Captain
Frank Fines

Member since February 2016 Samara, Costa Rica
Background
Captain Frank Fines is a friendly, bilingual, and very knowledgeable local fishing guide in Samara, Costa Rica. Having fished since childhood, he first started working on local commercial fishing boats when he was a young teenager. Over the last four years, Captain Frank has dedicated his time to guiding charter fishing trips, and he has worked for several sport fishing boats as captain and guide. This experience has proven to him how much he loves sharing his experiences with anglers from all over the world, and he now he is proud to operate his own charter business aboard a fully rigged Mako 25 ft.

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Samara, Costa Rica
Background
Captain Frank Fines is a friendly, bilingual, and very knowledgeable local fishing guide in Samara, Costa Rica. Having fished since childhood, he first started working on local commercial fishing boats when he was a young teenager. Over the last four years, Captain Frank has dedicated his time to guiding charter fishing trips, and he has worked for several sport fishing boats as captain and guide. This experience has proven to him how much he loves sharing his experiences with anglers from all over the world, and he now he is proud to operate his own charter business aboard a fully rigged Mako 25 ft.
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Samara Local Fishing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(24 reviews)
Samara
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January fishing in Samara Beach
January fishing in Samara Beach
Jan 13, 2019 Samara
So far January has been all about groupers inshore and big yellowfin tunas and dorados offshore. Yesterdayยดs all day offshore tour was spectecular with 2 of 2 on blue Marlin, 4 of 6 on dorado and 2 of 2 on yellowfin tuna. ...canยดt wait for more!
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27 Jan 2017 Samara Fishing Report
27 Jan 2017 Samara Fishing Report
Jan 27, 2017 Samara
We had a fun day of fishing with Greg and Ann Sherlock from Wisconsin. It was a sunny day with calm and clear waters and just about 2 to 3 miles off shore we caught a couple of Yellowfin tunas and Pompano. We used Blackfin tuna for bait. The line we were using was 80 pound braided with a 20-pound flourocarbon leader, so the fish cannot see the line.
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12 Jan 2017 Samara Fishing Report
12 Jan 2017 Samara Fishing Report
Jan 12, 2017 Samara
Catch of the day: Rooster 35 to 40 lbs, Yellowfin was about 10 lbs. We have been staying close to shore, about 3 miles. Mostly calm winds and flat ocean for the month of January.
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Amberjack caught inshore!
Amberjack caught inshore!
Nov 17, 2016 Samara
We went out fishing at 7 am in the morning. The water was a little choppy with a bit of swell. The weather stayed in between cloudy and sunny. First we caught tunas for bait and then we caught some Mackerel . The girls ate some Sashimi, and then we hit to our sweet spot where we caught a nice Amberjack.
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Nice 10 lbs Red Snapper
Nice 10 lbs Red Snapper
Nov 11, 2016 Samara
Today we caught a very nice Snapper and a couple of Groupers. Water was calm and flat with blue sky at first and later on some clouds came by. Taylor and his dad had a good time offshoring. We stayed out for a full day.
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Fishing season start off - Grouper
Fishing season start off - Grouper
Nov 5, 2016 Samara
It's fishing season start off here in Costa Rica and also for us. We took out 6 people on a inshore half day fishing tour, starting at 7:30 in the morning. The weather was cloudy all day as we are still in rainy season but the water was nice and calm here in Samara Beach, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We caught a 25 lbs Broomtail Grouper and a couple of Tunas.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 24 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Half-day Trip with Captain Frank
Half-day Trip with Captain Frank
Half day fish trip with Captain Frank Fines
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
100%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
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Hania & Rick
San Pedro, Costa Rica
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing Trip with Captain Frank and First Mate Olman

Half Day Trip โ€“ Inshore (MAX 2) on January 12, 2017
Wonderful fishing trip with Frank and Olmanโ€ฆ..Both are always cheerful, always happy, always very professional in the fishing...
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Nosara, Costa Rica
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great half day trip with Frank

Half Day Trip โ€“ Inshore (MAX 2) on January 8, 2019
My wife and I enjoyed an amazing half day trip with Frank and Olman. They did everything possible to ensure we had a successful...
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Mike M.
Guelph, ON
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Frank is the Man

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Inshore (3-4 PAX) on August 12, 2019
Fishing was great, Frank and his crew were great !!ย  We caught wahoo, yellowfin tuna, lots of Bonita and lost a mahi .. I...
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Denton S.
Sรกmara, Costa Rica
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day with captain frank

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Inshore (3-4 PAX) on August 26, 2019
We caught 18 fish total in 4 hours yellow fin tuna,skip jack,very nice Dorado and bonita . Cap frank and his first mate were...
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Jayson L.
Bloomington, IL
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Half day trip with Captain Frank

VERIFIED   Special 4 hour trip for Jayson Lane on November 28, 2019
Captain Frank was very knowledgeable and made the experience excellent, I highly recommend him!
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