HIGH SEASON SPORTFISHING HERE WE COME!

AUTHOR: CAPTAIN WILLY ATENCIO

Hello from beautiful Drake Bay, Costa Rica. The Reel Escape and the Reel Time were pulled out of the water at the beginning of October, the start of the high season. Both boats were inspected from top to bottom to ensure they were in perfect condition. After painting the hulls, performing routine scheduled maintenance on the engines and generator, the boats are back in the water and ready to go.

Based on the reservations on the books, we are anticipating an extremely busy high season. People all over the world are prepared to travel again and enjoy nature. If you are the type of person that enjoys animals, the ocean, and the jungle more than concrete, Drake Bay is the ideal place for you.

Drake is a charming little beach town on the northern end of the world-famous Corcovado National Park. The village is wholly focused on tourism and is the ideal home base for fishing, hiking, diving, bird watching, or simply relaxing in a natural setting.

Our little town has everything you need for your visit with a few friendly supermarkets. The local restaurants will happily cook your fresh fish with all the sides for a very reasonable price.

With fewer people fishing both recreationally and commercially over the last several years, fishing has been incredible lately. In fact, I have decided to call Drake the “Roosterfish capital of the world.” We not only catch tons of Roosters, but we consistently catch fish over 50 lbs! I am often asked why we catch so many, and I feel it boils down to the following factors.

We practice 100% catch and release and use circle hooks to minimize damage to the fish, minimal fishing pressure, ideal water conditions with tons of structure and bait, and 20+ years of experience fishing these waters. If you are interested in catching this beautiful, hard fighting, exotic fish, I would encourage you to book a trip.

In addition to the inshore bite offshore, we are blessed to have a ton of Tuna and big pelagics like Sailfish, Marlin, Wahoo, and Mahi-Mahi. We offer all types of fishing methods and offer full and half-day trips accommodating all price ranges. You don’t need any experience or equipment, just a good attitude, a camera, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a hat.

Any fish you wish to keep will be filleted on board and put on ice.