Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Captain Carlos and Mate Kevin are constantly dialing in their tactics. The work paid off with this April 6 Black Marlin release on a morning half day trip.
In the afternoon session, they struck again with a gaggle of Yellowfin Tuna on ice.
Great job by the big battleship.
Master Captain William and the Wanderer delivered a monster Marlin release for Ken Russell on March 26.
What a great accomplishment! The Marlin release was backed-up with three nice Sailfish releases but Misti Nolan, Brenda Russell, and Larry ‘Captain Lorenzo’ Komenda.
For the fishbox they nagged six Yellowfin Tunas.
Great work by Team Russell
William Blocher scored TWO fish-of-a-lifetime on March 25 with Captain Fico reporting a pair of Marlin releases.
“Captain Fico put me on the fish straight away,” wrote Bill in an email.
Amazingly, this was on a 5 hour half day trip.
Excellent fish-handling by Mate Antonio to ensure the safe survival of this wonderful.
Also late in the day they hooked up another marlin estimated at 700lbs.-800lbs.
Touched the leader and released. Thought the only photo we have so far is this Bigfoot-esque blurry shot, this fish is a real monster.
The FishingNosara team hit a Marlin dry-spell in the middle of March, but Captain Fico on the Explorer scouted far offshore and found one on the 19th.
The very next day Captain Carlos capitilzed on that intelligence and found a Black Marlin of his own near the same area.
Teamwork makes the dream work, right?
After the Marlin release, Tom Schwaab’s group also scored a Sailfish release and put a few Yellowfin Tunas in the filet bag.
Great work by the big battleship Discoverer.
The Explorer had lots of good catches near-shore in mid March, but on the 19th Captain Fico went way offshore to check on the action 30+ miles out.
His faith was rewarded with this big Black Marlin lurking far offshore.
Great release by the Explorer!
Cary Clark joined the Discoverer on the 10th for an action-packed day of offshore fishing.
They fought a big Black Marlin in the afternoon, while earlier in the day they scored a Double Sailfish release.
Great work by Captain Carlos and Mate Kevin on the safe releases.
The Harvester battled a bunch of billfish with angler Sloan Roger’s group on the 13th. The highlight of their blue-water battles was this big Black Marlin release.
This monster Marlin release was the finale of a trip that also included a swarm of Sailfish releases.
Mate Wilson and Captain Alex had their hands full with these airborne Sailfish.
Great work by the mega panga and Sloan Rogers’ group!
Billy Meeks, Jeff Forrester, Collin Gibson, Derek Deyo, and Patrick were on board the Discoverer for the catch of a lifetime on February 2.
Get a load of this amazing Marlin release.
They also added a nice Yellowfin Tuna for the dinner table.
Great work by these Texas anglers.
Tom Osbourne’s group scored the fish of a lifetime on March 2. Captain Carlos reports a big Black Marlin release on board the Discoverer.
Great work by Mate Kevin on the safe handling and release of this monster.
Big smiles all around!
Raul Otero’s group did it again! On January 28 they nagged a wonderful Black Marlin release backed up with a Sailfish release.
Amazing work by Captain William and the mighty Wanderer.