Name: Diann Sanchez	Date: 09/23/2009	Report Location: rio colorado lodge
Email: tarpon4u@mindspring.com

Over 75 tarpon were hooked this past week from the Rio Colroado Lodge. Of those 75, more than 30 were brought to the boat. In addition, guest caught tuna, bonito, barracuda, jacks, king mackeral, and a COBIA. Angkers from North Carolina identified the fish since guides working for Rio Colorado Lodge for more than 30 years had never seen one! The fishing continues to be excellent this week, guest hookings tons of tarpon. The ocean is calm, and river nice and peaceful.

Name: Jim Renfro

Date: 03/08/2009

Image Location: sierpe river

sierpe river. Ted Fussel from Gulfport Fl. fishing with Capt. Pablo Chaves of Sierpe caught this nice Corvina last Friday the 6th of March. Also fishing were Christian Williams of Dominical and Jim Renfro of Tinamaste.

Name: Lee Swidler

Date: 02/21/2009

Report Location: north central costa rica

I have been bringing my fly fishing clients to the Los Chiles area, where we have fished Cano Negro, Rio Cote, and the Rio Muerte. The machacas have been in abundance, as well as some guapote.. The tarpon were doing belly rolls around the boat in Cano Negro; up to 100 kilos!

Name: Wavydave

Date: 01/18/2009

Report Location: quepos,cr

This week (Jan.17, 2009) Jonathan, Graig, Craig and Joel from Sandwich, Maine, fly fished aboard the

Name: bob aberns

Date: 12/11/2008

Report Location: punta uva

I have fished both Coast Rica and Panama as a light tackle fisherman and have found that the best one piece rod to catch small tarpon, snook, and peacock bass is the paka rod. The company makes flyrods and on what you'd swear was bamboo (it's graphite), spinning and casting. You should check them out.

Name: Jerry 'bubba' Hallstrom

Date: 06/26/2008

Report Location: costa rica fishing report - los suenos

Howdy, There has been some red tide move into the area the past week but it hasn't hurt the fishing as much as expected. There were a couple days that were slow but for the most part everyone has been catching some fish. The 26 rock has been hot with this past week good numbers of wahoo, tuna, dorado and a nice marlin being caught. Captain RJ on the Predator has been at the rock almost everyday the past week. They have been averaging 5 or 6 fish a day including some 35 pound wahoo, some 25 pound tuna, some 20 pound mahi mahi and a 400 plus pound black marlin. I heard the news of RJ's marlin before he was back at the marina. The big marlin hit a ballyhoo while trolling for wahoo. As most marlin will do he put on a good air show with some great leaps. One of the leaps was too close for comfort when mr marlin almost landed in the boat. The big angry fish slammed into the boat tower just a couple feet from the captain and clients. RJ said it was like being hit by another boat and they were lucky no one was hurt. Captain Dave on the Missbehavin took a group out to the rock and caught 6 nice wahoo and several 25 pound yellowfin tuna. Captain Jeremy and the guys on the Desperado went way out a few days ago...they ran out 50 miles for a 35 pound mahi mahi...luckily the guys on The Bite found the tuna and contacted Jeremy. They picked up and ran 15 miles to join the tuna bite and caught some nice fish. Most of the fish were in the 35-45 pound range...they did have one hogg on that was estimated at over 100 pounds, that fish was lost. Thanks and good luck, Bubba

Name: Diann	Date: 05/14/2008	Report Location: rio colorado lodge
Email: tarpon4u@mindspring.com

