Sailfish | Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara

April 23, 2013

Robert McCafferty and Joy Best came from Pennsylvania in search of big billfish, and on April 23 they joined Captain William and First Mate Alex of the Wanderer for a full-blast Sailfish hunt.

Joy hit the first homerun with a lovely Sailfish release, followed up shortly by Robert knocking out one of his own.

The real highlight came late in the day as the couple pulled of the very difficult Double Sailfish release.

In total they released five Sailfish on the flagship and have the pictures to prove their angling prowess. Great work by Captain William on the hunting and First Mate Alex on the safe releases.

April 21, 2013

Robert McCafferty and Joy Best have a trio of trips planned this week with our team, and on their first trip Captain David of the Explorer took them offshore for a tour of Sailfish City.

The Sails were aggressive biting, but even more aggressive in hook-spitting. Still Mr. McCafferty managed to best one of these behemoths, estimated to weigh over 125 lbs.

Look out for more great fishing from this Pennsylvania-based duo this week.

Mark Applegate finished off a full week of fishing on the Adventurer with Captain Carlos with a mammoth Sailfish release. This monster is clearly the largest billfish ever caught on the 23-foot pocket knife and is a testament to the strength of the angler, boat, and Captain.

Here’s an excerpt from Mark’s email: “Just wanted to say thanks. I had a great time in Nosara and catching a Sailfish on my birthday was the icing on the cake! You have a great staff working for you, hats off to all of them! Carlos did an awesome job of putting me on the fish.”

April 16, 2013

Thomas and Melanie Herndon booked the Wanderer for an afternoon half day billfish hunt and these SoCal anglers got all the Sailfish they could handle. How does EIGHT Sails released in 5 hours sound to you?

Among the octoplet of releases was a triple header and a double header…that’s a furious frenzy of fishing action for sure!

Amazing boat handling by Captain William to keep this swarm of Sails from tangling up the spread and of course the legendary First Mate Alex saw to the safe release of all eight specimens.

All in a day’s work for the mightiest boat in the bay: the Wanderer.

April 15, 2013

After four straight days of fishing, it be understandable if Marty Crotty and his buddy stayed inshore and bobbed around enjoying the sunshine on their final day on the water.

Not these guys…they put the exclamation point on their fishing week with a ridiculous TEN Sailfish releases!

Even more amazing is that they had two triple hookups and two double hookups. meaning that each fish was part of a multiple release.

You know that something is up when First Mate Alex has a reel bent over; usually fighting the fish is the client’s job, but with three fish on somebody had to step up. Here we see Alex in his usual position on the business end of a couple of billfish.

Might as well get these guys’ statues ready for the FishingNosara Hall of Fame! They have certainly earned enshrinement.

April 14, 2013

Marty Crotty and his posse are on a fishin’ mission to release as many Sailfish as they can this week, and on the fourth trip in four days the party leader got things going with the all-the-sudden-common Pacific Sailfish release.

They boys upped the ante in the afternoon as they pulled off yet another Double Sailfish release, plus followed it up with another loner released late in the trip.

Mr. Crotty has one more trip to go this week…stay tuned because it may get crazy!

April 13, 2013

Marty and the boys just can be stopped! On their third trip in three days they released another Sailfish, bringing their total for the week to four big mamas released.

It think it’s safe to say that Sailfish City is back on the map.

April 12, 2013

No let up for Marty Crotty on the Wanderer during day 2. He backed up his double Sailfish release from yesterday with another beefy Sailfish release. This one is cleary over the 125lbs. mark and is one of the bigger Sails of the season so far.

Let’s see what Marty has in store for his trip the rest of this week.

April 11, 2013

Marty Crotty is the most hardcore angler you ever want to meet. Who else has the guts to fish five straight days on the mighty Wanderer?

These guys got their week off to a fast start by accomplishing one of the most challenging and rewarding maneuvers in fishing: the Double Sailfish Release!

Good to see these guys get up close and personal with these billfish because I get the feeling they will be seeing a lot of each other this week.

April 8, 2013

John Hislop and hjs group are the next in line to represent North Carolina in our ongoing battle with bluewater billfish. These folks ain’t playing around either; have three trips planned this week and the first one brought a pair of wonderful Sailfish releases plus a decent Dorado for the dinner table.

This high-flying Sailfish hit the bait around 12:45 and before the clock struck 1 this bad boy was safely released. Very efficient fight coupled with excellent boat handling and a clean bill shot…all in a day’s work for the mighty Wanderer.

A half-hour later the Hislop party put this Dorado on ice. This is a great way to start your week in Nosara with filets ready to go.

The walk-off shot came just after 3pm when another mean Sailfish hit the hook.

This fight was intense and the fish was strong, but once again the Wanderer had a counter for every punch it could throw and achieved a clean release at 3:20pm

Let’s hope this is a sign of good things to come for these Tar Heel state anglers as they take two more trips to the blue water this week.

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