April 16, 2014

Tom Bernik brought his sons down to Nosara with big fish on the brain. Captain William and First Mate Alex of the famous Wanderer overcame overcast skies and some medium chop to deliver the goods to this hard-fishing family from New Jersey.

William and Alex are both family men who are great with kids…We love seeing this big smiles on little anglers!

After a long day of Sailfish releases for the boys, they finally let the old man take a turn and he released the final billfish of the day.

Great work by the mighty Wanderer and the Bernik Boys!

April 6, 2014

Mark Obenour kept the good time rollin’ on the Wanderer with a trio of Sailfish release plus some brutish Dorados.

The first two Sails were no match for Mark and his buddy, and the Dorado met equally quick fates only they got released into the icebox.

Just before ‘lines in’ Mark added this awesome Sailfish release.

Timed at 3:45pm, this is the greatest way to end a fishing trip!

April 7, 2014

April 5 brought a banner finish to the Russell Group’s week of fishing in Costa Rica. Captain William pointed the flagship Wanderer offshore to Sailfish City and these New Yorkers showed off the billfish fighting skills that they have honed over the last seven days.

The ladies’ kicked off the action with Sailfish release for each of them, then the boys strapped up for some big-time billfish battles.

First Mate Alex is on top of his game and released these fish with calm confidence.

Check out this monster scored by Larry Komenda:

The final send off was a beefy Dorado for Ken that satisfied his ‘fishing wishing’ list.

Check out this great email we received from Ken later in the week:

“We wanted to let you know that we all had an outstanding time in Nosara… the place was great, the staff were wonderful, and the fishing was beyond our expectations!”

“We had to add on another 1/2 day with David and Kevin when we found that we were facing two days in a row without going out on the water! Altogether we wound up with 3 full days on the Wanderer, 1/2 day on the Explorer and 1/2 day on the Adventurer…. all the boats  were great as were all the crews.”

“I’ve got to say that William and Alex were genuine sweethearts and I can’t say enough about how much we enjoyed going out with them—even the girls!…. aside from 32 sails, we caught 3 dorados (one being my “bucket list” grande mahi!).

“Please tell Paula that Brenda wore her Pink FishingNosara hat to catch some HUGE sails and let her know too that Brenda says she was right”

He’s right about the hat; check out Paula’s first trip to Nosara compared to Brenda’s recent conquest:

 

April 4, 2014

Florida’s own Mark Obenour had a field day on the Wanderer with several Sailfish released, a few nice Dorados on ice, and one great big surprise.

The early action was strong, but the highlight of the trip came in the early afternoon:

Most Sailfish top out around 150lbs., but this big mama has to weigh at least two bills…for God’s sake the picture weighs 10 pounds!

These Florida anglers keep the heat on with more release and another Dorado to round out the trip.

Great work by Captain William and First Mate Alex on the mighty flagship.

April 3, 2014

Geoff Hancock had a blow-out day on the Wanderer with Captain William and First Mate Alex. Sailfish City was packed and Geoff’s crew picked them off left and right.

This above the water action illustrates just how fired up the bite has been recently…these monsters are running on full tanks!

The highlight of the day was a Triple Hook-up which led to a fantastic Double Sailfish release, with one Sail spitting the hook during the battle.

The icing on the cake was this tasty Dorado, estimated well over 40lbs.

Top shelf trophy releases and filets on ice…just another perfect day for the mighty flagship.

March 30, 2014

Ken Russell, Brenda Russell, Larry Komenda and Misti Nolan kicked off a 5 day fishing adventurer with our team on March 30, and these New York anglers got acclimated to the Pacific blue water very quickly.

Right off the bat they had a fine Sailfish release backed up by a tasty 30lbs. Dorado.

Another great Sailfish release followed, and that was only the tip of the iceberg.

Even the less experienced angler can best a Sailfish on the Wanderer, thanks to Captain William’s calm demeanor on the controls and First Mate Alex’ touch in the cockpit.

They got a taste of a Double Sailfish hookup later in the day, however one of the high-flyers managed to spit the hook and escape capture:

Great work by this posse who still has a full week of fishing ahead of them.

March 27, 2014

March 27 was a Banner day for Billfish on the mighty Wanderer. John Koons and his swamp posse was back on board the blue beauty for a day that would see several Sailfish released and one MASSIVE Marlin!

Once again the most junior members of the crew broke the ice with a pair of  excellent Sailfish releases before turning the rod over to the big boys.

At 1pm the boys pulled off a slick Double Sailfish release:

 

Everyone scored a Sailfish release, but the highlight of the trip came around 3pm.

This big Black Marlin took a lure and tried to run away with it, but Team Koons wasn’t hearing any of that!

After a vigourous 20 minute fight the whole team lined up for a picture with nature’s toughest predatory fish.

First Mate Alex finished the safe release with his signature move: a small kiss on the bill for this deadly pelagic!

Excellent work by the crew of the famous Wanderer to safely release this fish-of-a-lifetime!

March 26, 2014

Darren Cook blew the billfish out of the water today on the Wanderer with Captain William.

Sailfish were attacking the spread throughout the trip and every angler got a taste of the action.

Captain William put on a boat handling clinic as he kept the blue beauty out in front of the bills all day long. This late-day Double Sailfish Release was the apex of the action:

Great releases by First Mate Alex and these excellent anglers.

March 25, 2014

Darren Cook and his son knocked out a pair of aggressive billfish today on the mighty Wanderer.

Young Mr. Cook strapped in to battle a Sailfish that charged the boat so hard it almost passed by Captain William’s helm station.

After the safe release, Darren found himself in a fight with a day-glo Striped Marlin.