Fishing Report for the week-ending May 11, 2008 for guest of Rio Colorado Lodge. Keith Comer of Niceville, Florida along with Alan Comer of Freeport, Florida fished Rio Colorado Lodge for 3 days. They jumped 8 tarpon, boated 2 and then decided to fish further out for Wahoo. They caught 2 nice Wahoo each weighing over 35lbs. Jim Croner came back after a great visit last week. This time his fishing experience was not so good since he caught no tarpon. Jeff & Cheryl Hampton of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida jumped 11 Tarpon, boated 2. Jorge & Martin Torres of Costa Rica fished 1 day, they jumped 1 Tarpon, boated 7 Mojarra and some Pinto. Fishing Report for the week ending of May 4, 2008 for guest fishing from Rio Colorado Lodge. The first couple of days of the week fishing was a little slow. Repeat customer Jim Croner fished 1 1/2 days jumping and boating 2 tarpon. Brian Schmidt of Ashland, Nebraska fished 2 days, jumping 5 and boating 2 tarpon. David Blanchard did not jump any tarpon, however, he boated 2 jacks, and 2 tuna, one of the tuna being a black tuna. Keith Hall of Ipswich England, along with Mike & Ben Hall of Marbella Spain fished 5 days, theu jumped 27 tarpon and boated 8. They caught several fish including jacks, bonito and mackeral. Kevin Kotter and Larry Crnkovich of Idah fished 2 days, jumped 4 tarpon and boated 1. Repeat customer Phil Hoover of Naples Florida along with his friend Jim Cross of Canton, Ohion fished 7 days. Phil's son Drew fished with them for one day. They jumped 39 tarpon and boated 15. They also caught baracuda, jack and dolphin fish. Phil has fished Rio Colorado Lodge at least 60 times and says this was the best he remembered. Heath Nichol of San Diego on a return visit jumped 12 and boated 4 tarpon. He also caught jack, baracuda and a nice snook. Toni Lyons of Sarasota, Florida with Kendra Presswood of Holmes Beach, Florida fished with us for 3 days. They jumped 8 and boated 4 tarpon. Kevin Kuchel of Running Meadow, Illinois jumped 55 and boated 11 tarpon. Kevin also caught a very nice size snook.

Name: Jerry

Date: 03/02/2008

Report Location: los suenos marina - jaco beach

February Fishing Report February is the busiest month in the marina at Los Suenos and the fishing has been very good with some great Sailfish numbers. The one week of rain we had slowed the bite for a few days and pushed the blue water and the bite out past 40 miles. After the full moon the boats that fished out past 40 were rewarded with some great days. Captain Bill on the “Sailfish” was on a roll the last week of February averaging 12 Sailfish and 3 Dorado (40 pounds) per day. John Jackson and some friends went out on the “Ashley Nicole” with Captain Dean and had a really good day. They caught 4 Sailfish, a Mahi Mahi for dinner, a striped Marlin and John got his first ever “Blue Marlin”…congrats John. Mark and his group went out on the “Barbarrosa” and caught 8 Sailfish, 3 Dorado and one Striped Marlin. Captain Jeremy on the “R&J” caught a 70 pound Broom tail Grouper in the same area. Captain Glenn on the “Bethina” took a group from Minnesota 55 miles out and was rewarded by raising 30 Sailfish and Marlin. Captain Kevin on the “Hot Reels” had a good day going 4 for 8 on Sailfish. They also caught 2 nice Dorado and a 300 plus pound Blue Marlin. Captain Dave on the “MissBehavin” took a group a guys from Philly out to corner and had a great day going 8 for 11 on Sailfish and they caught one nice Mahi Mahi for the grill. Captain Dana on the “Hoo’s your Daddy” went 7 for 10 on Sails in the same area…they also raised a 300 pound Blue Marlin. Randy and his wife from Florida went out on the “Scorpion” and caught 2 Sailfish, raised a 300 plus pound Marlin and caught a 50 plus pound Bull Mahi Mahi. That’s their biggest Mahi ever so they are having a fiberglass mount made. Captain RJ on the “Predator” fished offshore and caught 6 Sailfish, 4 Dorado and a big Striped Marlin on one of his best days in February. March Fish Forecast -- Hopefully the big Sailfish numbers will continue in March. The second leg of the Los Suenos Billfish Series is this month and some big Sailfish and Marlin numbers would be a wonderful thing. The Marlin fishing will be consistent with the occasional Blue and Black being caught. The Striped Marlin bite was above average in February…look for that to continue. There will also be lots of big Dorado and Tuna caught by boats going offshore for Sailfish and Marlin. March Fish of the Month – Marlin The second leg of the Los Suenos Signature Billfish Tournament is March 12th – 15th. More than 50 boats are expected to compete for over $200,000 in prizes. Captain Marvin and the crew of “The Bite” won the first event in January by releasing 6 Striped Marlin and 22 Sailfish. With the Maverick boats finishing 1st,2nd and 3rd in that tourney expect one of those boats to be the favorite for the second go round. The bite has been good so I’ll guess the winning boat will release 50 plus Sailfish and a half dozen Marlin in the 3 day event. Sailfish are worth 100 points and any Marlin is worth 500 points. All fish are released. Stop by bubba’s and listen to the “live” fish reports on the VHF radio. Good Luck and Good Fishing, bubba 841-5109 cell 1-800-9SAILFISH from the USA sailfishcr@yahoo.com www.costaricafishingreport.com fish image courtesy of www.saltwatersportsman.com

