Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
More Marlin action was in store for Nan Dalton on May 10.
The Wanderer battles tall seas and a big blue Marlin all at once.
About one tenth of a second after this photo (below) the Marlin broke the snap swivel in half and escaped…not an ideal result but in the world of fighting monster fish, the fish sometimes win.
This is a fish-catching couple and we know that these Florida anglers will be back on the bite tomorrow.
May 9 was a legendary day for the FishingNosara team with EIGHT Marlin releases by the fleet. Leading the way was the battleship Discoverer who posted a magnificent FOUR Marlin releases.
Chris Escabedo and Will Havens were the anglers for this performance which is clearly a no-brainer Hall of Fame induction.
Captain David deserves all the credit in the world for this successful day on the water. He didn’t quite match his prior one-day record (and team record) of six Marlin releases, but I don’t think anyone is frowning over this quartet of relases.
After three Black Marlins were released, the last Marlin of the day with this feisty Striped Marlin:
Excellent work as well by Mate Kevin to safely release all of these beasts so that we can go catch them again really soon!
Joe Connell and Nan Dalton returned to the Wanderer and managed to match their landmark performance from yesterday with ANOTHER pair of Marlin releases.
Mr. Connell was the man of the hour with the first fish released at Noon after a 40-minute battle.
Another bad Black Marlin came calling around 1:45 and Joe released this one after a very efficient 20-minute fight.
To say the Wanderer is white-hot is an understatement…Captain William and First Mate Alex have ascended to unknown heights with their performance this week!
May 9 was a Record Shattering Day for the FishingNosara Team!
Discoverer
4 blue marlins 200-350 pounders (pictured)
8 Yellowfin Tunas 10-15 pounders
Wanderer
2 Blue Marlins 400- 450 pounders they had 4
6 Yellowfin Tuna 7 pounders
Explorer
2 Blue marlins 250-300 pounders had 4
15 Yellowfin tuna 7pounders
Adventurer
BIG Cubera Snapper + 25lbs. White Tuna
Complete pics and reports coming soon! Pura vida!
The Wanderer lit the world on fire today with clients Joe Connell and Nan Dalton. This hard fishing duo had there hands full on the flagship with not one, but TWO big Marlin releases.
Nan was all over the first fish of the day and, with First Mate Alex’s help on the fighting chair managed to reel this first big monster all the way to the boat.
Joe matched her with a MASSIVE Marlin of his own. Both of these black beauties are definitely in the over 400lbs. club:
Either of these Marlin can be considered the ‘fish-of-a-lifetime’, and to get two in one day is truly astounding. Great performance on the first of four straight fishing days on the Wanderer for Joe and Nan.
Big catch on the Wanderer for Peter Sohlden’s crew. These guys put in the time this week with a full scorecard of Sailfish, Yellowfin Tuna, and Cubera Snapper. Only one thing was missing…
BOOM! Big Black Marlin on the mighty Wanderer!
They also added another Sailfish release to their haul to finish out a great week of fishing in Costa Rica.
Bob Pease is a tough fisherman from Georgia and he scored huge onboard the famous Wanderer…Take a look at the monster Marlin released by this ole’ boy:
This Blue Marlin is estimated around 300lbs. and certainly is the fish of a lifetime!
Bob Pease put his mark on this fishery in August 2012 when he broke a then-team record with 13 Sailfish released in one day; that feat landed him in the FishingNosara Hall of Fame, and it is safe to say that he is up for another enshrinement.
This trip wasn’t a one-hit wonder…Bob and the boys also tallied seven Sailfish releases.
All this excellent hunting by Captain William made sure that First Mate Alex was wrangling fish all day!
Great work on all the safe releases on a dynamite day for Bob Pease and the famous Wanderer!
March 27 was a Banner day for Billfish on the mighty Wanderer. John Koons and his swamp posse was back on board the blue beauty for a day that would see several Sailfish released and one MASSIVE Marlin!
Once again the most junior members of the crew broke the ice with a pair of excellent Sailfish releases before turning the rod over to the big boys.
At 1pm the boys pulled off a slick Double Sailfish release:
Everyone scored a Sailfish release, but the highlight of the trip came around 3pm.
This big Black Marlin took a lure and tried to run away with it, but Team Koons wasn’t hearing any of that!
After a vigourous 20 minute fight the whole team lined up for a picture with nature’s toughest predatory fish.
First Mate Alex finished the safe release with his signature move: a small kiss on the bill for this deadly pelagic!
Excellent work by the crew of the famous Wanderer to safely release this fish-of-a-lifetime!
Darren Cook and his son knocked out a pair of aggressive billfish today on the mighty Wanderer.
Young Mr. Cook strapped in to battle a Sailfish that charged the boat so hard it almost passed by Captain William’s helm station.
After the safe release, Darren found himself in a fight with a day-glo Striped Marlin.
Bob and Helen Goins turned in a remarkable performance on the mighty Wanderer with two Marlin releases along with a bunch of Sails.
Helen broke the ice early with a wonderful Striped Marlin release…like most of our CCA NC anglers these folks know what to do with a rod in their hands.
The Marlin have been soft-biting so far this season, so the ever-tinkering First Mate Alex has begun to experiment with brightly colored skirts for the ballyhoo.
These did the trick as the Goins group started racking up Sailfish releases in the middle part of the day.
The finale was also the highlight as Bob reeled in this awesome Blue Marlin.
Estimated over 300lbs., this is one of the bigger Blue Marlin you’ll see around here.
Great work by the Master Captain William and the Super Mate Alex on this amazing day of bill collecting.