Queen Snapper | Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

May 25, 2016

Art and Christine Jones knocked it out of the park on the 25th with a wide array of fish marking up the scorecard.

After nabbing this tasty Queen Snapper, the Wanderer headed offshore to hunt Sailfish.

They stayed cool with these new FishingNosara self-cooling hats, and that spelled trouble for these high-flying Sailfish.

The height of the day’s action was this triple hook-up, with all three Sailfish safely released:

Even with this full scorecard, the never-quit Captain William put the lines out one more time and nabbed another pair of Sailfish.

January 10, 2016

Captain David scored this beauty with the Andre de Wit group on January 10:

January 7, 2016

Andre de Wit’s group of extreme panga warriors continued their amazing run of inshore action on January 7 with Captain David on the Adventurer.

The early day action consisted of several sweet Rooster fish releases.

The unquestioned highlight of this excursion was this monstrous Queen Snapper:

January 6, 2016

Andre de Wit’s group has split up between the Adventurer and Explorer to maximize their coverage of the inshore reefs.

Captain David and the Adventurer scored several Snapper and other tasty reef dwellers:

The also boated a big Jack Crevelle and two medium-sized Rooster fish releases:

Great work by the extreme panga fishing tandem and the fearless Andre de Wit group!

August 17, 2015

Captain Fico has been rocking and rolling on the 23-foot Adventurer this month. Check out these excellent catches:

From Queen Snappers to Jack Crevelle, Captain Fico has the inshore reefs dialed-in and is providing big smiles for his clients:

Captain Fico snagged a Rooster fish of his own on an off day in mid-August.

Nice “day off” for Garza Bay’s fastest rising star.

May 19, 2015

Captain Fico is on a rampage and the inshore morsels are paying the price!

Our good friend Bert Goeree visited all the way from the Netherlands for a whirlwind week of inshore action, and they scored a wide variety of species.

This beautiful Queen Snapper (above) got the week off to a good start, then they closed the week with this beefy Snapper:

Great work by Captain Fico and the Adventurer!

March 27, 2015

We saw the biggest Blue Jack Crevelle in memory earlier this week, but you want to see the biggest Queen Snapper ever?

BOOM!

The IGFA All-Tackle record for the Queen Snapper (Etelis oculatus) is 12.36 kg (27 lb 4 oz) by angler Bill Ismer in from South Florida, but this lady estimated around 20 lbs. is certainly a contender.

November 11, 2014

Captain Carlos has continued to shine on the super panga Explorer this month.

On November 11 he led a trip to the inshore fish market for his clients and they filled the shopping cart with Dorado, Wahoo, and Queen Snappers:

Amazing all around catches for the Explorer left these clients with a wide variety of filets for the frigerator.

July 23, 2014

Another rare and elusive Queen Snapper was scored by the Super panga Explorer! These tasty critters only come through our area once every few seasons so we are pumped to have these in the spread.

Great work by Captain Carlos and the fearless Explorer.

May 15, 2014

Incredibly rare catch on the Adventurer today…a swarm of ultra-tasty Queen Snappers have come into the area during the last week and the 23-footer has been all over them.

Usually this time of year we see lots of Red Grouper and Congrio, however this season the Queen Snapper (right) has been a lovely change of pace. Great bottom fishing action from the Adventurer!