Ben Fort and his posse came to town and found a bunch of big Sailfish looking for trouble.





The Harvester was ready for battle, and successfully released several sweet Sailfish.



They also grabbed a floor-sweeping Dorado for the week’s dinners.




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Ben Fort and his posse came to town and found a bunch of big Sailfish looking for trouble.





The Harvester was ready for battle, and successfully released several sweet Sailfish.



They also grabbed a floor-sweeping Dorado for the week’s dinners.




Pat and Leslie Patrick stayed inshore on the 27th. Captain Alex of the Harvester delivered this amazing Cubera Snapper release.






The bite slowed down for a few days until February 25, then anglers Pat and Leslie Patrick joined Captain Alex for some nice Sailfish action.



Nice work by Mate Wilson in safely handling and releasing this fish.


Returning angler Ryan Doersam and the Harvester were all over the Sailfish on February 23.







These beasts were fired up…even this bird got the heck out of Dodge!







These catches came on the morning 5 hour session; in the afternoon Team Patrick got there trip on track with this nice evening Sailfish release.
Larry Riddle’s group came home with dinner on the 21st, as Captain Alex coaxed this Dorado into the fishbox.



Mark Murray joined up with the mega panga on the 20th, and Captain Alex once again delivered a bunch of great Sailfish releases.







Larry Riddle has returned to Nosara for more amazing blue water action.





These big Sailfish were no match for the mega panga, and safely yielded after being bested.



In addition to the shockingly-common big Sailfish releases, they also added a nice Yellowfin Tuna. Very surprising for this early in the year!


On February 16, Tim Helms’ group scored multiple excellent Sailfish releases.




Everyone in the group got in on the action.





It’s amazing how consistent the action has been this month, with Sailfish releases reported on nearly every trip.




Captain Alex tracked down this elusive Wahoo on the 15th, and the Harvester successfully battled the silver bullet all the way to the fishbox.




Steven Nelson and the Harvester when billfish hunting on Valentine’s day. The Sailfish were in the dancing mood and showed up with a lot of amorous energy.







Captain Alex and Mate Wilson are old pros at releasing Sailfish, but each one represents a fresh challenge. Of course all these billfish were safely released.





