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
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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
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