Our half-day trip with Captain Alex, Carlos and Romigo was quite productive.  The boat is well equipped with appropriate gear, and quite well suited to the local waters.  Having an express configuration where everyone can get out of the hot CR sun was a definite plus.  Drinks and fresh pineapple also hit the spot.

The run from the mooring to the Catalina Islands is a short one, a definite benefit.  We had lines in the water on the way out and on our first pass around the island a nice bonito hit one of the lures.  Trolling the other way yielded a big Pacific mackerel.  Captain Alex then apparently found a couple of schools of hungry fish- we were catching them so fast, often two at a time, that it was hard to take pictures of the action or catch.  That, however, is a first-class problem and we boated over 15 bonito, mackerel and mani.  Alas, a selfish didn’t rise to the bait.

An excellent day- highly recommended.

We took a 1/2 day excursion (8 in family) this week and captain Matt and his crew treated us to a productive day.  We all got a turn in the key fishing chair reeling in a big catch - 2 yellowtail tuna, 2 Mahi Mahi, 4 blackfin tuna and the two that got away!  While on board, we were treated to sushi with the first tuna catch and had enough remaining for two dinners the rest of the week.  The crew also pointed out turtles, whale, birds and told stories of life in Costa Rica.  A great time was had by all.

It was the first time everyone came fishing with us, it was usually my daughter and I, but this time my wife and son-n-law came along. We did not catch any fish but it was not for the lack of trying. We trolled through a school of black fin tuna and trolled through schools of Jack’s back and forth, but the fish this day had lock jaw. We did have one release but did not hook up but got back a damaged lure.

We had a very pleasant day we saw schools of fish, sea turtle, 3 whales, sea rays etc, my wife was delighted. I told the captain that I fish a lot and know that fish do not always bite, but that I had a great time on the water and that he and the crew were very pleasant and he tried hard. I would recommend him highly the next he probably caught a boat load of fish.

I would had given a 5 on experience had fish co-operated.

Mario

Yellowfin Sportfishing did an amazing job my wife and I couldn’t have been more pleased with the service and attention.