Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Now there is no way to top a quadruple Marlin day, so the dynamic duo of Chris Escabedo and Will Havens decided to focus on the refrigerator on their May 10 trip.
The highlight of their haul with this fat 20lbs. Cubera Snapper, plus they backed it up with a handful of small Jacks and small Tuna.
The Discoverer beats the heat with a icebox full of meat!
Michael Williams enlisted the plucky Adventurer for an inshore harvest and was rewarded with a wide variety of table fare.
This well-rounded haul included Dorado, Cubera Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, and the ultra-elusive Queen Snapper.
When you invest a full-day into Extreme Panga fishing, this is the kind of production you can expect. Great work by Mate Fico in keeping the pedal to the metal all day long!
Joe Connell and Nan Dalton have fished each of the last 5 days, and on their final fishing excursion Captain Carlos and the legendary Explorer roped this excellent Sailfish.
Great work for just a half-day trip by the Super panga. Joe and Nan are truly hardcore anglers and their collective performance this week has been stellar.
Jim Dodich is a returning Hall of Famer and along with his buddy they snared an enshrinement-level Cubera Snapper with Captain Carlos on the legendary Explorer.
This is a serious fish…it takes serious muscle and a mean mug to haul in a fish like this.
Great work Captain Carlos!
More Marlin action was in store for Nan Dalton on May 10.
The Wanderer battles tall seas and a big blue Marlin all at once.
About one tenth of a second after this photo (below) the Marlin broke the snap swivel in half and escaped…not an ideal result but in the world of fighting monster fish, the fish sometimes win.
This is a fish-catching couple and we know that these Florida anglers will be back on the bite tomorrow.
May 9 was a legendary day for the FishingNosara team with EIGHT Marlin releases by the fleet. Leading the way was the battleship Discoverer who posted a magnificent FOUR Marlin releases.
Chris Escabedo and Will Havens were the anglers for this performance which is clearly a no-brainer Hall of Fame induction.
Captain David deserves all the credit in the world for this successful day on the water. He didn’t quite match his prior one-day record (and team record) of six Marlin releases, but I don’t think anyone is frowning over this quartet of relases.
After three Black Marlins were released, the last Marlin of the day with this feisty Striped Marlin:
Excellent work as well by Mate Kevin to safely release all of these beasts so that we can go catch them again really soon!
Joe Connell and Nan Dalton returned to the Wanderer and managed to match their landmark performance from yesterday with ANOTHER pair of Marlin releases.
Mr. Connell was the man of the hour with the first fish released at Noon after a 40-minute battle.
Another bad Black Marlin came calling around 1:45 and Joe released this one after a very efficient 20-minute fight.
To say the Wanderer is white-hot is an understatement…Captain William and First Mate Alex have ascended to unknown heights with their performance this week!
May 9 was a Record Shattering Day for the FishingNosara Team!
Discoverer
4 blue marlins 200-350 pounders (pictured)
8 Yellowfin Tunas 10-15 pounders
Wanderer
2 Blue Marlins 400- 450 pounders they had 4
6 Yellowfin Tuna 7 pounders
Explorer
2 Blue marlins 250-300 pounders had 4
15 Yellowfin tuna 7pounders
Adventurer
BIG Cubera Snapper + 25lbs. White Tuna
Complete pics and reports coming soon! Pura vida!
The Wanderer lit the world on fire today with clients Joe Connell and Nan Dalton. This hard fishing duo had there hands full on the flagship with not one, but TWO big Marlin releases.
Nan was all over the first fish of the day and, with First Mate Alex’s help on the fighting chair managed to reel this first big monster all the way to the boat.
Joe matched her with a MASSIVE Marlin of his own. Both of these black beauties are definitely in the over 400lbs. club:
Either of these Marlin can be considered the ‘fish-of-a-lifetime’, and to get two in one day is truly astounding. Great performance on the first of four straight fishing days on the Wanderer for Joe and Nan.
The Adventurer scored four small Dorados on a brief 2.5 hour trip on May 8.
Clearly we’ve caught bigger Mahi before, but the pile of filets look the same from a 40lbs. as from these four 10lbs. fish.