The Wanderer has continued her hot streak with yet another great Sailfish release.


Check on the girth on this monster:

All in a day’s work for the baddest boat in Garza!
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The Wanderer has continued her hot streak with yet another great Sailfish release.


Check on the girth on this monster:

All in a day’s work for the baddest boat in Garza!
Man we love California anglers! A good friend of Shea McIntee (of Stoked on Fishing fame) named Ed Smith has brought his boys down to Nosara for a fun week of surfing and fishing.


On August 17 young Sean scored this excellent Sailfish release on the Explorer.


Ed writes: “Sean joined the billfish club today with his first sailfish on light gear.”



“I on the other hand came closer to my cubera snapper goal, losing a monster on a big popper in a few feet of water.”
“Nothing like seeing a 12-inch wide tail/back come crashing down on the jig! Off to buy more poppers tomorrow!”
Still, Ed scored some excellent eating fish with a Yellowfin Tuna, Ponpano, and Snapper all on ice.



Wonderful Double Sailfish release on the Explorer!

This pair of monsters attacked the super panga’s spread but Captain Carlos and Mate Juan Carlos were ready for them.


Once again the good fishing karma found this group of CCA North Carolina anglers and they performed brilliantly.



All fish were safely released, putting the perfect bow on this fishing gift.
The Wanderer is closing in on the final bell of the season like a thoroughbred and clients like Charlie Phillips’ group are feeling pumped to be along for the ride.



On August 13 scored two more wonderful Sailfish release for this Florida-based fishing posse.


For Kim Ponzio, this was her first ever billfish release and she fought it well all the way to the boat.




Great releases by First Mate Alex underscored Captain William’s keen hunting instincts as once again the flagship delivers the goods!
Charlie and the boys kept the pedal to the metal on the Wanderer with a fantastic outing that included SIX Sailfish releases and a beefy Dorado for the refrigerator.




Captain William found the Sailfish were thick as cordwood just a few miles out, and First Mate Alex put out an irresistible spread for the monsters.







Great safe releases on all six fish, but this big Dorado ain’t going anywhere except on ice!



Exceptional fishing from the King of Garza Bay.
Charlie Phillips and his crew are back, and they wasted little time in breaking the billfish ice.


Captain William found a massive school of spinning porpoises and we know what that means: big billfish are near!



Great start to the week by the mighty flagship!
Captain Carlos scored huge this week with a quartet of Sailfish releases backed up with nice White Tunas on ice.




The Explorer has been on fire this year and while the rest of the boats are eyeing their September vacation, the barroom brawler is looking forward to a great ‘off-season’ of continued action.
August 8 was a fantastic day on the Wanderer for Team Gerzeny. First up was a crazy Sailfish release for Mike Gerzeny…the video on this one is one wild ride:


Then, the rains came:

Captain Zack Gerzeny and young Christopher Gerzeny showed no fear in the face of the storm, each registering big Sailfish releases.






Great work by the Master Captain William and the unstoppable First Mate Alex to brave big billfish and whistling winds to bring home the big ones for their clients.

Andrew Queral and Doug Dickman took the Wanderer for an excellent day of action on the flagship. The fish were fired up for these Maryland-based anglers.


First order of business was knocked the Rooster fish off of the bucket list, and the mighty blue beauty obliged with this excellent Pez Gallo release.








Captain William pointed the flagship offshore and First Mate Alex deployed the spread for billfish.
Andrew and Doug kept the good times rolling with another nice Sailfish release.





In no time flat a pair of hungry Sailfish showed up and threw down the gauntlet.


Both fish safe released after the photos.

The highlight of the trip came in the afternoon in the form of this gnarley Striped Marlin:





The releases are the achievement of a lifetime for any angler, however pictures on a memory card don’t fill the belly…After a great day of trophy fish releases, you know that these guys weren’t going home empty handed.

This beefy Yellowfin Tuna was the finishing touch on a perfect day of fishing in Costa Rica!
Captain David has made life miserable for the local Sailfish populations this week, much to his clients’ delight. Check out this array of bad Sails:



Nice fish-handling by Mate Kevin means that these released monsters will be back for more action really soon.


The Discoverer also scored this nice Dorado; almost as green as the inshore water in the backround.
