Today was fishing day, our last day that does not involve travel. We leave tomorrow for the plane ride home, via Ft.Lauderdale, FL..
We were up early for breakfast and left the hotel for the marina by taxi. We were headed out to sea at 7:30 and the first leg took us 32 miles out to a reef. The crew put out spoons and caught bait Bonita (12-15 inches) left and right. Once we had the required amount we began a slow troll. At about ten, Fred hooked up with the sailfish in the picture…what a fight. This leaper was finally boated and tipped the scales at 60 kilos. The picture unfortunately does not show the entire fish. For sailfish it’s catch and release with great emphasis on doing the least harm while documenting the size. At another time over the reef we hooked and lost a great fish. Perhaps a Snapper or Grouper or a Sea Bass…whatever it was it could not be turned. From the pull it exerted on us our guide thought it to be over 100 kilos. We witnessed a fellow in another boat land a huge Snapper, somewhere near 90 pounds, about 40 kilos. After a day on the water we returned sun-drenched but elated at the catch…the only sailfish caught in Quepos today. Gail was the able photographer and we will add the movies to our vacation DVD. I look forward to seeing my brother, and son-in-law in Ft.Lauderdale as they are fishermen too. Teresa will be there for an added treat. It will be off the airport at 7:00 a.m. to catch a flight home.
Hasta la vista, Costa Rica!!
We were up early for breakfast and left the hotel for the marina by taxi. We were headed out to sea at 7:30 and the first leg took us 32 miles out to a reef. The crew put out spoons and caught bait Bonita (12-15 inches) left and right. Once we had the required amount we began a slow troll. At about ten, Fred hooked up with the sailfish in the picture…what a fight. This leaper was finally boated and tipped the scales at 60 kilos. The picture unfortunately does not show the entire fish. For sailfish it’s catch and release with great emphasis on doing the least harm while documenting the size. At another time over the reef we hooked and lost a great fish. Perhaps a Snapper or Grouper or a Sea Bass…whatever it was it could not be turned. From the pull it exerted on us our guide thought it to be over 100 kilos. We witnessed a fellow in another boat land a huge Snapper, somewhere near 90 pounds, about 40 kilos. After a day on the water we returned sun-drenched but elated at the catch…the only sailfish caught in Quepos today. Gail was the able photographer and we will add the movies to our vacation DVD. I look forward to seeing my brother, and son-in-law in Ft.Lauderdale as they are fishermen too. Teresa will be there for an added treat. It will be off the airport at 7:00 a.m. to catch a flight home.
Hasta la vista, Costa Rica!!
I'm sad that you all are headed home tomorrow. This has been a great trip!
ReplyDeleteIf you read this this morning, please get on skype. I want to know if you brought the grey HDMI to mini-HDMI cable with you. I figure you will want to show Uncle Tom the videos. I can call him this morning and have pick one up if you didn't bring it with you.
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