Blue Marlin – Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

December 8, 2025

Sam Justice scored a wonderful Blue Marlin release with the Discoverer on December 8.

Dan Johnson from Hatteras, NC took friends Manuel Obando and Antonio Carrillo Carrillo for a day on the Wanderer.

They released one Sailfish, one Blue Marlin, and one Striped Marlin. They also landed a Dorado for the dinner table.

The Explorer welcomed June Ellestad’s gorup on December 5 and they released a wonderful Blue Marlin:

Safe released as always by Mate Raffa:

The mighty flagship Wanderer scored a world-class Blue Marlin release on November 25.

Great fish handling by Mate Elias on the safe billfish release. Later in the day, they boated a wonderful Dorado for the dinner table.

The Explorer finished off the 2025 season with a fantastic Blue Marlin release.

The released a feisty Sailfish as a curtain call.

The Discoverer closed out the 2025 season with this incredible Marlin release.

They backed it up with a Sailfish release and a big Yellowfin Tuna.

GRAND SLAM ALERT!

The Discoverer and angler Bill Manning scored lovely trio of billfish releases on August 22. First up was this monster Black Marlin release:

They followed up with this superb Blue Marlin release:

These Marlin releases were augmented by a super Sailfish release:

What a fantastic finish to the 2025 fishing season.

On August 19, the Discoverer had a huge day with Billy Starnes’ group.

This world-class Blue Marlin release was backed-up by a pair of super Sailfish release.

The ocean is always full of surprises, including this very-rare-for-this-time-of-year pair of BIG Dorados.

The Discoverer released an incredible Blue Marlin on the 16th with Scott Anderson’s group.

They also nabbed multiple Yellowfin Tunas for the dinner table:

Captain Carlos and Mate David delivered a fish-of-a-lifetime on August 6. Check out this awesome Marlin release on the Discoverer.

They finished up inshore with this amazing Rooster Fish release.