Fowler Group - Double Hook Up, Catch and Release
Better late then never, I always say, especially when 1) it’s something good and 2) it has something to do with my clients. So here are three photos of the Fowler group (Scott, Jack and Jason) who fished out of Los Sueños Marina in the Central Pacific on the 32ft Miss-Behav’in with Captain Dave Mothershead and on the 27ft Golden Rod with Captain Guillermo way back in March when the big sail bite was on. I received them just a short while ago. Took the Fowlers a long time to get the photos here, but there’s nothing shabby or outdated about this nice double or the wahoo or that dorado.
while another landed this mid-size dorado at Los Sueños
August has been an excellent month for fishing in Costa Rica all along the Pacific coast, a bit slower on the Caribbean where the rains have lingered longer than expected. Those of you who have taken the time to look at our daily Twitter fishing updates or glanced every so often at our monthly Costa Rica Fishing report page on Fish Costa Rica over the past month have seen four or five snippets posted daily abut the success of some of our clients and other anglers and groups fishing with the many world-class captains we book for our fishing charters and complete fishing vacations on both coasts of the country.
Very nice sailfish brought in by Conner
Anglers fortunate enough to come down and fish the Pacific coast of Costa Rica in August were catching pretty well everything, everywhere: sails, marlin, tuna wahoo and dorado offshore; big roosters, snapper, mackerel, Pacific jack, albacore jack, grouper, needlefish, etc. inshore.
Where they’re biting now on the Pacific Coast
Some of the August hotspots included Punta Burita in Panamá, just south of the Costa Rican border for 60lb and bigger roosters (Punta Burita is a favorite spot of Captain Bobby McGuinness who fishes out of Golfito); the Furuno Bank and Corners (captains fishing out of Quepos) for sails; and the famous Ventiseis for just about everything. For those of you who don’t already know, the Ventiseis is a hump between Quepos and Los Sueños 26 km (16 miles) out rising to 80 feet of the surface. It’s a great fishing spot.
On the North Pacific coast, fishing has been really great off the ledge right in front of Tamarindo, about 12-13 miles out, where anglers have been seeing 10-12 sails and marlin most days, along with tuna and dorado; and north of that in the Gulf of Papagayo, close to the Bat Islands (Islas Murciélago) where anglers are seeing an equal number of sails, marlin, dorado and tuna.
Cpt Eddie Brown's (right) clients show off their tarpon
Inshore fishing has also been splendid up there, as many boats are going up along the Nicaraguan coast, with one captain that I know, Luís Ruíz on the 40ft Plautus, setting an all-tackle world record for Pacific jack.
Speaking of sails, and returning south to Los Sueños, Colt Conner, Christopher Smith and a couple of their buddies went out on a ¾ day with Captain Bill Kieldsen on the 35ft Sailfish. Chris won bragging rights and was especially chuffed that day as you can see from the above photo, releasing this 120lb sail plus a 50lb dorado, while the others bagged a few more big dorado.
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