QUEPOS COSTA RICA FISHING ABOARD GOOD DA
March 23, 2022 Quepos 5 photos

Trip Summary

Yesterday was the 3rd & final day aboard GOOD DAY for Scott & Allen from New York. We live baited the reef for a Marlin for the first few hours & nearly struck gold when a Marlin came in and sent our Bonitos crazy and had them doing circles & jumping out of the water, at one point the Marlin showed itself, head, bill & tail out of the water but it would just not commit & ultimately faded off. We stumbled upon the mother load of Bonitos working in a Huge bait ball on the surface, something we have been seeing a lot over the past 6 weeks or so. We slow trolled our live baits around the school & BAM, hooked up…we thought this was it, the Marlin the boys had been dreaming of until a 6-7 foot Shark comes leaping out of the water. After a couple of minute fight it bit through the leader & was gone. We switched to the troll & moved to deeper water, after a slow couple of hours trolling all hell broke loose when a pack attack of Sailfish hit the spread, chaos ensued for a minute with 3 Sailfish tearing up the teasers and as quick as they came, they were gone. We worked that area for a good while & did not get another sniff. Capt. Manuel Gabuardi made a 12 mile run late in the day to a school of Tuna and the guys caught 2 Tuna up to 30lbs and lost a couple more. We missed a fish of about 80lbs on a big Squid and had amazing scenes of big Tuna crashing the surface everywhere which was a cool way to end the trip. Heading back out there now, wish us luck!
Jackpot Sport Fishing
Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
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Jackpot Sport Fishing offers luxury trips at unbeatable rates out of the famous Marina Pez Vela in Quepos. It’s famous not only for the unbeatable fishing, but also for its fantastic placement just a stone’s throw from the beautiful Manuel Ant...

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