Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
On March 4, we welcomed Jason Frelich’s group for the first day of a three-day offshore campaign. The highlight of the trip was this monster Dorado
Throughout the day, the Harvester was beset by hard-charging Sailfish. Several multiple hookups with safe releases all around.
Some small Yellowfin Tunas rounded out the haul; what a great start to the week for Team Frelich.
Captain Fico has finished up his mid-season maintenance on the Explorer, and got the super panga wet on the 4th with two five hour charters.
Sailfish releases were multitude on both trips.
Erin Sanders brought her family out to the Wanderer on March 3 for a fantastic day of offshore action.
They scored seven sweet Sailfish releases, plus a nice Dorado on ice.
On March 3, Jill Waldon and her group scored a pair of Sailfish on the Discoverer.
This family also scored a pair of Dorados for the dinner table.
Captain Alex and Brad Watson’s boys got into it with a bunch a bad blue water beasties on the 27th. Big Dorados were iced throughout the day.
Once again we have proof that the more FishingNosara swag you wear on the boat, the more the fish cooporate.
Meanwhile, the Harvester was on the the hunt for some of the swarm of Sailfish swimming near our shores.
On February 26, Dan Johnson from Hatteras took his longtime friend Manuel Obando from Garza out along with Captain Fico‘s son Moises Friend Anthony and little nine-year-old Jefferson.
It was Jefferson‘s first day on the sea and he was happy to catch a Dorado and some bottom fish. Dan gave him a pair of sunglasses, and he’s now a Pescador.
The Wanderer is a great place to bring the kids, and on the 26th Captain William was excited to welcome Chris Graves’ family.
They stayed inshore as the kids kept the rods bent all day long. They came away with a nice haul of Yellowfin Tunas and White Tunas.
Captain Alex has the mega panga Harvester firing on all cylinders, and on the 25th welcomed Doug and Dan Rubino to the party.
Once again Sailfish was the primary catch of the day with seven releases on the scorecard.
FishingNosara’s Northeast Rep Mark Cooney was on board to share in the fun.
Excellent work by Mate Wilson to safely handle and release all of these wonderful creatures.
Andrew McDonald joined the Discoverer on February 25 and scored a trio of Sailfish releases.
Outstanding performance on just a 5 hour trip.
From the “Small World” department:
Dan Johnson from Hatteras was happy to welcome his new friend Antonio Carrillo to fish with him on Wednesday the 24th.
They met at the immigration line in Liberia airport last year while Dan was wearing a Fishing Nosara shirt when Antonio called him next in line
After many questions from Antonio, Dan said he fishes with Fishing Nosara and William Mendoza is my captain of many years
Antonio quickly said he is my father
It’s a small world
Dan has been trying to get Antonio to fish with him on a day off from the immigration police and it worked out great to fish with his father.
So on February 24, the Wanderer welcomed this most distinguished guest:
This may be a vacation for Officer Carillo, but the same can’t be said for the fish…the family scored over ten Red Groupers, plus a nice Yellowfin Tuna.
This trip was a ‘who’s who’ of local talent. Captain Fico of the Explorer came along, also a guest of Mr. Dan Johnson.
The fishing karma was so good that they scored a double Grouper catch even though the snap swivel was left unbuckled.
Near-shore Sailfish release were a welcome diversion.
Also Captain Fico scored an outstanding Yellowfin Tuna.
Here is Father and Son with an excellent Dorado:
“With the best Captain, my father.” Antonio posted.