Crocodile Bay Sport Fishing Fleet
Our fleet is comprised of 33 and 35 foot Strike Tower boats. We also have 24 and 25 foot Boston Whaler Outrages.
All of boats have the ability to fish either offshore or inshore because of our generally calm sea conditions.
Fishing Tackle
Our boats are outfitted with Penn International 50’s and 30’s as well as both Penn spinning and conventional gear in 20 and 30 pound outfits. We use Temple Fork Fly Fishing gear on-site but we welcome anglers to bring their own gear if they prefer.
Our Sport Fishing Crews
Most of our crewmembers grew up in the area and know the waters well. Our crews will give you as much or as little help as you want. We want this to be a great experience and communication with your crew enhances your visit here. You will be pleasantly surprised to find an English speaking crew member on your boat as that is not always the case in other fishing operations.
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. |
Monthly Fishing Reports

January 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
December was a tune-up for the season. It was great to see the movement around the resort again and to see some returning friends and meet some new ones. The captains have been itching to get on the water for months.
January 2021 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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March 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
The month started off with a bang, especially inshore when some boats were catching as many as 20 roosterfish a day, above the average of a good day of fishing. Mark Davis was here the first week of the month to film yet another episode of Bigwater Adventures and came out of the gate...
March 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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February 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
January starts and ends with a Bang! New Year's Eve is the only day of the year you will find a traffic jam in Puerto Jimenez. Yet, thanks to a generous neighbor, this small beach town has one of the largest, most spectacular NYE fireworks display in all of Costa Rica. Local people come...
February 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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January 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
The month of December, and especially our Christmas week, is family time here at Crocodile Bay Resort in Costa Rica and our staff, along with the fishing crews, always look forward to this time of the year. Many repeat guests have become more like friends than clients over the years as they bring their...
January 2020 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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December 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
It has been a while since I’ve done a fishing report, so I hope I am not too rusty. There are some changes in the fishing department at Crocodile Bay.
December 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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November 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
Roosterfish, or Nematistius Pectoralis as their Latin name goes, is a hard-fighting and widely sought after gamefish here in Costa Rica. Anglers come from all over the world to Crocodile Bay Resort in search of this prized species. And almost all of our guests have roosterfish at the top of their wish list.In Central...
November 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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October 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
This month I wanted to do something a little different and touch on some of the new equipment we have coming for our 2019/20 season. On the lure front, we have some great Yo Zuri Bull poppers and Halco Roosta poppers coming in. Both of these poppers have proven effective on the tuna and...
October 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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September 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
August has been an excellent month at Crocodile Bay Resort in Costa Rica! We began with a wide-open tuna bite, as the fish were just a few miles offshore. The dolphins and tuna have been corralling big schools of blue runners and feeding on them voraciously — an excellent opportunity for some great topwater...
September 2019 - Costa Rica Fishing Report
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