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Costa Rica Fishing Report - Crocodile Bay

The latest fishing report out of Crocodile Bay suggests that the gamefish were as excited for the new year as we were.  Todd Staley, fishing director at Crocodile Bay, reports that the marlin and yellowfin tuna are very strong in numbers, but the mahi-mahi action has slowed and the sailfish have not arrived to that part of the country yet.  The Wert family from Nebraska came down and landed a prize 250 lb tuna and a beautiful sailfish.  Paul Brown and friend Dina also had one heck of a fish story.  Early on they hooked into a yellowfin tuna and fought it for over seven and a half hours.  They got it close to the boat several times and just when they were about to get it to the deck the hook broke and the goliath swam off.  The crew estimated it to be at 350 lbs.

Ron M. came down for some inshore fishing and landed eight roosterfish, a few snapper, and a couple African pompano.  They also hosted two guests from Kuwait who did mostly bottom fishing for snapper and grouper, and then finally decided to try their hand at some deep water fishing.  They found a school of dolphin and threw a live bait into the middle of it only to have a 115 lb tuna snatch it up.  The beast snapped the 20lb rod so they did what they were accustomed to doing back in Kuwait - they reeled it in by hand.  It took two hours and some sore muscles, but it was an experience they won’t soon forget.