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Fishing Report for the 1st week of December 2011…!

December 8th, 2011

Gooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Down at the Los Sueños Marina, Lets catch up with Sunny Ones Captain Walton for a report on the beginning of Dec.

12/1 Today we find Jan Crowley aboard Sunny One and docks later after boarding 7 Dorados and 3 Urels…………..

12/6 Bob Weaver joins Sunny One and docks after releasing a nice Marlin…………..

12/7 Up again today is Mr. Weaver and has a great day releasing 2 Sailfish 1 Marlin and boarding 2 Dinner Dorados…………………….

Well a nice nice start to the Holiday Season, Check out the results of the latest Bill fish Tourney, where you can see the Mavericks do it again with Dragon Fly taking first place. Congratulations to all who took place in this recent tourney, it was a great success…………Remember the snow is about upon on you all up in the Northern climes. While here in Costa Rica our summer is just getting under way. So checkout our Web for the best vacation deals on Condos and Luxury Villas in the country…….A great place to spend you Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time………
Cathchem up…!

Salty Dog

Fishing Report for November 1st to 15th, 2011…!

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December 3rd, 2011

Goooooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey I’m back……….Down at the World famous Los Sueños Marina, lets see what Captain Walton and mate Christian have been reeling in for Nov. And it goes like this………………..

11/2 Charles Schneider joins Sunny One today and docks after releasing a nice Rooster fish and 10 Dorados….

11/3 Charles is up again today and has a good day landing 2 Sailfish and 2 nice Dinner Dorado……

11/4 Angling again today Mr. Schneider heads out on Sunny One and docks after releasing a fighting Rooster fish……….

11/5 Up on deck today is our good friend tim Greene and he steams in after releasing a nice Sailfish and 1 dinner Dorado…….

11/7 Joe Nodine charters Sunny One today and has a rare treat reporting later of hooking up 2 Marlin with a fly rod spectacular job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plus 1 Dorado…….

11/8 Aboard Sunny One today we find Taylor Perdue and he has a great day returning after releasing 3 Sailfish and boarding 4 Dorados…………

11/9 Taylor is up again today and docks after releasing 4 Sailfish and 2 Dinner Dorado………

11/10 Returning after resting up a bit Joe Nodine is out with Sunny again and docks after releasing 2 Sailfish and 2 Dorado……..

11/11 William Wesley is angling on Sunny today and releases 2 fine Sailfish and 1 Marlin……..

11/12 Mr. Perdue is up today and has a good day returning to the Marina after releasing an impressive 7 Sailfish………….

Well that’s a wrap for now.all in all the first part of Nov. shaped up pretty nice for all the anglers.
And High Season is not yet upon us…………….
So come on down. check our Web I think you’ll see we have a price that fits just about everybody, and in the mean time tune into http://www.youtube.com/user/sunnysportfishing

You can checkout all the action aboard Sunny One first hand…….. Look forward to seeing you aboard………….
Until next time! Catchem up!!!

Your best friend in Costa Rica,
Salty Dog

Ian Crowley & Friends Dec 03, 2011

Fishing Report for the last week of August 2011

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September 4th, 2011

Gooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heading down to the beautiful Los Suenos Marina,lets see how Captain Walton and mate Christian are finishing up the month of August.
And it goes like this….

Aug 16 David Simon heads out on Sunny One today and docks after bagging 2 Urels and a nice Rooster fish….

Aug 17 Mr. Simon hits it again and steams in after releasing 2 Sailfish and a 150lb. Marlin…….

Aug 18 On board Sunny One today is Gary Lavigna and returns after releasing 1 Sailfish and boarding 3 fine Dinner Dorado..

Aug 27 Up next is Joe Reynolds and has a good day releasing 3 Sailfish

Aug 29 Last but not least Joe goes out again and hits a real mixed bag docking after hooking up 3 Red Snappers 10 Urels 2 Rooster fish and 2 Spanish Mackerels……….

Not a bad end to August……..Remember to keep up to date on our Web for some of the best deals in Costa Rica on Deluxe condos and Luxury Villas.

