ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. A sound I love. That is the sound of line peeling off a reel. The screaming noise at the moment was coming from a PENN spinning reel which was making that sweet sound. The PENN spinning reel I was using was part of the excellent collection of rods and reels that were on the boat while I was at Crocodile Bay in Costa Rica. All boats there are equipped with a wide array of updated PENN gear which is some of the best in the business. It always makes me feel more confident when using boat provided gear to have up to date products from a well- respected company.

They enter through Panama at the canal and head in both directions.Some go south, settling in Colombia and as far south as Ecuador. Others head north to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and as far as Guatemala. They pass in small groups or alone, but when they reach their Pacific-coast destinations, they group up with others that have made the passage. The coastline of southern Costa Rica is exactly what they need to thrive.

A Message from Todd Staley – Fishing Director Ever since I remember, I’ve fished and have been lucky enough to spend my entire life near bodies of water that held fish. My mom always called me a “Dreamer”.

Owning Real Estate in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica – Welcome  to “Our Little Village” Knowing your future neighborhood, and what it has to offer, is always important when considering a vacation home on the Osa Peninsula on Costa Rica’s South Pacific coast; and Botánika Osa Peninsula, Curio Collection by Hilton is fortunate to be located […]

Crocodile Bay Resort and FECOP sponsor Gray Fish-Tag Program to help study, understand and protect roosterfish populations in Costa Rica UPDATE: NEW VIDEO – Tagging Roosterfish out of Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica   Crocodile Bay Resort’s Fishing Director, Todd Staley is on a six month leave helping FECOP with fishing conservation. Crocodile Bay is  […]

Aqua-Aston Hospitality Adds Botánika Resort Costa Rica to its Management Portfolio Honolulu-based company signed management contracts for Crocodile Bay Resort and Botánika Osa Peninsula, Curio Collection by Hilton September 07, 2017 02:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aqua-Aston Hospitality, a leading hotel and resort management group and an operating business of ILG (Nasdaq: ILG), announced […]

25 Reasons A Trip To Costa Rica Could Actually Change Your Life by Anne Daly As a travel editor, I’ve been to a fair amount of places around the world — and Costa Rica is hands down, by far, one of my favorites. Annie Daly   The country is divided into two sides — the […]

The world’s first national park, Yellowstone, was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. Congress created the U.S. National Park Service 44 years later (on August 25, 1916), with a mission “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in […]

Fishing Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: In “Costa Rica Business Trip” in the October issue of Florida Sportsman, Publisher Blair Wickstrom details his battles with yellowfin tuna on the new Penn Spinfisher V off Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Staying at Crocodile Bay Resort in late June of this year, Wickstrom and the other members of the […]

The tide had just turned and was slowly pushing toward the open ocean. The peak of the reef reaches up 83 feet below the surface. The volcanic terrain sits in the middle of the Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific region and the underwater structure is 120 feet below. Bright orange cubera snapper hover […]