Costa Rica Fishing Report from FishingNosara
Costa Rica Fishing Report Archive | FishingNosara
We saw the biggest Blue Jack Crevelle in memory earlier this week, but you want to see the biggest Queen Snapper ever?
BOOM!
The IGFA All-Tackle record for the Queen Snapper (Etelis oculatus) is 12.36 kg (27 lb 4 oz) by angler Bill Ismer in from South Florida, but this lady estimated around 20 lbs. is certainly a contender.
It’s unusual for us to get an email from a client mere minutes after they get back to shore, but Roy Jackson hit us up with the email titled: Awesome Day!
“4 sails and one 400 lb marlin. Got some great HD video of the marlin on the gopro. That was a long 45 minutes to land it.“
Now let’s enjoy some photos from this fight:
The rest of the day had strong action for Roy and the whole family.
The kids really put on a show with a Double Sailfish release, expertly coordinated by First Mate Alex.
It’s always great to see youngsters posting such great results. Fantastic fishing day by the Jackson family and the mighty Wanderer!
The Wanderer countered with a 400lbs. Marlin for client Roy Jackson.
They also backed it up with 4 Sailfish releases. All in a days work for the baddest boat in Garza!
The Thomas Martin group added another pair of Rooster Fish releases to their scorecard on March 25.
Inshore madness on the March 24 on-board the Wanderer!
This 30lbs. Rooster Fish release got things going early, then was followed up with this gigantic Cubera Snapper:
Later in the trip they repeated with a Rooster Fish release followed up with another Cubera.
The reefs have been fertile all month, but rarely do we get two massive Rooster Fish releases AND two Cubera Snappers.
As an added delicacy, check out this Blue Jack Crevelle…this is a rare catch for our area and is the first of the year for the whole team.
The Wanderer scored big on the inshore reefs with a pair of Rooster Fish releases on a morning half day.
That may be the biggest Rooster of the season so far, and the second one was no slouch:
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Thomas and Ruth Martin kept the Wanderer‘s hot streak running on March 21 with a morning full of Rooster Fish releases and the afternoon swarmed with Sailfish.
Captain William got to Sailfish City right on time for the 1pm bite and these high-flying pelagics gave Thomas and the boys all they wanted!
Safe released like always by First Mate Alex.
The Wanderer has been filling the trophy case with releases all week, but the filets have been a little scarce. Fortunately, client David Rybas elected to stay inshore on March 20 and his group laid the smack down on a bunch of big Cubera Snappers.
This first one is enough to feed Garza for the day, but the next two that came in could feed all of Guanacaste!
Amazing haul by the mighty Wanderer.
The Wanderer had an afternoon half day trip on the 19th, which is plenty of time for Captain William and First Mate Alex to notch the billfish scorecard.
Nice work by the blue beauty!
Ken and Brenda Russell’s group posted another stellar day of action on March 18, highlighted by this incredible Marlin release by angler Misti Nolan.
They also snagged a Sailfish release and a nice Dorado while they were offshore.
Excellent Dorado score by Larry Komenda:
Captain William didn’t rest on his laurels on this 8 hour trip, as he made it back inshore in time to squeeze another magnificent fish into the day.
Great Rooster fish…certainly looks like it still has some fight in it!
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