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Costa Rica Spinner Dolphins

FECOP Species: Costa Rica Spinner Dolphins The spinner dolphin gets its name from its habit of leaping from the water and spinning rapidly before landing with a splash. Sometimes, individuals…

FECOP Tips – How to Handle Sailfish and Marlin

How to Responsibly Handle  Sailfish and Marlin in Costa Rica (Based on sailfish and marlin scientific research) Do not remove the sailfish or marlin from the water, even for a…

Costa Rica Roosterfish Fishing Tournament
Roosterfish Tournament in Costa Rica

1st International Roosterfish Tournament in Costa Rica November 16 – 19, 2018 at Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica   FOR COMPLETE ENTRY FORM, RULES AND ITINERARY IN PDF CLICK HERE…

Famous Costa Rica Fishing Lodge Turns 20

Famous Fishing Lodge Turns 20 Happy Birthday to Crocodile Bay Resort, Costa Rica It seems like yesterday that I made my first visit to Puerto Jimenez. It was well over…

Costa Rica Sailfish Tagging
Young Biologist Studies Sailfish

Young biologist’s only sailfishing trophies are tissue samples The sailfish popped up in the spread lit up in an iridescent purple hue. This fish was hungry and vigorously slashed the…

Meet the Tarpon King of Costa Rica: Eddie Brown

The King of the Silver Kings – Meet Costa Rica’s Best Tarpon Captain Anglers flock to Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast for Tarpon that can reach 350 pounds Costa Rica Featured…

Sustainable Fishing Aids Economies

Sport Fishing and The Three Pillars of Sustainability- Economic Development, Social Development and Environmental Protection. By Alison Clark, University of Florida Environmentally sustainable fishing practices are often cast as a…

Costa Rica Fishing Tarpon
Tarpon in Costa Rica’s Pacific Focus of New FECOP Study – Sport Fishing Magazine

Are Tarpon Breeding on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast? FECOP, a Costa Rica sport fishing advocacy and conservation organization, has announced an unprecedented study to unlock secrets of Atlantic tarpon now…

Fishing as an Olympic Sport?

Fishing as an Olympic Sport? Recreational groups meet at Pan-American Delegation to discuss sport being added to Olympics and Pan-American Games By Devin Golden January 8, 2018 Could sport fishing…

FECOP to Represent Costa Rica in Panamerican Sportfishing Delegation

Sportfishing groups from the United States, Mexico and several Latin American countries met in Cancun, Mexico in November for the inaugural assembly of the Panamerican Sportfishing Delegation. The purpose of…