March 15, 2014

Tom and Tammy Clymer had a boatload of fun fishing inshore with Captain William on the Wanderer. Our tactic is to stir up a feeding frenzy on one of our inshore reefs, hoping to coax one of the big bottom dwellers out from his hiding spot in the ocean floor.

The trick to this kind of fishing is perseverance and patience; the fish of a lifetime won’t be the first one on the hook, but if you invest the time over a good spot then the monster will come calling. Tammy got the action fired up with this nice Jack Crevelle.

Then young Misses Clymer added another Jack Crevelle:

This activity combined with a few Bonitas getting recycled into the water by First Mate Alex’ knife, this area was bound to yield something big.

Something hit Tom Clymer’s line like a wrecking ball and bent the rod over like a bullwhip.

What was this tiny water disturbance hiding?

BOOM!

Great work by the Clymer family in executing this bottom fishing attack strategy with the unstoppable Captain William.

March 14, 2014

Mr. and Mrs. John Rozas returned to the Explorer looking for a repeat of their success from last year. In March 2013 John nabbed a big Broomtail Grouper and together the released a nice Sailfish:

Notice how they seem a little apprehensive about handling this bucking billfish? They barely want to lay a finger on the mighty beast.

That was then, this is now:

Looks like John and Liz are trying out for a Mate position on the FishingNosara team!

Great work by this super couple!

March 13, 2014

Captain David has blown down the walls of Sailfish City this season and the Super panga’s catch numbers are keeping pace with the bigger boats. His trip on March 13 with client Robert Wood featured five big Sailfish releases and a 50+lbs. Dorado on ice.

Mate Kevin is turning into a fish-handling machine; he brought these billfish in and out of the boat with the smooth skill of a Mate with twice his years.

Most amazing of all is that all this action came on just a 5 hour trip…who knows what could’ve gone down with a full eight hours?

Great work by Garza’s fastest rising stars: Captain David and Mate Kevin!

March 13, 2014

Matt Rich and his party joined the Super Panga for a half-day trip to the blue water, and immediately got the decks bloody with respectable 25lbs. Dorado.

With the appetizer on ice, the main course was served in the form of three big Sailfish releases.

Great work by Mate Kevin to wrangle these monsters for clean, safe releases.

Captain David is on top of his game and we can’t wait to see what surprises the Explorer has in store.

March 11, 2014

John and Liz Rozas have returned to Nosara and they are primed up for some big time action with their main man Captain David. These hard-fishing folk hail from New Jersey and they got the action going quick with some sweet Sailfish releases:

Captain David kept them in the thick of the action all day and Mate Kevin hooked these bad boys with great precision.

Check out the sweet fish handling by the Rozas on these Sailfish.

March 10, 2014

On March 10 Drew Honeycutt and his crew followed up their great Sailfish action with a bit of inshore fishing to start their day on the Wanderer. They scored a real nice fish in the form of this 25lbs. Rooster fish.

Once this pez gallo was swimming free, Captain William took the boys back out to Sailfish City for another run at some high-flying action.

They released a pair of Sailfish, but they’ll never let go of these great trophy fish memories.

Awesome work by the mighty flagship!

March 9, 2014

The Wanderer was the classroom for a great bunch of kids getting their first lesson in the blue water marine ecosystem.

Captain William took this family for an up-close look at the inbound Sea Turtle migration to Ostinal.

Later in the evening this little dude scored a nice White Tuna.

Nice way to end the day for the hard-working flagship the Wanderer.