Great morning of snorkeling and fishing on the Adventurer today. This couple nailed a nice Jack Crevalle, and then enjoyed the undersea vistas around the Pink Island.
Captain Carlos delivers another peaceful morning on the Adventurer.
April 23, 2012
Captain Eduardo and the big girl Sportsman welcomed clients Jason and Carol for a productive billfish hunt on April 23.ย They released 3 sails and a 250lbs striped marlin.
Great catches by the legendary Sportsman, and excellent releases by Mate Marcos Jr.
Southeast US Boat Show Recap
FishingNosara and Nosara Paradise Rentals were excited to raffle off a Free Trip to Costa Rica this weekend at the Southeast US Boat Show in Jacksonville, FL. It was a thrill to be supported in the local media with TV, radio and newspaper advertising courtesy of the Florida-Times Union. Check out the love:
Matty was among the first vendors on the scene at Met Park, so naturally the FishingNosara trailer found its way to the best spot in the venue.
We partnered with our friends over at Mid Florida Golf Cars to provide site transportation for the show staff.
This also gave us the opportunity to unveil our newest Safari Carts complete with custom paint scheme by Craig Sutton of All Jakd Up Motorsports.
We’ve named this color Purple Passion Pearl, and trust me that heads will turn once these get to Nosara. The Six Passenger version was used to transport the contestants for the bikini contest.
Once the event got rolling Craig and Matty were beset on all sides by great prospects and would-be raffle winners. Seems like everyone in Jacksonville signed up for a free trip to Costa Rica!
There were threats of rain on the second day of the show, but it was mostly nice weather for the whole event. The wind compromised our flagpoles, so Craig acted quickly to improvise a method to keep our flags in the air.
The rain did little to damp the spirits of the crowd who enjoyed live music, great food, and cold beer all weekend long.
We are pumped to announce that the winner of the free trip to Costa Rica is Wendy B., a nurse here in Jacksonville. She has been contacted and is currently getting her arrangements in order for the big trip.
All told it was a great weekend with some great folks. Big thanks to Stephanie and Jimmy of Current Productions for putting on a fantastic boat show.
April 21, 2012
Tyler and Emily Patterson won the Full of Bull Redfish Tournament last year and part of their prize included a half-day of fishing on the famous Wanderer. Captain William and First Mate Alex were primed to show these Jacksonville anglers the best fishing that Costa Rica has to offer.
The highlight of the trip was this excellent Sailfish release by Emily. Great work as always by the crew to ensure the safe release of this beautiful fish.
“We just got back Monday night after 7 awesome nights in Nosara.ย Craig, your staff down there is amazing…Arturo is by far the most friendly and caring person I’ve ever met.ย Manual, Javier, Eduardo, the cleaning staff, and William and Alex on the Wanderer were superb too!”
” We ended up going 2 for 10 on sails, my first ever landed, the other was pushing 100lbs!ย I will absolutely do all that I can to spread the word on fishing the tournament next year and recommending Nosara Paradise Rentals to anyone planning a trip to Costa Rica.ย Thanks again and it’s incredible that all of that happened because of a $50.00 redfish tournament.”
-Tyler and Emily Patterson
April 20, 2012
The VenHousen family finished their four days of fishing on the Wanderer with their best day yet.ย Yesterday Grandpa got a bucket-liss-caliber Sailfish, so it was fitting that the youngest VenHousen match her Papi with a great Sail of her own!
Our Captains and crews are all family men who are very good with children. They make sure that every age has a fun, safe and memorable trip. Once this Sailfish took off the family pitched in and brought her alongside for a safe release.
Once she was swimming free, it was Mommy and Daddy’s turn for some bill collecting.
Check out the his and hers Sailfish releases to cap off a great week in trip Costa Rica:
April 19, 2012
John VenHousen and his family have cut a wide swath of destruction this week on the Wanderer. April 19 was arguably the slowest of their four trips, yet still yielded this excellent Sailfish release.
Excellent catch and release by team VenHousen!
April 18, 2012
Mike Grosshandler and the Explorer fight a wonderful Sailfish. Check it out:
This fish put on quite a show, but was not the only monster to invade the Explorer‘s spread. Three seperate Marlins came shopping but the Grosshandler boys couldn’t bring the hooks home.
The next day Uncle Art released this very nice Sailfish, estimated to weigh between 110lbs. and 140lbs.
May 18, 2012
Our new friend Kristina Peleaz had one of those fishing days that will either make you an angler-for-life or quit the game all together. She had a Marlin on the outrigger but it resisted the urge to strike. Then she lost two big Dorados after prolonged battles.
Finally she caught a pair of Rock Snappers for the dinner table and a quartet of Bonitas for sport. Still I am sure she is haunted by the ghosts of the big fish that could have been.
April 17, 2012
Client Thomas Ellrott enlisted the concealed weapon Adventurer and Captain Carlos put him on top of the fish in virtually no time at all. Along with his young son, Mr. Ellrott caught a big old Conrio on just a 2.5 hour excursion.
Excellent work by the little boat set on building a big reputation.
April 17, 2012
Team VenHousen went back-to-back multiple sailfish days on the Wanderer on their second of four trips. Look at this trio of Pacific Sailfish released by this family from the Badger state:
Amazing job by Captain William to hunt these babies down and by First Mate Alex to coordinate the safe release of these majestic creatures.
They had five Sails interested in the spread and totaled three releases; that’s a great catch ratio! Plus they added this nice Dorado for the dinner table:
The VenHousen family has two more days booked on the mighty Wanderer this weekend so look out for more great catches.