Captain
Gerardo Quesada

Member since July 2021 Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
Background
The captain invites you to the Osa Peninsula, a sweet gulf in Puerto Jimenez and an excellent place for sport fishing inside and outside. The captain became a fisherman when he was 20 years old by learning and relating to international and national tourism..
Techniques
The sport fishing that I practice I have multiple techniques for fishing inside, deep, live or dead bait, lures ect, for fishing the famous rooster fish, in addition to hamberjack, jacktravel, snapper, gropper, Spanish macro, pompano etc. For outside fishing there are different ways of dealing with the situation depending on what at the moment you are trying to catch, sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo or dorado..

Hey, I'm Captain Gerardo Quesada

Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
Background
The captain invites you to the Osa Peninsula, a sweet gulf in Puerto Jimenez and an excellent place for sport fishing inside and outside. The captain became a fisherman when he was 20 years old by learning and relating to international and national tourism..
Techniques
The sport fishing that I practice I have multiple techniques for fishing inside, deep, live or dead bait, lures ect, for fishing the famous rooster fish, in addition to hamberjack, jacktravel, snapper, gropper, Spanish macro, pompano etc. For outside fishing there are different ways of dealing with the situation depending on what at the moment you are trying to catch, sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo or dorado..

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(28 reviews)
Puerto Jiménez
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Trips from US $550

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 30 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great Costa Rican Trip!
Great Costa Rican Trip!
Great Costa Rican Trip!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
87%
Appropriate for children
71%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
96%
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Shawn F.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great Costa Rican Trip!

VERIFIED   9 Hour Trip – Inshore Or Offshore on March 27, 2025
Gerardo was awesome! Put us on snapper and big eye trevalli immediately. While I really wanted to get a rooster, he put us...
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Larry R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Hook up

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip – Inshore on October 29, 2024
The captain, Cowboy, was very efficient.  Food, drinks, snacks and even electrolytes if needed.  He new the hot spots and...
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Brian D.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   April 23, 2025
The charter operator canceled 2 days prior to the trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Michael W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Excellent

VERIFIED   3/4 Day Trip – Inshore on March 3, 2025
Very fun trip!!!
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Mattias K.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Nice tour

VERIFIED   9 Hour Trip – Inshore Or Offshore on February 26, 2025
We caught 6-8 rooster fish, 4 groupers and some red fish. Overall a great day of fishing. We had the grouper for dinner - it...
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