Looking to escape to the world of Jurassic Park in real life? Consider traveling to Golfo Dulce, located between the Osa Peninsula and Costa Rica’s south Pacific coast. With one of only three tropical forest estuaries in the world, it is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Gulfo Dulce receives tropical runoff from eight […]

Located on the southern most part of the pacific in Costa Rica is the Osa Pensinula. It offers pristine secluded beaches, warm waters, excellent resorts and some of the best sport fishing in the world. With plentiful numbers of sailfish and marlin, the abundance of billfish has made this area a famous and favored spot […]

Costa Rica Sport Fishing Summer Vacations at Crocodile Bay Resort. Fishing Report June 2012

Crocodile Bay November, 2011 Costa Rica Fishing Report From Costa Rica Fishing Reports at www.crocodilebay.com The Lady in the Blue Dress Shows up to Welcome Guests in November! I really like November. It is sometimes crazy to switch gears after being closed for the month of October and working shorter days, but I love the […]

From www.crocodilebay.com Crocodile Bay, Costa Rica – Fishing Report April 7, 2011 by Todd Staley, Fishing Director Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica Crocodile Bay Resort just finished hosting the 30th Club Amateur  de Pesca annual sailfish tournament with teams from South Africa, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, and the United States competing. In four […]

Costa Rica has 126 world records. This includes 63 line class records, 34 fly fishing records, 8 junior angler records and 21 all tackle records meaning it is the largest fish ever caught on any sport fishing gear.

For more information visit www.crocodilebay.com April was a crazy month. If my hair hadn’t fallen out years before it surely would have in a month’s time. It was a month filled with highs and lows. Eleventh Hour man Mark Davis from Bigwater Adventures TV filmed his second show here and like his first he fished […]

Crocodile Bay Costa Rica Fishing Report March 15, 2010 For more reports and Costa Rica Fishing information visit www.crocodilebay.com My blood pressure has dropped 20 points, which means things are getting back to normal. The crazy weather patterns last month in the states came all the way south, but this month the skies are blue […]

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.