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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 โ€“ 31โ€™ Good Day

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(76 reviews)
Quepos
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Trips from US $1,100

Jackpot Sport Fishing โ€“ 23' Knot Easy

Quepos
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Trips from US $800

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 IIโ€™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 todayโ€™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, weโ€™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 (55โ€ & 57โ€) & 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 wasnโ€™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 41โ€ 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 76 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Amazing day with Jackpot!
Not just fishing, but making dreams come true.
Not just fishing, but making dreams come true.
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Appropriate for children
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James A.
San Josรฉ, Costa Rica
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Full day offshore with Benn

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on March 6, 2021
Benn didnโ€™t just take us fishing, he taught us how to fish, explained what, why and how. โ€œGood Dayโ€ was neat,...
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Timothy F.
MARRIOTTSVL, MD
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Fishing with Manuel

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip โ€“ Inshore on July 10, 2022
Fantastic time! These guys know what they are doing!
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Mike S.
Saint Paul, MN
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5.0 / 5
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Full day trip with Swordfish

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on September 24, 2021
Captain Benn of Jackpot Sport Fishing boat was in dry dock, but arranged for us to go on the boat Swordfish. Captain Randy...
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Julie M.
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Fishing with Manuel

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on March 27, 2022
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Brad H.
Allen, TX
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Dreams Came True!

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip โ€“ Offshore on December 12, 2018
Booked a day if off shore fishing for my wifeโ€™s 70 year old dad and I.ย  Told the owner and Captain my dream was to catch...
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