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Fishing Report Date - 12/18/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with FishingNosara.com and NosaraParadiseRentals.com, and hold on folks and fasten your seat belts, because this is one super report. I got to Costa Rica on the eighth of November and it started out slow but by the fifteenth the fishing really picked up. Some of the highlights are as follows: Gina and Tim forty pound Wahoo, Jessie and Jonathan sixty-five pound Rooster, Gina, Tim, Javier, Manuel, and Rachelle over twenty Tuna, and Rachelle, Javier, and I eight whopper bull Dorado. The fishing could not get any better. The big Dorado are in close with lots of nice size Yellow-Fin and lots of mixed catches. No one has really targeted the Billfish yet but we have some clients arriving in December that will be fishing for them almost every day and we are sure they will be releasing a few. These captains deserve alot of credit for navigating this tough country, keeping their boats running, and in good order is very difficult. I am sure by next report we will start catching the Billfish. Last year we had several grand slams within three miles of the beach and it looks like we will do it again this year. Also, don't forget the 48th Annual Jax Anglers Billfish Tournament out of Ft. Pierce, FL, you can get more info off our site, www.FishingNosara.com. Also, we now have all new equipment for snorkeling, complete with masks, fins, and snorkels for children. Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and pura vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 12/17/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos
Fishing Report - Captain Carlos took Gina and Tim out on a two hour trip on November ninteenth and hooked a forty pound Wahoo and one Yellow-Fin at fifteen pounds. November twenty-second, Michael A. one Rooster at fifty pounds and fourteen Black Tuna to ten pounds. On November twenty-third, Rachelle (our office manager), Manuel (our Costa Rica concierge), Javier (our Costa Rica general manager), Gina, and Tim, a half-day charter with nine White Tuna
to twelve pounds, two Yellow-Fin to twenty-five ponds, and eight Bonita. November twenty-sixth, Matt W. on a half-day, three Dorado to forty pounds
and eight Black Tuna to fifteen pounds. Then on November twenty-seventh, Ryan W. with a half-day two Yellow-Fin to twenty-five pounds, two White Tuna seventeen pounds, seven Black Tuna seventeen pounds, and one rooster at seventy-five pounds. December first to the eighth, Christian hooked a serious amount of fish starting with twenty-six Amber Jacks to twenty pounds, two Cubera forty-six and thirty-six pounds, Hojaran at fifty-six pounds, eighteen Rooster to sixty-three pounds, and two Dorado to thirty pounds.
Fishing Report Date - 12/16/2008
Captain Name - Captain David
Fishing Report - Captain David had a slow month with one trip taking Charlie S. out and knabbing one Snapper at seventy pounds.
Fishing Report Date - 12/15/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Captain Eduardo, November tenth on a two hour trip with Mark B., three Dorado, 30, 25, and 15 pounds.
Then on November twenty-fourth a half-day charter with Catherine K., three Yellow-Fin to 30 pounds.
November twenty-seventh another half-day with Nick A., one Dorado 30 pounds, two Yellow-Fin to 18 pounds, eight Black Tuna, and one huge 75 pound Rooster.
Now on December ninth, Nate B. with a half-day, one Hetaran at 25 pounds.
Fishing Report Date - 12/14/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert is still having problems getting his boat finished; we are hoping by January he should be ready to go.
Fishing Report Date - 12/02/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert took myself and Chris Savitz fishing for two hours and we lost one Wahoo right at the boat, OUCH!
Fishing Report Date - 12/01/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos
Fishing Report - Captain Carlos has put his boat back in the water as of Monday and is fishing as I am writing this. So look for his knock-out report next time!
Fishing Report Date - 11/30/2008
Captain Name - Captain David
Fishing Report - Captain David is finished with all his repairs and updates and is back in the water. Look out on our next report for his amazing fishing report.
Fishing Report Date - 11/29/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Captain Eduardo, November tenth, three Dorado to thirty pounds. November eleventh, me, Chris Savitz, and Rick Owen, caught two Dorado to twenty pounds. On November twelfth, client David Lebowitz, caught five Dorado to thirty pounds and one Yellow-fin Tuna to twelve pounds. Lastly, on November fourteenth, there was two Dorado to twenty-five pounds caught.
Fishing Report Date - 11/28/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with FishingNosara.com and NosaraParadiseRentals.com, we are doing the report this month from Costa Rica. I got here on the eighth of November and the first boat in the water was Captain Eduardo. Captain Eduardo's first trip was a success with three Dorado. The rest of his trips have been getting better each day. Myself, Captain Chris Savitz, and Rick Owen fished with Captain Eduardo on the eleventh catching two Dorado. The blue water came in late last week and the good fishing came with it. The rest of the boats will be in the water by the weekend. All the hard work the captain's did on their boats during the rainy season looks great and they are ready to start filling the fish boxes. Remember all the Jacksonville area anglers that the 48th annual South Florida Billfish Tournament is going to have a great turn out and the raffle prizes will exceed $5,000.00, with the proceeds going to the school here in Nosara, check the website (www.NosaraFishing.com) for rules and prizes. We are donating five weeks in Costa Rica, plus a half-day of fishing, snorkeling, or nature tour. Also, we now have all new equipment for snorkeling, complete with masks, fins, and snorkels for children. Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and pura vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 10/20/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert is buying a twenty-four foot Robalo center-console, that he is refinishing, repairing, and painting. This should be a really nice addition to our fleet. The new boat will be ready to start fishing at the first of November
Fishing Report Date - 10/19/2008
Captain Name - Captain David
Fishing Report - Captain David has been repairing the Dusky ever since the hurricane came through in May. They have repaired the damaged T-top and motors that received damage from the hurricane. The big Dusky is almost finished and hopefully he will be ready to start fishing in November. Captain David is looking at forward to having another great year.
Fishing Report Date - 10/18/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Captain Eduardo is putting new paint, fiber-glass repairs, and completely servicing the "Nice and Tight". As always, "Nice and Tight" will be ready to load up the fish boxes starting November. As for "Reel Quik", Captain Eduardo has painted inside and out, new outriggers, new bottom machine, and much, much, more. Come November "Reel Quik", shall resumes its place as one of our top boats.
Fishing Report Date - 10/17/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos
Fishing Report - Captain Carlos has been rebuilding the "Reel Deal" since the first part of June and has spent a ton of time and money on his boat. The "Reel Deal" has a new T-top, cushions, bolsters, VHF radio, GPS, bottom machine, and totally new paint inside and out. The "Reel Deal", should be extremely beautiful and ready to raise plenty of Marlin. Captain Carlos knows what to do when the big Marlin come into the spread.
Fishing Report Date - 10/16/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with FishingNosara.com and NosaraParadiseRentals.com, the report for this month is a progress report. All the boats are on the hill for the rainy season and they have gotten over eighty inches of rain since the first of October. This has been the worst rainy seaon in forty eight years. These captains and their crew are true survivors in a very tough environment. Be sure to check out the photos of our new rental house, Casa Capitan. Casa Capitan will be ready for occupancy some time in December. We are booking up fast so if you are planning on coming down get your dates set and lets book em!! Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and pura vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 09/23/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert is out of the water and doing many upgrades on his boat for an explosive fishing season when the rain is gone!
Fishing Report Date - 09/22/2008
Captain Name - Captain David
Fishing Report - Captain David has finished his repairs on his dusky and is ready to be put back into the water after the rainy season. He has the dusky looking beautiful after all of the time and wrench work that he pt into it.
Fishing Report Date - 09/21/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Captain Eduardo still has "Reel Quik" and "Nice and Tight" in the water hoping for a late charter. Captain Eduardo is the top month again for this report. Cpatain Eduardo will pull his both his boats out of the water very soon and will start doing his maintenance. Captain Eduardo has several upgrades for both his boats (new outriggers, bottom machine, and much, much, more).
Fishing Report Date - 09/20/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos
Fishing Report - Captain Carlos is doing a total rebuild on the "Reel Deal" with a new T-top, paint, and upholstery. Cannot wait to see it when I am down there in November.
Fishing Report Date - 09/19/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with FishingNosara.com, unfortuanately there are only two of our boats still in the water, but when fishing the fish are cooperating. Also we had a friend of ours, Greg Sage, fish north of Nosara and releasing several Stripe Marlin in just a couple of days. During this rainy season all the captains are painting, fixing, repairing, and getting their boats in tip top shape for the upcoming new season. We also just finished the concrete block work on Casa Capitan and it is really looking good. It chould be finished by December 15, 2008. We will let you know when the new pictures are on the site so you can decide if Casa Capitan is where you want to stay for your next trip. We are booking up fast so if you are planning on coming down get your dates set and lets book em!! Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and Pura Vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 08/28/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert on August 5th Brad Funkhouser from Jacksonville, FL caught an eighteen pound Cero Mackeral. Then again on August 9th Me, Ihab, sam Rout with Tom Bush BMW of Jax., and Brian Stokly caught three Yellow-Fin Tuna, raised three Sailfish, and one Marlin release. John Willbanks of Jacksonville, FL fished three half days on the 15th, 16th, and 18th of August and had three Yellow-Fin Tuna on the first day, four Yellow-Fin Tuna on the second day, and on the last day had two Yellow-Fin Tuna.
Fishing Report Date - 08/27/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Captain Eduardo on August 2nd Me and Mike Eisenhower had a fabulous two hour session and were able to reel in five Yellow-Fin Tuna up to twenty pounds. August 7th Me, Ronnie Soud, Patty lima, Carlos Barrantes, Javier our general manager, and Manuel our concierge caught seven Yellow-Fin Tuna and one Yellw Tail at ten pounds. On a two hour evening trip Eduardo Andrew from St. Augustine caught four Yellow-Fin Tuna and two Ojarans. On August 12th James Peterson had a great day with ten Yellow-Fin Tuna from 15-20 pounds and one Ojaran at 10 pounds. On August 10th an unknown angler was able to snag six Yellow-Fin Tuna. Once again a couple more unknown anglers were able to catch sixteen yellow-Fin Tuna on just a half day of fishing on August 21st. August 22nd on a half day there were eighteen Yellow-Fin Tuna caught. As you can see Catain Eduardo had a very busy and exciting month on the water.
Fishing Report Date - 08/26/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with FishingNosara.com, I just returned from Nosara on the 11th and the fishing has been fantastic. The Yellow-Fin Tuna are one mile off of the beach and they are chewing. All of our boats are loading up on the sushi! Most of the Tuna are between 10-20 pounds, but a few 40-50 pounds are mixed in. Also, the Sailfish and Marlin are around but there are not many anglers fishing for them, the Tuna are keeping everyone in close. While there I checked on the building projects on Captain Carlos and Captain Alex boats and they are progressing nicely. Both boats will be ready to go on November 1. While Captain Vibert has been having some outstanding days Captain Eduardo has been fishing almost every day and some days both his boats have been out. Captain Eduardo has really been making clients happy. It looks like the rains are holding off til late September and the fishing should stay tremendous for another few weeks. We are booking up fast so if you are planning on coming down get your dates set and lets book em!! Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and Pura Vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 06/24/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert had a bit of a slow week this week with only catching four bonita last Saturday. The fishing has been slow but things are looking like they are going to pick up, so book those fishing trips!
Fishing Report Date - 06/23/2008
Captain Name - Captain Alex Barrantes
Fishing Report - Captain Alex's boat was damaged in the storm and will be up and operating in a few more days.
Fishing Report Date - 06/22/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - Monday the sixteenth Captain Eduardo had three wahoo to sixty pounds, three Yellow-Fin Tuna to twenty pounds, three Mahi to the upper twenty pounds. Tuesday the seventeenth he has three Wahoo again to sixty pounds, two Yellow-Fin Tuna to twenty, and a forty-five pound Mahi. Thursday the eighteenth he had one Sailfish, four Wahoo again to sixty, three Mahi to fifteen pounds, and three Yellow-Fin Tuna to twenty. Friday the twentieth they went bottom fishing and had some nice Caberra Snappers, Rock Snappers, and Rainbow Runners.
Fishing Report Date - 06/21/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos Barrantes
Fishing Report - Myself and Andrew Foster fished with Captain Carlos on the twenty-third. We were able to raise two sailfish and one was realeased at the boat. We lost one massive wahoo and caught one just a bit smaller.
Fishing Report Date - 06/20/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - This is Craig Sutton with Fishing Nosara.com. Sorry for being late with the report, but the tropical depression that passed through Nicaragua last week did alot of damage to our area of Costa Rica. Some of the local boats were severely damaged and Captain Alex's boat had some damage, but the captains have all pitched in and they will be back in the water in just a few days. Also this front turned the bite off from the 25th on.
