Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Ken Abeles and his pal took to the seas on the mighty Wanderer and blistered a couple of high-flying Sailfish.
These Jersey boys showed a lot of angling ability to outwit these skyrocketing Sailfish.
Outstanding work by Captain William and First Mate Alex to deliver the goods for these excellent clients.
Mallory Haupt tore it up on the Explorer with Captain David and Mate Kevin on March 29. They got crackin’ with this excellent Sailfish release:
They would go on to add another wonderful Sailfish release, plus a tasty Dorado for the dinner table:
Great all-around performance from the 26-foot Super panga.
Jerome Elliot brought in a trio of nice Sailfish with Captain David on March 28. Look at these big fish and big smiles:
Everyone got into the act as Mate kevin saw to safe billfish releases all around.
Great work by the Explorer!
Mark Niegro brought his boys offshore for a little blue water action with Capatain David on the Explorer.ย
Nice work by this young angler on a really nice Sailfish release!
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!
Darren Cook blew the billfish out of the water today on the Wanderer with Captain William.
Sailfish were attacking the spread throughout the trip and every angler got a taste of the action.
Captain William put on a boat handling clinic as he kept the blue beauty out in front of the bills all day long. This late-day Double Sailfish Release was the apex of the action:
Great releases by First Mate Alex and these excellent anglers.
Darren Cook and his son knocked out a pair of aggressive billfish today on the mighty Wanderer.
Young Mr. Cook strapped in to battle a Sailfish that charged the boat so hard it almost passed by Captain William’s helm station.
After the safe release, Darren found himself in a fight with a day-glo Striped Marlin.
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Florida fisherman John Koons booked several days with the team this month, and his trip on March 24 saw a bunch of great Sailfish releases by the whole family.
The boys did great work on the reel to best these big Sailfish.
In the afternoon the grown-ups got in on the action with three additional Sailfish released.
Great work by Captain William and First Mate Alex to deliver the goods for this great group of guys.
Ed Showalter’s group kept scoring big every time they hit the water.
On March 21 they scored 6 Sailfish releases on a morning half day. That’s more than a fish per hour if you’re keeping score at home.
Amazing production from the King of Garza Bay!
The action on the Explorer stayed solid throughout late March. On the 23rd Henry Passarini and his girls scored Sailfish releases by the handful on a 5-hour morning trip with Captain David.
Captain Carlos filled in the Mate spot and saw to the safe release of all the billfish.
Great fishing action for these Florida gulf anglers on the Costa Rican blue water.