Until the next time……………… Keep your tip up and the line tight.
Catchem up!!
Salty Dog, Your best friend in Costa Rica!!!!!!!!

Fishing Report For August 2011 3rd Week

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August 27th, 2011

Goooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heading on down to the beautiful Los Sueños Marina,let’s see what Captain Walton and mate Christopher have been up to aboard Sunny One……….

Aug 2 Today Brent Phelps is aboard Sunny One and docks after a great day releasing 7 Sailfish and boarding 1 Yellow Fin Tuna.

Aug 5 Sue Ault and family are up today and return after hooking up a nice Yellow Fin Tuna…

Aug 6 Finds Emi Beltran angeling on Sunny One and steams home after releasing 7 Sailfish.

Aug 8 Dan Ross group heads out early and slams it by releasing 4 Sailfish and 1 Marlin……..

Aug 9 Well today one of our old friends Marielos Fallas heads out and has a super day returning to the marina after releasing 4 Sailfish and boarding 10 Yellow Fin Tuna ,nice……………………

Aug 13 Another Dan Ross group heads out on the briny deep and docks after releasing 1 Sailfish and a fine Marlin.

Thats a pretty good Aug. so far… Remember to check our Web for the best deals in Costa Rica on fine Condos and Luxury Villas.
You can join the action on Sunny One by going to http://www.youtube.com/user/sunnysportfishing…….
Until later…. Catchem up!

Salty Dog

Fishing Report 16 June 2011

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June 16th, 2011

Goooooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s see what’s up with Captain Walton and Mate Christian………Down at the beautiful Los Sueños Marina, it goes like so……..

6/10 Finds one of our Luxury Condo owners Terry Johnson heading out on Sunny One and docks later after releasing 3 Saillfish and 1 Marlin…

6/11 Today Austin Lee boards Sunny One and releases 1 fine Sailfish……

6/12 Mr. Leo Nordman is up today and has a slam dunk day releasing 2 Sailfish 1 Red Snapper3 Cabrillos and check this out a 450lb.Marlin nice job………

6/13 Austin Lee boards Sunny One once more and docks after releasing 8 Sailfish……….

6/15 Today finds Mathew West angeling on the Briny Deep and returns after releasing 2 Sailfish and boarding 2 nice Yellow Fin Tuna…………………

Well that’s going to wrap it up for now……But remember to keep posted on our Web for the best deals on Luxury condos and amazing Villas….And join the action on Sunny One by tuning in to http://youtube.com/user/sunnysportfishing

Dont forget Father’s Day is upon us soooooo Fishin’ with your Dad………….Can’t be bad…………..Salty Dog

Fishing Report 10 June

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June 10th, 2011

Gooooooooooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here we are in the month of June, down at the Los Sueños Marina. Ran into Captain Walton and mate Christian. Lets see what’s up so far….

6/4 Today David De La Garza is aboard Sunny One and docks after releasing 5 Sailfish and hooking up 3 Yellow Fin Tuna………..

6/5 Today we find Chris Gowen angling on Sunny One and returns after 2 Sailfish released and 3 Yellow Fin Tuna boarded………

6/8 Deborah Fitzpatrick up next ,steams out early and docks after releasing 1 Sailfish and 2 fine Yellow Fin Tuna.

That’s a wrap for the first of June…we’re starting to see a little rain coming on as we are beginning our rainy season – however the fishing is always good and when it does rain most times it will hold off until the afternoon – plus everything is lush and a beautiful green!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few tips to make your fishing better:

remember no bananas on board ever
don’t have your fishing belt strapped on until you are hooked up
don’t uncap your camera lens until a fish is on
these are some sea protocol that may mean nothing but it is always good to follow these rules of Ocean fishing and keep the Gods happy

as always stay up on our Web for the best deals on Luxury condos and villas….And keep up with Sunny One action by going to http://www.youtube.com/user/sunnysporfishing.

Until next time, keep your tip up………..Catch’em Up – Salty Dog

100,000,000 sharks are killed each year – yes, that’s 100 million!

