect off-site for your company? Look no further.
Classes
Surfing
Fish School is more than a surf trip, but it is definitely a surf trip. Whether you'll be trying it for the first time or mastering your air-360, you'll have daily instruction or coaching from a local pro. With no hazards to speak of, Playa Venao is perfect for all levels of surfers, including the very beginners. The beach break is just a few minutes walk from the eco-lodge.
Fishing
Panama has abundant marine life, including Yellowfin Tuna, Jack, Snapper, and many other fish that are fun to catch and delicious to eat, especially fresh, and especially when you participate in the preparation.
Cooking
Learn time honored techniques from local chefs in unique settings. Cook on an open fire on a beautiful beach. Cook alongside a rural Panamanian in a seldom-visited village for a truly authentic culinary experience. Make sashimi or ceviche with the fish you catch, guided by a local expert. You'll walk away with several new dishes to impress your friends back home.
Your Guide
Ben Sargent is well known for his seafood obsession. He judged Iron Chef America and a contested in Chopped and Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. He’s flaunted his skills on The Martha Stewart Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, NPR’s Found Recipes, and Kathie Lee and Hoda.
He also hosted Cooking Channel’s Hook, Line and Dinner for four seasons taking viewers on a road trip adventure to uncover the secrets and stories of expert fishermen across the USA. He is currently the host of Back Yard Goldmine on DIY Network where he builds funky, beautiful Airbnb rentals for people across America.
Ben is the also the creator of the Brooklyn Fishing Derby. His alter ego, Doctor Klaw of the Underground Lobster Pound, has reached cult status. He has been profiled in The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, and Huffington Post, among other major media outlets.
When he’s not skiing or running his self-built AirBnB in Vermont, you can find him surfing and fishing in New York, or flipping homes and cooking all over the world.
About Far Rockaway
Updated Text to come: Fish School takes places in a magical corner of Panama that offers abundant fishing and surfing, and has some amazing chefs to boot. Accommodations will be in a unique eco-lodge, located right on the beach. The part hotel part reforestation project prides itself on providing top level service and top level care for the surrounding environment. The beach-side cabañas have A/C and hot water, but have a rustic feel that compliments their surroundings. We call it rustic luxury. In Panama City, the first and last night of the trip, you will stay in a hotel located in a beautifully restored colonial building in the historic city center called Casco Viejo.
Details
Cost
$2,050/person, $1,850 early registration before March 31.
$500 deposit due at registration
$640 single occupancy supplement
Amenities
Stay in Far Rockaway in this beautifully designed houseboat in Jamaica Bay near Rockaway Beach in Queens, NY, just a short walk from the best local surf beaches New York City has to offer... and some word class fishing.
Feel the love that went into this urban escape while you relax on the upper deck or any one of the carefully considered rooms equipped for total relaxation. We’ve even got the necessary equipment for making milkshakes, cheeseburgers or grilling up that Striped Bass you caught!
What's Included
All meals, lodging, ground and water transportation, classes and activities described in the itinerary, and guide.
Whats Not Included
Airfare, health insurance, massage, horseback riding, alcohol, and personal spending.
