Rooster fish | Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

February 16, 2016

Michael Lehman and his group found out the best part of fishing in Nosara…inshore and offshore on the same trip!

This awesome Sailfish release in the morning was followed up with a late day Rooster Fish release:

Captain Fico stayed inshore on the afternoon of February 13 with client Marselo Barriga. They hit pay dirt with this MASSIVE Rooster Fish release:

What a monster!

Kevin Baumler had a big day with Captain David on the Adventurer.

Here’s what Kevin had to say:

“Very good fishing with Capt. David on 16th January!!!”

“Thanks for that great day catching 4 bonitos, 1 rooster and 1 Cubera!!!”

Tight lines
Kevin Bäumler

Chris Falk knocked out a pair of great Rooster fish releases on January 13.

Captain David has the 23-foot Adventurer dialed in and his clients are reaping the rewards.

Later in the trip Chris scored this sweet Cierro Mackeral for the dinner table.

These Euros are absolutely amazing on the inshore species…on January 11 Captain David and the Adventurer iced the rare and elusive Congrio:

This hybrid fish/eel yields a white lobster-ish meat that is truly world class. Also they are fun to fight because they can swim backwards.

Later in the day they released a nice Rooster fish.

Another great day for Team de Wit and the Adventurer.

The Andre de Wit team kept rolling with a nice Rooster fish release on the 8th with Captain Fico on the Explorer.

We expect to see this little guy again once he’s all grown up!

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!

FishingNosara Hall of Famers Kenny Strickler and Morgan Trible returned to Nosara for a New Year’s celebration of fun times and big fish.

This Double Sailfish release may be the coolest picture of the year so far:

There was lots of Sailfish action throughout the week:

Plus they scored an inshore gem…this is one fine Rooster Fish:

The Explorer had a big day on January 3rd with two Sailfish and two Rooster Fish released with client Robert Mears.

All in a day’s work for the barroom bralwer.

The Wanderer pulled double-duty on December 26 with two half-days scheduled with two sets of clients.

First up was Chris Carroll who opted to stay near-shore in the morning.

A pair of Rooster fish releases were the highlight of the morning, with a beefy Amberjack on ice to round out the scorecard: