Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
We are at that magical time of the season when the Dorados get scarce and are being replaced in the food chain by Yellowfin Tuna.
On his first day fishing client Floyd Teat caught a few straggling Dorados.
Then they notched the scorecard with a nice Sailfish release.
A few days later the telltale sign of feeding porpoises led the way to a school of Yellowfin Tunas.
A pair of Sailfish releases rounded out the trip for the Floyd Teat group.
We had a round of rainstorms come through the area during late April, meaning that all the trash discarded during the dry season came washing down the mountain to Garza Beach.
Captain William organized a group of Garza residents to patrol the beach and clean up the refuse.
Great work by the folks in Garza to preserve their lovely community.
To celebrate the day’s work, Captain William loaded up some of our friends from Nosara Terratours for an afternoon of inshore meat harvesting.
Later in the week it was back to business for the mighty Wanderer as several clients found fun-sized Dorados near to shore.
To close out the month, Captain William headed offshore with Shauna Duggar’s family for some sweet Sailfish action.
They closed out the week with a lovely inshore action, highlighted by this Cuberra Snapper score:
Also the low tide revealed the nearby Pink Island, so a few members of the group took a dip to visit this coral beach.
The Explorer welcomed angler Thomas Biggs for a quick 5-hr. trip on the 21st, and they score big filets.
This large Tuna was backed up by a healthy 25lbs. Dorado.
During the Ship of Fools Tournament the Discoverer had trouble finding the billfish, however clients Pat and Don Vincent did win the Day 1 Calcutta with this monstrous Dorado:
Even better was that Pat chose to donate the winnings to the Garza School and also gave the filets to our team dinner on Friday night…class act!
“What a great week of fishing!” writes Dustin Purvis. He fished with Brandy Willis and Brady Schmidt, and there was plenty of action to go around.
“6 Sailfish and several Dorado caught with two great crews. Awesome accommodations, and plenty of great people to meet. We will be back!”
“Mate Johnson and Mate Juan Carlos were a blast to be around on the water.”
April got off to a good start with this excellent Dorado scored by Captain Carlos on the Discoverer:
The Wanderer welcomed back our old friend John Baumgart after many years since his last visit.
After John iced this big Dorado, he got hooked up to a big Sailfish that managed to escape.
Good day of action for Bart Stephens and his family on the 30th.
The early scores were small Dorado and Red Groupers.
The late afternoon bite yielded a true whopper…check out this giant Cubera Snapper.
Fresh off of a two Sailfish day, Captain David upped the ante with a Striped Marlin release on the 30th.
A great trophy fish release can work up an appetite…fortunately Captain David delivered dinner in the form of these big Dorados:
Bob Rhinehart came to the Explorer looking to fill the fish box, and he got as that he asked for.
The big filets came in the form of big Yellowfin Tuna backed up a fat Dorado…excellent work!
Bob returned the next day for another foray into the blue water. The bite was slow early in trip, but heated up in a big way in the afternoon.
This Dorado hit at 4:45pm and even though it was late, Captain Fico knew they were on the right spot.
Less than an hour later this Striped Marlin took the bait at 5:25pm
From striking out to hitting a home run all within one hour…persistence pays!