Costa Rica Deep Sea Fishing, Tamarindo Fishing Seasons

If you're looking to take on the world class Tamarindo Bay fishing grounds, The Rhino Charger is your ship. She's a brand spanking new 30 foot Island Hopper, fully rigged and state of the art. Owner Rick Bergstresser wouldn't have it any other way. Before settling down in Tamarindo, he hunted big game in Africa, so he knows what the adventurer needs. Captain Rick is a 30 year ocean veteran and an enthusiastic Costa Rica fishing guide.

Year around, Tamarindo Bay deep sea fishing is an anglers paradise. For the big fish, we recommend the fertile grounds of the continental shelf just 20 minutes away. There you can get hooked up to all the great fighting billfish and sportfish of Costa Rica and the Tamarindo Bay fishing region.

Fishing the deep sea waters of Tamarindo and you will get your hands on many of these magnificent deep sea sportfish.

• The beautiful deep blue Pacific sailfish of Tamarindo.
• Exciting fights with blue, black and striped marlin of Costa Rica.
• Catch a wahoo will give you some tough pullage you won't soon forget.
• Like blue and yellow torpedos a yellowfin tuna will make reel screaming deep runs.
• Catch mahi mahi that will display the beautiful colors of the tropics, they are beautiful.
• And closer inshore, there are good fights to be had with roosterfish, grouper, snapper, spotted mackerel and amberjack.

Whether novice or seasoned pro, we guarantee a great fishing experience on the newest, most comfortable sportfishing boat of Tamarindo Bay. Our staff and crew are at the ready, waiting to help you land the big one. Contact us today about coming aboard the Rhino Charger.

If you're looking to take on the world class fishing in Tamarindo Bay, The Rhino Charger is your ship. She's a brand spanking new 30 foot Island Hopper, fully rigged and state of the art. And she sails with attitude. Her owner and Captain Rick Bergstresser is an enthusiastic sportsman himself who believes you're coming a long way to reel in the fish of your dreams and deserve the most fun, rewarding day that can be had.

Fishing Seasons:

Legend: *Slow to Fair | **Good | ***Excellent

Marlin

Caught every month of the year, with mid-November to early March exceptional, then slowing a bit from April into early June when it picks up again, peaking in August and September.

Sailfish

Caught throughout the year, with May through August normally the top season. They may begin to thin out in September and the slowest month are from late August through November.

Tuna

Peak months are probably August through October, but when all else fails, there are always tuna, anytime of the year you want to look for them, and more often than not when you'd just as soon avoid them to concentrate on billfish. The yellowfin and some bigeye tuna are often found well inside the Santa Catalina Islands, 30 minutes or less running time from the beach, while schools of 12 to 20 pounders are usually abundant on the outside. You frequently find concentrations of 40 to 60 pound tuna, and there are plenty of the 200 to 400 punders caught every year.

Dorado

More properly known as dolphin, these colorful gamesters are most abundant from late May through October when the seasonal rains flood the rivers, carrying out debris that forms trash lines close inshore that they like to lie under. Troll past a floating log and you'll likely hook a dorado.

Wahoo

The first showing begins about the time the rains start in May, packing in July and August. Most are caught around the rocky points and island, but you will pick one up occasionally fishing offshore.

Roosterfish

Available all year. That may be because more boats in the northenmost area of this region are fishing inshore cruising those windy months, and the rooster like the structure of the shoreline and islands where they're found in 50 to 60 feet of water.