Sport
Fishing Magazine
Costa Rica Revisited - Day 1
By Jason Cannon
We
started fishing for sailfish at around 8am. Within 30 minutes,
I had my first sail (in my entire life) to the boat. From
that point on, Lori and I combined to release 8 of 13 sailfish
-- with several over 100 pounds. We could have easily caught
twice that many, but as a photographer, this situation was
a dream come true for me, so we spent a lot of time posing
for cameras. Also, Sport Fishing contributing photographer
Tim Simos brought his underwater gear and shot some beautiful
shots of both hooked and free-swimming sails from under the
surface.
I couldn't
believe how many sailfish swam around us. A glance in at least
one direction throughout the day revealed a school of tailing
fish. From 11:30 till 3:00 we didn't go longer than 15 minutes
without a strike (when the baits were in the water). The biggest
highlight of the day came when Lori and I fought a double
hook-up and got both fish boatside and released. What a thrill!
Lure of
the day:
Actually, there were two. One involved a bait-n-switch with
dead ballyhoo as the tossed bait. We trolled until a sail
started thrashing in the baits, then we cast the ballyhoo
directly behind the lure and hooked up within seconds. As
far as lures, the 4-inch green/black concave head from Todd's
Rigs and Lures proved fatal to these sails. We had other colors
in the spread, but this particular lure got nearly every strike
after our guide Luis Rodriquez decided to change the colors
and sizes mid-morning.
Tomorrow
we'll spend one more day offshore, then we will try the "pargo"
or cubera snapper on fly.
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