Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
FishingNosara’s Costa Rica Fishing Report features the best catches from our Captains plus includes news, fishing advice, and updates on all of our Costa Rican projects.
We hope that the Fishing Report keeps our community of clients feeling connected until they return to Nosara and helps upcoming clients get properly excited for their Costa Rica Vacation!
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Tight Lines y Pura Vida!
The Captains, crew, and staff of FishingNosara
Our good friend Nigel Phillips logged his first trip of the season on November 3, and Master Captain William was ready to find the first Marlin of the year.
This excellent Blue Marlin was safe released after the photo as always. Excellent job by Nigel Phillips and the mighty flagship Wanderer.
Dani Loewenstein’s group joined theย Wanderer on November 1st and they were treated to a bunch of blue water action. Offshore, they scored several Yellowfin Tunas.
They finished up the day inshore and boated this MONSTER Rock Snapper
Theย Wanderer stayed hot on October 31 with the Lou Mullikin group scoring a wide array of tasty fish. This Amberjack was the highlight:
They also scored a nice pile of Yellowfin Tunas and White Tuna.
Captain William keep up the good work in late October with a bunch of nice catches and big smiles.
It was a Yellowfin Tuna party for theย Wanderer.
We started the season a few days early this year, as theย Wandererย welcomed the Kennedy and Becker families for a fun three days of blue water action in late-October.
A high-flying Sailfish release wasย good omen for the mighty flagshipย Wanderer, and was backed up by an array of good-eatin’ keepers:
The on-bard sushi station was deployed, and the local restaurants made masterpieces from these filets throughout the week:
On their off-day, the group checked-out the wildlife on the Mountain Hiking tour:
The FishingNosara team spent the rainy season (September and October) getting the fleet re-armed and re-loaded for the new season.
We focused heavily on gelcoat repairs and repainting, specifically the blue hulls of theย Wanderer andย Discoverer.
The mega pangaย Harvester also got a new coat of interior gelcoat; looking forward to another strong season from Captain Wilson:
Of course the cockpits are the highest-traffic area of the boats and they all got a healthy dose of TLC. On theย Explorer,ย there are multiple spots where fiberglass reinforcements from previous years are showing through the gelcoat
After leveling these spots out with the grinder, Captain Antonio gelcoated the entire interior from stem to stern:
Naturally we had to upkeep our hardest-working boat: theย Transporter which ferries guests, supplies, and crew to/from the boats.
Last but certainly not least is new cushions and fresh fabric throughout the fleet. Excellent work by Marino and Sra. Hernandez.
On the land-based side of things, we have beefed up the interior and towing package for the big bad blue Land Cruiser.
Shhhhhh….TOP SECRET PROJECT HERE:
We are attempting to mold our own Transporter-sized panga boat. Stay tuned for more updates.
Theย Explorerย scored big on August 25 with Emily Martin’s group scoring a lovely Amberjack:
They added a Dorado to diversify their filet bag.
The Martin group brought home dinner from their August 23rd trip on theย Explorer.ย Check out this tasty Yellowfin Tuna:
Craig Sutton and Marino Lora scored a wonderful Wahoo on August 21st with the Explorer. They nabbed this beast on a tiny #1 planer, 1 1/2 inch spoon, and 30lbs mono on a Tiagra 30.
Linda McAnally’s group returned on the 21st for more catching, this time focusing on inshore species.
This super-tasty Congrio was backed-up with multiple Red Groupers:
This lonely Yellowfin Tuna rounded out the haul:
From Linda’s email: “The FishingNosara crew took excellent care of us and were flexible in their efforts to get us on the fish! Great trip, and we’re already planning dates for our next trip.”