Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Master Captain William took the Wanderer out on October 4 and lit up the scoreboard with an awesome Blue Marlin release.
After the safe release, Paul Norris’ group also brought home the bacon with some excellent Yellowfin Tunas.
Here is what Paul had to say after the trip: “Great day fishing! 1st Marlin, 1st Sailfish, then we caught 4 yellowfin tuna and 4 Dorado (mahi mahi).
“I can’t thank Daradee Olson enough for being a trooper and falling in love with my passion for fishing. She killed it!”
The big battleship Discoverer scored a few nice Yellowfin Tunas on the 16th with angler John Barry.
Here’s what John had to say after the trip: “We had a fantastic trip these guys are true professionals – I brought my mom along with me who did not want to fish and they communicated with me before and after the trip to ensure she had a good time. She had a fanatics time, even ended up in the battle chair fighting a tuna I bet I could even get her to get out again. We caught a bunch of Yellowfin + fought a sailfish we just lost.”
The Harvester and Virgil Russell’s family enjoyed some catching on July 5 with this excellent Yellowfin Tuna.
From Virgil via email:
I wanted to say that we had an exceptional time. We killed the tuna and both my kids got to land a tuna from the chair on the Harvester.
I really appreciate the effort from the crews who took time to accommodate young children and made the trip awesome.
Great report from Heidi and Jim O’Calligan:
It was pouring rain this morning when we got up and it certainly looked like today was going to be a total washout. After a 2 hour delay, the rain stopped and it didn’t rain on us again for the rest of the day.
Turned out to be an outstanding day with Captain Antonio and Mate Fito!!!! We got 5 yellowfin tuna from 30 to 35 pounds. Jim got the biggest. I got 3, two of which were at least 30. Those were a lot of fun.
And, check out the size of the head of this sailfish that Jim caught. Captain estimated it was 150 pounds. I caught one about a 120.. They were the biggest sailfish either of us have ever caught. And they both gave us a very good fight!
We got video of everything!! We are spent to say the least!! What an amazing day that started out looking like it was going to be a washout!!!!
We kept 2 bags of tuna for dinner, gave one bag to the mommy who lives in the house on the beach and the rest went to Antonio and Fito and their families.. Again, what an amazing day what an amazing day this turned out to be!!!!!
Wes Tower and his boys had a fanatic trip with Captain William on April 21.
“My two Sons and I each caught our first Sailfish!” wrote Wes after the trip.
“I fish with charters a lot and these guys are pros! They are super polite and run a tight-ship! Delicious lunch provided. Great day and memory to last forever. Thank you! Pura Vida!!”
Robert Kenworthy had a fantastic day with Captain David on February 6. They scored a sweet Blue Marlin release backed up with a nice Cierro Mackeral.
“My wife and I had a great time on Explorer and caught some amazing fish after 4 times out on different charters I finally caught a billfish!” wrote Robert.
“David was amazing and was determined to catch fish, very clean and had a delightful lunch. Highly recommend.”
The Wanderer welcomed Oren Arbel-Wood’s group for an excellent day of action on January 15.
“The experience was great!” Oren emailed. “We saw hundreds of dolphins and our captain and crew was very knowledgable. I caught the sailfish I’ve always wanted!”
Justin Haliday and Misty Dingel marked Rooster Fish release off of their ‘to-do’ list on August 19, thanks to the efforts of Captain David on the Adventurer.
Check out what Heidi posted to Facebook:
Got my Rooster Fish 
today!!! Soo damn excited!! 
We had a hell of an amazing time fishing the past two days with Capt David on the Adventurer 
from FishingNosara going out of Playa Garza, Cr. We stayed at Nosara Paradise Rentals in the Casa Bianca, very clean spacious and comfy. Check pics, vids and rates on their pages
at home here and is the top of the list for coming back to. There’s just too much to capture that pictures would NOT do it justice or even begin to capture the Pura Vida here 
Here’s a few tidbits from the fishing. We have sooo much footage and pics to upload and fish through 
no pun intended.Billy Meeks and Jerome McKown were back for more on the 9th. Let’s hear Jerome’s account:
Another great day of fishing in Nosara, Costa Rica.
My good fishing partner and friend Billy Meeks had an amazing day on the water with Fishing Nosara on the Harvester with Capt. Alex.
We started the day with Billy catching and landing a 7’ sailfish. We actually saw him strike and eat the surface bait. Pretty cool for sure.
Then I was able to catch another rooster fish.
Good fight beautiful colors on this fish.
Later this afternoon Billy was able to catch and land another Rooster Fish. His fish was definitely bigger than mine; 48lbs
Within 10 minutes from Billy’s release I popped another rooster fish. It was a monster. The granddaddy of the rooster fish. We able to see him briefly before he broke the hook. Capt. Alex estimated to be nearly 70 lbs.😡
All I could think of was the movie…Grumpy Old Men and how they were always trying catch.. “Catfish Hunter”…
So another day is in the books. We were able to photo and release these magnificent fighters for another day.
We laughed hard, fished hard, and now we have wonderful memories of today’s events which will last forever in our mind and heart…
We not fishing tomorrow, but come Wednesday let me just say.. Catfish hunter rooster we are coming for you.. Game on. Lol. Wish us luck on our final day fishing this paradise called Nosara, Costa Rica..🎣🦵🏾🤙
Tight lines,
Capt. J
Robbie Parks dropped this report on July 23: “Bite was much slower today. But thanks to Capt. Alex late ninth inning rally, we ended up with 5 more sails, three of them in the last hour and two of those were on a double hookup.”
“So far, the Parks clan has 15 sailfish. My grandsons are now believers.”
