November 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
The beautiful Osa Peninsula has certainly earned her reputation as Costa Rica’s fishing paradise. The month of October supported that fame by pleasuring us with incredible weather, fairly calm water and of course, hungry fish.
November 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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October 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
This September carried some amazing weather where our anglers took pleasure in fishing calm waters with beautiful tropical skies. September is usually known as a great month for anglers to target the larger roosterfish and cubera snapper. We had anglers who were able to catch their “trophy fish” after years of fishing for those 60-plus-pound...
October 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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September 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Inshore, everyone is catching fish. Close to the beach, there are lots of light tackle roosters in the 8 to 15-pound range, as well as jack crevalle. If you work areas like Matapalo, some bigger roosters up to 50-pounds have taken baits. Plenty of snapper and other bottom fish action. Some grouper have been taken...
September 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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August 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Last month I reported that the marlín were starting to move into our area. If you ask my wife she might not agree, but I sometimes get it right. It is all a part of better marine management here in Costa Rica. For the last 6 years, the tuna purse seiners have been moved off...
August 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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July 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Fishing has improved offshore marlín have started moving into the area in recent weeks. As we move further into July and August we should see it get even better. This is the time of year that some black marlin, as well as the blue, move through our waters. Two scientists from Stanford University spent a...
July 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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June 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Have had a little flurry of sailfish lately as well as marlín offshore. As we move closer to July and August we will get our “summer” marlin season. Most of the year we see blue marlin, but this time of year some black and striped marlin will be cruising the local waters. Dorado won’t be...
June 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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May 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Fishing has been full of surprises lately. Some good, some not so good. I always prefer to get the not so good news out of the way first. Sailfish numbers are down. El Nina has peaked and we are on the downside of it, but the result is cooler water temperatures and sails prefer a...
May 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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April 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Strange weather really affected offshore fishing in March 2021. I have seen more rain in this “dry season”, dropping surface temperature and causing a big wad of sailfish to move north early this year. There were a few really good days but the sails just were not consistent. The tuna on the other hand were...
April 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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