Happy New Years. I guess I am officially a father of an infant. I slept on the couch until 11:55... then went back to sleep at 12:05. Just enough time to kiss my girls and go back to bed.

As we welcome in the new year we are also welcoming in the high season of fishing in Quepos. Fishing has been picking up a bit, but is still not exactly where some people would like to see it.

Jerry from Luna Tours said that he has fished five boats in the last few days. The Magic Moon caught 2 Sailfish, 2 Dorado, 3 Amberjack and 4 Snapper. Great Day! The Ojaran II released 1 Sailfish, 4 Amberjack and 2 Snapper. The  Moon Walker boated 3 Sails and a Dorado. The Big Eye II released 5 Sails. And I am sure the clients on the Ojaran III are not gong to want to read the previous report, as they got completely skunked.

According to Leanne from Quepos Fishing Charters, the Three Brothers released 4 Sails, 2 Dorado and an Amberjack on December 29th and 3 Sails on the 30th. The fishermen were Nathan Jorde and Zach Eastman, respectfully. The Caribsea also released 1 Sailfish on December 30th.

While all of these boats caught fish, some of the anglers in the area are saying that fishing is still slow for this time in the season. That being said, I wouldn't mind catching 2 Sailfish, 4 Amberjack and 4 Snapper in a day! I guess a true fisherman can never have a good enough day.

Merry Christmas everybody. It was pretty amazing spending Neko's first Christmas with the family that cares so much about her. Thank you to all of the people who made such huge efforts to spend time with Neko on her first Christmas Day.

On another note, Santa has not fully dropped down the Quepos chimney with a sack full of sailfish lately. Although we are having a pretty typical sailfish bite, I thought Santa would come through with a bammer on Christmas. There are tons of boats catching sails, and many still slaying the YFT and Dorado.

The Precedent reported catching 12 YFT on the 24th. Tom Levinson was the angler and he said that they raised 3 sailfish on their trip, so the sails are here.

On December 22nd, Young Choi on the Moon Walker and landed 3 Dorado and released a sailfish, according to Leanne from Quepos Sailfishing Charters. On December 23rd, Choi fished on the Frenzy and realeased 1 marlin, 9 tuna and 3 sailfish!

Jerry from Luna Tours said that fishing had been super slow, but picked up today with the Ojaran III landing a 300 pound Blue Marlin and some Dorado! The Ojaran II caught a 45 pound Rooster on a half day inshore trip. And the Magic Moon caught a Sailfish and some Dorado. The Moon Walker caught a Sailfish on a half day offshore trip. It's great to see some boats reporting great days!

Although it might not be cranking like we would like... you know, those "I'm taking a nap on the trip home" days where you are just sick of reeling at the end of the day... but it sounds like we're moving in that direction.

January is almost here and overall we have seen a December that better than years past. I think January is going to be pumping!

-Nap 

The word 'round the campfire is that all Captains are seeing a ton of fish, but nothing is biting. It is right around the time that Sailfish should be jumping into the boat, but a report from Jerry at Luna Tours says that the trolling has been SLOW over the last few days. He reported the occasional Dorado and raising some sails but nothing is wanting to get brought to the boat.

He did say that they have been catching some nice Roosters this week.

Alcides from Costa Mar Sportfishing said that the Fishing Machine has run into some Tuna, Mahi and some more Sailfish that don't seem to want to be released. The Fishing Machine recently raised 3 Sails and only released 1.

The Reel Deel has reported releasing two sailfish, two Dorado and 15 YFT on the 14th and   4 sails and 3 Dorado on the 15th. The previous information was brought to me by Quepos Sailfishing Charters. 

Jesús says that the Precedent went over 50 miles out to lock into two Marlin on Friday and one yesterday. I guess it was worth the trip! 

I guess we'll wait and see what happens over the next week. We started off so well this season... I hope it picks back up.

If you are checking the site and you have been fishing recently, please shoot me an email with some photos and your story. I would love to post your story on the site. 

Brandon 

Hello boys and girls and Happy 3-month Birthday to Neko!

Saturday the 8th was a good day for the boys wanting to come home saying "I got my Marlin." Both The Precedent and  The Fishing Machine boated Marlin, The Precedent with a Black and the Fishing Machine with a Blue. Both of these boats also caught Dorado on Saturday and the Precedent raised 3 Sails!

On Sunday The Fishing Machine boated three Dorado and boated a sailfish.

It is amazing to see more Marlin being caught than sailfish these days, but whose complaining?

I have not been hearing much from any from the other boats, but the word that I do get is that the report from The Precedent and The Fishing Machine is pretty typical right now. Marlin, lots of Dorado and an increase in Sailfish bites.

The fishing in Quepos is always amazing, but this season is looking like there will only a few lone soldiers going home without fish... hope I'm not one of them!

-Nap