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The weather throughout Costa Rica continues to be normal for this time of year. The Caribbean side has had mostly calm seas and light winds, and the Pacific coast has been mostly sunny and nice with some evening showers.
The northern Pacific coast has had the hot bite the past few weeks, with some good numbers on marlin and sailfish. The central coast has been average for sailfish and tuna, with some good inshore and bottom fishing, while the southern Pacific has had a good marlin and mahimahi bite, as well as some good inshore action. On the Caribbean coast, they are experiencing ideal conditions for big tarpon as they get ready for their best weather and fishing months.
Northern Pacific
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El Dorado: Sheddy Gómez from Cuba with a dorado (mahimahi) almost as big as he is, caught on the Disco Pirate off the central Pacific coast. |
Photo courtesy of Matt West
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Capt. Steve Curtis aboard the Capullo had a hot hand recently with the Mark Price group. They fished three days and caught three marlin, 11 sails and a handful of nice mahimahi.
Angler Dan Charpie fished with Capt. Warren Sellers on the Bad Dog and caught four marlin and a bunch of mahimahi the first day and five sailfish and a couple of nice mahimahi the second day.
Petra Schoep of Tamarindo Sportfishing reports that Amy Shaw fished on the Talking Fish and caught a sailfish, a blue marlin in the 200-pound range, a 40-pound roosterfish and several tuna. Scott Jones fished on the OutCast and caught three sails and a 300-pound blue marlin.
Capt. Richard Chellemi on the Gamefisher II has been getting in on the good fishing up north. The boat has been going offshore and averaging four or five sailfish per day with some marlin, tuna, mahimahi and wahoo in the mix.
Ralph Solano of Costa Rica Wild Fishing in Potrero Bay reports the fishing in Guanacaste is excellent this time of the year, with good numbers of mackerel, barracuda and snapper.
Central Pacific
The guys on the J-Barrilete in Herradura Bay did a half-day recently at a local hot spot called the “26 rock.” They caught a half-dozen yellowfin tuna and a half dozen mahimahi, all in the 15- to 20-pound range.
Capt. James Smith and the guys on the Dragin Fly caught a nice yellowfin tuna weighing in at more than 150 pounds. A few days later, they released six sailfish and kept a couple of nice mahimahi for the grill.
My friends and I did some bottom fishing with Capt. Brandon Keene on the Fish Whistle recently and caught about two dozen fish using live bait and squid rigs. We ended the day with a handful of nice snapper, grouper and amberjack.
Capt. RJ Lillie on the Disco Pirate did some offshore fishing with some friends from Cuba. Heavy rains the day before made the water green, but they still ended the day with a few nice mahimahi, including one over 50 pounds. They also raised a couple of uninterested sailfish 20 miles out of Los Sueños Marina.
Jamie Walker and the guys from Frenzy Sportfishing took a family out recently for a half-day trip. They saw some humpback whales, caught a couple of nice roosterfish and had a great trip.
Southern Pacific
Capt. Bob Baker of Golfito Sportfishing reports a good day for a couple of anglers recently. They found a nice log not far offshore and hooked a couple of marlin. They missed one but caught and released a 400-pounder. Baker says the mahimahi bite has been good, the tuna have been far offshore and the sailfish bite is scattered. He adds the inshore bite has been steady for snapper, amberjack and fat snook.
Northern Region
Philippe Tisseaux of San Carlos Sport Fishing wants to remind everyone of the annual San Carlos fishing tournament in Nicaragua to be held Sept. 13 and 14. The contest covers guapote fishing in the Solentiname Islands and tarpon, snook, machaca and drum in the Río San Juan. For more information, contact Tisseaux in Costa Rica at 8842-7673.
Caribbean
Jim DiBerardinis of Tarponville Lodge in Manzanillo is getting ready for a few big groups and some high-season fishing. He says the conditions are right, with flat seas and rolling tarpon.
Diann Sánchez of Río Colorado Lodge says the ocean has been calm and the weather nice in Barra Colorado. She says anglers are getting a handful of hookups and are releasing several tarpon a day. Some of the locals have been fishing from shore in the evening and have been doing well on snook in the seven- to 15-pound range.
Capt. Eddie Brown on the Bullshark in Tortuguero is getting ready for high season and reports ideal conditions for tarpon fishing, with light breezes, calm seas and good numbers of tarpon being seen past the breakers.
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