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Crocodile
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April Costa Rica Fishing
Report
By Todd Staley, Fishing Director
Steve Chatterton
of Saint Petersburg Florida won the Florida
Sportsman Magazine photo
contest with this great shot of a jumping sailfish
(pictured above) he hooked at Crocodile Bay.
What
can I say? After I said fishing slowed down in my last report
it shot right through the roof and then dropped off again.
These fish have been driving me crazy. The only problem in
Puerto Jimenez is that there is not a building tall enough
to jump off.
Once
again the fishing has bounced back and is red hot with Graig
and Brandon Jacobsen going 10 for 21 two days ago on sailfish.
Dave Walsh landed 1 and 3/4 on fly out of 16 and the Luckay
family, Scott, Frank, Bryce, and Chris went 13 for 39 on sails
the last three days. Things are back to normal.
Felix
del Barrio had a great trip catching sails
and a variety of inshore species. He also had the special
treat of getting up-close and personal with a whale shark.
(see photos below)
I
am done trying to second guess the fish and no truer words
were ever said than when the phrase, “a picture is worth
a thousand words” was coined.
For
that reason, I’ll let the photos speak for the highlights
since my last report.
Don
Amsden of Lafayette used the whole family to tackle
this beautiful 500lb Marlin (below). "Dave, Sandy, Renee
and mom fought it for over an hour - next, dad (Jerry
Amsden) fought it for another 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Fifty feet from the boat the 30lb line snapped and the 500lb
monster escaped.
Pictured
above: Art Goodlick
of FL had some great inshore fishing bringing in a prehistoric
looking 20lb congria followed by a 60lb cubera snapper (pictured
below) falling just 3lbs shy of the lodge record.
Sam Brenner of Okuma Fishing
poses with a nice grouper caught while deep jigging
in 400ft of water at the mouth of the Golfo Dulce.
Hope
to see you soon in Costa Rica!
Todd
Staley,
Fishing Director,
Crocodile Bay Resort
Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica
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