Name: Leon Loucheur

Date: 02/24/2008

Report Location: grand junction, colorado

Hi, My name is Leon and I will be in the Central pacific region April 4 through April 8. I would like to do some saltwater fishing but will be travelling solo and would like to link up with other fisherman to cut costs. (lsl@netscape.com) Can adjust my itinerary to fish out of Jaco, Quepos, Manuel Antonio or?

Name: Tim Mahoney

Date: 02/06/2008

Report Location: los sueños to quepos

We Fished the Swordfish out of Los Sueños for two days and Quepos for three days in the mid Part of January. Multiple hook ups with Dorado both on a fly and conventional. The fishing was slow with a full moon upon us but we managed several sails on a fly. Our 8 Y/O caught his first Dorado on Conventional with the help of a wonderful experienced crew. With friends on board we had a conventional triple with Doardo and all were landed. We also had a double with a nice pair of sails. The best part of the trip was hooking up with two blue Marlins on a fly. The first was perfect for the fly and eventually broke of at the leader next to the boat. The seond was bigger and flat out beat me up. My fingers from the reel handle were blistered. My knees were bruised and hip bloody from rod placement after two hours of fighting. Out of exhaustion I then turned the rod over to fellow angler and Guide Shane Smith of which he fought this monster on a fly for another hour before she finally broke the butt section of the leader and went on her way. We both were truly humbled and blessed to enjoy this wonderful fish for three hours total on a fly rod before she broke off. Our experience In Costa Rica aboard the Swordfish was truly world class.

Name: Todd Staley	Date: 10/12/2007	Report Location: tortugero, barra colorado
Email: todd@crocodilebay.com

Call me "sancocho," Costa Rican slang for someone who misses or loses fish. I took a busman's holiday away from Crocodile Bay to fish with Captain Eddie Brown (834-2221) out of Tortuga Lodge in Tortugero. You may have noticed there is no photo with this report because I lost every tarpon I hooked. After a decade away from the Caribbean side I lost my touch. We spent one day out 28 miles looking for blue water stuff and only saw a few wahoo. Did some deep jigging in 200 feet and every thing we hooked got eaten. Finally boated a 45 pound barracuda and figured out who the thief was. The next two days we fished in front of the Tortugero and Colorado bar mouths and I hooked several tarpon on the fly and even had a 110 pounder to the boat before he came unbuttoned. My wife Jeaneth tired after fighting a 140 pound tarpon for over an hour and handed the rod to me. In less than a minute I lost the fish. Eddie is a great captain and we saw rolling fish everywhere he stopped to fish. I had my chances and I make no excuses. I am a "sancocho." Todd Staley Fishing Director Crocodile Bay Resort

Name: Dan Wise

Date: 09/20/2007

Report Location: barra del colorado

Río Colorado Lodge Report www.riocoloradolodge.com Big tarpon in the 100 to 160 lb range are in close to shore on the rip line. Our normal calm fall seas are in full swing. Phil Matt and Drew Hoover of Naples Florida in the first three days of a seven day trip have jumped or hooked 45 tarpon and boated 17 using fly and conventional tackle. Several double hookups. Fishing got good Monday after an abnormally wet weekend. Bob and Bret Weis of Thedore Alabama jumped 4 tarpon and boated 2 on the 12th of September. August was also hot. Ken Sharp, Dunny Green and Mark Lishen from Long Beach MS juimped 17 tarpon and boate 9 on a three day trip Aug 25th to 28th. Brian Saliba and Julia Garita on a four day trip boated 23 nice yellow fin and black fin tuna several over 30 pounds along with mojarra, snook and two guapote (rainbow bass ) in the 7 and 8 pounds. Jim Croner of Pa fishing fly only jumped 6 tarpon and boated 2 Sunday the 2nd and jumped 2 monday in the am. Fishing usually gets red hot before and afte the approach of a hurricane when the barometeric pressure swings strong so we expect great fishing in the next days...