Fishing

Sports fishing is legendary here on the Osa. You can fish with the Rolls Royce of captains and the Rolls Royce of boats (see photo of Cabo Matapalo Sports Fishing boat, Jodari, on your left). You can also fish with locals (see other photo on your left), and a variety of other sports fishing operations.

Everytime you go fishing here on the Osa, it becomes much more than a fishing trip.  Just look at the whales in this background photo, which were spotted on a recent expedition.

Offshore big game is the Osa's specialty, with Sailfish the most predominant species. Everybody here practices catch and release for billfish so bring your camera. The high season for offshore fishing is December through May. Calm seas and short runs to the fishing grounds are typical, catching Dorado, Tuna, Blue Runner, Wahoo, Skipjack and Bonito. The month of May the rains begin, usually in the afternoons, and this is when the bigger schools of Yellowfin Tuna and Dorado move in along with the giant Black and Blue Marlin. Sailfish are still around but not in quantity. Up until September weather is reasonably calm with some rain but little wind.

Inshore fishing is excellent year round. Topping the list is the world class rooster fish. Also in abundance are several species of jacks and snappers including jack crevelle, blue fin jack crevelle, amberjack, pompano, big dog tooth snapper, large Pacific barracuda, sierra mackerel and grouper. Many of our guests enjoy fly fishing as well, right off our beach.

One March our friends, the Pagliucas, found themselves catching more sailfish than they ever dreamed, while amidst a pod of about fifty humpback whales, with manta rays and dolphins leaping out of the water - not bad, eh? Jimbo, great guest and avid Florida fisherman (pictured with large rooster fish) and his fishing buddies echo what many other fishermen report: "The best fishing trip of their lives."