I was expecting another great May with some big black Marlin's after last years success but the weather had a different idea.Currently the weather is beautiful and it looks like June is going to be a great month. Please go check out our rentals as well at: www.nosaraparadiserentals.com

-Tight lines and Pura Vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 05/16/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos
Fishing Report - On May 10 Carlos was able to sink 2 wahoo 65 pounds, 5 tunas 20 pounds and 1 sailfish 110 pounds. He managed to have another decent day on the 11th that consisted of 3 dorado fish 43 pounds and 23 pounds. 1 rooster fish 35 pounds. Then again on May 13th Carlos raised 2 sailfish 115 pounds. 1 yellow tuna 63 pounds. pura vida.
Fishing Report Date - 05/15/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vipert
Fishing Report - I am sorry to report that fishing has been slow the past week. Vipert went fishing Saturday and only caught four bonita. The fishing should be making a turn for the better within the next week, so lets book some fishing trips!!
Fishing Report Date - 05/03/2008
Captain Name - Summary
Fishing Report - Looks like May is going to be a typical off the richter scale month, not very many people down in Costa right now fishing, but the people that are really catching them. I will be down there on the 20th to try to raise as many Black Marlin\'s as we did last year in May.

-Tight lines and Pura Vida!
Craig
Fishing Report Date - 05/02/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos Barrantes
Fishing Report - April 21 Carlos Barrantes raised eight sailfish, released six. And one 46 pound dolphin/dorado. April 22, Kerry from Florida caught three yellow-fin and one Spanish, then the next day they caught five yellow-fin Tuna and five Sanppers. On the 31st, Samuel A., on a half-day inshore had four nice Yellow-fin and one big dolphin at 40 pounds.
Fishing Report Date - 05/01/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo
Fishing Report - April 15 Eduardo Carrillo, fishing with Matt and Ted from Cananda caught one nice Wahoo at 40 pounds and one huge Dorado at 30 pounds. on The 17th fishing Krissy R. From Cape Cod caught three massive Yellow-fin Tuna and one nice Dorado.
Fishing Report Date - 04/30/2008
Captain Name - Captain Alex Barrantes
Fishing Report - On the 11th, fishing a half-day with Mr. Cabetas, he raised several sails and released two.
Fishing Report Date - 04/29/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vibert
Fishing Report - Captain Vibert had to take the Amiee Marie to Puntaranes to do some maintenence, he only managed to get out one half-day with Jim B, from Maryland, and managed to catch one nice Yellow-fin at 25 pounds.
Fishing Report Date - 04/16/2008
Captain Name - Captain Carlos Barrentes
Fishing Report - Captain Carlos fished March 28th with Mark Kramer and John Longfield Smith and released this magnificent Sailfish pictured at right. On April 4th Captain Carlos on the Reel Deel hooked up with a 200 pound Striped Marlin, a 400-450 pound Blue Marlin and six Mahi Mahi at 20 to 35 pounds. On April 6th they caught four Sailfish and raised another eight and pulled in a 35 pound Yellow Fin Tuna. The very next day they raised 6 Sailfish and released another 5. Captain Carlos kept the Reel Deel inshore on April 8th and caught 6 Yellow Fin Tuna up to 20 pounds, a Spanish Mackerel and a 60 pound Roosterfish. On April 9th, they brought in two Sailfish, eight Yellow Fin Tuna and two Mahi Mahi. He finished up the week on April 11th raising three Sailfish, one released Sailfish, six Jack Crevalles and eight Yellow Fin Tuna.
Fishing Report Date - 04/15/2008
Captain Name - Captain Eduardo Carrillo
Fishing Report - Fishing Nosara's Craig Sutton spent April 1st with Captain Eduardo Carrillo and landed this huge 550-600 pound Black Marlin pictured on the right. On the same trip they raised 2 Sailfish and caught one twenty pound Mahi Mahi. On April 4th they landed one Sailfish and raised three more. A thirtyfive pound Mahi Mahi was also pulled in. April 7th saw good conditions and they caught three Yellow Fin Tuna, 17 to 22 pounds, two Jack Crevalles and four Bonitas.
Fishing Report Date - 04/14/2008
Captain Name - Captain Vipert Blanche
Fishing Report - On March 29th, Craig fished with Captain Vipert Blanche and released two Sailfish. The next day Captain Vipert caught six Red Snapper, seven Bonitas and four Grouper. On April 2nd he hooked up with three Bonitas and followed up the next day with three Bonita and one Grouper.
Fishing Report Date - 04/13/2008
Captain Name - Captain Alex Barrentes
Fishing Report - Captain Alex Barrentes, fishing on the Blue Fin V, released one Striped Marlin and two Sailfish on April 13th.