Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Jacksonville’s own Captain Dan Parker is a legend in Garza Bay, fishing this area for more than a decade.
This FishingNosara Hall of Famer and his wife Charlene had a big day on January 31 with Captain William on the Wanderer.
After the first Sailfish release, Captain William found a pod of spinning porpoises and knew that Yellowfin Tuna were lurking underneath.
Our old pal Ryan McCulley brought the family for a 6.5 hour trip and their scorecard ran the gamut from inshore Bonita action to offshore Sailfish scores.
The Bonita were deployed inshore in an attempt to score a big monster, however the offshore bite was really where the beast was found.
Excellent work by Mate Johnny and this young angler.
Captain Carlos ended a white-hot month of fishing action with a trio of Sailfish releases on the 30th with returning client Art Jones.
Each of these monsters are world-class, and to nab three in one day is quite a feat.
Excellent fish handling by Mate Juan Carlos to keep everyone safe and smiling.
Jeff Dupree and his group started out their trip on the Harvester with a wonderful Sailfish release.
After the trophy release they continued scoring, filling up the refrigerator in with bunches of big Dorado.
This big one zig-zagged to both sides of the boat but Captain Alex kept the angles lined up and the fish off of the motor.
All told they nabbed five nice Dodos, all with good size to them.
Ken Smith Jr. celebrated his dad Ken Smith Sr.’s birthday with a sweet fishing trip to Costa Rica. The whole family was in on the birthday surprise:
We are stoked to report that they caught a true fish-of-a-lifetime on board the Explorer.
“At this very moment, I knew this fish wasn’t very happy.” wrote Kenny on his Facebook page.
This Black Marlin is easily over 300lbs. and put up a fight like a bulldog.
Great release by Captain Fico and Mate Elias was the perfect way to close out this awesome experience.
No great week of fishing is complete without a end-of-trip dinner, and this late day Yellowfin Tuna fit the bill:
“It was real Costa Rica, until next time!”
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Captain David closed out the month of January with a BANG as the 23-foot Adventurer scored another big billfish release.
Client Zyan Fernades was the angler against this big Sailfish…what an achievement for the sneaky little panga boat!
The flagship welcomed client Curtis Ethridge for a fun day of action that featured a pair of sweet Sailfish releases:
The Discoverer welcomed Carl Quinn’s group for a fun offshore romp on the 28th and they loaded the fishbox with three excellent Dorados.
Even the youngsters got in on the action, evidenced by this 5lbs. Bonita:
The Harvester got on the scoreboard early with a toe-to-toe battle with a nasty Sailfish.
This fired-up monster put up a good fight, but was no match for Captain Alex and the Harvester.
Great work by Mate Kevin on the safe release…all in a day’s work for the mega panga!
Ken Smith’s birthday fishing bash peaked with this excellent Striped Marlin release. Check out the coloring on this beauty:
