costa rica fishing

Last month was served as another example of why Costa Rica has earned the nickname "the billfish capital of the world" as the sailfish bite remained steady and the marlin bite phenomenal. Most anglers and travelers know by now that Costa Rica's peak billfish season and dry season run from...

May is the start of our green season in Costa Rica, which runs through November, and marks the start of the second fishing season here. While most people refer to December through April as "the peak fishing season in Costa Rica", that's not the full story as that only refers to the months with...

Costa Rica's peak billfish season (Dec-Apr) continued to be feast or famine last month. The sailfish bite has been incredibly hard to predict as some days boats are seeing double digit sailfish and then the next week it'll be just one or two per boat. Fortunately Costa Rica isn't about a...

The offshore fishing last month in Costa Rica continued to be steady, but not quite prolific like years past. The sailfish bite has been very stop and go with some days featuring double digit bites and other featuring just one or two fish all day (including a few skunks!). This peak season has...

This time of year most of the fishing reports from Costa Rica focus on the offshore fishing and astounding billfish numbers, but we know there are plenty of anglers who aren't interested in deep sea trolling all day. Popping, jigging, casting rapalas - that's hands on fishing. In Costa Rica so...

Costa Rica's peak billfish season is underway and we have some reports worth sharing. After back-to-back-to-back record breaking years from 2014 through 2016 last year was considered a bit of a down year. We're still only 7 weeks into this peak season but the marlin numbers have been as good...