May 31 2010
Catching Sailfish In Nosara
Fishing in Costa Rica is a traditional craft handed down from one Captain to another over the the years. Each part of Costa Rica has varying tactics. FishingNosara is a charter fleet from the mid-Pacific Coast and they have developed some fishing tactics of their own to catch massive Marlin, Sailfish, and Dorados.
Developed and perfected in Nosara, the High Speed Bait and Switch Tactic makes for one of the best strikes in all of fishing. This creates maximum excitement and fish strikes extremely close to the boat. This spread consists of medium or large sized high-speed lures running off both outriggers and the shotgun line. They add two teasers off both outriggers and one teaser back in the exhaust alley. The high-speed lures are trolled off 50 or 80 class rod and reels at 9-10 knots. The pitch baits are rigged with live bait (Blue runner or Black Tuna) or dead bait (Ballyhoo or Black tuna strips).
The larger fish like to bite on the high-speed lures but also will come up the spread towards the teasers bouncing along the surface. The spotter mate on the canopy tower identifies which fish species are in the spread and relays to the cockpit below on which line or teaser the fish has fixated. The crew immediately extracts the teasers to draw the fish in close. The appropriate size pitch bait is offered to the target fish on either TLD30 or Penn 50W (depending on fish size) and the switch is complete. The strike is imminent so hold tight.
The FishingNosara crew has made tons of clients very happy with this spread. The high speed of the troll enhances the amount of water that can be fished in a day and the thrill of a Black Marlin Kamakazi strike is unlike any other in the sport. The ability to tactically choose which bait and which rod to deploy on a specific target yields a whole new world of fishing enjoyment.
Saftey is important for both fish and angler, so FishingNosara exclusively uses circle hooks for this kind of fishing. They strive to live release ALL Marlin and Sailfish safely.
See the results of this tactic! FishingNosara freely offers a monthly fishing report and maintains archives of the reports. Tight Lines!
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