Yellow fin - Fishing Seasons

SPORT FISHING IN FLAMINGO

Located on the North West coast of Costa Rica , Flamingo is the major sport fishing sport. Just twenty miles west of Marina Flamingo are two drop-offs where water depth increases from 360 to 2000 feet's and more… This provides a complete eco-system of sea life for pelagic species like: pacific sailfish, blue, black and striped marlin, Dorado, yellow fin and big eye tuna.

Also located only five miles from Flamingo Marina are found the Catalina and Brummel Islands where the anglers will find year-round abundance of marine life including: Wahoo, sierra mackerel, Spanish mackerel, crevalle jack, big eye trevally. A variety of snapper including: pacific cubera or dog tooth and the rooster fish known as "the marlin from the rocks" up to 80 pounds.

Marlin can be found every month of the year, specially from November to early March; then slowing from April to early June and picking up in August and September.

Sailfish are also available throughout the year, with May though August as the top season. The slowest months are from August through November, with September as the lowest time.

Tuna peaks from August through October. Yellow fin and Big eye tuna are found at Catalina Islands , 30 minutes from the beach where schools of 12 to 20 pounders are abundant. There are frequently large concentrations of 40 to 60 pound tuna and there are plenty of 200 to 400 pounders caught every year.

Wahoo season begins with the May rains and peaks in July and August.They are caught around rocky points and islands and occasionally offshore.
Rooster fish are available all year. The rooster like the structure of the shore-line and islands where they're found in 50 to 60 feet of water.

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