Fishing Report -Wednesday March 31, 2010

Capt Dave called and said that they got 4 Sails on the Barbarosa fishing out of Quepos. He said it was kind of slow today! I'll post more reports as I talk to the other boats.

Thanks for reading and tight lines!

Fishing Report -Tuesday March 30, 2010

Here's a photo of the La Manta ready to go back in the water. We are going in on the high tide tomorrow afternoon if everything goes as planned.

The fishing is really good right now. I talked to the guys on the Frenzy and they had 7 sails, a Wahoo and two Dorados today. They were killing it! Nice work guys! The Barbarosa raised two Marlin. One was hooked up but broke off and the other never came tight. The clients were filming for a TV show and wanted to try to set their own hooks. Anyway, the fishing is HOT right now in the Central Pacific region of Costa Rica! I cannot wait to get out there and fish!

Thanks for reading and good fishing!

Link to IGFA Video- How to make a wind on leader

Here is a link to a cool video that shows how to make wind on leaders. It's not as hard as you may think.


Thanks for reading and tight lines!

Fishing Report -Monday March 29, 2010

I worked on the La Manta more today and she's probably going in the water on Tuesday. Got the thru hull fixed and Tuna Tubes plumbed. There's a ton of little stuff to do but that can all get done once we are in the water. Hopefully we'll be fishing by the weekend.

Fishing Report-

Capt Dave Dobbins aboard the Barbarosa had a really good day with 4 Sails, a Marlin and a couple Dorados. They were the top boat out of Quepos today.  In some places that would be the best day ever but here in Costa Rica that's just a AVERAGE day!  We will have some photos and reports coming soon from the La Manta. Stay tuned~

Thanks for reading and tight lines!

Fishing Report -Saturday March 27, 2010

No fishing for me today. It was blazing hot in the Boatyard today. Today was one of the hottest days that I have felt in Costa Rica. I sure hope that we'll get some rain soon. Here's a photo of the La Manta with the new lettering and paint. She really looks good. I'm very pleased with the work.  Capt. David has a Charter tomorrow on the Barbarosa but I'm not going due to the fact that they have 6 people on the Charter. I'll probably take a day away from the yard and surf.

Fishing Report:
Heard from one of the mates today that they got lots of bites around 30 miles out of Quepos. Hopefully the bite will start to pick up some as we get rain. I'll post a report tomorrow after Capt Dave gets back from his trip on the Barbarosa. Good Luck!

thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Friday March 26, 2010

Today we didn't have any charters on the Barbarosa so I went back to check on the La Manta. The painting is being finished as I write this. The guy is coming in the morning to do the lettering on the transom and the registration numbers on the hull. Then we will start putting equipment back on. There is a pretty long list but it's all small stuff. We should be fishing by this time next week! 

Fishing Report:

From reading the signs around Quepos it looks like the  boats have been having average fishing with each boat landing at least a couple of Sails and some Dorados. Hopefully this rain that we have been getting offshore is helping to cool the water. Water temps are nearing 90 degrees in some places. That's not good for the fishing...... 

Thanks for reading and tight lines!

Fishing Report -Thursday March 25, 2010

Went back to check on the LaManta today. The hull is painted. I don't have any photos because my battery on my camera died. This one is from my cell. The boot stripe is finished and they were starting to paint the bottom when I left. We are going in the water in a few days! She looks really good!

tight lines!

Fishing Report -Wednesday March 24, 2010

No fishing today. Went back to the boatyard to check on the La Manta. They were sanding the primer on the hull and getting ready to paint it this afternoon. I'm going to head back down in the morning and check out the paint. It should look really good. It does so far.......

I haven't heard any reports for the last few days but I will post something as soon as possible. I think we may have some trips on the Barbarosa next week. Hope to get back out there soon. We have had some rain so I think the water will be cooling off some and we'll get a shot at some Marlin in the next few months.

tight lines!

Fishing Report -Tuesday March 23, 2010

No fishing today so I went to check on La Manta. They started painting today..... man is she going to look good! He says that he will be finished by Friday. Potentially we could be in the water this weekend. I'm getting stoked!

