For Information or Reservations you can call us Toll Free in USA at: 1866-551-2003
Home
Costa Rica Travel
Cabinas/Hotel
Tours & Activities
Sport Fishing
Honeymoon Packages
Photo Album
Getting There
Rates
F.A.Qs
Reservations
Contact us
Maps of Costa Rica PARROT BAY VILLAGE

Archive for February, 2008

Fishing Report Jan. 28-Feb. 3

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Parrot Bay Village is located on the Golfo Dulce in the southern zone of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. The Gulf is 10 miles wide and about 20 miles long and reaches depths to 1000 feet and this is where we do a lot of our inshore fishing and catch all the sardines and goggle eyes for a day of fishing. The Gulf is filled with big roosterfish, snappers and jacks and occasionally we will catch some smaller yellowfin tuna and maybe a sailfish, but this week we have seen some fish of a different color move inside the mouth of the Gulf. On Friday we spotted two whale sharks swimming around the public pier. One was over 40 feet long and the other was a juvenile around 20 feet. The kids swimming at the pier thought this was the greatest thing in the world and were swimming with the whales for close to 20 minutes. Saturday we were running home from a day of offshore fishing and spotted 2 humpback whale not more than 5 miles from Parrot Bay Village. For 20 minutes we watched the giants slamming their flukes and pectoral fins on the surface of the water. What a display! When we got back near the pier we idled over to the beach to check the group of locals that were struggling to get a huge goliath grouper into a little Suzuki Samuri. The fish was caught by the local welder who was fishing from a kayak with a handline wrapped around a Coke bottle. The fish bottomed out our 350 pound scale! Stay tuned for the video.

The fishing offshore has been just as hot as the whale action. George White and his friends from White’s Marine in South Carolina fished on our 2 boats early in the week and found good sailfish action on Monday. Capt. Oliver and Capt. Steve raised 22 sailfish and released 12 on Day 1. On Wednesday George had his eyes set on a big tuna and Capt. Steve found him one by 9 a.m. After 2 ½ hours a yellowfin weighing 175 pounds hit the deck. George’s buddies Carl and Alex fished with Capt. Oliver on the Moondancer and released another 6 sailfish on pitch baits. Day 3 found Capt. Steve and George on the hunt for marlin, but the pair could not resist baiting up the school of tuna that they found 5 miles from the beach. Another 2 ½ hours and another tuna. This one weighed in at 235 pounds. They had hooked and fought another fish that was bigger but lost him at the boat after 2 hours. Carl kept up on the sails releasing another half dozen and a cooler full of dorado. Thursday the group stayed inshore and hammered the snappers and jacks, releasing 2 jacks over 60 pounds and a handful of roosterfish. Many thanks to the White’s Marine group for bringing us a pile of tackle and parts for our Suzuki outboards.

Saturday I finally got a chance to get offshore and take part in the sailfish and tuna bite that I have been hearing about. Capt. Oliver, his mate Juancho, myself and a great couple from New Jersey, Susan and Joe, made our way to the 14 mile current break and raised our first double header by 8:30 a.m. Susan and Joe released this pair and went on to release another 5 before lines out. Also boated was a beautiful 60 pound wahoo and a nice dorado. We raised one big blue marlin into the spread, but the big girl just wouldn’t eat.

Sunday the Moondancer once again headed offshore with a group of young bucks from the Massachusets Maritime Academy. These guys are spending their winter semester sailing down the coast of Central America and on their way to Aruba. These guys are avid fishermen in the States and had no problem catching on to our bait & switch tactics. They went 7 for 10 on sails and put another 10 big dorado in the cooler.

A group of flyfishermen flew into Puerto Jimenez on Sunday and will be fishing with us all week. The leader of the group, Ed Walerzayck, has released 98 sails on fly to date and is here to break the triple digit mark, so stay tuned to see how he does.

The fish counter for the month of January reads 5 blue marlin, 1 black marlin and 82 sailfish released. 4 yellowfins over 175 pounds and countless others in the 40-60 pound class served at our restaurant. 1 wahoo and over 200 dorado mixed in for good measure.

Don’t forget to call and book your spot for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 29th and 30th. Last year Parrot Bay Village released 49 sailfish and placed 3rd overall and one of our anglers taking 2nd in the individual angler division. We can be reached at www.parrotbayvillage.com or at our toll-free number 1-866-551-2003. Also check out our Myspace page for the sickest fish pics and video on the web at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . See you at 8 degrees from the equator, Capt. Chad, PBV.

Posted in General | No Comments »

Fishing Report Jan. 22-Jan. 27

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

With the full moon waning, we were all expecting this week to be one of the hottest of the season. Conditions have been perfect for heading to the offshore waters in search of black and blue marlin, sailfish, tuna, wahoo and dorado. There are a huge pods of juvenile sardines and flying fish that are holding the gamefish within 20 miles of the dock, which equates to a 45 minute run for our 29’ Sea Vee center consoles.

Ladies Let’s Go Fishing returned to Parrot Bay Village for their 4th year and once again made it clear that the women can bend a rod as well as anyone. Betty Bowman and her husband Chuck are both accomplished anglers and run an instructional fishing school for women that are interested in learning and participating in big game fishing. The 8 person group split to fish 4 on a boat and racked up some impressive numbers even though most of the women are novices. After 3 days of fishing the girls released 31 sails, 25 yellowfin tuna (the biggest being 60 pounds) and over 100 dorado up to 40 pounds. They found an old cargo net at 15 miles that was holding huge dorado and skipjack tuna. After catching all the dorado they could stand, Capt. Steve and Capt. Donald decided it was time to bridle up some of the tuna as live bait for marlin. Capt. Steve on the Wavejammer was the first to get the bite with a blue marlin estimated at 500 pounds. One of the women, who never fished with 50 pound conventional set-up, pushed the drag up past the strike button and straightened the 10/0 Mustad circle hook. OOPS!! Capt. Donlad on the Sailfish hooked up next but his fish swam around the cargo net and broke off. 2 more marlin were hooked but came un-buttoned. All of the fishing was videoed and every night after dinner the ladies reviewed the tapes to critic technics and improve their game. Ladies Let’s Go Fishing is booking their trip for next year and can be contacted at www.ladiesletsgofishingcom.

