Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Dr. Bart Carey and his crew had a knock-out day on the Wanderer with not one, not two, but THREE Marlin releases.
The second Marlin came hot of the heels of the first, with only 45 minutes between releases.
They scored this tasty Dorado for the fishbox:
The final send-off was this amazing above-the-water Marlin fight. Check the action on this beast:
Great safe releases by First Mate Alex underscore another magnificent performance by Captain William and the famous Wanderer.
Willard Richards won a trip to Nosara, Costa Rica at the 2014 Florida Sportsman Expo in Ft. Myers, and we are stoked to report that his group scored a MASSIVE Marlin release on the FishingNosara flagship Wanderer on May 16.
What an amazing shot! First Mate Alex is doing his best Roy Rogers impersonation in ropin’ in the bucking billfish, but howabout the trigger finger on Captain William to get this photo?
This couple teamed up for the 35-minute billfish battle and scored a safe release at 11:38am.
Team Richards scored again later in the week with this tasty Dorado catch.
Great work by these excellent Florida anglers and the crew of the flagship Wanderer.
Hi Craig,ย
May 9 was a legendary day for the FishingNosara team with EIGHT Marlin releases by the fleet. Leading the way was the battleship Discoverer who posted a magnificent FOUR Marlin releases.
Chris Escabedo and Will Havens were the anglers for this performance which is clearly a no-brainer Hall of Fame induction.
Captain David deserves all the credit in the world for this successful day on the water. He didn’t quite match his prior one-day record (and team record) of six Marlin releases, but I don’t think anyone is frowning over this quartet of relases.
After three Black Marlins were released, the last Marlin of the day with this feisty Striped Marlin:
Excellent work as well by Mate Kevin to safely release all of these beasts so that we can go catch them again really soon!
Joe Connell and Nan Dalton returned to the Wanderer and managed to match their landmark performance from yesterday with ANOTHER pair of Marlin releases.
Mr. Connell was the man of the hour with the first fish released at Noon after a 40-minute battle.
Another bad Black Marlin came calling around 1:45 and Joe released this one after a very efficient 20-minute fight.
To say the Wanderer is white-hot is an understatement…Captain William and First Mate Alex have ascended to unknown heights with their performance this week!
The Wanderer lit the world on fire today with clients Joe Connell and Nan Dalton. This hard fishing duo had there hands full on the flagship with not one, but TWO big Marlin releases.
Nan was all over the first fish of the day and, with First Mate Alex’s help on the fighting chair managed to reel this first big monster all the way to the boat.
Joe matched her with a MASSIVE Marlin of his own. Both of these black beauties are definitely in the over 400lbs. club:
Either of these Marlin can be considered the ‘fish-of-a-lifetime’, and to get two in one day is truly astounding. Great performance on the first of four straight fishing days on the Wanderer for Joe and Nan.
Big catch on the Wanderer for Peter Sohlden’s crew. These guys put in the time this week with a full scorecard of Sailfish, Yellowfin Tuna, and Cubera Snapper. Only one thing was missing…
BOOM! Big Black Marlin on the mighty Wanderer!
They also added another Sailfish release to their haul to finish out a great week of fishing in Costa Rica.
March 27 was a Banner day for Billfish on the mighty Wanderer. John Koons and his swamp posse was back on board the blue beauty for a day that would see several Sailfish released and one MASSIVE Marlin!
Once again the most junior members of the crew broke the ice with a pair ofย excellent Sailfish releases before turning the rod over to the big boys.
At 1pm the boys pulled off a slick Double Sailfish release:
Everyone scored a Sailfish release, but the highlight of the trip came around 3pm.
This big Black Marlin took a lure and tried to run away with it, but Team Koons wasn’t hearing any of that!
After a vigourous 20 minute fight the whole team lined up for a picture with nature’s toughest predatory fish.
First Mate Alex finished the safe release with his signature move: a small kiss on the bill for this deadly pelagic!
Excellent work by the crew of the famous Wanderer to safely release this fish-of-a-lifetime!
Catherine Chase and Ron LaGro have been fishing with us since 2009, and the Wanderer always performs when they take to the blue water. Click this link to check out their prior trips; these two are pulled off the first Double Sailfish release!
Anyways, their trip on January 15 produced the baddest Black Marlin of the season so far…take a look at the shoulders on this gorilla:
Let’s watch from the hook-up to the release:
Ron LaGro fought the Black well, allowing it to tire itself out deep rather than allow it to put on an aerial display.
The fight was short and efficient and Alex executed a perfect release as usual.
Later in the day Catherine scored on billfish with this lovely Sailfish release.
Ron countered with a Sailfish release of his own to finish off the trip.
Amazing work by the flagship Wanderer and these super-angler clients.
Jim Dodich returned to the Explorer for an extra day of fishing and this time scored a nice Big Black Marlin! Look at the shoulders on this monster:
Later they released an additional Pacific Sailfish.
Great work by the unstoppable super panga!
The Marlin Magic of August returned again this year and the last month of the season was also the most productive.
Craig Sutton was joined by Arturo and Alejandro of Nosara Paradise Rentals for a day offshore on the mighty Wanderer and they posted the second Grand Slam of the Week: 2 Blue Marlin, 1 Black Marlin, and a Pacific Sailfish!
The Sailfish was first in the boat as Alejandro flexed his fishing muscles.
Around 11am two lines popped off and the Wandererย strapped in for a double Marlin battle.
Craig took hold of the Black Marlin while Arturo, Alejandro, and Alex combined to fight the Blue Marlin.
Both fish were released safely and the Grand Slam was completed! As a curtain call Craig brought in another Blue Marlin later in the day.
To quote Alejandro: “Un Increรญble Dรญa de Pesca!!!!!”
