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Author:  Mucho Gusto [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:41 am ]
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For anyone planning a fishing trip in the near future, here's an update on current fishing conditions (Published in the Tico Times) :

March 10 - March 16
Southern Pacific Action Hot while North Slow

Top action on the Pacific continues on the southern coast, from Golfito up to Quepos, while according to reports it's pretty slow north of there, out of Carrillo and Flamingo-Tamarindo.

In the Golfito area, Crocodile Bay reports sails are still in solid, with 3,771 sails up and more than 30% of those caught and released Feb. 1 through Sunday, in addition to 31 marlin releases for 76 marlin raised, according to Todd Staley, fishing manager at Crocodile Bay.

Neighboring Parrot Bay Lodge said Monday that John Baumann, son Tom and John's brother Bill fished three days, raising 19 sailfish and releasing six the first day. Their second day, they went for some inshore action and caught eight red snapper, a pompano, a barracuda, a pair of 40-pound amberjacks, and a jack crevalle. On day three they also fished inshore, catching five snapper and 15 amberjacks, releasing a sailfish and fighting an estimated 500-pound marlin for four hours, only to have it bust off.

Scott Cockroft from Mississippi, along with friends Thomas, John and Jim, fished two days, releasing seven of 15 sailfish raised on day one. On day two, fishing inshore, they had two dorado, a sierra mackerel, four red snapper and a jack. They fished around a pod of more than 600 spotted porpoise and also saw a humpback whale breach.

At nearby Zancudo Lodge, Roy Ventura reports equally hot action, but in the past week the catch report dropped remarkably as the result of immense schools of bait.

“There's more bait in the water than I have ever seen, spreading in every direction, and most of the fish just come up to take a look,” Ventura said Monday. “Everyone is still getting fish, but not like earlier in the month.”

He predicts fishing will continue hot on sails through May, with June and July the best months for marlin and snook.

On the central Pacific coast, out of Quepos, J.P. Sportfishing reports 123 sailfish released March 1-5, along with one marlin and 10 dorado. Only five roosterfish were reported, but very few anglers are opting to fish the reefs and inshore structure with blue-water action hot and heavy.

Kingfisher skipper Rick Ruhlow advised Monday that there has been a major tournament under way in that region, with more than 40 boats fishing out of Los Sueños Marina, scoring more than 700 sailfish releases as of Sunday. Nobody told us anything about it, so we can only guess they didn't want it publicized.

Ruhlow is based in Playa Carrillo, on the Nicoya Peninsula, and he reported in by cellular about noon on Monday that the hot marlin action off nearby Cabo Blanco reported here last week didn't last long, and they were seeing very few fish in that area.

No word from anyone farther north, in the Tamarindo-Flamingo area. That region most often comes into its own through the late spring and summer months.

There is no letup in the tarpon action on the northern Caribbean coast, where Río Colorado Lodge reported Monday that Virginia-based ManTech Corp. held a company fishing tournament late last week. Richard Urban caught the biggest of the six snook, weighing in at 15 pounds, and Jeff Naum took the prize at the last minute with an estimated 202-pound tarpon.

Craig Smith, from the U.S. state of Wisconsin, who has been hooking more than six tarpon per day, boated five on Saturday, which was supposed to be his final day, until he extended his trip for another three days. On Sunday a 140-pounder spit his bait, and while reeling in he snagged an old line hanging from the fish's mouth. He reeled the fish in still hooked to an old Rapala lure with all but one hook rusted out.

Daniel Greenson of Oakland, California, and his nephew Joel Greenson of Ann Arbor, Michigan, jumped 30 tarpon in three hours Sunday, but, Daniel said, “it was the greatest fishing day of my life and I caught nothing.” He is coming back in September to try again.

The TV show “Hunting and Fishing the Midwest ” was filming at the lodge this week, and got spectacular footage of a 150-pound tarpon being boated after the custom rod broke in half at the end of the fight.
Author:  Missing CR [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:52 am ]
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Thanks Mikey-B,

I have fished many parts of the world, although not as much as you, over the last 20 years and the quality of the fishing experiences I have had in Costa Rica are th best. Tough to beat the friendly crews, close in fishing (hate long rides out to the fish) and non stop fishing action. One of the few times I was hoping we would quit hooking billfish for awhile so that my arms could recover strength.
Author:  Mucho Gusto [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:08 am ]
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Missing CR wrote:
....One of the few times I was hoping we would quit hooking billfish for awhile so that my arms could recover strength.....

How many times in your life have you been able to make THAT statement ?!!?!?
Believe me.... I understand. It's addictive!

