Crocodile Bay Resort Selected to Host International Roosterfish Tournament in November 2018 The PanAmerican Delegation recently sent representatives from the USA Angling team and the Mexican Sport Fishing Federation to choose a location for the First International Roosterfish Tournament. They scouted out several locations in Costa Rica and decided Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica  would […]

Crocodile Bay Resort Fishing Report May 2018 – by Allan Smith, Fishing Director Greetings from the Tropics, It has been an interesting couple of weeks with some very noteworthy catches.

Crocodile Bay Resort Costa Rica Fishing Report – Mid April 2018 by Fishing Director Allan Smith – Greetings from the tropics, Last week we had the pleasure of hosting the JBL Communications Tournament put on by Brook Lunsford.

New Video: Check Out this AMAZING Orca Experience some of our guests had this past week at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica! Crocodile Bay Fishing Report March 2018 by Captain Allan Smith – It has been another good month of fishing at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica. We are fully in the dry season now […]

Marlin, Sailfish, Dorado and Roosterfish keep Anglers Smiling in December at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica Thank you to Paul and his group from Sportquest Holidays out of the UK for this monster rooster photo.Crocodile Bay Fishing Report – December 2017 by Captain Allan Smith – November and December have yielded some of the best […]

Lights, Camera, Action! – Check out the September “Video Fishing Report” from our guests this past month at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica! August and September have been good months for roosterfish. If you are in search of a trophy roosterfish, the “Green Season” (April 15 through December 15th) offers some of the best inshore fishing of the year.

1 Boat, 3 days, 128 fish, 12 Species The roosterfish are schooled up and they are hungry.  In the first two weeks  of August we released 94 roosterfish with only three boats on the water each day. Some highlights included the Alameda group that started off their vacation catching twenty-seven roosterfish and a mixed bag […]

Chasing Away the Winter Blues By Todd Staley, Fishing Director – Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica – What a crazy November. It has always bothered me since in the act of political fairness they started naming hurricanes after men after years of always being named after the ladies. While folks back in the states were […]

Costa Rica fishing report By Todd Staley, Fishing Director, Crocodile Bay Resort – August 9, 2016 – I just got back from Florida where I went to the ICAST tackle manufacturers’ trade show and spent time with my family. I spent almost all my time with mom who will be 93 in September, but did […]

Special Edition Fishing Report – by Todd Staley, Fishing Director Crocodile Bay Resort, December 29th 2015 – Hunter Cole, Mike Rice and Grace Weber who our “House Queen” Olimpia quickly named “La Princesa,” hosted the second Pure Fishing, PENN Fishing and Sebile Lures media event titled “The Costa Rica Clash” here at Crocodile Bay Resort […]

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.