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Crocodile Bay Resort Opens November 1

On November 1, we start fishing again. I feel like we are getting paroled, and there is nothing like the salt air and a cobalt sea to liberate ones soul. After being prisoners for so many months there will be nothing more exciting than the sound of line racing off the reel when a...

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Crocodile Bay Resort Experiences Staggering Numbers of Fish and Wildlife Since COVID

I have always made it a habit, especially when I travel in the ‘third world’, to seek out the oldest person I can find and start up a conversation. I have found that is how I can get the true flavor of an area. One example of this insight was when my boss at...

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Crocodile Bay Resort Experiences Staggering Numbers of Fish and Wildlife Since COVID


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Billfish Angler’s Guide to Costa Rica

Not until the early 1990s did sailfishing off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast attract major international attention, and by the turn of the century, Costa Rica was billing itself as the “sailfish capital of the world.” Just after that, however, sailfish numbers began to take a major hit, and many anglers ended up more disappointed...

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Billfish Angler’s Guide to Costa Rica


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Circle Hooks

A circle hook is a fishing hook manufactured so that the point is turned perpendicularly back to the hook shank to form a generally circular, or oval, shape. It has become widely used among anglers in recent years because the hook typically catches more fish and is rarely swallowed. Since the circle hook catches...

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Circle Hooks


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The evolution of the Hero Shot

Did you know the picture above is now illegal in Costa Rica? Ten years ago a regulation made it illegal for the sports fishing sector to take a billfish, sailfish and marlin, out of the water for a “hero shot” photo of their prized catch. The web is full of photos that could potentially...

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Costa Rica Named One of World’s Best Billfish Destinations

The fishing charter website "FishingBooker" has named Costa Rica as the fourth-best billfish destination in the world.The list — based entirely on customer preferences and reviews, according to a FishingBooker spokesperson — ranked Costa Rica ahead of the Florida Keys, calling the country’s Pacific Coast “nothing short of paradise.”

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Costa Rica Named One of World’s Best Billfish Destinations


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Costa Rica regaining position in global sport fishing world

Twenty-five years ago, Costa Rica was known as the sailfish capital of the world.This was quite an accomplishment, as the sport fishing industry was still relatively new here. Quepos was the epicenter, and names like Larry Hustler, Jeanette Perez, John Cory, Bill Cannon, and Harry Gray and their crews had put Costa Rica on...

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Costa Rica regaining position in global sport fishing world


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Taking a Spin @ Crocodile Bay - Fish Taco Chronicles

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. A sound I love. That is the sound of line peeling off a reel. The screaming noise at the moment was coming from a PENN spinning reel which was making that sweet sound. The PENN spinning reel I was using was part of the excellent collection of rods and reels that were on...

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Taking a Spin @ Crocodile Bay - Fish Taco Chronicles


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Fishing Articles

Crocodile Bay Resort Opens November 1

September 14, 2020/by Todd Staley

Crocodile Bay Resort Experiences Staggering Numbers of Fish and Wildlife Since COVID

August 10, 2020/by Todd Staley

Billfish Angler’s Guide to Costa Rica

March 2, 2020/by Todd Staley

Circle Hooks

January 31, 2020/by Janina Schan

The evolution of the Hero Shot

November 29, 2019/by Todd Staley

Costa Rica Named One of World’s Best Billfish Destinations

October 30, 2019/by Janina Schan

Costa Rica regaining position in global sport fishing world

September 28, 2019/by Todd Staley

Taking a Spin @ Crocodile Bay – Fish Taco Chronicles

August 2, 2019/by Janina Schan

80 Years of Illegal (Tarpon) Immigration

July 2, 2019/by Janina Schan

Celebrating Our 18th Season – Annual Fishing Highlights – Pick Your Month…Find Your Fish

November 2, 2017/by Will Briegel

It’s Not Always About the Fish

October 13, 2015/by Will Briegel

Winner of Annual Costa Rica Fishing Trip Catches 70lb Roosterfish

September 30, 2015/by Will Briegel
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