March 2017 – Costa Rica Fishing Report

costa rica fishing report Costa Rica Fishing Report by Fishing Director Todd Staley – They told me it had been 170 some years since the last hurricane hit Costa Rica but strange things sure have happened since we got hit last November and it is not good for my mental health.

There are lots of sailfish out there. People report seeing fish on the surface and free-jumpers everywhere. One day they come out to play and the boats see double digit numbers in the teasers and the next day they don’t want to play. Marlin have hung around longer this year. Lisa from “Luxury Tours” and her husband Bill started their group’s trip with a nice blue. A few tuna and a wayward dorado have made their way to the kitchen. Inshore remains the constant.

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Costa Rica Dorado
Photo by Pat Ford www.patfordphotos.com
Yellowfin Tuna Crocodile Bay Resort
Photo by Pat Ford www.patfordphotos.com

Sam Beddoes who worked like crazy last year producing a show for BBC II here came back on a holiday with twin sister Luiza. Among others, the twins took a pair of twin roosterfish and snapper. They commented how they were really impressed with the service in our spa.

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Costa Rica GrouperKeith Lowe made a trip to the inshore “deep water” and took several grouper to 25 lbs along with some tilefish.

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Photo by Pat Ford www.patfordphotos.com

Todd Staley
Fishing Director
Crocodile Bay Resort
Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica

Monthly Video Highlights – See if you can find yourself in this video!

Each month our visual media producer assembles highlights from the previous months’ inshore and offshore fishing action. We hope you enjoy this highlight “reel” featuring February Costa Rica fishing at Crocodile Bay Resort.

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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.