Sports Fishing n Costa Rica - Puerto Jimenez

One of my friends and her husband own Tropic Fins Adventures, a sports fishing outfit in Puerto Jimenez and invited us to join them one afternoon for inshore fishing. Although I'm not much of a fisherman, my husband has a bit more experience than I do. We didn't have any idea of what was coming.

Now Cory, the captain and the guide who has over 15 years experience fishing, has taken lots of professional fishermen and showed them the best time of their lives. I thought he wouldn't be much excited about taking newbie fishers such as us.

It turns out, he made us feel so comfy that my husband is already planning an offshore trip with him! It took us about 20 minutes to reach the middle of Golfo Dulce. We anchored our boat and waited. Meanwhile, Cory prepared all the rods and when the first bite happened, I understood why people love fishing so much.

I was so amazed when with just my luck I got two bites and Cory helped me to get one while I found my husband struggling with the other one. Although I had small fishing experience when I was young, I never would've imagined that I would face such an experience.

After a long struggle, my husband, with Cory's help was able to capture a Jack Cravel which was no less than 20 pounds. However, I was still struggling and the damn fish was dragging me all over the place. It was pulling so hard that I thought of throwing myself out or throwing the rod. After the excitement of the Jack Cravel passed they finally centered their attention on me.

He caught a gorgeous fifty pound Rooster fish! That's not the ending yet. While we were coming back, we found ourselves surrounded by dolphins which delighted my son and my friend's son. We had the time of our lives and came back to shore escorted by the dolphins.