Costa Rica Report...Hot Temps, Hot Fishing

[CFScheer]

Here are a few pics from my stint in CR a couple of weeks ago. I would've posted up sooner, but the heat and humidity finally put my old computer out of commission.

Overall the fishing was a bit tougher than usual...which essentially means that it was pretty good rather than just plain great.

El Nino's got the water up around 88, 89 by mid-day...hard to do much outside of the early morning, late afternoon and the tide changes. I set a new personal record of drinking 3 gallons of liquid in one day...not a drop of which was fermented in any way.

Guillermo with the sushi course


First time jigger, first drop...seriously! Does anyone know what kind of grouper this is? It had a thin light blue line on the edge of the pectoral and tail fins.


happy client with first saltwater fish


fished the river one afternoon...got a couple corvina


my biggest bluefin trevally to date


this guy could barely work a rod a year ago...works big poppers and big roosters with ease now




first pargo of the day




cudas don't get much bigger here...fell victim to the popper as well


tasty mac...also hit a popper


plenty of nice "jurels" around to keep the excitement up


it's now 9:30 and 93 degrees...it's hot as hell this time of year


this dogtooth, not to be confused with the cubrera, ate a 150g jig at a brand new mark. We lost another big bottom dweller here shortly thereafter.


when nothing else works you've gotta go back to the bait


each day brought an additional 3 or 4 chicken roosters...must be a dry season thing

am missing pics from one of the more productive days this trip...some nicer AJs, (40 lb. +) were cooperating on jigs and poppers, and we managed 2 big mahi (poppers) offshore as well as 2 nice sails (trolled heru ulua rigged with assist hooks in shotgun) as well. If you haven't tried this yet, do so...a few seconds after putting it out and admiring the sweeping "S" action of the lure my friends and I looked at each other and said "well, it's only a matter of time before that gets hit"....5 minutes later we had a 130 lb. sail on the line.

pura vida - Cassidy

"Where the Jungle Meets the River That Meets the Sea"
www.sierpedelpacifico.com

[Sea Draggin]

Thanks for the update Cassidy. Looks warm there and very enjoyable. Glad to hear you are adding new marks all the time. It won't be long until they add up to awesomeness.

[SeaBiscuit]

Once again a fine report with great photos. It has been a long winter here in North America so don't expect any sympathy from us for being hot in the tropics!
Cheers,
SeaBiscuit

[shoefish]

Awesome pics and report dude! Damn I've got to get down there again sometime soon…the casique is calling my name

Thanks for sharing the pics!

[jig42na]

I'd tak "hot as hell" right about now. I love the heat, and good fishing too, so whats not to love about CR????

Thanks for sharing your report.

[paul708]

great report and pics.
thanks for posting

[CFScheer]

Awesome pics and report dude! Damn I've got to get down there again sometime soon…the casique is calling my name

Thanks for sharing the pics!

We call the cacique simply "The Chief" down here, and every good fishing day deserves a double shot of this foul tasting but surprisingly smooth swill at the end of it!

[JfISHkING]

sick report thank you... i cant wait to get it in