Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

January 8, 2016

The Discoverer welcomed Stephen Ruppert and he scored two big Sailfish backed up by a big-time Wahoo.

These trophy releases were great, but the white-meat steaks of a Wahoo are the real treat for these anglers.

Great work by Captain Fico!

The Andre de Wit team kept rolling with a nice Rooster fish release on the 8th with Captain Fico on the Explorer.

We expect to see this little guy again once he’s all grown up!

Andre de Wit’s group of extreme panga warriors continued their amazing run of inshore action on January 7 with Captain David on the Adventurer.

The early day action consisted of several sweet Rooster fish releases.

The unquestioned highlight of this excursion was this monstrous Queen Snapper:

Andre de Wit’s group has split up between the Adventurer and Explorer to maximize their coverage of the inshore reefs.

Captain David and the Adventurer scored several Snapper and other tasty reef dwellers:

The also boated a big Jack Crevelle and two medium-sized Rooster fish releases:

Great work by the extreme panga fishing tandem and the fearless Andre de Wit group!

FishingNosara Hall of Famers Kenny Strickler and Morgan Trible returned to Nosara for a New Year’s celebration of fun times and big fish.

This Double Sailfish release may be the coolest picture of the year so far:

There was lots of Sailfish action throughout the week:

Plus they scored an inshore gem…this is one fine Rooster Fish:

The Explorer had a big day on January 3rd with two Sailfish and two Rooster Fish released with client Robert Mears.

All in a day’s work for the barroom bralwer.

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.

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: