Guanacaste Fishing Report

Costa Rica Fishing is known as some of the best sportfishing around the world, with giant marlin that can trip a reel in a loud screeching flash, tuna that can dive hundred of feet straight down and sailfish so beautifully colorful that you will see why Costa Rica is said to have the bes sportfishing.

Enjoy the report and read about the places where fish normally are in the North Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.

        

Fishing from Villas Sol Playa Hermosa

Playa Hermosa in Guanacaste was our departure port for our friend Marck and his 3 friends, captain Arnaldo on board of La Chila-G took them south of Catalinas Islands, these folks had a blast catching by the end of the day 2 marlins and 1 sailfish. April. 10

            
            

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Offshore Fishing out of Flamingo Beach

Flamingo Beach, Guanacaste was our departure port this time for our friends, which by the end of the day caught 1 sailfish and 1 marlin. April. 09

            

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Four Seasons Salt Water Fishing

Playa Blanca at Four Seasons, Guanacaste was our departure port this time for our friends Mike and friend, which by the end of the day caught 2 roosterfish and 3 dorados. April. 08

            

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Fly Fishing from Four Seasosns

Playa Blanca at the Four Seasons Hotel was our departure port for our friend Daniel Shaw, he booked a half inshore fishing with Albatres, he wanted to practice some fly fishig and our captain Jose took him to where the roosterfish are, he had a spectacular day catching 4 roosterfish by fly fishing. March. 29

            

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Salt Water Fishing from Riu Guanacaste

Playa Matapalo was our departure port for our friends whose booked a full offshore fishing charter on board of La Chila-G, the captain took them North of Papagayo Gulf and by the end of the day, they had landed one marlin, hooked a second one but broke the line and one bonito. March. 28

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Deep Water Fishing from Riu Hotel

Riu Guanacaste was our departure port was our departure port for our friends whose had a blast catching 15 dorados, 2 sailfish and 1 yellowfin tuna on board of La Chila-G. March. 25

            

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Deep Sea Fishing out of Hilton Papagayo

Hilton Papagayo Resort in Guanacste was our departure port for our friend Diane Hutchinson and her friend Mike, staying at Hilton Papagayo, Costa Rica who headed out North of Catalinas Islands on board of Tuna Fish vessel, by 9:30 am Diane's husband hooked a 300 pounds marlin and fought with it for about 5 hours at the end it broke the line. March. 24

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Salt Water Fishing out of Flamingo Beach

Old Flamingo Beach Marina was our departure port for our friends Whose had a great fishing adventure on board of Tuna Fish boat, they headed out North of Catalinas Islands, they caught and released a black marlin. March. 14

            

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Offshore Fishing from Paradisus Conchal

Playa Conchal in Guanacaste was our departure port for our friends whose booked the Tuna Fish for a full fishing day, they had no luck catching sailfish or marlin, but look at what hey caught, a delicious 70 pounds cubera for diner. March. 08

                         

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Salt Water Fishing out of Hotel and Villas Sol

Playa Hermosa in Guanacste was our departure port for our friend Thomas, staying at Villas Sol Playa Hermosa on board of La-Chila he headed out North in a full fishing charter, catching along the day 1 needlefish, 4 yellowfin tunas, 2 dorados, 1 turtle and 40 bonitos. March. 01

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Papagayo Gulf Inshore Fishing out of Four Season Hotel

Playa Blanca was our departure port for our friends from Hotel Four Seasons in the Gulf of Papagayo, captain of Bahamas vessel took them out along the Papagayo coast line, catching by the end of the day 1 yellow fin tuna, 1 hamberjack, 1 bonito and 1 mahi-mahi. Feb. 26

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Offshore Fishing out of Riu Guanacaste Hotel

Our 3 friends staying at Hotel Riu Guanacaste headed out in a full Dea Sea fishing charter, they had a stellar day catching 8 bonitos, 1 Spanish mackerel, 1 dorado and 14 yellowfin tunas. Feb. 25

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Papagayo Inshore Fishing from Four Seasons Resort

Playa Blanca at the Four Seasons was this time our departure port for 2 anglers staying at the Four Season Hotel, captain of Sea Snake headed north, these guys have been one of the lucky ones catching 2 roosterfish the same day. Now a days catching this specie is so rare that we consider anglers lucky if they even catch one in a full day. Well they caught 2 roosterfish and a hamberjack. Feb. 24

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Salt Water Fishing from Hotel Riu Guanacaste

Playa Matapalo was again our departure port for our friend Adam, staying at the Hotel Riu Guanacaste, Costa Rica , Arnaldo captain of Chila-G took him towards Papagayo North in an offshore fishing day and had an good day catching 6 bonitos and a roosterfish of about 60 pounds. Feb. 20

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Deep Sea Fishing from Matapalo Beach

Playa Matapalo was our departure port for our friend Brian and 3 of his friends, staying at the Hotel Riu Guanacaste , Arnaldo captain of Chila-G took them out in an offshore fishing day and had an spectacular day catching 1 marlin, they had a second one but it broke the line, they also caught 2 black jacks, 4 bonitos and 1 yellowfin tuna. Feb. 11

            

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Offshore fishing out of Flamingo Beach

Flamingo Beach was our departure port for our anglers from the Paradisus, Playa Conchal Hotel, captain of Cormoran headed out towards Catalinas Islands, catching along the day 5 mahi-mahi and 1 sailfish that broke the line. Feb. 09

            

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Inshore fishing from Ocotal Beach

Playa Ocotal was our departure port for our angler Al Schnaider staying at the Ocotal Resort, Lino, captain of Wahoo headed out towards Penaguastes and Palmares, (these are 2 good inshore fishing spots), this angler had a not common day catching 2 dorads and 1 turtle. Feb. 09

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Inshore fishing from Four Seasons Papagayo Resort

Playa Blanca was our departure port for our anglers from the Four Seasons Papagayo Hotel, Captain of Bahamas headed out towards Murcielagos Islands, catching along the day 5 yellowfin (20 pounds each), 2 bonitos and 1 mahi-mahi. Jan 31.

