Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
The Discoverer welcomed Al Santiesteban’s family for their third trip of the week and performed beautifully with multiple Sailfish releases.
These Tampa Bay anglers have a knack for great catches, but believe me you won’t see monsters like this lurking under the Howard Franklin Bridge!
Later in the trip young Bryce added this respectable Dorado, ensuring that this great fishing family has a few filets for the refrigerator.
In the afternoon the flagship was pleased to welcome Al Santiesteban and his family to Nosara for a full week of fishing.
These guys traveled a rocky road to get from Florida to Nosara, complete with passport issues in Miami and fog delays at the San Jose Airport.
However the good karma they earned from these obstacles led to hot fishing action. Check out this Sailfish release late in the day on the 25th:
Great work by Mate Kevin to help with the fight and see to the safe release of this beautiful fish.
The Wanderer welcomed an excellent group of anglers for an offshore adventure that saw a monumental FIVE Sailfish releases!
Mate Kevin (on loan from the Explorer) has distinguished himself as a great fish-handler, and these safe releases are the perfect end to a great billfish battle.
With all these fish swimming free, you may think that these clients left the boat empty handed. Not so!
With four nice Dorados on ice, these folks will have full bellies for the rest of their time in Nosara.
Great catching by the mighty flagship!
Our main man Kestrel Dickerson was back on the water on November 20 looking to follow up his great inshore action from last year with equal success offshore.
The Wanderer is fit for all forms of fish fighting, and Kestrel added to his legacy with this great Sailfish release.
The rest of the day was punctuated with excellent Dorado action for the whole family:
Excellent work as usual from the mighty flagship!
Great action on the Discoverer as Captain David reports that the near-shore waters are chocked-full of big Dorados and hungry Sailfish.
What a great view from Captain David’s office:
All the Sails were safely released and the Dorado filets were bagged up for these satisfied clients.
Corey Cabral and his posse had a fantastic half-day trip on the Wanderer will great Sailfish action backed up with thick Yellowfin Tuna
Captain William is off to a fast start this season…with this trio of releases he is already at ten Sailfish releases and we are still in the first month!
It’s an unusual treat to see beefy Yella Fellas this early in the season, but trust me that no one is complaining!
Great fishing by the flagship Wanderer and these excellent Naples, FL anglers.
John Shellhorn returned to the Wanderer for his third and final trip of the week, and the action was blisteringly hot for this Jacksonville Beach angler.
Captain William led the way to Sailfish City and the flagship scored big with four billfish released.
The highlight of the day was a Double Sailfish hookup!
Outstanding fish handling by First Mate Alex to ensure the safe release of both of these magnificent monsters.
For good measure they also scored this beefy Dorado to round out an excellent day of fishing.
John Shellhorn and his group kept the pedel to the metal with Captain William on board the mighty Wanderer with another excellent Sailfish release backed-up by several tasty Dorados.
This was a nice Sailfish release, but the day’s highlight was this MASSIVE Dorado:
Great work by the flagship Wanderer to deliver the goods for these super clients.
The Wanderer is back in action and itching to ruin her new paint job with some fresh fish blood.
Client John Shellhorn did the deed with a dozen Dorados on ice!
Who say’s chickens can’t fly?
That newly painted floor looks good with this particular arrangement:
The next day they headed further off-shore and Captain William put them neck-deep in a billfish battle:
A safe release by First Mate Alex was icing on the cake for this blue water adventure.
Jacksonville’s own John ‘Porkchop’ Porcella knocked out a wide variety of sea life on board the Explorer, highlighted by this big Amberjack:
Later in the day they went offshore and roped a Double Sailfish release!
Excellent performance from Captain Carlos and the boat that doesn’t know the meaning of ‘off-season’!