Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Returning anglers Joseph Driscoll and Ben Evans started their week with a bang on January 9 with a bevy of big billfish releases on the Wanderer.
The Sailfish were extra fired-up, but Master Captain William was one step ahead of them with his virtuoso boat handling skills.
The action didn’t stop until the sun went down, which was just fine by these hardcore anglers.
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Local legend Alban Rodriguez joined Captain David on the Adventurer and KO’d a pair of big Amberjacks:
Leah Merryfield’s posse finished there fishing adventure on January 2 with (surprise, surprise) another gaggle of Sailfish releases.
Everyone took a turn on the reel for this victory lap trip:
What a great way to end the trip!
Check out this monster caught by local legend Urias Corrales Vega:
Also our old buddy Manuel scored this big Permit:
Of course Javier kept the rod bent this month with this nice-sized Snook:
Morgan and Kenny brought the year to a close with a monster performance on December 31, highlighted by the FishingNosara team’s first-ever Triple Sailfish Release!
We’ve caught up to four Sailfish simultaneously in the past, but never had enough hands on deck to safely handle more than two at a time for pictures.
First Mate Alex has been training the new Mates as he waits until the Harvester arrives, and fate would have it that he was on hand to coordinate this amazing photo.
These Virginia-based anglers scored a few more Sails to round out the trip later in the day.
Leah Merryfield’s group was back on the Wanderer for more great Sailfish action on December 30, highlighted by this late day Double Sailfish release:
This was the icing on the cake of a day that saw seven Sailfish releases by Leah’s team.
Leah took the lead with several Sailfish of her own on the group’s second multiple release day.
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The Explorer closed the year on fire with client Alkis Kourkoulos scored a swarm of Sailfish releases.
Wonderful fish-handling by Mate Kevin to see all of these fine fish swim free.
Captain Carlos has been rocking and rolling:
He pulled a very productive four Sailfish release day on December 30 with client Steve Mears.
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Captain Carlos has the Discoverer on pace to be the most consistent fish-catcher in the area, and on December 29 continued on his hot streak with a lovely pair of Sailfish releases:
Safe handling by Mate Juan Carlos means we’ll see these Sailfish again soon…great work by the battleship!
Greggory Adamo and his group had a big fun time on the Wanderer with a feisty Marlin release and several sweet Sailfish releases on the scorecard.
After the Marlin release, everyone got there chance to fight a Pacific Sail.
Funny how big fish and big smiles always seem to go hand-in-hand!
All fish safely released by First Mate Alex and Mate Johnson…the perfect end to a great day of catching.