Fishing Dorado Out Of Costa Rica’s Los Suenos – Jaco

There are good days fishing and there are awesome days fishing. This Costa Rica fishing trip was awesome. For two days we fished out of one of Costa Ricas best marinas, Los Suenos, about 6 miles north of Jaco and out about 20 miles with the infamous  Richard Krugs, Americana Sportsfishing, who has been putting together fishing charter services for almost 30 years.  We went for the meat, over 200lbs was was packed into a huge ice chest.

In two days we caught 40 dorado, 1 sailfish and 1 tuna. Each dorado was over 25lbs with one 50lbs and another around 60lbs. On the first day when the captain spotted a huge debris patty about 1/4 mile long and 50 yards wide, we knew we were into some fun. Within minutes we got out first hookup and many times we had double and triple hookups.

Dorado - The male head is square where the females head is round

Dorado - The male's head is square where the female's head is rounded  Read more... (405 words, 2 images, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

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This post was written by admin on November 15, 2009 Comments (2)

Costa Rica’s Drug Smugglers Problem – Crocodiles

Cock are just lurking for Drug Smugglers

Costa Rica Crocodiles are just waiting for the sweet taste of Drug Smugglers

As Costa Rica slowly but surely becomes the new hub for drug trafficking, and with San Jose now the place to smuggle containers of drugs to the US,  it now appears that drug smugglers have a new problem, which is not the US DEA, local police or competition, but crocodiles!

It’s no surprise that the Central Pacific between Puntarenus to Quepos with the hot tourist spot of  Jaco between has become the focal point for smugglers. Local commercial and charter sports fishing services have seen an increase in smugglers paraphernalia like floating 50 gal gas/diesel drums and plastic bags and newspaper sporting the containers place of origin, South America, particularly, Columbia.

On a recent fishing trip out of Los Suenos, we spotted a huge debris patty, which was great for catching Dorado, but also great for catching smuggler’s garage. Water bottles, plastic bags and empty quarts of oil littered the patty. Most sports fishers are very anal about eco-minded Costa Rica, so this garbage comes from those that could care less about Costa Rica’s environment and care more about their illegal cargo.  Read more... (544 words, 2 images, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

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This post was written by admin on November 13, 2009 Comments (2)