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Gone Fishin

Don’t pass on a chance of a fish to crow about

The Holy Grail: catching a roosterfish on the fly.

Costa Rican government approves greenstick licenses for commercial, charter fishing fleets

Greenstick fishing, or palo verde as it is known in Spanish, is not a new technique.

Costa Rica Young Biologist’s only Sailfishing Trophies are Tissue Samples

Beatriz Naranjo spends a lot of time on sportfishing boats, but not to catch fish. All she does is tag them and take a tissue sample. She has 800 so far.

I caught a marlin and it was great, but the marlin totally hated it

Forty miles south of the Golfo Dulce in the open Pacific Ocean, a 200-pound blue marlin was about to have the worst day of its life.

Tarpon in the Costa Rica Pacific? Are there illegal aliens among us?

The day I saw a tarpon roll and take a gulp of air a few yards from my boat in the Golfo Dulce, I thought I had lost my mind. Tarpon are not indigenous to the Pacific Ocean and it wasn’t supposed to be there. But I knew what I saw.

Reader not fond of ‘torturing fish’ — but sportfishing isn’t the problem

Todd Staley relaunches his Tico Times fishing column with a warning that non-selective and non-sustainable types of commercial fishing are severely depleting the world's oceans.

Brazilians take ‘World Cup’ of sportfishing in Quepos

The Lucas Oil 2017 Offshore World Championship billfish tournament concluded Thursday in Quepos with two Brazilian teams finishing in top positions.

Costa Rica World Championship fishing tournament gets underway in Quepos

The 2017 Lucas Oil Offshore World Championship billfish tournament got underway Monday with 50 teams from 29 countries competing for the honor of top angling team in the world.

A Costa Rica fish story you know is true because we barely caught anything

A night fishing trip in Costa de Pájaros in the Nicoya Gulf turns into quite an adventure — unfortunately, not one that involved catching many fish.

Here’s a fish story you know is true because we barely caught anything

A night fishing trip in Costa de Pájaros in the Nicoya Gulf turns into quite an adventure — unfortunately, not one that involved catching many fish.

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