Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
Captain Fico has become a sort-of advance scout for the FishingNosara team; last month he uncovered a pocket of Cuberas that the team stayed on for a few days, plus he scored an early-season Yellowfin Tuna.
Now he has popped the lid of the first can of Wahoo we’ve seen in a few months. Nice work by the trailblazing Adventurer.
The Explorer welcomed Ohio anglers Kevin and Mary Ann Dineen for a landmark day of fish harvesting.
This foursome of fishermen got down to business quickly, with each party member scoring a Dorado early in the trip.
Then the monster Dorado came calling!
After this wad of Mahi-Mahi’s on ice, it’s easy to think that the Explorer would call it a day…but that ain’t how the barroom brawler gets down!
The final fish of the day was a MASSIVE Wahoo:
I think we need a bigger cooler…Amazing that this monster’s tail is almost still in the water!
Easily the biggest Wahoo of the year, this monster might weigh north of 70lbs.
Sheesh, the picture weighs 5 pounds!
Great work by the unstoppable Explorer!
Captain Carlos has continued to shine on the super panga Explorer this month.
On November 11 he led a trip to the inshore fish market for his clients and they filled the shopping cart with Dorado, Wahoo, and Queen Snappers:
Amazing all around catches for the Explorer left these clients with a wide variety of filets for the frigerator.
The Discoverer is back in action after an extended off-season of maintenance and repair. Captain David is stoked to be back on the water, while the fish population is not nearly as enthusiastic to see the battleship prowling the surface.
Client Nick Townsend snared the first fish of the season…check out this sweet Wahoo:
A great start to what we know will be a great season!
The Adventurer continues to amaze as Mate Fico has really applied himself to maintain the high standards set on the 23-foot pocket knife.
Check out this big Wahoo, estimated at 35+lbs.:
That was the highlight of a trip that also included small Tunas and Dorados…a nice way to round out the shopping cart.
Richard and Jean Prowant found out just how effective Super panga fishing can be on March 18 with Captain David and Mate Kevin. These Moorehaven, FL-based anglers strutted their stuff with four Sailfish releases.
Also they scored two nice eating fish: a nice sized Wahoo early in the trip and a beefy Dorado on the back end.
This is the first of three scheduled trips on the Explorer for Richard and Jean…look out for more great action from these Floridians.
Jennifer and Shannon Gonzalez torched the blue water creatures with Captain David on the Explorer on March 17.
The Sailfish have been thick recently and the Super Panga capitalized with several super releases.
The only thing that interrupted the Sailifsh swarm was this gargantuan Wahoo:
That is a legitimate deck sweeper!
These tough anglers kept the pedal to the metal with more Sailfish releases to finish off the trip.
Excellent performance by Captain David and Mate Kevin on the legendary Explorer.
Fantastic action for FishingNosara Hall of Famer George Shipley on the Explorer. Waaaaaaay back in February 2011 Mr. Shipley earned enshrinement with the first double billfish day in the history on the then-new Super Panga.
Looks like he remembered the formula!
This double release was the highlight of the day that also featured a three solo Sailfish releases:
Plus a real nice Wahoo:
Add a late-day Dorado and you have a feast for the Hall of Famer.
Excellent work by Captain David and Mate Kevin to deliver the goods for this awesome angler.
Cathy Riddle was back for more blue water action on February 20 and got off to a fast start with another Dorado on ice, plus a nice looking Wahoo.
Personally, I think the T-shirt is what lured him in.
The Sailfish bite was on in the early afternoon as they released this beast:
Great work by these Florida anglers!
Harris Savin returned to the Adventurer for another solo mission deep behind the enemy lines of the local blue water fish population.
They targeted trolling species and were rewarded with this whopping 30+ lbs. Wahoo.
Captain Carlos and Harris polished off the sushi just in time to add three tasty White Tunas to the fishbox.
They added a big Dorado to their collected later in the trip, bringing to a close another great fishin’ mission!
