Tag: Sailfish

March 18, 2015

Our good friend Eddie Showalter returned to Costa Rica for another foray into the blue water, and brought his friends Mike Neeland and Laura Lanoue.

Laura was thrilled to see that one of her prior conquests is immortalized in our Guiones Beach Office.

She repeated her Sailfish success on the Discoverer with this outstanding release:

She also added a fine Rooster fish release, and got an up close look at a mean old shark.

Safely returned to the water by Mate Juan Carlos, this pez gallo is quite a fish-catching accomplishment.

March 16, 2015

Client Jeff Denesyk joined the Wanderer for a half day trip on March 16 and scored two trophy fish from both ends of the aquatic spectrum.

This pair of Pacific Sailfish releases was an early morning surprise. Captain William doesn’t waste any time getting to the fishing grounds!

After a safe release, the Wanderer headed inshore where Jeff scored an excellent Rooster fish:

Another live release by First Mate Alex is the icing on the cake. Great work by the flagship!

March 12, 2015

Larry Komenda and Misti Nolan and Ken and Brenda Russell hail from upstate New York and we were stoked to get them some much needed fun in the sun. Their last trip to Costa Rica was during our legendary late-August bite and saw them scored a single-day record of Marlin releases on the Explorer

This time the mighty Wanderer also treated them to multiple trophy fish releases. They started the day inshore with a hefty Rooster Fish release:

Then Captain William headed off-shore and got them out in front of a pack of hungry Sailfish.

The Sailfish were starving for bait and First Mate Alex was more than happy to feed them some fat ballyhoo with a side of 9/0 circle hooks!

Everyone on board got a release and it was all big smiles for the Russell group.

 

March 11, 2015

The Explorer has been torching it the last few weeks, highlighted with tons of Sailfish released.

Captain Carlos has his thumb on the map where Sailfish City lies, but trust me he knows the way very well.

Mate Kevin is really starting to distinguish himself has an excellent fisherman and fish-handler.

All these beasts were safe releases as always.

It’s not all just trophy fish on the Explorer…check out some of these filets for the frigerator:

March 11, 2015

Jacksonville’s own Hank Duckworth joined the mighty Wanderer for a half day trip, and like all our Northeast Florida anglers he tore it up on the formerly Mayport-flagged vessel.

They started off inshore with this excellent Amberjack:

Then Captain William headed to Sailfish City and Hank was ready to crank in a monster:

They added two more Sailfish near the end of the five hour trip.

Safe releases by First Mate Alex was the perfect end to a great trip for Hank Duckworth.

 

March 7, 2015

The Discoverer delivered the goods for Sergio’s Costa Rica Adventurers Loren and Viv Keen, James and Christie Lawson, and Frank and Susan Kinsinger.

After some early morning Sailfish releases, they scored a big hit with this Double Sailfish Release:

Great work by the big battleship Discoverer.