Category: Daily Fishing Updates

September 5, 2012 – Earthquake updates

Thanks for the outpouring of support via email and Facebook the last few hours. We’re okay so far…all people accounted for and safe. The boats have been out of the water so they’re fine, however tsunami watch is in effect.  

We are currently evaluating the damage to the houses. So far it looks like a few of the microwaves were destroyed and our tackle shop go rearranged, but if that’s the worst of it then we are clearly very fortunate.

Almost everyone in the area has been affected, but amazingly one two fatalities have resulted from this event in the entire country. Still the pictures reveal the incredible impact of a 7.6 magnitude quake.  


   

Lots of pictures and accounts are popping up on Facebook, so if you want to get a good Nosara view of things check out the photos coming into our timeline: Nosara Paradise Rentals Facebook Page

 

 The sign that says “Javier – Manager” in the above picture on the second step is usually on the desk ten feet away…this is precisely where it landed once the shaking stopped.  

 Jeff Grosshandler: 

“Very glad to report NO DAMAGE to Namaste Oasis Costa Rica !!! Everyone seems to be safe here, no tsunami, but the ocean did recede quite a bit. No power so going to shut down computer and cell phone now, but all seems to be good. there is some damage to anything built from wood or without rebar. hey look on the bright side.. now that its over, we wont be having another one of those for a loonnnnnng time! 7.6 earthquake CRAZY!! If I hadnt been frozen stiff when it got intense I so wish I grabbed my iphone and filmed that. It was nuts!!!”

 Doug Treadway:

“Everybody is safe here! Not a lot of damage except to a few places in Pelada! I think everyone escaped a big one in Nosara! Super is open but in shambles! Letting only a few people in at a time! Get your water now!!! Last post for three days no electricity but all is good! Thanks to all concerned about us! Everyone very thankful!!! Love ya everybody!”

 Voice of Nosara:

“The church of Nosara is closed because it suffered serious damages. The 5 floor building right across from the soccer field in Nosara town also suffered severe damages and the Nosara Development Association along with other institutions and thinking to demand its demolition. The Super Nosara is the first super market that opened and people are buying propane gas and water.  

 Jack Phillips:

“I’m not saying my house was clean and tidy but that earthquake definitely made it messier.”

 Here’s the link to the scientific details of the event: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/c000cfsd/us/index.html

September 1, 2012

Australian badass Ross Boyce closed down the season today on the unstoppable Explorer and send the Super panga to the hill with a great send off. He replicated his awesome performance earlier in the week with another pair of Sailfish releases.

Ross boasts that he has fishing in small boats for big game all around the world, but his experience on the Explorer was truly one for the memories.

The Super panga ends the year with a staggering number of trips run (120) and bright future for the 2013 season. Stay tuned because if the weather breaks over the next two month we may just sneak the Explorer back in the water for some scattered day trips.

We were told that this hull could withstand a beating, but even in our wildest dreams we never imagined that this boat would stand so strong after so many trips. Big thanks to our main man Ernesto at NBC Boatworks…we´ll be calling him soon for a 15 foot panga for our new Garza transport vessel for sure!

August 30, 2012

Our new friend Ross Boyce is a world beating angler who comes to us from Brisbane, Australia. His email to us was so good that we’ve decided to reproduce it verbatim:

Great day yesterday, although nearly didn’t get to go. Overnight Wednesday we had the obligatory thunderstorm but with the loudest and most continuous thunder I have heard in my life and the most intense rain here for quite a number of years in such a short time; so much so the bridge on the road to Playa Garza had water over the top of the railings. (In actual fact it was to the top, approximately 4 feet over the road.)
 
Left at 7.30 but because of the rain, the foreshore water was brown and full of debris for about a mile out or more which precluded us from any bottom fishing. So headed for about the 12-14 mile mark out to sea where the swell was varying from 6 to 10 feet. Absolutely no action for trolling from 8.30 to 11.00; by this time we were about 18 –20 mile out then Wham!

Absolutely full of action for the next 2 .5 hours – a total of 6 sailfish caught and released including two double hook ups!!! Huge adrenaline rush.

Carlos (deck hand) and Captain David were brilliant and professional in the execution of boat work, gear rigging and handling of the fish during the capture and release. GREAT JOB….


