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Offshore Fishing Adventures: Sport Fishing in the Osa Peninsula

Crocodile Bay guests show off their catches while offshore fishing in the Osa Peninsula.

Wahoo fishing
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Wahoo!

Double Fisted Dorado Fishing
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Double fisted Dorado and ready to celebrate!

Roosterfish Up Close in Costa Rica
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Roosterfish up close and personal!

Sport Fishing
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Yep, this little guy is my catch for the day.

Blue Velvet Sailfish in the Osa Peninsula
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Blue Velvet…Sailfish approaching the boat.

Sailfish Release
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Catch and release of a Sailfish!

Bird
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The bird that watched over the catches for the day.

Osa Peninsula Sunset
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There is nothing quite as stunning as the sunset on the Osa Peninsula.

 

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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.