Caught my first roosterfish & huge jack crevalle. Captain & first mates worked hard…

I booked this charter originally for three people but two backed out at the last minute so I went solo. Was met promptly at the agreed location and was on the boat by 7am sharp. The boat was a modest panga stocked with plenty of beer, snacks, water and soda. Captain Novell asked what kind of fish I was looking to catch and as this was my first time in CR I left it up to him. 5 minutes into the trip we saw breaching humpback whales and tons of tortoises. Started to troll and hooked up on some blackfin tuna almost immediately. Within the next two hours we caught 3 yellowfin and a couple more blackfin. Novell asked if I wanted to do some jigging so we did and had no luck. Tried out some bottom fishing and lost what I can only assume were some giants. Went back to trolling for the remainder of the day and hooked three more yellowfin. I can’t recommend these guys enough. Not big conversationalists but they definitely know what they’re doing and where the fish are. I left with at least 20lbs of cleaned tuna that I cooked no more than an hour later and was delicious.

I read the reviews for this company and like most people went right to the bad ones which, in my opinion, were unwarranted. You should do your research before booking a charter. Mainly, know the season,  the weather and the conditions. If you’re on an open boat in high seas, you WILL get wet. That’s not the fault of the captain. And remember, it’s called fishing, not catching.

Highly recommend!!!!

Our captain was fighting some tough conditions and did his best to get us hooked up! I said I wanted to catch a rooster and he got us some, also every time he passed any trash in the ocean he stopped to pick it up to conserve and clean our natural resources, I appreciated that. He and his crewmate worked hard for us. I wanted to fish with a lure on a spinning rod and he got me what I wanted and made opportunities for me to fish from the front of the boat with the lure when we saw bait fish boiling , in between times of trolling and that was fun! Caught a couple bonito doing that on light tackle and it was cool.
Also we saw dolphins, and even two of what I think were humpback whales breaching and tail slapping. Snacks and drinks on the boat, I ate basically the equivalent of two whole pineapples