Costa Rica fishing report – Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica by Capt. Allan Smith – While I was at ICAST, the marlin fishing started to heat up. The groups Bianchi, King, Blenkhorn, and Shapiro all released marlin and the Hines group managed to release three. Most of the fish caught were within fourteen miles of […]

Crocodile Bay Fishing Report July 2017 – By Captain Allan Smith – Well, it is summertime and things have begun to heat up at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica. Inshore the fishing continues to be great, with steady Rooster numbers and a few surprises mixed in. Offshore the blue water has moved back in, and […]

Time to glitter: New trails a boost for Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula Daniel Allen, CNN • Published 29th June 2017 FacebookTwitterEmail (CNN) — Juan Cubillo Gomez, a veteran orero (artisanal gold miner) on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, is proud of el museo (“the museum”) that takes up one corner of his modest wooden house. An […]

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Costa Rica fishing report by Allan Smith – Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica – June 22, 2017 – I have always been amazed with the Ocean. Something so big, so permanent, yet constantly changing. The tides, the currents, the weather and of course the unpredictability of the creatures within. Every time you think you have […]

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25 Reasons A Trip To Costa Rica Could Actually Change Your Life by Anne Daly As a travel editor, I’ve been to a fair amount of places around the world — and Costa Rica is hands down, by far, one of my favorites. Annie Daly   The country is divided into two sides — the […]

Boston Whaler Raises 41 Marlin, Mark Davis of Big Water Adventures Visits, Ladies Lets Go Fishing and More at Crocodile Bay Resort Costa Rica Fishing Report May 2017 – April was one of the craziest months I have seen in all my years at Crocodile Bay.  Fortunately, I lost my hair years ago or it […]

One of the first things to consider when planning your Costa Rica sport fishing vacation is what species you want to target and what time of the year conditions are most favorable to yield the highest numbers of that species. This Costa Rica fishing guide and calendar will provide an overview of the best “historical” months […]

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.