There Are Many Reasons to Move to Costa Rica Why would you want to move to Costa Rica? As thousands of expats will tell you, Costa Rica offers a fantastic lifestyle at a reasonable cost.  Costa Rica is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with a modern capital city, reliable utility service, […]

Weather in the green season I have had several people ask me about the weather here in the “green season.“ If you were contemplating coming down for some fishing but were worried about going to a place called “the RAIN forest” or if you looked at the weather forecast for Puerto Jimenez and saw thunderstorms […]

June was another exciting month at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica. The fishing last month had a little bit of everything. The roosterfish action was hot with several boats releasing double-digit roosterfish in a single day.

Humpback Whale Migration –  Mid July through Early November Whale watching season is almost here (mid July – early November ) – Did you know the Osa Peninsula’s Golfo Dulce  is one of the few places on Earth where Humpback whales migrate to give birth from both the Arctic and Antarctic? Just another of the many […]

Crocodile Bay Resort Selected to Host International Roosterfish Tournament in November 2018 The PanAmerican Delegation recently sent representatives from the USA Angling team and the Mexican Sport Fishing Federation to choose a location for the First International Roosterfish Tournament. They scouted out several locations in Costa Rica and decided Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica  would […]

Catch all the fishing action this past month out of Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica. Sailfish, marlin, dorado, and snapper have been putting smiles on anglers faces. Read the full June Costa Rica fishing report here.

  https://vimeo.com/270137055 Where we live is a matter of medical and therapeutic interest; in fact, geospatial medicine studies show how location affects our health and ­well-being. It is said that in addition to having a genetic DNA, people also have an environmental DNA. Typically though, people don’t take into account how important a place in […]

With the arrival of the Green Season here on The Osa, amphibian bodies begin to morph in their watery ways, they’ll slither out of cracks in the muddy earth and begin their annual migration to the nearest water or pond. Most amphibians can not fully exist on land for their complete life cycle. Therefore, all […]

Sea turtles are commonly seen year around in the waters of our Golfo Dulce (“sweet gulf”). However, the main nesting season on the peninsula is from June until December. We have 4 species that nest on our beaches: olive ridleys, green turtles, hawksbill turtles, and leatherbacks. Olive ridley turtles are the most common species found […]

Sportfishing Calendar

January

Tuna, marlin and dorado taper off. Number of sailfish begins to increase.

February

Prime time for sailfish. Occassional marlin, tuna or dorado.

March

Prime time for sailfish.

April

Sailfish numbers drop mid-April and some marlin begin to appear.

May

Slower for billfish. Typically we start seeing schools of spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

June

Slower for billfish. Spinner dolphins with yellowfin tuna.

July

Marlin begin to appear. A chance for black marlin as well as blues and striped marlin. A chance for tuna.

August

Marlin and tuna.

September

Slower for billfish. A chance for tuna and dorado.

October

Dorado begin to appear in numbers with marlin close behind.

November

A mixed bag of dorado, marlin and some big tuna.

December

Marlin, dorado, tuna and sailfish are all possibilities.