Now to start I have been on over a dozen or so private fishing charters and this was by far the best one ever!!! We started by going out at 6 rather than 7 like all the other boats and we’re the first ones on the water. Immediately as we start fishing captain Daniel and his deckhand Johnny start getting my wife and I hooked up on almost a dozen bonitos and even a couple really nice sized mackerel tuna that we kept for dinner. Next we switched to sail fish and hooked up on one (saw 3 in total) but unfortunately it got off. After that we jigged the reefs and hooked up on a big cubera snapper (est. 70lbs) that we fought for 15 minutes but he ended up biting the leader off, but it was all good as no more than 5 minutes later we hooked up on a massive 200+ lbs bull shark. 30 minute fight and me almost dying form exhaustion we got him by the boat with a safe release. Finished up the day trolling back and catching a couple more bonitos. Can’t thank Daniel, his wife Anna and Johnny enough. If your going fishing in Costa Rica you Have Togo with Maryola Tours

We just got back from spending a full day trip with Daniel the Capt and Johnny the 1st Mate. What a team they make. Extremely welcoming from the beginning to end. I have been on a lot of fishing trip in my time as well as my life time Buddy Bob that accompanied me on this trip and this by far has been the best I have ever been on. Daniel knows his stuff and is passionate about his fishing. He has a genuine desire for you to catch fish and does best to do so. We set out for Sail fish at 6am. Beating the rest of the other charters out as well as the fact we went out farther with trip to target sail fish. It wasn’t long before we hit one. We lost it but that was ok it was early. Next fish was a Mahi Mahi. About 15 lbs. Very nice. Next fish the famous sail fish. 80 lbs and almost 8 ft long. Fantastic fight touched leader and live released. Awesome. We continued to bring in more Mahi Mahi 7 of them to be exact one being about 35 lbs it was huge.  Believe or not we had two hi lites of the day. The Sailfish and and a quadruple header catching 4 Mahi Mahi at one time. Talk about Mass histeria it was total controlled chaos for 20 minutes with everybody handling 4 jumping Mahi Mahi at once. It was a trip and memory of a life time and from my Buddy Bob and I we have Daniel to thank for that.  I can’t say enough about these guys. Maryola tours from Daniel to Johnny and Daniel’s wife who kept in constant touch with me is the place to go to catch fish and be treated amazingly. Thank again. From Wayne and Bob

We were two dads with two kids (ages 11 and 10). We had a fabulous day. Daniel and his crew mate were great with the kids, tried lots of different spots and techniques, and we caught around 20+ fish - mackerel tuna, grouper and skip jacks.  Daniel filleted those fish that we kept before we got off the boat. It was a great value for the quality of our experience. Thank you!

We would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a cheaper fishing charter option in tamarindo - we were looking and this was one of the best priced guides for this location. And it was sooooo worth the price. We caught a 150 pound nursing shark and fought it for an hour and a half. We also got 1 tuna for dinner!

We got the 4 hour trip

We (myself, husband and 8 year old daughter) had a great time fishing with Daniel yesterday.  Not only did we catch fish, but Daniel and his crew member Johnny were fantastic.  They were so kind and hard working to make sure we had a great time.  I would absolutely recommend this to anyone coming to Tamarindo looking for a great fishing trip!