Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
The Wanderer kept up the excellent fishing with another set of CCA Texas folks on February 3.
Art and Christine Jones brought their friends along for a trip to the meat market; for starters there was an excellent Yellowfin Tuna bite, which was then followed up by a big tasty Dorado.
They also added a sweet Sailfish release later in the trip:
On February 2, legendary Texas angler Jerome McKown walloped a wicked Wahoo on the flagship Wanderer.
This deck-sweeper is a true monster; each side yielded four 1-gallon bags of filets.
That wasn’t the only fish of the day…this posse of CCA TX anglers nabbed a big Dorado and a number of football-sized Yellowfin Tuna.
Ray Smith and Jerome McKown had a big day of action with Captain Alex on January 31.
The first big catches of the day were this pair of floor-sweeping Dorados.
Then the action really heated up in the afternoon where the Sailfish were stacked up thick as cordwood.
Looks like Ray was pumped up to catch this big monster!
The day was punctuated by several double strikes.
Mate Kevin did a fantastic job handling these big Pacific Sailfish…amazing work!
Jeff Dupree and his group started out their trip on the Harvester with a wonderful Sailfish release.
After the trophy release they continued scoring, filling up the refrigerator in with bunches of big Dorado.
This big one zig-zagged to both sides of the boat but Captain Alex kept the angles lined up and the fish off of the motor.
All told they nabbed five nice Dodos, all with good size to them.
The Discoverer welcomed Carl Quinn’s group for a fun offshore romp on the 28th and they loaded the fishbox with three excellent Dorados.
Even the youngsters got in on the action, evidenced by this 5lbs. Bonita:
Captain William closed out the month with a fun morning half day with client Colin Pisano scoring a beautiful Sailfish release.
After the release of this high-flyin’ trophy fish, the flagship brought home dinner with this 30lbs. Dorado.
The Wanderer scored four Sailfish releases on January 26 with client Paul Fontaine.
The fourth Sailfish was a fierce hard-charger but was no match for the flagship.
Later in the day they brought home dinner with this big Dorado.
Great work by the big blue beauty!
Dan Johnson was back in the thick of the action again on January 19 with Captain Fico reporting a nice Sailfish release supported by magnificent Mahi-Mahi filets on ice.
Mate Jhonny slid over to the Super Panga for this trip and put his excellent fish handling on display.
Dan returned to the Explorer on the 21st and put a hurtin’ on this beefy Dorado:
Our great friend Dr. Bart Carey enlisted the battleship for a blue water mission on January 21 and the Discoverer did not disappoint.
This mini-Marlin was a fun fish to fight, and Mate Juan Carlos was very careful with the fish-handling. After all we gotta catch this guy again in a few years when it’s a mammoth.
They rounded out the trip with the release of a nice sized Sailfish and the filleting of beefy Dorado.
The Dorado bite stayed strong with this respectable Mahi-Mahi reported by Captain William on the 18th.
