My wife Lorene and I enjoyed a fun and memorable morning fishing with John and the crew of Coco Wahoo Maurice and Rene. John was a gracious host who ensured we had the best experience, Maurice was a skillful captain who safely piloted the boat to where the fish were and Rene worked his butt off for us.

As John said the boat may be a little older and not as pretty as some of the other boats but she catches fish. We caught 10 fish this morning including a Mahi Mahi (beautiful fish that put up a fierce fight) a needlefish, four black fin tunas and four yellow fin tunas. The crew made a ceviche out of the needlefish which was delicious and John made tasty carpaccio from some of the yellowfin. In addition to the great fishing we saw whales, turtles, dolphins and tuna and manta rays jumping out of the water.

The boat is spacious and equipped with a toilet which is nice when you are out on the water. The crew were very friendly and helpful. They gave us some Mahi Mahi fillets to take back to the resort ( the Oceans restaurant at Dreams Las Mareas resort will cook your fish for you). John was great to deal with when planning and booking the trip and using Fishfinder made it very easy.

I highly recommend Lucky Dreams Sportfishing and the Coco Wahoo if you want to go fishing when staying at the Dreams Las Mareas resort.

My family of four enjoyed our trip on the Coco Wahoo with Captain John. The boat was large enough for the four of us with a toilet in the hull. The crew was great and the captin was available on the phone before the trip to answer any questions. We caught some bonita for bait, needlefish that was made into ceviche onboard, and a roosterfish that was the highlight. Everyone got a turn in the fighting chair. We ended the day with a fun snorkel trip and some tropical fish viewiing. Along the way we saw humpback whale, whale shark, sea turtle, dolphins, and manta rays. Pickup and dropoff was easy from the beach at Dreams Las Mareas.
The inland excursions in Costa Rica are great, but I would strongly recommend getting out on the water for a day to truly enjoy the coastline. The area is beautiful, with mountains and national parks along the protected shoreline.

This was my first experience chartering a boat for a fishing excursion. We fished in very windy conditions. The crew worked non stop to get us into some fish. This trip was a bucket list experience for me and it was an awesome day. I can’t say enough positive things about our crew. They kept us supplied with refreshments and fish throughout the day. We were also fortunate to observe a mother whale with her calf. Just a magical day spent with my son-in-law which we will cherrish forever.

Had a great day out on the boat with Captain John’s crew. They were knowledgeable and allowed me to do my own casting in addition to the trolling we did. Caught 8-10 Mackerel of various sizes and had a pretty sizable barracuda latch on and bite off the line we had. All in all, great day on the water and would recommend it to anyone looking to book a charter in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica!

Although at the very end of the day we did pull in a very nice yellow fin tuna, we didn’t touch a fishing pole unless the crew caught something and gave us the pole. We did none of our own fishing just sat on the boat watching the scenery, not like a real fishing trip.  I understand you troll for certain fish but even if we were stopped there were only two pole on the boat and the captain and his one man crew had them.  We prefer to be more interactive and handle our own poles and bait, this was like fishing with your father.