PAPAGAYO FISHING CALENDAR


Winter fishing in the Gulf of Papagayo is done depending with certain species of fish.
In reference to sailfish, marlin, dorado, and wahoo, they are species that move from deep waters to the plains of the Gulf in winter months that go from May to December, these are months when the Ocean currents bring very crystalline and warm waters for some spices in the Gulf of Papagayo, these species as sailfish and marlin, arrive in searches of food like the small mahi-mahi, and Bonita baitfish which have been spawned months ago and which are already 3 pounds weight in general and good size bait for billfish.


Papagayo Fishing Calendar for Roosterfish
Papagayo Fishing Calendar for Sailfish
Papagayo Fishing Calendar for Red snapper
Guanacaste Fishing Calendar for mahi mahi

With regard to rooster fish compared to billfish, rooster fish are not affected by clear or cloudy waters, because its habitat is in the flat parts of the gulf with a rocky or sandy bottom. On the other hand Sailfish, wahoo and dorado are demanding species in their habitat which usually live in very crystalline and deeper waters where the sea currents are more constant.

Guanacaste Fishing

Summer Season in Papagayo Gulf

The summer season is conducive to fishing red snapper, roosterfish, and dorado, as the wind and sea currents of the season provide optimal conditions for such species, in addition, other types of fish such as horse mackerel that are very active in the Gulf of Papagayo with the arrival of the oily sardine from which shoals are formed throughout the Guanacaste coasts and beaches on the months of March and April without forgetting the sailfish and marlin that they are a great sport action since it is all year round and occurs mainly in deep-sea fishing in the Gulf of Papagayo North Pacific Costa Rica.

Comments from our anglers...

  • Guanacaste Fishing for Roosters
    Omaha, NebraskaReviewed on TripAdvisor - June 3, 2017

    Highly RECOMMEND using them. Captain Jose Mendez and his son Jeremy were awesome. They emailed back very promptly. Very happy with their efforts and service...

  • Guanacaste Sport Fishing for Red Snappers
    Inshore tripReviewed on TripAdvisor - April 7, 2017

    Great trip with Captain Jose the crew worked hard to get us on fish and we had an absolute blast got into some Spanish Macks Red Snappers and a blitz of Jack Crevalle all on light tackle wish I was still there!

  • Guanacaste Inshore Fishing jacks
    fishing with my sonReviewed on TripAdvisor - April 7, 2017

    Booked 3 days of fishing in advance hoping it would be great. Wound up catching everything from tuna to grouper to snappers and jacks. Had so much fun catching jack's the third day that they offered to take us out for a fourth on a smaller Bahamas boat with spinning rods. Great time and definitely a great crew.