Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
The Wanderer provided a great ending to Dennis Paul’s trip with a nice third day of fishing on the 11th.
More great Sailfish releases populated the scorecard for this FishingNosara Hall of Famer.
They also nabbed a small Yellowfin; perfect for celebratory sushi!
Legendary FishingNosara Hall of Famer Dennis Paul has returned to his favorite boat, enlisting Captain William and the Wanderer for a trip on April 9.
He brought some of his family along to get their first taste of blue water offshore action, and their beginner’s luck shone through with some early Sailfish releases.
The highlight of the trip was this monster Dorado; easily over 50lbs.!
Great work by Captain William and the flagship!
Returning FishingNosara Hall of Famer Dennis Paul brought his family for a blue water campaign onboard the mighty Wanderer.
Three early Sailfish releases got things rolling.
Team Paul added several nice Yellowfin Tunas to their haul:
The clear highlight was this Double Sailfish release; Great work by Captain William and the mighty flagship!
FishingNosara Hall of Famer Dennis Paul returned to the Wanderer on July 20 and added to his legendary reputation with more great Sailfish action.
Dennis always catches fish, and these pelagic predators are a great addition to his resume.
July 16th saw more good Dorado action on the Wanderer. No one is going hungry this week!
Dennis and Barbara finished off their fishing week with a fine ‘His and Hers’ Sailfish release.
Great work by two of our favorite anglers and mulit-time inductees to the FishingNosara Hall of Fame
Hall of Famer Dennis Paul and Barbara Dayhoff have made life absolutely miserable for the billfish population this week, and on their second-to-last trip of their vacation they laid a beating on another quartet of Sailfish.
Barbara kicked off the action with this sweet release.
Then Dennis got back in the swing of things was a pair of Sailfish releases.
Barbara nabbed a MASSIVE Dorado mid-day to keep the refrigerator filled.
Then Barbara scored this final release as a victory lap.
Excellent work again by this dynamic fishing duo!
Four-time Hall of Famer Dennis Paul and the lovely Barbara Dayhoff are back in Nosara for a week of fun fishing action.
Barbara led off the day with a wonderful Sailfish release.
Later in the trip a big bad Striped Marlin hit the spread and the fight was on!
This fish stayed deep in the water and challenged Dennis to a tug-of-war…this is unusual behavior from a small Stripey as they usually put on an acrobatic display above the water.
Dennis used the fighting chair, his own custom fishing belt, and a little help from First Mate Alex to land this beast.
Great work by the flagship and, dare-I-say the FIVE time Hall of Famer Dennis Paul.
Dennis Paul and the Wanderer turned in a legendary performance on June 4: A Double Sailfish release backed up by a 250lbs. Striped Marlin release!
That’s big even for this three-time Hall of Famer, who for this first time on this trip was joined by his girlfriend Barbara Dayhoff. These Clearwater, FL based anglers got of to a blazing start when the pair of Sailfish hunters hit the ballyhoos.
This fight was intense and after a 20 minute battle they had overcome both Sails and brought them alongside for picture-perfect double release just after 1pm.
The Wanderer continued to troll for a few hours when the brutal 250lbs. Striped Marlin came calling just before 4pm and Dennis was up to the task to bring her in.
Another outstanding performance by Captain William, First Mate Alex and the mighty Wanderer as once again Dennis Paul etches his name into the Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer Dennis Paul returned to the Explorer for action, only this time they headed offshore about 10 miles to see what was happening in the blue water.
Early on in the trip they found a small school of Yellowfin Tuna and Dennis Paul added sushi to his menu in the form of two excellent 25lbs. Yellas.
Look at the girth on this fella:
The billfish weren’t biting as aggressively as usual in the afternoon, and I think Dennis managed to bury a hook in the reason why:
This 6-8 foot long Shark was skulking the area which most likely pushed the billfish a little more offshore. It’s neat to see a shark so close, but as we have no interst in eating it this fish was released unharmed.
