Guide To Costa Rica Fishing

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If you cannot wait to get out of the office, a Costa Rica fishing trip may be just what will recharge your batteries! There are many Costa Rica vacation packages available on-line for sportfishing. With dozens of fishing world fishing records to its credit, Costa Rica is said to have the best deep sea fishing in the world.

Sure, you can dip a line in a a little frozen lake or stream by your house. Those little sunnies and crappies were fun when you were growing up. Bundling up like Santa Claus and sitting for hours on end over cold ice, your butt numb from either the temperature or sitting in a little ice shack all day.

You are a big kid now. Is it not time to have major league fishing? Trade in those snow boots, slippery sidewalks, and short, overcast, gloomy days for shorts and a funny looking tropical shirt. Put away your Chapstick, get out your suntan lotion, hop a jet where you can be fishing in crystal waters with not a care in the world.

Do not know where or when to take that Costa Rica fishing trip? No worries. Here is the straight skinny.

Start with the basics. Just a couple of hours south of Florida lies Costa Rica. With nearly 800 miles of coastline on two great oceans, it is a salt water fishing paradise. So many places to see, where to start?

Consider starting where it all began. Follow Columbus. More than 500 years ago, that famous explorer landed on the Caribbean coast in a place so enthralling he named it----Costa Rica---the Rich Coast. It was magical, sea turtles everywhere and filled with an unimaginable variety of fish. Since it was good enough for Columbus, it is good enough for you, intrepid fisherman.

The Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is home to the world-famous Tortuguero National Park and Barra del Colorado fishing centers up to Nicaragua. The seas here can be very choppy but on a day where the waters are flat, this is fishing paradise! Between May to November, the silver fighting tarpon is sometimes thick here, and they can attain weights of to two hundred. If you are very lucky, you might land a rare Atlantic sail. This is also a great place for large snook. Jack Crevalle, guapote, giant grouper, and tripletail can also be caught here. And, be sure to visit the world famous green sea turtle nesting beaches at Tortuguero.

To reach either Barra del Colorado or Tortuguero National Park, you will have to go by} boat because there are no roads. This is wilderness country. Typically, people travel to Limon, a small Carribean community, charter airplane, car, or express bus, then head north on watercraft.

But---and this is a secret---some of the best tarpon fishing in the world now has a road right to it! Literally just a few kilometers from where Columbus made landfall is a place that some fishermen call the "mother lode" of tarpon and snook fishing. Check out Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Reserve along the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, nearly at the Panama border.

Deserted beaches for miles, crystal clear waters, and when the tarpon are in, fabulous fishing. Fishing is good year-round here but the best months for tarpon often are March, April, May and September through October. And, If you come between March and July, you will also be able to see the sea turtles nesting.

Another great place for a Costa Rica fishing vacation is its North Pacific coast. This area is called the "Gold Coast" because of its amenities and is easily reached. There is a new international airport at Liberia, Costa Rica, just minutes from the North Pacific Coast and your adventure. You will find the fishing centers of Flamingo and Tamarindo with miles of great beaches and lots of Costa Rica attractions. If you are in search of sails, visit this coast between May and August for the best fishing, but these fish are here year-round, too. Between August to October, you might come into large schools of tuna with some weighing up to 400 pounds and many exceeding 60 pounds. Many anglers fish the shoreline-dwelling roosterfish here November to March not far from the Papagayo Resort. You also have a splendid chance of hooking large marlin, wahoo, and brightly colored dorado fish.

Many visitors fishing in Costa Rica want to find billfish and these beauties are very common along the Central Pacific coast. Drive to luxurious Los Suenos Marina or the little town of Quepos and charter into the offshore waters for sailfish and marlin. The best fishing is during high tourist season, December through April. The vibrant dorado fish is often found here May to October while trolling. Closer to shore, you can land snook, snapper, roosters, and wahoo. Tuna are offshore.

For many, Costa Rica fishing paradise is found on the southern Pacific coast down to Panama, off Puerto Jiminez, Golfo Dulce, and Drake Bay. In the months the water is warm, sails and marlin are abundant. Inshore, you will likely run into roosters, large snapper, wahoo, and amberjack. The Golfo Dulce is said by many to offer the finest inshore fishing in Costa Rica. This is because it contains many small coves and is very rocky, giving fish a great place to hide. Hook a barracuda, grouper, or delicious sea bass here as well as other inland species. And, at times, you will have hundreds of porpoises around your boat as they follow the bait fish.

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Victor C. Krumm writes from stunning Costa Rica in his popular Costa Rica Vacations site. Wondering what to do if you travel to Costa Rica? Start here for Things to Do In Costa Rica

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