February 16 Fishing Report

The middle of February is picking up the slack for a slow start to the month. So many great days being reported; 10 roosters here, 15 sails raised there, bunches of grouper and snapper on one trip, 450 pound blue marlin on another. How about one story of a captain raising 100+ sailfish in one day this week!? Los Suenos boats have been more consistently raising and releasing sails, with many days of raising at least a dozen, releasing 7-9 consistently this past week. The water temperature is warming up and it appears more and more sails are heading our way. This will make for a great end to the month and usher in March, which is usually our best month for sails. As always, the Pacific is also seeing some dorado here and there, along with bunches of 100-200 pound yellowfin, and some jack crevalle. The Caribbean side is continuing with a stellar tarpon season, which traditionally starts in December and runs through May. The snook season should be heating up as we head into March, with some solid action being seen on fat snook near the river mouths.

What a story we had yesterday, as we took two of our clients out on a day of fly fishing. They have fished all over Florida, but have yet to experience the might and power of a billfish. Within 15 minutes of getting to the fishing grounds and getting the lines out, we see a 300+ pound marlin come ripping through the teasers. As he comes toward the boat, we get our fly out right by him, he sees it, makes a lightning fast turn, lights up in a beautiful fluorescent display, and he crushes it only like a blue marlin can. That was at around 9:15 in the morning. At around 5:00 PM, that fish was still going strong. Our client learned that these fish fight long and hard, and will never give up. After many spectacular jumps and who knows how many furious runs he made, we had to let that fish go. Tomorrow we are going after sails, my client is a bit too tired for another 7+ hour fight with a blue marlin. Let it be known that with more experience and practice, these fish can be landed in a shorter time period, but I guess we learned our lesson! Please visit us at DRSportfishingcostarica.com and take your shot at these remarkable fish down in Costa Rica.