Tag: Yellowfin Tuna

June 21, 2022

John Gilvary’s group scored a nice stack of Yellowfin Tunas on June 21 with the Wanderer.

 

From John’s Facebook post: “Well day one of fishing in Costa Rica went about as well as one could hope. All the yellowfin you could want and no Marlin hooked up but had 4 come into the spread and show their bills.”

“Luckily we have 3 more full days offshore to lockdown some Marlin as well as a couple of sailfish to cross them off their lists.”

 

“The boys did an amazing job with their first yellowfin tunas and many laughs were shared with the crew.”

June 11, 2022

Today was SO EPIC, it’s going to be in 2 posts!! Today was the first of 2 days we fished together with Lisa and Todd Tomsett. After trolling around a little while without a bite, we went to an area where yellowfin tuna were biting, Spinner dolphin and birds everywhere!!! What a sight for them to see!! It wasn’t long before the tuna bit.

Lisa was first up and brought in one that weighed approx 30 lb. What a fight for Lisa!!! She fought it like a BOSS!! Little did she know that this was going to be her warm up!! 😉 More about that in the next post!! Next up was Todd who caught a bigger yellowfin tuna weighing approximately 35 to 40 pounds. This was also going to be his warm up, little did he know!!! I’m not going to spill the beans about the next post but I’ll tell you it was even MORE EPIC than this!!! Seriously!! But that will happen tomorrow because I am absolutely toast and I’ve got to get some sleep. Tomorrow is a day off for us and we will all sleep in!!! In the meantime, please enjoy the pictures in this post. We had a beautiful day!!!

What’s a good word that goes beyond epic? This picture says it all!! On the Harvester with Captain Wilson and Mate Gerardo, two besties got a DOUBLE SAILFISH HOOKUP!!! Lisa is fighting her FIRST Sailfish!!!! She did a magnificent job!!! 💪 Her 30 lb yellowfin tuna was her warm up, giving her an idea what a big fish pull feels like, learning what the leader is and teaching her how to reel!! Being a strong ICU RN, she had no problem with the heavy tug!! Got it to the boat like a CHAMP!!! She released hers safely with the help of the mate and then it was my turn to bring mine in. Mine didn’t want to come in and jumped many times which was a lot of fun to see!! So a little while after we released ours, Another epic moment happened! While were watching the dolphins swimming alongside the boat, Todd and Jim got a double sailfish hook up too!!! The guys got theirs in and released theirs without a problem of course! WHAT A DAY!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃

Captain Wilson and mate Gerardo are amazing!! We each released a sail: Lisa’s was the biggest @90-95lb, it was her FIRST!!! Mine was 80-85 lb AND we were on together!! Best friends with a DOUBLE sailfish hookup!!!! How epic is THAT?!! Add to that, Jim and Todd had a DOUBLE sailfish hookup too, both 70-75 lb! I took the dunk in the pool with Lisa and Todd took the dunk for his first yellowfin tuna @ 35 lb and Lisa landed her first yellowfin tuna @ 30 lb!!!! Another EPIC DAY at Fishing Nosara!!! Pics to follow!👍😃