Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Members of Raul Otero’s group joined Captain Antonio on the Explorer for a great fishing romp on January 24.
The rest of the Otero Group has been scoring Dorados, but on this trip they added some tasty Yellowfin Tunas to the filet bag. They also replenished their Dorado stocks later in the trip:
Our very good friend Raul Otero has returned to Nosara, flanked by his posse of excellent Tampa Bay anglers. On the 23rd, they took the Explorer and filled up the fishbox with tasty Dorados.
The Explorer welcomed Allen Smith for a fun day of Dorado action on January 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Van den Bogert finished their week of fishing on the Explorer with a wonderful Rooster Fish release:
They also nabbed some nice Dorados and Yellowfin Tunas.
The Explorer and Team Van den Bogert released a wonderful Blue Marlin on January 19.
For the icebox they nabbed a few very nice Yellowfin Tunas.
They also scored a BIG Dorado. What an amazing haul for the barroom brawler Explorer.
Mr. and Mrs. Van den Bogert had another excellent day on the 18th. A nice Sailfish release got the day started well:
They spent the rest of the day loading up on Dorados.
The Van den Bogert group made the long journey from Europe to fish a full week on the Explorer. On their first day, they we welcomed to the blue water by this fired-up Striped Marlin:
This one spit the hook and escaped, but these anglers stayed vigilant and scored several nice Yellowfin Tunas and Dorados.
John Egan’s group took to the Explorer on the 12th after spending a few days on the big boats earlier in the week.
Smaller boat, same big fish! An excellent Striped Marlin release was backed-up with a super Sailfish release.
They also boated a few tasty Dorados for the dinner table.
The Explorer stayed hot on January 11 with a few excellent Dorados.
They also moved inshore and deployed our tried-and-true Rooster Fish tactic. First step was to grab some 4-6lbs. Bonitas in with the Planer/Spoon rig:
Then we bridle the Bonita and send to down to the reef.
The tactic yielded this excellent Rooster Fish catch which was released after the photo.
Connecticut angler Larry Kowalski did great with the Explorer on January 9.
After multiple nice Dorado scores, they elected to release the catches from later in the day.
