Author: FishingNosara

April 13, 2012

The newly minted Adventurer took client Laurie Anderson and her group out to the Pink Island for a afternoon Snorkel Safari Tour. Captain Carlos took the panga around the west point to the famous Pink Island.

This coral burm pokes out of the sea at low tide, and the island itself provides a barrier to the offshore winds. This keeps the water clear and the current rather slow; the recipe for perfect snorkeling conditions!

Additionally, there are several ancient (and not-so-ancient) sunken ships around this coral island. Laurie’s group enjoyed the snorkel-friendly conditions and had a wonderful time beneath the waves.

Our Snorkeling trips are safe, fun, and very popular with our guests. For those really wanting to take it to the next level, sign up for the new Lobster Tour and bring home some dinner from your Snorkeling excursion.

April 12, 2012

Morgan Trible and Kenny Strickler have built reputations as the most consistent anglers in the area. Hailing from the hard fishing state of Virginia, these guys seem to post Hall of Fame-caliber results every time they hit the water.

On this, their third trip of the week, the boys had a pair of early afternoon Sailfish attack the spread but spit the hooks. They deployed this special live bait spread to coax up another billfish:

The ladies were back in the boat for only 5 minutes before a mack-daddy Sailfish came for a visit. The fight was thrilling but quick as these Virginian’s added another great Sailfish release to their scorecard.

I love the ‘everyone look somewhere besides the camera’ pose here.

Also check out the blue FishingNosara coozie on the right; we have been out of stock of blue coozies for quite some time now, which means one of the guys brought it along from home. Hold on to that coozie, bud…it’s good luck!

With First Mate Alex’s careful assistance, Morgan released this Sailfish clean and ready to fight another day.

April 11, 2012 – Day 1

Here we go again!

Please welcome the newest member of the FishingNosara fleet, the 31-foot Discoverer!

With the success of the Wanderer, the FishingNosara US Build Team has selected another 31′ T-Craft to serve as our next great Costa Rican sportfishing platform


In these pictures Craig Sutton, Captain Jack, and Craig Jr. are inspecting the currently installed inboard powerplant.

We plan on selling this motor (which has less than 100 hours on it) soon and converting this hull for outboard Yamahas.


This boat is rough in a lot of ways, but it is exactly the kind of project we are looking for.

The core pieces are in place and the majority of this boat’s need are time and energy-based rather than costly price-wise.


We negotiated a fair price for this boat and we pumped to throw in a week in Nosara in exchange for a price break. We look forward to getting Earl down to our little slice of paradise either this year or maybe sometime next year…he may even get to fish on the Discoverer!

April 11, 2012

Morgan and Kenny stayed inside today on the Wanderer and along with their amigas had a relaxing inshore sunset cruise. The fellas caught a big old Jack Crevalle (pictured) and a nice White Tuna (no picture as this one went straight to the sushi tray).

Great way to relax on the water in between offshore trips.

April 10, 2012

Hall of Famers Morgan Trible and Kenny Strickler have struck again! They booked the Wanderer on April 10 and released 2 two Blue Marlins (200lbs. and 400lbs.) plus added two Dorados (13lbs.-30lbs.)

Looks like Kenny just can’t let go of this great fish. Finally Morgan and First Mate Alex pried her away and released her safe as always.

April 8, 2012

William Ascura and his boys joined Captain David on the Explorer for a half day excursion on April 8 . They started out on the right foot with this wonderful Sailfish release.

Mate Carlos set this monster free and Explorer moved inshore to about 250 feet of water for some deep-jigging action. The boys caught a nice Spanish Mackeral and backed it up with a 20lbs. Cubera Snapper.

Great work by anglers young and old!

April 7, 2012

John Barrineau and his family were back on the Wanderer looking to top their three-for-three Sailfish performance from earlier in the week, and we are stoked to report that these Jacksonville anglers achieved another remarkable feat: The Double Sailfish Release!

This was just the tip of the iceberg for the trip as the Barrineau’s added three more releases to the scorecard.

What fantastic results this week for these Jacksonville anglers as once again the mighty Wanderer delivers on the promise of high-end Costa Rica sportfishing!

April 6, 2012

An unusually large Spanish Mackerel was caught on the Explorer on April 6. Charles Ahearn knocked this out on a flyrod, which is a new tactic for this area. Captain David is always game to learn something new, so he pulled back the outriggers and let loose the flies!

This fella probably weighs over 25 lbs. which makes it one of the beefier macarelas of the season.

Nice work on this tasty fish which they also backed up with a few Groupers.