Tag: Cubera Snapper

April 23, 2015

The late-night rains have helped to stir up the sea life in the near-shore area. The fresh cool water rushing out of the mountains creates a perfect estuary for boiling balls of baitfish.


Captain William found this bait pod on April 23 with client Claire Casazza and her friends. They worked this bait school hard and caught this excellent Cubera Snapper:


In the early afternoon they added a nice 20lbs. Rock Snapper to the menu:

 

The final fish of the day was the biggest…this whopper Snapper tips the scales way over 30lbs.

Excellent work by these ladies!

April 7, 2015

The Wanderer scored a massive Cubera Snapper to start off an afternoon 5hr. trip on April 7.

Then the flagship took advantage of the legendary late-day bite with some scale-tipping monsters caught just before sunset:

This Rooster fish was released, but this Cubera Snappers had no such luck:

Sweet tattoo alert!

Great work by the never-surrender Wanderer!

March 31, 2015

Alabama’s own Andrew Nichols brought his kids along for an inshore hunt, and First Mate Alex was well prepared with lots of Mullets in the livewell.

This little Cierro Mackeral was the ice-breaker, and was a sign of a great day to come.

How’s a gargantuan Cubera Snapper sound to get the ball rolling?

You know its a memorable fish with Captain William gets a picture for his scrapbook!

The Wanderer headed a few miles offshore in the afternoon and snared a nice Sailfish release.

March 24, 2015

Inshore madness on the March 24 on-board the Wanderer!

This 30lbs. Rooster Fish release got things going early, then was followed up with this gigantic Cubera Snapper:

Later in the trip they repeated with a Rooster Fish release followed up with another Cubera.

The reefs have been fertile all month, but rarely do we get two massive Rooster Fish releases AND two Cubera Snappers.

As an added delicacy, check out this Blue Jack Crevelle…this is a rare catch for our area and is the first of the year for the whole team.

March 21, 2015

The Adventurer scored big again on March 21st will a wide haul of filets.

They scored a Cubera Snapper early in the trip and followed in up with a beefy Cierro Mackeral.

This is certainly an above-average size for this tasty species. The final fish of the day was another big Cubera.

Small boat, big fish…just another day for the 23-foot Adventurer.

March 20, 2015

The Wanderer has been filling the trophy case with releases all week, but the filets have been a little scarce. Fortunately, client David Rybas elected to stay inshore on March 20 and his group laid the smack down on a bunch of big Cubera Snappers.

This first one is enough to feed Garza for the day, but the next two that came in could feed all of Guanacaste!

Amazing haul by the mighty Wanderer.