 
During the past 2 years I have charter fished on the Great Barrier Reef, other parts of Australia, King fish at Tairua East Coast of New Zealand, Yellow Fin Tuna at Key West Florida, and on this vacation Salmon at Quadra Island, British Columbia before coming to Nosara and can I assure you the operation here is First Class!


 
Further heavy rain and thunder are expected in the next 24 hours..so will have to wait on the weather for the next charter.
The last picture indicates 5 fingers of the number of fish; but my camera battery ran out..bugger.


 
Ross Boyce
Manly, Brisbane Australia
currently in Nosara..August 31st

August 24, 2012

It is risky to keep fishing down here with the monsoon rains looming just a few days away, but the fearless Wanderer had to tend to some unfinished business on August 24.

Our great friend and neighbor Jeff Grosshandler of Namaste Oasis brought a very special VIP for this trip. Bruce Northam is the mind behind the blog American Detour and his books, essays, speeches and articles have been published in just about every major magazine imaginable. He is a seasoned world traveler and we were stoked to welcome him and his crew to our little slice of paradise.

More importantly, this fireballing Marlin attacked the Wanderer‘s spread and the legendary Captain William put the moves on this monster. First Mate Alex exhibited the calm professionalism that has made FishingNosara famous in the safe billing and release of this majestic marine creature.

According to Jeff, “the footage the camera guys took is incredible. That trip couldn’t have gone any better, when the marlin hit – Bruce literally jumped out of his seat and screamed “look at the f*ckin size of that thing!!!!!!” and it just got better from there.”

This is a great accomplishment for Jeff as this is his first Marlin release. I think that this monster just couldn’t resist his FishingNosara throwback jersey! Once everyone got their photos, this fish was safely release like all billfish caught by our team.

The Wanderer is due for a complete refit and repaint which will get underway in about a week, and it should come as no surprise to our regular readers that the flagship cemented her place at the head of the class with this epic late-season Marlin release.

August 22, 2012

Although some big swells tore through the area this last week, the Explorer found a break in the weather on August 22 and delivered an outstanding trip for clients Buff and Melanie Hendricks from New Smryna Beach, FL. They scored two nice Pacific Sailfish releases and tabled one of the biggest Dorados of the season.

Let’s have Mr. Hendricks’ take on the action: “We fish out of Ponce Inlet often, so the short ride to large fish was terrific. We were very comfortable with Captain David and  Carlos and felt we were in excellent hands.”

“The fishing was superb, (just look at the size of the Dorado) and you can count on us doing it again.”

 

Melanie had this note to add: “Captain David and Carlos are a great team! We were very impressed and had a great trip!”

August 17, 2012

It was an awesome pleasure to welcome two of our best old friends to the Explorer for an unforgettable day of billfish action. Greg Saig and Tommy Rady are co-founders of Salt Life and have been surfing and fishing around Costa Rica for as long as we can remember.

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They booked Captain David and Mate Carlos for a half-day afternoon trip on the Explorer and hooked up their first Sailfish just after 1 pm.

Greg and TR followed up this release with two more mighty Pacific Sailfish releases plus they had a battle with a big Blue Marlin. They didn’t best that beast, but still a three-Sailfish release day is none to shabby.

This water looks so good that it is hard to believe that in a week we will be pulling the boats for the off-season. Conditions were that of a tranquil lake out in the Pacific Ocean on this day.

August 15, 2012

Bill Meeker has been reading this fishing report for a long time and back in February got his son Will into to the report. It’s a great pleasure to see that the Meeker group is in Nosara and they had an excellent day of action today on the Wanderer featuring a very rare Nurse Shark sighting.

This group had lots of action on Bonitas and Jacks inshore and then hooked-up this Nurse Shark on a vertical jigging rig.

We have no interest in keeping sharks, so everyone got their pictures and then First Mate Alex got the fun job of  live releasing a ticked-off shark…all in a day’s work for the hardest working man in Garza.

August 13, 2012

Jacksonville Beach’s own Tony Blanco scored huge today with one of the biggest Broomtail Groupers of the season. These grey lunkers feel like a cinder block when it comes to reeling them in, and most anglers run out of strength long before seeing the beast.

Not Tony though! He pushed the Penn 760 Slammer reel to its limit and held fast against this tasty monster.

Once again the Wanderer delivers the goods for a Northeast Florida angler and with about 35lbs. of Grouper filets, Mr. Blanco is bound to be a popular fella around town.