Encounters with the Many Fish of Costa Rica: Sport Fishing off the Pacific Coast

These Crocodile Bay guests went offshore fishing for a day and caught a diversity of fish in the Pacific Ocean. The waters of the Osa Peninsula are abundant!

Headed out to the open waters of the Pacific Ocean to go fishing
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Sport fishermen headed offshore into the open waters for a day of fishing!

Blue Trevally caught in the Osa Peninsula
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Look, it’s a Blue Trevally.

Dorado caught in the Osa Peninsula
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Proud angler caught a Dorado.

Adam Vinatieri with Crocodile Bay's Fishing Director Todd Staley
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Adam Vinatieri with Crocodile Bay Fishing Director Todd Staley and their tiny catch!

Sailfish Hooked in the Pacific Ocean
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Sailfish hooked on the line!

Successful Catch and Release of a Sailfish
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Sailfish being reeled in to be released back into the open waters.

Saltwater Catfish caught in the Osa Peninsula
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Saltwater Catfish hooked at the dock.

 

Iguana Reef Rooster caught while sport fishing
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This fishermen caught an Iguana Reef Rooster! What a cutie!

Snook caught in the Osa Peninsula
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Look, I caught a snook!

Swimming with a Rooster fish
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Chance close encounter with a Rooster Fish while swimming in the Osa Peninsula.

 

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.