Tim Nolan group, First week of August 2008

The first week of August we had Tim Nolan and friends down for 3 days of fishing.  It has still been slow offshore (raised 2 marlin, neither ate), and hot inshore.  Among the catch were Yellow Snapper, small (football) Yellow Fin Tuna, Mullet Snapper, African pompano, Roosterfish and Amberjack.  The three photos are of the pompano (nice one), a nice AJ, Pacific Amberjack, Almaco Jack, Almaco Amberjack, or however you want to call it, Jurel de Castilla in spanish (Seriola rivoliana) is 35 pounds.  The highlight of the trip was this Roosterfish or Pez Gallo in spanish, (Nematistius pectoralis) that weighed 61 pounds.  One more group is coming the third week of August, so until then...Adios amigos.

  

Ben Citrin family, last week of August

           The last week in July, we had Ben Citrin (Mobile, Alabama) and his family for a week of fishing.  While offshore, they saw only one sailfish in 5 days, and got a release.  Inshore there were Roosters(all around 25#), various snapper(Yellow, Rock, Mullet, etc.) caught by everyone, including this 51# Cubera Snapper for Ben. Congratulations…!  Everyone caught some fish each day and, that same fresh fish was on the menu each evening.  It was a great first time for the whole family to visit Costa Rica together. Hope to see you again next year Ben…until next time…Adios amigos.
   

Great Fishing, Despite Tropical Storm Alma

Well, we sure saw a lot of rain over the week of 26 May thru the first of June.  It was the first time anyone around here can remember the port captain calling all boats back inside Matapalo Rock (on the 29th).  However, Matthew Oakes and his father Jerry and sister Kathy had the time of their lives.  

• The first day they raised 4 sailfish and each released one, nice for this time of year.  Peak Sailfish season is from December until April.  
• The second day they caught 20 fish before lunch and called it a day, and what a day it was:  11 Rooster Fish (ranging from 15#-40#), 2 Red Snapper (Cola amarilla about 5# each), 6 Jack Crevalle (10-20#) and one Bluefin Trevally.  
• The next day found them chasing spinner dolphin offshore and getting a few Yellow Fin Tuna (3 at 50# and 2 at around 25#).  
• After a day of no fishing due to weather, they found the tuna again and teamed up on one 150 pounds.  Another ran 70 pounds and yet another 125 pounds and they were done for the day.  

Congratulations to the Oakes family, hope to see you again soon.  Good luck in the Navy, Matt.  Until next week....

Steady as she goes...

Well, offshore fishing has still been rather slow, but the inshore action has been steady.  

• May 21st found John O'Donnell and his friend Andy from Quepos (owner of the Hotel Tres Banderas) with 5 snappers in the 2 to 5 pound range. 
• May 25th we had Mike Palermo's group which included Maggie Trefzer and Cristina Lorenzo, they caught 5 Rooster Fish 15 to 25 pounds, one Pacific Dog Tooth Snapper and a Jack Crevalle.  It was the ladies first sport fishing charter, congratulations.
•  May 26th the Dawes and Rizk families booked a day trip on the "Two Dogs" thru Bosque del Cabo.  They raised a Blue marlin and a sailfish that weren't very hungry while offshore. In the afternoon, they turned to inshore fishing at a spot for big snappers.  They released 2 nice roosters at 20 and 30 pounds.  Also 20# Dog Snapper, and a very large Sierra Mackerel they were able to take back to the lodge for dinner.  That's all for this week... we'll be fishing 5 days next week.

Deep drops producing some fish

Well, only 2 days of fishing this week and the offshore action is still very slow.  The good news, is that the blue water has returned and is inside 20 miles.  On May 13^th the Mike Colucci/Brian Hollingworth group had a really slow day offshore, but managed a few grouper doing some deep drops.  We’ve started sending down some live “goggle eyes” where we’ve seen some pinnacles sticking up around 250 feet and have had some success.  The next day two other owners Bob Dowell and Jay Rintelmann had a few Osa Yacht Club employees down for a day of fishing (Satya Ortiz, Eduardo Rojas, and Danyel from Florida).  With the offshore action still slow, they went back to what worked the day before and had more success at the same rocks with the deep drop.  They caught two grouper (2# and 11#), one African Pompano (6#), and one Amberjack that went 40#.  Until next time...

Testing, testing, 123

Hello,

This is our first of many to come on sport fishing the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.  We'll post our weekly fishing reports and testimonials, and lots of great pictures.  We are located in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica (www.osayachtclub.com).

Joe Lynberg

Osa Yacht Club

Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica