Crocodile Bay Lodge
Costa Rica's Premier Sportfishing Resort

Tackle - and bait on all of our fishing adventures is always included, but feel free to bring your own gear if you’d like. We use top of the line Shimano offshore 2spd reels, and Calcutta conventional & Baitrunner spinning outfits for our inshore fishing. We have our own line of offshore and inshore fishing lures which are made on the premises. Combined with other popular brands we have the best equipped fishing available.

Species -

Marlin: Marlin have been taken every month of the year. Large numbers start to show up in July and roam the waters through December. July and August record the largest Black Marlin, and Blues are taken often during the prime Sailfish months.

Sailfish: Sails are most abundant December through March with good catches starting in October. Like Marlin, Sailfish are taken year round with 5 to 6 fish a day in the off-season common.

Tuna: The bigger Tuna are taken during the most productive runs of the Sailfish and Marlin, but smaller Tuna (footballs) are to be had all year long.

Dorado: Also known as Dolphinfish or Mahi Mahi, Dorado are more abundant from May through October when the rivers send floating logs and other debris to the ocean. These fish are attracted to drifting debris. Dorado can be caught throughout the year.

Wahoo: The area is not known to hold great numbers of these fast and explosive fish, but you never know. They are found year round in limited numbers.

Roosterfish: Without a doubt, the Roosterfish is the most exciting inshore and surf fish available and are the main attraction to inshore fishermen. The 30 mile long Golfo Dulce and the volcanic shoreline structure hold fish all year long. 20 to 40 pounders are common.

Cubera Snapper: This is the most popular of all the local Snappers, due to its size and sheer strength. Fish over 50lbs have been caught in the area, year round.

Snook: The all tackle world record Snook came from these waters in 1991. The amount of freshwater flowing in to the ocean provides awesome surf and estuary fishing for these 4 species of feisty fish. Although available year round, May through October is usually better, during the rainy season.

Other: Big Eye Trevally, Bluefin Trevally, Jack Crevalle, Tripletail, Barracuda, Sierra Mackerel, African Pompano, Corvina and Grouper are available through out the
year.

Fantastic Fishing!
It is the dance of the sailfish and the lightning speed of the marlin that that attract most anglers to the Osa Peninsula. It is not uncommon to raise more than 20 billfish in a days fishing. Most dorado coming to the dock have been over 30 lbs with Tuna always plentiful. You can likely catch a billfish any day of the year, with January through April the top months for marlin and sailfish along this region of the southern coast.

There is also a good showing of marlin in August and November, while months during and just after the rains produce more dorado, as the debris washed out of the rivers forms the inshore trash lines they feed under. Football-size tuna are almost always present and sometimes those that top out at 300 pounds.