Central America Fishing Guide
Costa Rica Fishing Report – June 2018
The internet is an amazing place – it gives us so much information, so quickly, on just about any subject imaginable. The problem is when so much of the information on one particular topic is out of date, or simply incorrect, people start to believe it and misconceptions are formed. In this case...
Costa Rica Inshore Fishing Report – January 2018
This time of year the offshore fishing reports and billfish tournaments get all the headlines, but there are plenty of anglers who aren’t interested in deep sea trolling all day and prefer inshore fishing instead. Popping, jigging, casting rapalas, and slow trolling live bait is how they prefer...
Costa Rica Fishing Report – April 2019
Costa Rica’s peak billfish season is a glorious time of year. Each year for five months from December through April the Central and Southern Pacific Coast of the country is blessed with calm seas, a near guarantee of perfect sunny weather, and healthy billfish populations most countries in the...
Costa Rica’s Peak Billfish Season
In a dozen years of working in Costa Rica's sport fishing industry one of the questions I field the most is "when is the best time of year to catch sailfish and marlin?" While we catch billfish twelve months a year here, anyone with brain bigger than a dorado's will tell you that Costa Rica's...
Costa Rica’s 2014 Fishing Tournaments: Year in Review
By all accounts, standards, and points of view, 2014 was a banner year for sport fishing enthusiasts in Costa Rica. The release counts from the country’s various billfish tournaments were staggering, further solidifying the case that Costa Rica offers the world’s best billfishing. Besides the...
Offshore World Championship
The 15th annual Offshore World Championship was held in Quepos earlier this month, marking the second year in a row the tournament has been held in Costa Rica. The largest sport fishing tournament of the year showcased 64 teams from 24 different countries around the world, including countries as...
Central America Fishing’s Grand Opening
My name is Chris Atkins and I’m the founder and owner of Central America Fishing, a new luxury travel agency dedicated to providing the best fishing vacations to Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize. Let me be the first to tell you how excited we are to be able to say “Welcome!” After nearly a decade of...
Fishing Tackle Review – Okuma Nomad Travel Rods
As the story goes, I've been living, working, and fishing in Central America for the past 12 years. While San Jose, Costa Rica is home, during my time here for one reason or another I've traveled to all seven Central American countries - in addition to another 15+ throughout the rest of the...
Costa Rica Fishing Tournaments – 2016 Year in Review
With the 2017 peak billfish season in Costa Rica well underway it's past time that we update you with last year's results. 2016 was another amazing year for sport fishing in Costa Rica, both for the charter clients and for the big money tournaments. Below is a review of last year's major...
Costa Rica Inshore Fishing Report – Quepos
Last week we visited one of our favorite beaches in Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio. Pristine rainforest, beaches, and so many monkeys you need to close the doors and windows of your hotel room - it never gets old. That said, the main reason we were there was of course to go fishing. More...
