Dorado – Page 167 – Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

January 23, 2014

Michael Heilman caught some monsters on board the Adventurer today. This Cubera Snapper is a big boy!

They also got a pair of Dorados including this MASSIVE Mahi:

That’s definately two-armloads of fish for this fella!

Janaury 23, 2014

Franz Iwancsich hails from Austria and on his trip to Costa Rica signed up the Adventurer for a few days on the blue water. Captain Carlos delivered the goods with lots of hot action.

The highlight was this beefy Dorado which was backed up with a wide array of smaller reef fish. Nice work by the 23-foot panga.

January 22, 2014

David Grandell and his boy were throwing haymakers at all comers with Captain Carlos on the Adventurer! They started out with a big Dorado:

Then set to work on a team of football-sized Yellowfin Tuna.

For the knockout punch they landed this whopping Cubera Snapper.

Great work by the 23-foot switchblade the Adventurer!

January 22, 2014

Another fantastic Sailfish releases for the 23-foot Adventurer. Check out this blue water beastie:

Later in the day these boys added a 15-20lbs. Dorado for the dinner table.

Excellent work all around by Captain Carlos and these kids.

January 22, 2014

The Explorer welcomed Matt Ketcham today from the hard-fishin’ town of Patchogue, NY on the south bank of Long Island.

Topo Map NE USA

This pro fisherman is set up about as close as possible to the Canyons, but the ‘short’ overnight ride he is used to is a little different than the 1600 foot ledge at the front porch of Garza Bay.

Topo Map Nosara

Look at this action from a 5 hr. half day barely 10 miles from shore:

Awesome work by Captain David and Mate Kevin on the safe Sailfish releases.

Shawn and Jen Riley won their trip to Nosara from the Wavemasters Surfing Tournament last year in Jacksonville, and their half day on the Wanderer delivered two excellent Sailfish releases backed up by a big Dorado on ice.

Jen was the hot rod for the day, breaking the ice early with the Dorado and closing the day with the second Sailfish release.

Shawn followed up with a big Sailfish that almost took him into the drink for a bath!

Great work from another in long line of fish-catching Northeast Florida clients.

January 15, 2014

Mike Burling and his group split up today between the Explorer and the Adventurer but just because it was panga day doesn’t mean they didn’t head offshore.

Check out these fine blue water specimens roped in by Mike on the Explorer

After the Sailfish release they also capitalized on the bite with a nice Wahoo and Dorado on ice.

Nice trophy release and meat for the fridge? Just another great day by Captain David and Mate Kevin on the Explorer.

Captain Carlos had nice action over on the Adventurer, with this 25lbs. Dorado as the highlight:

January 14, 2014

Mike Burling has returned to Nosara to continue his pursuit of big blue water trophy fish. This group of Northeast Florida anglers are hardcore fishermen and they know what to do when the big Sails swoop in.

The bite was on something fierce, leading to five Sailfish releases for this group of four anglers.

They added this nice Dorado to keep the fridge full of filets.

Excellent hunting by Master Captain William and great releases by the incomparable First Mate Alex.

January 13, 2014

Graham Mehain and his group stayed inshore for their trip on the Wanderer and were rewarded with a healthy bounty of great tasting filets. This Yellowtail is certainly the highlight of their haul:

They then followed up with a beefy Jack Crevelle.

The ladies set the bar pretty high, but Graham made a good account of himself with this day-ending Dorado.

Excellent inshore hunting by the mighty flagship.

January 11, 2014

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.