Quepos Halftime Report....

[JD5652]

AKA......the Great Adventures of JD and Glenn.....

Word on the dock is that the bite has been a little slow in CR this season due to El Niño....water temps in the high 80´s to low 90´s. Water for us both days was 86-87 deg F.

We´re fishing aboard Big Eye Charters (bigeyecharters.com) with Capt Ross originally from the Vineyard and now a full time CR resident. Can´t say enough good things about Capt Ross and his mate Craven, but we´ll get to all that with the full report with pics upon return to the U.S.

Started off Sunday with a gaffer dolphin right after lines in in 8 AM....we´re running 25-35 miles out from the harbor with some greenish/blue water water. We had our share of shots...went 3 for 8 on some 100 pound class sails with only 2 whiffs .....not a terrible day in the land of milk and honey.

Our second day was Monday.......went back to the same spot where we left off the day before. The morning troll brought nothing.....very little life and no bites until 11 AM. We went 3 for 5 with yours truly actually hooking two fish on circles with only a slight third degree burn on my thumb.... .

After the second sail, a large hole opened up on the right teaser.....it´s a nice blue marlin ...the mate pitched a split tail mullet back on a 30 set up and the fight was on. Had her to the leader four times and after about 45 minutes we finally got her in the boat for a couple nice pics.....my first blue marlin a nice 200 pound class fish....

The third sail of the day came up on the right teaser and the mate pitched the split tail back and I was handling the right flat line trying to get a strike....felt tap-tap.....free spooled.....burnt my thumb....then eased up the drag for the hook up. The fish came to the boat pretty quick, but she was not happy....let´s just say for now that things got real up close and personal for a while......the pics will tell the whole story on that one.

Right before lines out, Capt Ross yells "MAR-LIN" from the tower as a hole opens up in the water on the left teaser.....the mate grabs the 50 setup and sends a 14" moldcraft blue/crystal back.....the man in the black tuxedo inhales it.......hook up attempt numero uno...MISSED......the big black marlin is not yet done....he´s back for another shot one more time and we couldn´t get a hook up...... ...oh well... that´s fishing..... according to Capt Ross it was a THE fish we were waiting for.....300-400 pound class....

We have one more day tomorrow and we´re going out with a double hook rigged mullet 80 in our spread looking for the man in the Black Tuxedo...

Photos to come later.....update on Thursday......

PURA VIDA!

[O-SEA-D]

Pretty damn work. Sounds like an awesome trip.

Congratulations on your first Blue.

Thanks for the report. Can't wait to see the pic's.

AWESOME

[Tuna Taxi]

Sounds like some great fishing. Glad you guys are finding the fish. Can't wait to see the pics. have a great reaminder of the trip, hope that blackie comes back to finish what was started.

[Squidnation]

Gulp breath.....OK back to normal. Thanks JD, I needed that. congrats to you and ghandi on a great couple days. hope you get the black one tomorrow.

[#1Gaffman]

Pretty work Glenn and JD,

Sounds like you guys are having a ball. Just take lots of pictures for us back here in the homeland.

[Supafly]

Have a drink at El gran escape for me. Man I wish I was there. Nice work on the Blue marlin

[Captain Jay Kavanagh]

Yeah man.

Pura Vida.

[hunt4fish]

Congrats on your Blue,I'm still waiting on my first.Can't wait to see the pics.You boys make it back safe and enjoy your last day in paradise.

[Bigeye10]

Ross is the best, all he needs is a patch over one eye, and he would have the full pirate look .

That boat can raise the marlin.


ask him if he is coming back to the vineyard ? I heard he moved there for good

[JD5652]

Have a drink at El gran escape for me. Man I wish I was there. Nice work on the Blue marlin

Supafly- Had dinner there last night......great food and drink....lots of fishing Americano´s on there....the BEST place for drink we´ve found so far is Wacky Wanda´s........LOTS of FUN!!...

Ross is the best, all he needs is a patch over one eye, and he would have the full pirate look .

That boat can raise the marlin.

ask him if he is coming back to the vineyard ? I heard he moved there for good

Bigeye -

You´re right about the pirate look......it´s funny....as soon as I met him in person I remembered him from Jaco last March at the BB.......

BTW......he´s not returning to the U.S.....it´s pura vida for life for Capt Ross....he has both his boats down in Quepos now and is getting everything finalized for his "new" life.....