Captain’s Blog

     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.

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     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.

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.