Tag: Yellowfin Tuna

February 13, 2017

John Difilippo got into town a few days before the rest of his group, so before attacking the blue water on the big boats he chose to gather up meat fish with Captain David.

Nice scores of Yellowfin Tuna, Pompano, and Queen Snapper means that the Difilippo group will be well-fed upon their arrival. Excellent work!

February 5, 2017

Captain David welcomed some new friends from the nation of France for an action-packed five day campaign on the Adventurer.

It’s definitely a good sign to see these Yellowfin Tuna this close to shore.

Stephane Venant, Tim Capsek, and Camille Chombart we prepared for inshore battle; take a look at Stephane’s traveling arsenal:

Clearly the fish weren’t prepared for these hard-fighting Frenchmen!

Big Snappers were also lurking on the reefs, and they were no match for Stephane:

The week ended on a high note with this excellent Rooster Fish release…they had been looking for an elusive pez gallo all week and finally scored on the last day of fishing:

February 3, 2017

The Wanderer kept up the excellent fishing with another set of CCA Texas folks on February 3.

Art and Christine Jones brought their friends along for a trip to the meat market; for starters there was an excellent Yellowfin Tuna bite, which was then followed up by a big tasty Dorado.

They also added a sweet Sailfish release later in the trip:

February 2, 2017

On February 2, legendary Texas angler Jerome McKown walloped a wicked Wahoo on the flagship Wanderer.

This deck-sweeper is a true monster; each side yielded four 1-gallon bags of filets.

That wasn’t the only fish of the day…this posse of CCA TX anglers nabbed a big Dorado and a number of football-sized Yellowfin Tuna.

January 31, 2017

Jacksonville’s own Captain Dan Parker is a legend in Garza Bay, fishing this area for more than a decade.

This FishingNosara Hall of Famer and his wife Charlene had a big day on January 31 with Captain William on the Wanderer.

After the first Sailfish release, Captain William found a pod of spinning porpoises and knew that Yellowfin Tuna were lurking underneath.

 

 

January 29, 2017

Ken Smith Jr. celebrated his dad Ken Smith Sr.’s birthday with a sweet fishing trip to Costa Rica. The whole family was in on the birthday surprise:

We are stoked to report that they caught a true fish-of-a-lifetime on board the Explorer.

“At this very moment, I knew this fish wasn’t very happy.” wrote Kenny on his Facebook page.

This Black Marlin is easily over 300lbs. and put up a fight like a bulldog.

Great release by Captain Fico and Mate Elias was the perfect way to close out this awesome experience.

No great week of fishing is complete without a end-of-trip dinner, and this late day Yellowfin Tuna fit the bill:

“It was real Costa Rica, until next time!”