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Jackpot Sport Fishing

Member since April 2016 Quepos, Costa Rica
Background
Captain Manuel Gabuardi has been fishing the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica for 34 years and has been the captain of the GOOD DAY for 21 years. Capt. Manuel knows the Quepos waters immensely, and is so passionate about fishing and loves nothing more than taking our guests from all over the world to experience the best fishing that Costa Rica has to offer. Owner & mate of GOOD DAY Benn Gilmour is from the UK & has been fishing around the world all of his life. Benn loves Offshore fishing for Marlin, Sailfish & Big Tuna. Inshore his favorite species are Roosterfish, Snook & Cubera Snappers.
Techniques
Inshore I love flyfishing and light tackle lure fishing with plugs, spoons and softplastics for Roosterfish, Snook & Snappers. In Costa Rica, a freelined live bait works so well also and provides excellent and often very visual sport. Offshore, I love Billfish and have a total obsession with Marlin!! In Costa Rica we are lucky in that we have Blues, Blacks and Stripeys so together with our excellent Sailfish fishing a Grand Slam is always a possibility! I love fishing for Tuna, Mahi, Wahoo, Grouper & Amberjacks also. The lighter the tackle, the better!

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Quepos, Costa Rica
Background
Captain Manuel Gabuardi has been fishing the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica for 34 years and has been the captain of the GOOD DAY for 21 years. Capt. Manuel knows the Quepos waters immensely, and is so passionate about fishing and loves nothing more than taking our guests from all over the world to experience the best fishing that Costa Rica has to offer. Owner & mate of GOOD DAY Benn Gilmour is from the UK & has been fishing around the world all of his life. Benn loves Offshore fishing for Marlin, Sailfish & Big Tuna. Inshore his favorite species are Roosterfish, Snook & Cubera Snappers.
Techniques
Inshore I love flyfishing and light tackle lure fishing with plugs, spoons and softplastics for Roosterfish, Snook & Snappers. In Costa Rica, a freelined live bait works so well also and provides excellent and often very visual sport. Offshore, I love Billfish and have a total obsession with Marlin!! In Costa Rica we are lucky in that we have Blues, Blacks and Stripeys so together with our excellent Sailfish fishing a Grand Slam is always a possibility! I love fishing for Tuna, Mahi, Wahoo, Grouper & Amberjacks also. The lighter the tackle, the better!
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Jackpot Sport Fishing – 31’ Good Day

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4.9 / 5
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Jackpot Sport Fishing – 23' Knot Easy

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Fishing Reports

NOVEMBER FISHING ABOARD GOOD DAY COSTA R
NOVEMBER FISHING ABOARD GOOD DAY COSTA R
Nov 6, 2024 Quepos
Just finished day 2 today with Frank, Taylor & Grant from Virginia. Taylor was delighted to catch his dream Blue Marlin, a stunning fish of around 150lb which he caught on 30lb tackle on the PENN Fishing Fathom II’s. Grant caught his first ever Sailfish which we tagged for the Gray FishTag Research program & we added 5 nice Tuna to the haul capping off a great day on the water. 3rd & final day is tomorrow, wish us luck! ??
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WICKED TUNA
WICKED TUNA
May 30, 2024 Quepos
WICKED TUNA aboard GOOD DAY today, huge congrats to 15 year old Caden ???
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Bull Dorado aboard GOOD DAY Costa Rica
Bull Dorado aboard GOOD DAY Costa Rica
May 7, 2024 Quepos
2 Sailfish & 2 Huge Bull Dorado for David & Kim this past weekend aboard GOOD DAY here at Marina Pez Vela Costa Rica. All fish caught on 60lb Fish Seaguar Inshore Flurocarbon & tagged for Gray FishTag Research ???
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BILLFISHING IN QUEPOS COSTA RICA
BILLFISHING IN QUEPOS COSTA RICA
May 5, 2024 Quepos
3 Sailfish during today’s Offshore trip aboard GOOD DAY with Bill, Melissa & Kelly from Florida joining us. There were 3 Black Marlin hooked yesterday afternoon & this morning plus a couple of blues, we’ll be out there searching for them most of this week ???
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FAMILY FISHING ABOARD GOOD DAY COSTA RIC
FAMILY FISHING ABOARD GOOD DAY COSTA RIC
May 4, 2024 Quepos
3 Sailfish & 1 Wahoo for the Harvat family aboard GOOD DAY here at Marina Pez Vela ???
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MAHI MAHI & ROOSTERFISHING COSTA RICA
MAHI MAHI & ROOSTERFISHING COSTA RICA
May 2, 2024 Quepos
2 stunning Bull Dorado (55” & 57”) & 3 Roosterfish during yesterdays trip aboard GOOD DAY here at Marina Pez Vela Costa Rica. Great to have Frank, David, Joel & Lauren from Florida aboard. After catching the Dorado we persevered for a Marlin Offshore despite slow fishing but it wasn’t to be. So we made the call to push into the rocks to finish up the day & ended on a high with 3 Roosterfish for Joel, Lauren & a 41” stunner for David to scratch off their bucketlists ???
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 84 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Captain found us Two Trophy Fish and Two Hundred Pounds of Tuna
Captain found us Two Trophy Fish and Two Hundred Pounds of Tuna
Captain found us Two Trophy Fish and Two Hundred Pounds of Tuna
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Appropriate for children
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Caught fish
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Braeden D.
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Best trip ever!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip – Offshore on June 2, 2026
What an incredible day on the water. This trip exceeded all of my expectations and I got everything I could have asked for...
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CORRINA S.
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Epic fishing trip!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip – Offshore on June 17, 2026
What an amazing day with Jackpot Sport Fishing! Captain Manuel and his mate, Pepe, were fantastic—friendly, knowledgeable,...
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Jeffrey S.
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Captain found us Two Trophy Fish and Two Hundred Pounds of Tuna

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip – Offshore on August 14, 2026
We went out looking for Sailfish, but things started out going pretty slow. Our captain made some adjustments and located a...
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Mickey W.
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Great Experience!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip – Offshore on June 3, 2026
We booked a 1/2 day offshore as the weather was not looking great. Met the Captain at the Marina and we were off exactly on...
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Matthew P.
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Fantastic Trip!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip – Offshore on June 10, 2026
The crew worked there tales off and we caught fish all day!! Unbelievable experience and a great time had by all! Pepe and...
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