Fishing Report -Monday March 22, 2010

We don't have any Charters today on the Barbarosa so I went to check out La Manta and see how the painting is coming along. Well, as you can see, they have been priming and prepping everything for painting. She is going to look really nice.

In the photo above all of the white marks that you see are bill marks. I am hoping to have some more of those in the new paint job soon! 

Keep checking back for more photos and updates. I will also post some fishing reports once I talk to some of the other Captains.

Thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Sunday March 21, 2010

No fishing today. Capt Dave called last night and said it was real slow for him yesterday. One Sail and 3 Dorados all day. He did say that they got cut off by a couple of Wahoo. It's hard when you get a wahoo on a Circle Hook rig for Billfish. The usually cut the line. The bite may have moved north a bit because my buddy Capt Dave Mothershead, on the Miss Behav'in out of Los Suenos got 7 Sails yesterday. He's been having some tough luck lately so it's nice to hear that they fired em up so hard yesterday! Good work guys!

thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Saturday March 20, 2010

Sorry no report for today. I ended up polishing the upper half of the tower. The lower half was masked off so I'll have to do it after they paint. Hopefully the whole thing will be primed and ready to start painting on Monday.

Thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Friday March 19, 2010

Here's a photo of the Lamanta getting prepped for paint. It's not going to be long before she is back in the water. I can't wait to see her with the new paint..... I'm starting to get pretty excited! We should be fully operational in a month or maybe a little less if things really come together.

Not sure how the fishing was today. Tomorrow we are headed out on the Barbarosa again for a full day charter with the same folks that were with us yesterday. They want a Marlin now! Hopefully we can hook them up on one.

Thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Thursday March 18, 2010

Today we fished with a great family out of Ottowa Canada. We started the morning off after running for an hour or two out of Quepos. We heard another boat on the radio that was hooked up on a double with two Sailfish so we headed in that general direction. We had a Sail come up on the long line but we missed it. After that we were bummed because we went another few hours with nothing. The action really picked up after Lunch. We ended up getting 5 more strikes and we caught and released them all! On top of that one of them was a double! A great day of fishing aboard the Barbarosa with Capt. Dave, and Mate Mario. Super Mario as I was calling him! 

thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Wednesday March 17, 2010

Today we fished on the Barbarosa for a 1/2 day inshore trip with a great group from South Carolina. Bait was scarce due to high water temperatures so we decided to troll Rapalas. We ended up raising one small Roosterfish but he broke off right at the boat. Unfortunately, that was the only fish that we saw all morning.

We're headed out tomorrow for a full day offshore so hopefully there will be a little more action. Our buddy Capt Dave Mothershead on the "Miss Behav'in" out of Los Suenos went 3 for 3 on Sails, a Blue Marlin and they even got a Dorado for dinner. That was yesterday so hopefully we will get some good luck tomorrow.

Thanks for reading and good fishing!

Fishing Report -Tuesday March 16, 2010

No fishing today, only boat work. The guys started prep work for painting. Can't wait to see her with a fresh coat of paint. Headed out on the Barbarosa tomorrow for a 1/2 day inshore trip. Maybe get some Roosterfish, Snapper or Grouper. Then on Thursday we have another trip on the Barbarosa for a full day offshore. Hopefully I'll have some photos to post soon!

thanks for reading and good fishing!

Surf Report- March 15, 2010

Today we surfed in Hermosa on a falling tide and scored some waist to head high waves

Fishing Report -Monday March 15, 2010

No work on the boat today. The painter is going to San Jose to buy supplies and will start tomorrow. Looks like in about 3 weeks to a month and we will be fully operational. I will post photos of the painting as we go along. She's going to look like new again. Stoked.

During the painting I will be riding out on the Barbarosa with my buddy Capt.Dave Dobbins and helping him out a little so I should have some fishing reports and photos coming soon. Just depends on when we have Charters.

thanks for reading and good fishing!

Alex