The group from White’s Marine in South Carolina arrived here Friday for their 4th year as well and got right in on the hot bite and released 11 sailfish and raised 3 marlin on Sunday. The group is fishing today and all of us landlubbers at Parrot Bay are anticipating some tall tales over drinks at the bar.

The Moondancer was repowered with a pair of 4 stroke, 140 horsepower Suzuki outboards over the weekend so Capt. Oliver was out yesterday working on the break-in hours and fishing with the White’s today. We now have 1 boat available for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 28-30 so call us and get in on the action. Contact us at www.parrotbayvillage.com or call toll free 1-866-551-2003. We are in the process of updating our website, so for the most up-to-date pics check out our Myspace page at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . Also check out famed outdoor writer, Al Ristori’s column in The Star-Ledger at www.thestar-ledger.com. He has posted a report about last week’s action here in Costa Rica. Pura Vida, Capt. Chad, PBV

Posted in General | No Comments »

Fishing Report Jan. 14-Jan. 21

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

     We have come into prime fishing season on the South Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and the catch reports show the same. We are fishing our 29’ Sea Vees full-time for tuna, dorado, sailfish, and black and blue marlin offshore and roosterfish, jacks, grouper, and giant Cubera snappers on the inshore reefs.
     Captain Oly on the Moondancer started off the week flyfishing for sails, dorado, and marlin with Chris and Dave from Canada. Chris kicked off the day with a 30 pound dorado on the fly, then followed that with a beautiful Pacific sailfish also on the fly. After a 1 hour battle, the fish was released. 4 other sails were hooked but jumped off in the course of the fight. Captain Steve on the Wavejammer fished inshore with some fellow Jersey boys and released 13 roosterfish up to 40 pounds, 4 amberjacks, 2 blue jacks, 1 dorado, and 8 snappers, the biggest being a 30 pound brute that fell for a Shimano jig. On Tuesday Captain Oly and the Canadians got blown out offshore with the fly rods so they ran up into the Golfo Dulce and spent the day catching bonitos and roosterfish on the fly. The Wavedancer fished inshore as well, releasing 6 roosterfish and an amberjack estimated at 80 pounds. On Wednesday Oly turned offshore and found the sailfish. He fished with a couple of novice anglers who missed the first 6 sails, but turned it around in the afternoon, releasing the last 4 on 20 pound test line. Also released was 10 dorado in the 20-35 pound class. Mr. Demo, Burke and Russ returned for the 5 trip with us in 4 years and had no problem finding their groove. These guys have caught over 100 sails and 4 marlin between them, so this year they turned their attention to casting huge 8” popping plugs for roosterfish and pargos and dropping 16 oz. Butterfly jigs with high speed reels and braided line in depths up to 300’. These plugs are designed by a gentleman in Brooklyn, New York who claims to have successfully landed 200 pound bluefin tuna with spinning gear and these plugs. These reels are made by Shimano and can exert up to 30 pounds of drag when fished with 50 pound braid and 100 pound wind-on leaders. It ain’t easy pulling on that big plug all day or reeling a jig out of the deep, but the work paid off. Wednesday was non-stop action on the plugs with over 30 roosterfish and countless pargos released. The water has been gin-clear and they reported seeing pargos in the 50 pound class coming up from 60’ to take a swipe at the plugs. Also hooked was and estimated 100 pound tarpon which is super rare for this area. Day Two was deep-jigging day and the crew found black snapper and grouper on one of the spots. Check out our pictures of the 120 pound Goliath grouper pulled out of 170’ of water. Day Three they headed offshore to chase big yellowfin tuna. After finding the tuna at 10 a.m. they boated 4 fish in the 60 pound class and then Russ locked into a big one. After 2 hours, 1 broken rod and 500 feet of hand lining, the boys pulled a 255 pound yellowfin over the rail. The fish was caught on one of the new Penn Torque 300’s filled with 50 pound braid. This is the biggest tuna to come into the Golfo Dulce this year and the season is still young! On Saturday we opted for an adventure trip 50 miles north to Sierpe for some snook and and roosterfishing. On the way north we release a couple of nice blue jacks but couldn’t find the 70 pound rooster that we are all looking for. After spending the night in Sierpe we ran 12 miles offshore to Cano Island in hopes of catching a marlin or another tuna. With no luck on the boat we headed for home. We stopped at Roca Escondido and saved the day with a double header of big amberjacks. One hitting the 60 pound mark. Captain Oliver on the Moondancer spent the last half of the week beating on the tunas and going 11 for 18 on sailfish with Bob Joyce.
Parrot Bay Village is hosting the Ladies Let’s Go Fishing group from Florida this week for 3 days of fun. This is their 4th year at Parrot Bay and we are all anticipating some great numbers so stay tuned for my report next week.
     Parrot Bay has two boats available for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 29 and 30th. Last year the Parrot Bay Team released 49 sails in two days of fishing. This is sure to be a fun time and traditionally a super sailfish bite. Also, we still have some rooms and boats available for February and March so contact me at 1-866-551-2003 or through our web page. Parrot Bay Village now has a Myspace page at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage where you will find our most up-to-date pics and fishing reports. Looking forward to seeing you at 8 degrees, Capt. Chad, PBV.

Posted in General | No Comments »