Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
European angler Stephan Badstieber scored the fish of a lifetime with the Explorer on August 4. Check out this MONSTER Rooster Fish release:
“Thanks a lot for the great fishing day with Antonio and Raffa on the Explorer,” wrote Stephan in an email. “We are excited for what will happens the next few days. Today I caught the fish I was dreaming of for the last three years!”
In addition to the Rooster fish release, they added a nice Amberjack for the dinner table. Yummy!
On August 3, Texas anglers Elaine Fulmer and Yvonne Fulmer Wall had a big time on the Explorer. A nice Sailfish release provided a great photo and memory.
They filled up the filet bag with multiple Yellowfin Tuna catches.
Mate Raphael got in on the photo to show off all three of these monster fish.
Nosara is a crossroads of the world, and on August 2 we were honored to welcome German angler Stephan Badstieber and his group for a long-delayed fishing adventure in Costa Rica.
These guys had to wait out Covid in Europe for over 2 years with this trip on the books, and it’s great that they good started right with several Yellowfin Tunas.
OJ Bevan booked the Explorer for a fun day of action on July 28. Captain Antonio reports a great Yellowfin Tuna catch and a Sailfish release.
Captain Antonio delivered several amazing billfish releases for Rodolfo Cienfuegos and Luis Ibarra’s group on July 26. The top of the scorecard is this wonderful Blue Marlin release:
The Explorer also added a nice Sailfish release later in the day.
Texas anglers Rodolfo Cienfuegos and Luis Ibarra knocked out a pair of awesome Yellowfin Tunas with the Explorer on July 23.
On July 20, the Explorer nabbed several Yellowfin Tunas with anglers from Amy King’s group.
Not bad for just a 5 hour trip!
The Explorer welcomed Alex Petroff and Brian Stock for a great day of Yellowfin Tuna hunting on July 19.
Yummy!
July 17 was a great day of inshore action on the Explorer.
Trey Taparauskas’ group had a monster day on July 15 with Captain Antonio reporting a Marlin release, several Sailfish releases, and a pile of BIG Yellowfin Tunas on ice.
This is the only photo we got of the Blue Marlin, because other lines were popping off and the crew gave max effort to wrangle in this pair of Sailfish releases:
Throughout the day the super panga scored a bunch of Yellowfin Tunas.
