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A Sportfishermen’s Hunt for a Marlin

This Crocodile Bay guest headed offshore in the Osa Peninsula for a day of sport fishing in hopes of catching a Marlin in the beautiful Southern Pacific Ocean.

Marlin Jumping
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Marlin spotted a few hundred feet from boat jumping high in the air. What a beauty!

Hunter and Marlin Fighting
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Sport fisherman and marlin engaged in a tug of war…who will win?

Black Marlin
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Reeling in a Black Marlin…looks like we go him! Will it be a successful Sport fishing day?

Dorado
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Well the Marlin got a way but I did catch a Dorado. Guess what’s for dinner?

Dorado caught sportfishing in Costa Rica
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Back at the dock…Dorado for dinner sounds good to me!

 

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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.