Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Captain Alex took the Harvester way offshore on the 14th, and Kevin Shimp’s family was ready for the long ride into battle.
Steve Shimp fought an active high-flyer, and then young Josie countered with a Sailfish release of her own.
Big Dorados and Yellowfin Tunas rounded out the haul.
Great work by these Southwest Florida anglers and the mega panga Harvester.
On March 13, Kevin Shimp and his family posted a banner day on the Harvester.
The Sailfish have been thick this month, and Captain Alex is always ready to deliver sweet Sailfish releses for his clients.
For the dinner table they also nagged a big Dorado, backed up by a smaller one. Here is Bailey with a 38 lb fish, caught with no adult help.
Great work by the mega panga and the Shimp family.
Captain Alex pulled double duty on March 11th. First up was Kyle Manning getting offshore at 7am, where the Harvester found Yellowfin Tuna and Dorado waiting for them.
John Priess’ group came onboard at 1230p for the afternoon 5 hour session, and took them out to the same spot for more Yellowfin Tunas catches.
Great job by the very busy Harvester.
Kenny Strickler has been fishing with us for many years, and he returned to Nosara on March 9 for another offshore campaign.
The Harvester reports a full fishbox with multiple catches of Yellowfin Tunas and Dorado.
Jason Frelich’s group started their week with a BIG Dorado, then scored a swarm of Sailfish releases, and on their final trip scored the biggest Yellowfin Tuna of the season so far.
We can’t undestate how unusual it is to find big Yellowfins this time of year. What a blessing!
Earlier in the trip they scored this wonderful Rooster Fish release inshore.
Amazing job my Mate Wilson, Captain Alex, and the unbeatable Harvester.
Hey Craig,
I was part of the Frelich group that hauled in the 200 lb+ Yellowfin Tuna, which I must say I’m still enjoying. This was our 2nd vacation with Fishing Nosara and you and your team did not disappoint. I just wanted to relay a few things about our stay that really stood out.
This was our first time staying on the Fishing Nosara property, which is beautifully maintained tropical paradise “Paradise Rentals” is a good name, having the cart at our disposal made getting around a breeze. The pool and breakfast area really beautiful, tropical and needed after a long day of reeling in fish.
From the shuttles to and from the airport, to fishing, to anything we wanted was terrific and super punctual with no worries.
We went horse back riding one day, and the tour was fabulous. We had a lunch with the locals and it was delicious.
The fishing. We fished with Alex and Wilson, on the Fishing Nosara Super Panga all 3 days. I must say that Alex has super fish finding radar like a superhero. He is fishing excellence and partnering with Wilson make them a great 1-2 punch. On our 3 days fishing we caught 10 of 11 Sailfish, 28 lb Dorado, a 48 lb Rooster Fish (my prize catch) and fought the mighty 200 lb + Yellowfin for nearly 4 hrs. it made our several other tuna we caught in the 25lb range look like bait. Kudo’s go’s to our mighty fisherwoman “T” who fought the beast for over 2 hrs making the last 2 hrs an easy catch for Robbie her first mate.
Our over all experience with your accommodations, personnel and fishing was 5 star. Thank you again and hope to return soon.
David “Runcle Rave”
Thank you,
David DelGrosso
Jason Frelich scored muliple Sailfish releases on March 6 with Captain Alex, Mate Wilson, and the mega panga Harvester.
They also scored a nice array of Yellowfin Tunas for the dinner table.
After several landmark days offshore, Brad Watson and his boys decided to stay near shore on the 5th to ply the trade of bottom fishing.
A few big Congrios were augmented by some sandwich-sized Groupers.
On March 4, we welcomed Jason Frelich’s group for the first day of a three-day offshore campaign. The highlight of the trip was this monster Dorado
Throughout the day, the Harvester was beset by hard-charging Sailfish. Several multiple hookups with safe releases all around.
Some small Yellowfin Tunas rounded out the haul; what a great start to the week for Team Frelich.
Captain Alex and Brad Watson’s boys got into it with a bunch a bad blue water beasties on the 27th. Big Dorados were iced throughout the day.
Once again we have proof that the more FishingNosara swag you wear on the boat, the more the fish cooporate.
Meanwhile, the Harvester was on the the hunt for some of the swarm of Sailfish swimming near our shores.
Captain Alex has the mega panga Harvester firing on all cylinders, and on the 25th welcomed Doug and Dan Rubino to the party.
Once again Sailfish was the primary catch of the day with seven releases on the scorecard.
FishingNosara’s Northeast Rep Mark Cooney was on board to share in the fun.
Excellent work by Mate Wilson to safely handle and release all of these wonderful creatures.