IMHO, some of the best fishing in the WORLD is only a 2 hour drive from the gulch!

Pura Pescando,
Mikey-B :wink:
Author:  Twarag [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:00 pm ]
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I have been a city rat all my life and went fishing one time...in a river. However, I have started to think I should go out at least once before I pack it in. The Ocean is not a problem....sailed numerous times in the Chesapeake Bay and the Caribean.
Giving it some serious thought :shock:
Author:  Missing CR [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:06 pm ]
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Only been able to make that statement twice Mikey-B, on two of my three fishing trips in Costa Rica. Only advice to Newbies is to pick the right place to fish along the coast, depending on the time of the year. Guys on the board can help you with that information.

Agree with you opinion, which in this area does not have to be too humble, about world class fishing within 2 hours of San Jose.

My captain had some great stores about chicas on the high seas. Instead of some guys getting lucky on the water, they had a young lady getting sick all day and the captain had scuff marks all over his boat from high heals. As much as I enjoy the ladies, think I would prefer a nice one waiting for me upon my retrun.
Author:  Missing CR [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:13 pm ]
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Twarag,

The Chesapeake is my regular fishing grounds. The interesting thing is the last few times I have fished several miles off shore of Costa Rica and the water was calmer than my last trip on the Chesapeake.

If you are going to try off shore fishing one time I would definitely recommend that you do it in Costa Rica. If you go out on a good boat you will hook up many times with billfish bigger than you. Take a few pictures and you will have memories for a lifetime. I fish often off the east coast and the Carribean Islands and the results are much more iffy.
Author:  Twarag [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:26 pm ]
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Definitely would be in Costa Rica.
Author:  Mucho Gusto [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:29 pm ]
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Missing CR wrote:
....As much as I enjoy the ladies, think I would prefer a nice one waiting for me upon my return.......

To each his own, but IMHO......you ain't lived until you've gotten a BBBJ, from a beautiful chica, while reeling in a billfish. Life is good !!!!! Just my opinion......
Author:  Missing CR [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:50 pm ]
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I have not tried it yet, so hard to argue with the voice of experience. Tight lines Mikey-B.
Author:  Mucho Gusto [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:51 pm ]
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Missing CR wrote:
...I have not tried it yet, so hard to argue with the voice of experience. Tight lines Mikey-B.

Right back atcha! :)
Author:  XMan [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:16 pm ]
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To each his own, but IMHO......you ain't lived until you've gotten a BBBJ, from a beautiful chica, while reeling in a billfish. Life is good !!!!! Just my opinion......


Now that my friends is man that knows how to live. Mikey now your my HERO! :wink:


X
Author:  Pooter309 [ Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:09 am ]
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Wait Mikey-B......Hold that Door :!:
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Mikey-B said: To each his own, but IMHO......you ain't lived until you've gotten a BBBJ, from a beautiful chica, while reeling in a billfish. Life is good !!!!! Just my opinion......


Now that my kind of fishing….. :twisted: 8) :twisted: 8) :twisted:

:idea: One question…..who watching the fish….
Not the one swallowing your worm ..but the other one….
:arrow: You know the one in the water?????

Talk about catch & release....
Wait, wait, wait…..One more question
Oh Hell… I just gotta ask……
You don’t practice this maneuver (BBBJ) in ROUGH CHOP….Do you?

No pun intended…… Just being the inquisitive little quip!!!

Pooter 8) 8) 8)
Author:  Mucho Gusto [ Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:48 am ]
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Pooter309 wrote:
...One question…..who watching the fish….
Not the one swallowing your worm ..but the other one….
You know the one in the water?????

Talk about catch & release....
Wait, wait, wait…..One more question
Oh Hell… I just gotta ask……
You don’t practice this maneuver (BBBJ) in ROUGH CHOP….Do you?

The boat? The fish ? The bait ? The rough seas ? The crew ?
Who gives a sh*t !!!! At that moment in time..... I could care less whether or not I actually bring the fish to the boat !!!!
Author:  Pooter309 [ Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:39 am ]
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:P Agreed :P
I was just asking!!!!

:wink: Pooter :wink:
Author:  SparkChaser69 [ Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:49 am ]
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Twarag wrote:
I have been a city rat all my life and went fishing one time...in a river. However, I have started to think I should go out at least once before I pack it in. The Ocean is not a problem....sailed numerous times in the Chesapeake Bay and the Caribean.
Giving it some serious thought :shock:


Careful Twarag,
Bill fishing is almost as addictive as mongering.
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