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Offshore fishing out of Hotel Riu Guanacaste

Matapalo Becah was our departure port for Ron and his wife, this couple is staying at the Hotel Riu Guanacaste. They bought 4 hours offshore and 4 hours inshore fishing trip, Captain of Cormoran headed out north towards Papagayo area and by the end of the day they have had caught 4 dorados, 2 spanish mackerels, 4 bonitos and 11 yellowfin tunas. Wasn't this a great day for this couple???. Jan 31.

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Offshore fishing out of Tamarindo Beach

Flamingo Beach was our departure port for Richard and his friends, this group was coming from Tamarindo Beach, captain of Chila-G headed out towards Catalinas Islands in a full offshore fishing charter, these guys had a wonderful day catching 8 mahi-mahis, 3 bonitos and 1 black jack. Jan 31.

            

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Offshore fishing out of Langosta Beach

Flamingo Beach was our departure port for Jeff and his friends, this group were comming from the Barcelo Playa Langosta, captain of Wahoo headed out of Catalinas Islands in a full offshore fishing charter and by the end of the day our friends from Langosta Beach ended up with 5 dorados and a number of bonitos. Jan 29.

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Inshore Fishing out of Exclusive Resort Papagayo

Playa Blanca at the Four Seasons Hotel was our port this time, Captain of Tuna Fish took Jeff Bigger and his 3 friends in a half inshore fishing charter, they had a spectacular day catching 4 nice sized mahi-mahis, and some bonitos. Jan 28.

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Inshore Fishing out of Playas del Coco

Playas del Coco was the departure port for Corrie and her friends, these 3 anglers were comming from the Hilton Papagayo, captain of Wahoo headed out towards Los Raspados and closer to the Bat Islands Protected Area, these guys got 6 mahi-mahis and some bonitos. Jan 18.

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Deep Sea Fishing out of Hilton Papagayo

Papagayo Gulf has been the perfect place for fishing these last few weeks, inshore fishing is the option for those who would like to catch something during their fishing charter, deep sea fishing has been not great as we were specting for January we hope that water temperature gets warmer and billfish start to bite. But there are those that take a change and deside to give it a try, Today an angler headed out in an offshore fishing charter out of the Hilton Papagayo an caught 2 yellowfin, 2 wahoos, 2 amberjacks, 2 needlefish and 1 bonito, not bad!!. Jan 16.

            

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Inshore Fishing out of Hotel Riu Guanacaste

Papagayo Gulf has been the perfect place for fishing these last few weeks, inshore fishing is the option for those who would like to catch something during their fishing charter, deep sea fishing has been not great as we were specting for January we hope that water temperature gets warmer and billfish start to bite. Today a couple headed out of the Hotel Riu in Matapalo an caught a nice sized roosterfish and some bonitos. Jan 15.

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Winds are a little strong now a days, the waters in the Papagayo Gulf are warming up finally, that's why we are having lost of inshore species inside the Gulf. Even these killer whales deside to give us a visit, this picture was taken out side of the Papagayo Gulf.

            

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Inshore Fishing out of Flamingo Beach

Captain of the Wahoo took some anglers out of Flamingo Beach in a full inshore fishing charter, they had a blast, by the end of the day they had caught 6 dorados and 1 roosterfish. Jan 10.

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Playas del Coco Inshore Fishing

This time Playas del Coco was the port of departure for Bahamas vessel, they went out in a half day inshore fishing and caught 3 dorados and a number of sea bass, which the clients took back to the hotel for dinner. Jan 10.

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Inshore Fishing out of Hotel Riu Guanacaste

A charter headed out of the Hotel Riu Guanacaste towards Papagayo are looking for the fighter roosterfish, they didn't find it but instead found 5 mahi-mahis and a bunch of bonitos. Jan 09.

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Fishing has been poor lately, specially offshore fishing, charters have gone every where after the 14 miles and have ended with no fishing report. But not every thing is bad news. Inshore fishing has beed great during these last weeks, lot of red snapper, sea bass, spanish mackerel, wahoo, jacks and roosterfish. Our high fishing seasons starts the last week of December, we hope deep sea fishing gets better by then.

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Papagayo Gulf Inshore Fishing

Mr. Glen Davis and his 2 sons headed out of Hotel Riu Guanacaste towards the Catalinas Islands in a full inshore fishing day, by the end of the days they had caught 4 sea bass and 1 dorarado which they took back to the hotel for dinner. Jan 05.

            

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Hotel Riu Guanacaste Inshore Fishing

After the great fishing Mr. John had on the 18th he desided to do a half inshore fishing day more, this time they caught 2 dorados. Dec 21.

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Matapalo Beach Inshore Fishing

Rooster hunter was Mr. John on board of Sea Snake, Adrian, captain of this vessel took Mr John and his wife out towards the Murcielago Islands looking for roosterfish, they caught a 70 pounds one. Dec 18.

            
            

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Bottom Fishing from Playas del Coco

Great day had Mr. Angelo on board of Albatres in a half inshore fishing charter, they caught lot of red snapper which Mr. Angelo took back to the hotel for dinner, also they caught some black jacks and other inshore pecies.Dic. 04.