Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Greg McKeown brought the whole family for a morning on the Wanderer, and the spacious flagship performed well despite the full load.
Greg brought home the bacon in the form of this 25lbs. Dorado.
Excellent near-shore fishing from the mighty Wanderer!
Roger Bowgen brought his family to Nosara from the bitter cold of Connecticut and not only did they get treated to a week of tropical sunshine, but also had a mammoth day of Sailfish releases on the flagship Wanderer.ย
The note attached to the fishing booking sheet read: “Son’s Birthday…target billfish”
Captain William took this family to Sailfish City. As usual the furious action kicked off early and didn’t relent until the end of the day.
Happy Birthday! Young Mr. Bowgen broke the ice with this excellent Sailfish at 9:30am, then it was sis’ turn to battle a blue water behemoth.
With a little help from the birthday boy she released this thick Sailfish around 11am.
Another sneaky Sailfish came calling and met the same fate as his brethren…a safe release by the super First Mate Alex.
After lunch the adults got their turn when aย pair of skywalking Sailfish took the bait.
These two sails were nearly simultaneous released, however this beast on the port side was too fired up to hold on to for long.
As a final curtain call, Team Bowgen executed the very challenging Double Sailfish release late in the day.
No help required for this pair of seasoned Sailfish scrappers…Under First Mate Alex’ supervision they pulled off the double release like old pros.
The Bowgen’s got more than just great release photos from this trip: Check out the big Dorado and tasty Yellowfin put on ice by these Northeastern anglers:
Excellent work by the flagship under the command of Captain William!
Here’s and email we received from Roger:
Brent Mileur and his daughter had a great day of action on the legendary Explorer with Captain David and Mate Kevin.
Dorado was on the menu and this group snagged a trio of tasty green goblins.
Nice work from the crew of the baddest Super Panga in town!
Kyle Lewis and his friends took to the blue water on the unstoppable Explorer and bagged some great-eatin’ fish for their week in Nosara.
First up was this big Yellowtail snapper; this is the second whopper of this variety this week and is certainly a Christmas treat for our anglers.
Kyle finished off their trip with this big Dorado. Yummy!
Captain Carlos welcomed Justin Bunting and his lady for a half-day trip on the Adventurer and the sneaky 23-footer got the drop on a trio of tasty Dorados.
Big boat or small, these fish can’t tell the difference when Captain Carlos is on the hunt. Great job by these anglers and the up-and-coming Adventurer.
Mark Boyer and his family are from the hard-fishin’ town of Orange Park, FL just 10 miles south of our shops in Jacksonville. This hardy angler won his trip to Nosara at the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament last July, and they scored big fish in Costa Rica like many of our Northeast Florida guests.
The Boyer family got off to a fast start with a trio of excellent Sailfish release.
After Mom scored the first release, it was time for the kids to flex their fishing muscles on a subsequent pair of Sails.
This one really lit up the sky with some above the water fireworks!
After the safe releasesm by First Mate Alex, Mark Boyer stepped up to the plate and bested the first Marlin of the young season on the mighty Wanderer.
It wasn’t just big billfish on the menu for the Boyers…check out these beautiful Dorados they put on ice!
Another great performance by the flagship with this great Florida family!
The Wanderer put on an inshore fishing clinic today with client Mike Pearce and his friends. The big splash was made with a quartet (that means FOUR) Rooster fish releases with the big one estimated well over 50lbs.
Safe releases all around by the incomparable First Mate Alex.
They also added some tasty eats in the form of a Dorado, a Yellowtail Snapper and a big Cubera Snapper on ice.
Fantastic fishing from the blue beauty and these excellent Canadian anglers.
Captain Carlos is back on the water and got things moving with a nice Dorado in the fishbox with Gary and his wife.
Great start to what we expect to be a great season for the straight razor!
Kestrel Dickerson and her family hail from the beautiful town of Grand Junction, CO and even though the fishing there is more of the river variety this family strutted their stuff on the blue water with the famous Wanderer.
Right off the bat their youngster boated this excellent Ciero Mackeral. Known for it’s zero-shaped spots and delicious filets, this fish is a real winner…nice catch son!
The grown-up had their turn when a pair of Dorados hit the baits and set up a heart-stopping Double Dodo Battle!
Hunting pairs of Dorados are infamous for zig-zagging to tangle the anglers…the fact that both fish made it to the cooler is a real testament to Captain William’s strength on the wheel and these anglers ability to keep cool under pressure.
Mr. Dickerson put the icing on the cake with a fantastic Rooster Fish release:
Great work by First Mate Alex on the safe release of this Rooster!
Martin Ramirez (left) and Javier Hernandez led the charge as usual this month.
Local Legend Chimpy also clocked many hours at the river mouth and has these great fish to show for it:
Our old pals Cumi and Manuel also registered excellent Permit and Snook catches at the rio:
Javier also brought along son Dario for a few fishing adventures and brought home some good-eatin’ permits:
Read more and get involved with the cause by visiting the Fuppernos Facebook page and do your part…if you are in town visiting for a few days why not give back to the Nosara community by pitching in on a river clean-up?
