Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
After seven lonely months, the 32-foot Harvester is back on the water. It’s been a long road back and we are stoked to get back to action.
Craig Sutton and Antonio were the first anglers up, and they scored multiple Yellowfin Tunas.
They worked over a school of porpoises with live blue runners on the hook, and scored Yella Fellas weighing 54lbs, 35lbs., 30lbs., and 25lbs.
Great work by the team to bring home the bacon!
Frank Wilhelm and Rick Ryals joined Craig for a big day of Yellowfin Tuna catching on August 19.
Captain William of theย Wanderer reported great action on the big flagship.
The Harvester blitzed the billfish on May 19, with Craig Sutton reporting a big Blue Marlin release on the mega panga.
In addition, they also released a pair of Sailfish.
Great work by Captain Alex and the People’s Champion Harvester!
Craig Sutton joined up with Captain David on May 17 and they kept busy with bunches of Dorados on deck.
Craig finished up his birthday weekend on the big battleship and Captain Carlos put him on the fish. Check out this big Sailfish release:
Then on February 5th, Yaya Funes capitalized on the early season Dorado run with several nice specimens caught on a morning 5 hour trip.
Then on the 6th John Egan stepped up the the Discoverer and did battle with several nice Sailfish releases.
They also added more of our staple Dorados for the fishbox.
Wanna skip Sea World? Check out this pod of Orca playing around with 32 foot Harvester. You never know what you’ll see offshore of Nosara…Great to see these beauties in the wild.
After this fun nature sighting, the Harvester got down to business with Craig Sutton and Rodger Dwork reporting excellent fishing results.
These Dorados are a treat, but nothing compared to these big swole Yellowfin Tunas:
Great work by Captain Alex and the Mega Panga.
Craig stayed inshore on the 24th and scored two excellent species using live Bonita rigs.
This Cubera Snapper is delightful table fare and should keep everyone fed for the week.
Later in the trip, this Rooster fish managed to hit the hook but miss the Bonita…fortunately the Harvester released this, the dumbest fish on the reef.
Better luck next time, Einstein!
November 23 started a little slow for Craig and the Harvester, but the long morning gave way to an action-packed afternoon.
This 250+lbs. Marlin hit the starboard teaser like a bomb and put up a strong fight. The Harvester prevailed with a sweet release after a 30 minute fight.
Great fish-handling by Captain Alex to see the safe release of this monster.
Craig Sutton finished off a good week of fishing by taking advantage of the best bite of the year.
His five-hours on the Discoverer was highlighted by this nice Marlin release backed up with a sweet Sailfish.
Craig Sutton and Javier went fishing on the 11th with Captain Fico, along with a special guest: Javier’s seven-year old son Dario.
Fans of this fishing report already know that Dario is a master of river mouth fishing, however this Sailfish represents his first billfish release.
Great work by young Dario!