We travel to Costa Rica once a year. Every time we go I must go fishing at least once if not more. I am a Captain from the United States so I have certain expectations when I hire a charter. Captain Pablo from Sierpe Fishing came through with flying colors. I requested to jig fish and then try popping. Captain Pablo hade great equipment (which isn’t always common in Costa Rica) all Shimano rods and reels. With an impressive selection of jigs and poppers. After the beautiful ride down the Sierpe river, we reached the ocean. Our trip started off slow, as the jig bite wasn’t too hot. I did manage an African Pompono. With the tide fading, he switched us up to a troll for a little while with smaller diving swimmers. Within about 15 seconds we had our first yellowfin tuna. We ended up with 5 in the boat and releasing 3 before switching over to popping. We went around Caño Island and found some birds working. My crew of three all casted our plugs out and had tuna almost immediately. We played with them for a while before taking a break to try another jigging spot. All in all, our experience was awesome and I would recommend it to all.
