Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Herbert Heinrich and his son scored the fish of a lifetime with Captain William aboard the mighty Wanderer.
This magnificent Blue Marlin was no match for the flagship and Mr. Heinrich on the reel.
No hard feeling about the Los Suenos hat young man…your Dad’s shirt makes up for it!
Great work by Mate Johnny and Captain William on this excellent Marlin release.
The Harvester got the New Year off to a great start, scoring big with this stunning 300lbs. Blue Marlin release.
Great fight from Captain Alex and superb fish handling by Mate Kevin to see this wonderful monster released.
Later on they followed up with a great Sailfish release.
The Mega Panga is rocking and rolling for 2017, which spells trouble for big blue water beasties.
The blue water came incredibly close to shore in first week of January, and Captain David of the Adventurer took advantage of the near shore clarity to capture the biggest fish in the history of the boat.
Client Joseph Cannistraci hooked up this MASSIVE 350lbs. Blue Marlin and fought it all the way to the boat.
Captain David performed the single-handed leader release and let this fish swim back out to deeper waters where it belongs…excellent work by the 23-foot switchblade Adventurer!
Texas anglers Mike Cotton, David Moss, and Leah Merryfield finished up the year on the Discoverer with a day chock full of great blue water action.
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The big catch of the day was this sweet Blue Marlin release by Mr. Moss.
After the safe release Captain Carlos discovered a hungry band of big Dorados. Check out this monster scored by Mike Cotton:
Doc Hatton, Dennis Shanahan, Fred Lewis and Rick Downing had a great day with huge results on the mega panga Harvester. The day started with a true fish-of-a-lifetime…take a gander at this awesome Blue Marlin:
Great fish handling by Mate Kevin to ensure the safety of both fish and anglers. After the safe release, Captain Alex criss-crossed the area hoping to find more fired-up billfish.
After an hour of trolling a second bad Blue Marlin took the hook.
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Another great release by the Mega Panga!
Captain Alex kept his foot on the gas as Team Hatton knocked-out a pair of high-flying Sailfish releases to end the day.
This one broke off the leader right next to the boat, but what an amazing display of above-the-water combat.
This release brought to a close a crazy day of action the the mighty Harvester.
FishingNosara participated in the 5th Annual Dreamstarter Billfish Invitational from December 7-10. This tournament is run by Mr. Brian Neal and our friends at Wanderlust Reality, and was a wonderful experience for all involved.
This is our first time entering this tournament, and it is with great pride that we announce that we brought home the hardware!
From the tournament website: “Dreamstarter Billfish Invitational Tournament would like to congratulate the Wanderer and Discoverer for finishing tied for 1st place in our tournament. Both boats fish under the flagship of FishingNosara and both teams agreed to stick with a tie. Congratulations to both teams!”
FishingNosara Hall of Famer Bob Pease joined Captain William on the Wanderer and scored two Sailfish and a Marlin over the two days of tournament fishing:
Meanwhile, the Discoverer welcomed Hall of Famer Eric Dixon and they also nabbed a Marlin backed-up with two Sailfish:
Kirk Langenbach scored the first Marlin of the season for the FishingNosara team with the Master Captain William on theย Wanderer.
This Blue Marlin was estimated to weigh 200lbs. by Mate Johnson upon the safe release.
Awesome job by Kirk and the whole Moody group on their fishing battles, and of course by the big blue beauty Wanderer.
Our new friend Arch Solomon became the star of the off-season with a magnificent triple Marlin day on the Harvester!
Check out this great email we received from the Solomon’s
Hi Craig,
WOW what a day of fishing! We caught 2 blues and 1 black today. My first marlin ever!
Have had a blast, we will tell all of our fisherman friends and we will for sure be back!
Everyone here has been so friendly.
Cheers,
Tracyย and Arch Solomon
Craig was back on the Harvester for a mega Marlin day on August 13 with fellow angler Lloyd Michael.
The first Blue Marlin snagged two baits and was simultaneously hooked by Craig and Lloyd!
After a safe release by Mate Kevin a second Marlin entered the spread and fought bravely, spitting the hook after putting on a fireworks show next to the boat.
Awesome hunting by Captain Alex and the Harvester!
Marlin alert on the Wanderer!
The flagship captured this behemoth on August 2 and released her after a legendary battle with Bob Owens’ group.
Great work by Captain William and Mate Johnson on this fish of a lifetime!
