Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
The Explorer has cemented a reputation as a true catch-all vessel; in late July the barroom brawler scored every major type and species of fish in our stretch of water.
As usual the Pacific Sailfish have been thick and Captain Fico has been there to capitalize.
Also offshore the Super Panga found some excellent Yellowfin Tuna.
The action was hot inshore as well, with Amberjack and big Cubera Snappers on ice plus lots of beautiful Rooster fish releases:
Captain Alex got on a hot streak in mid-July with a wide array of sweet specimens. There was nice inshore action, especially on Rooster Fish:
It’s not just trophy releases; this is tasty whopper of a Cierro Mackeral:
The barroom brawler Explorer closed out the month with a wide variety of great action with clients Britta and Sam Gramer .
Very energetic Sailfish release by this young angler, but the Explorer also mopped up inshore, including this big old Amberjack:
This pair of Rooster Fish releases are certainly bucket-list worthy:
Plus the Super Panga filled the fridgerator with this beefy Cubera Snapper on ice:
The Discoverer welcomed a great family from Denmark for a great day of catches on July 3, led off by this sweet Marlin release:
After this monster release, Mrs. Korsgaard scored a sweet Sailfish release:
Captain Carlos brought the show inshore where they kept filling the trophy case. Check out these super Rooster Fish releases:
As a parting shot, Jan and his family snatched up a few Tunas for the dinner table. That’s how you round out a day on the water!
Norm Ashby’s group scored again with this rowdy Rooster Fish release on June 26.
Nice work by the battleship!
Kim Gill’s group kept the heat up with an excellent second day of fishing on June 21. Big Rooster Fish releases were the first order of the day on this inshore morning.
After the quartet of trophy fish releases, they added to the icebox with a whopper Cubera Snapper
This second bigger fish lived up to it’s name with an attempted SNAP:
All is a day’s work by the Master Captain William!
On June 19 the Frey Family scored a pair of trophy fish inshore; both of these lovely Rooster fish were released after the photos.
Great work by Captain Carlos on the battleship!
The Explorer started the month of June with a fantastic run of great catches. The Sailfish were thick offshore and the Super Panga was all over them.
Later in the week Captain Fico stayed inshore and filled the fish box with tasty filets of Dorado and Cubera Snapper.
While inshore, the legendary Explorer also scored several bucket-list caliber Rooster Fish releases.
Great work by the 26-foot barroom brawler!
The super panga Explorer started the month of June on an absolute tear with big numbers of Sailfish releases.
When the Sails are piled up this thick, the challenge isn’t to catch them; it’s releasing them quickly so we can catch some more!
After a few solo releases to get started, Captain Fico and Mate Elias pulled off this sweet Double Sailfish release!
The hits kept coming the next day with several more releases on the scorecard.
The action stayed strong throughout the week, highlighted by this second Double release:
The Explorer is more than just an offshore troller, proven by these excellent Rooster fish scores near-to-shore.
The Wanderer engaged in close-quarters combat inshore with some of the biggest lunkers of the year so far…check out this MASSIVE Cubera Snapper that got things started:
Then they filled the trophy case with a pair of sweet Rooster Fish releases:
Great work by Captain William and the legendary Wanderer!