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June 5th, 2011

By Bill Miller / SICR Staff / Sunday, 5 June 2011

Sharks are quickly disappearing from the Costa Rican Pacific waters because of their unfortunate demand for their fins which sell for $200 per pound to make shark fin soup, which can fetch up to $300 per bowl. So what to do? Well, one idea may be to complement the spirit of the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA’s) marlin off the menu campaign to prevent eating marlin so future generations can enjoy the sport of catching and releasing them, so too, sharks have to be protected – shark fin soup off the menu. Sharks are caught by long liners and even occasionally get hooked on sport fishing lines to the captain’s dismay. In 2004, Costa Rica supplied 8,000 tons of shark fins to Asia making it the world’s 3rd largest supplier!

Because Costa Rica has new tougher laws, some fleets are moving northward to Nicaragua where enforcement and laws are not so strict to land the shark fins.

Belize flagged Hung Chi Fu 68, docked in “Terminal Pesquera”, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. April 30, 2011.

Many restaurants in Costa Rica have shark fin soup on the menu. One easy step is to boycott this practice, but the demand is so strong and with few Coast Guard boats on the Pacific, it is an impossible battle to win.

Fishing Report 23 May (95 lb. World Record Dolphinfish Story)

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May 23rd, 2011

Gooooooooooooooood fishing Costa Rica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its been a bit, but lets head down to the beautiful Los Sueños Marina and see what Capt. Walton and mate Christian have been up to in this month of May………

5-11 Robert Gwaltteny is aboard Sunny One today and docks after hooking up 4 fine Dorados……..

5-12 Today Bill Bratton heads out on the Briny Deep and has a fine day after releasing 6 Sailfish and boarding 2 Yellowfin Tuna….

5-17 Mr. Micheal Gibson tries his angling skills on Sunny One and slams it releasing 9 Sailfish…..

5-18 Returning again today Mr. Gibson does some inshore and hooks up 2 Sharks 1 Spanish Mackeral 1 Needle fish and a Urel -nice mixed bag!!!!!!!!

5-20 Larry Hodson joins Sunny One today and hits good releasing 2 Marlin and boarding 4 Dinner Dorado..

5-22 Emi Beltran steams out and smokes it docking after releasing 1 Sailfish and landing 10 Yellow fin Tuna…..Nice Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emi with Tuna

Well Im going to jump back to March 10th with Mr. Issacson fishing on Sunny One… They hook up a monster Dorado, Capt. Walton thinking this could be a World Record hails up some people on the radio and reports a 95 Lb. Dorado that they just hooked up. He seems to have gotten some misinformation and is told the record is 120Lbs. Which finding out later is not true, it seems the record is around 87Lbs. However by then the fish has been consumed. But the good news is some photos were taken of the weigh-in… so I’m waiting to see what is going to happen if anything – will keep you posted. At any rate, we know Sunny One bagged a world Record Dorado. Congrats Issacsons. Advance to 13:24 on the time line to see the monster dorado.

That will wrap it until next time.You can see the record Dorado and other Sunny One fishing action by going to http://www.youtube.com/user/sunnysportfishing. Remember the best deals on luxury Condos and Villas in Costa Rica and of course some of the Best Sportfishing on Earth – check out our Web.

Until next report, keep your tip up & catch’em up
Salty Dog

Best of Sunny One — March 2011

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May 6th, 2011

We compiled some selected scenes from anglers who boarded Sunny One in the month of March.

Thanks for the wake!

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April 25th, 2011

Orca whale (Orcinus orca) surfing the wake of a sportfishing boat in the Osa Peninsula (courtesy of Crocodile Bay Resort)

Last week’s Tico Times fishing report had this amazing shot with the caption, “What fish?”

Wikipedia informs that fish-eating killer whales prey on around 30 species of fish, particularly Chinook, salmon, herring, and tuna. In New Zealand, rays are killer whales’ most frequent prey,and they have also been observed hunting sharks (particularly makos, threshers and smooth hammerheads). Squid and sea turtles are also taken.

These toothed whales can eat up to 500 lbs. each day and females live on average 50 years and males live on average 29 years (lifespan in captivity is significantly reduced).