Flamingo Fishing Report Mach-April 2020

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March and April will be the dying down of our windy season, and we should have some very good fishing during that time. The fishing in January has been pretty good with blue water up and down the coast. Daily catches of 3-5 nice sized mahi-mahi, some tuna in the porpoise schools, 3-6 sailfish bites a day and some marlin thrown in have been the norm on a daily basis. Inshore fishing has been tough. March and April should bring more marlin offshore. We have been seeing a blue marlin per day on an average with up to 4 or 5 marlin bites on some days. We catch blue marlin, striped marlin and black marlin this time of the year making this a great place for a grand slam, which are 3 billfish species in the same day.

I expect the catches of marlin, sailfish, mahi mahi and tuna to continue with some wahoo scattered in there. The inshore bite should pick up as the winds start to calm down and the water cleans up. I still recommend to my clients that they book their trip early in their stay, so that in the case on high winds, we can push the fishing date back in hopes of better weather. I do my best to work with my clients and get the most out of every day. This is the dry season in Guanacaste so it is sunny every day.

Be sure to get a good pair of polarized sunglasses like the Pelagic Fishook glasses that I wear. It will make seeing those fish in the baits a lot easier. Book a boat and take advantage of the great fishing this time of the year.

FLAMINGO REPORT Captain Skeet Warren owns and operates the Bushwacker, a 42’ Bertram out of Flamingo, Costa Rica. After graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1980 he captained boats, fishing extensively, including Hawaii, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Madeira and Bermuda. He won the 2013 Top Tagging Captain in the Pacific Ocean for Sailfish. Some other notable catches include 13 blue and black marlin over 1000 lbs., 51 giant bluefin tuna in one day and 53 sailfish in one day. Contact Skeet at captskeet@bushwackercr.com or visit www.bushwackerCR.com