Parrot Bay Village Grabs Magazine Cover Shot
April 25th, 2008Check out Parrot Bay Village on the cover of the May issue of Salt Water Sportsman Magazine. In addition to the cover shot, Parrot Bay is featured in an article titled “Summer in the Osa.” Here you will get the full story on how great the spring fishing is in Costa Rica. Needless to say, all of us at Parrot Bay Village are excited.
2008 Banana Bay Marine Billfish Tournament
April 15th, 2008Shrouded in controversy the Parrot Bay Village team was disqualified from the 2008 Banana Bay Marina Invitational Billfish Tournament. Just kidding, I just always wanted to say “shrouded in controversy.”
The Parrot Bay Village team once again did a great job in finding the fish and having fun. John Murphy, retired Chief of the Asbury Park, N.J. Fire Dept., Robert Taylor, Battalion Chief Asbury Park N.J. Fire Dept., Frankie Love, engine chauffuer Hackensack, N.J. Fire Dept., Donald McGuiness, local captain and fishing nut, and Chad Parker, “retired” Asbury Park, N.J. firefighter and Parrot Bay Village manager made up the anglers onboard the brand new 61′ Tribute custom yacht, The Typhoon 1. Local legend, Capt. Darren McClave and deckhand “Pana” did an outstanding job finding the sailfish and keeping us in the hunt for the title.
Day 1 dawned dark and stormy with a healthy chop on the water, but that did not stop us from heading 65 miles offshore to an offshore sea mount that we have all heard about but never had the chance to fish. Once on ”The Hump” we marked good bait and saw some freejumping sails so we set out the spread and were immediatly hooked up on a nice double header. We landed one of the two but were off to a great start. We went on to release another 4 sails for 10 raised and we were all feeling pretty good because none of us had ever billfished together before and knew that we had found a nice body of fish.
We decided to stay overnight on “The Hump” to avoid running around in the dark and burning a bunch of fuel. Again this was uncharted territory for us because we had never had the chance to spend the night offshore down here. As soon as we turned the spreader lights on we had hundreds of 2-3 pound squid behind the boat and commenced in loading the coolers with these little gems. We couldn’t resist in putting down a live bait to see if anything bigger was around and as soon as the baits hit the 40′ mark we were on with another double header of sailfish. It brought back memories of all of the tunas that we have caught under the lights in the Hudson Canyon off the Jersey Coast. These fish didn’t count for the tourney because it was after “lines out” but was fun none the less.
Day 2 broke sunny and calm and at the 7 a.m. ”lines in” we were tight on our first release of the day. Again the Typhoon 1 was on the meat. We raised another 15 and released 8 for a total of 13 releases overall. At 2 p.m. we began trolling inshore in search of a marlin that we figured could seal the victory for us. (Saifish count for 100 points and marlin are 501 points.) At the 50 mile mark we found a giant log and hooked a nice dorado in the 40 pound class. Dorado didn’t count for the overall title but there was a seperate catagory for heaviest dorado and tuna. We spent the rest of the afternoon slow trolling bridled tuna in hopes of getting the marlin, but she never showed.
We arrived back at Banana Bay amidst cheers and applause. Little did we know that the cheering was for Abraham of Sailfish Rancho, who also released 13 sailfish and took the overall title. The PBV team had been disqualified for not being back to dock “by the time the party started.” Now I have fished some tournaments and have never seen a rule that states that you must check in “by the time the party starts.” And if that is the rule, please, don’t start the party an hour early.
Oh well, we had fun. We weighed our dorado anyway and we would have won that spot with the 38 pounder. Donald would have also won the ”individual angler award” with 6 releases. Like I said, we had fun, the beer was cold and all of the money went to the local school system, so it wasn’t a bad weekend. Thanks to the owner and crew of the Typhoon 1 and to Bruce and his staff at Banana Bay for running the event. PBV is looking forward to next year. We have some debts to settle. And “good luck” to Abraham in the World Billfish Championship.
Our guests have been getting in on the sailfish bite as well on our 29′ Sea Vees. We are averaging 5-7 sails released a day over the past 2 weeks. The inshore fishing for snappers and roosterfish is off the charts right now. Some catches of note have been a 65 pound rooster on a butterfly jig and a 52 pound Cubera snapper on a popper.
I know you guys are getting your boats ready to fish back in The States and looking forward to fishing your home waters, but the spring fishing in Costa Rica is as good as it gets. We will be seeing a nice run of blue and black marlin in June, July, and August, so if you can find the time, come on down and see us.
Call us now at 1-866-551-2003 or contact us through the web at www.parrotbayvillage.com. Our direct phone line has been changed to 011-506-2-735-5180. You can also see the latest pics and videos at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage. See you at 8 degrees. Capt. Chad, Parrot Bay Village
The Billfish Foundation March 9-March 16
March 20th, 2008It was another beautiful week for fishing on the Osa Peninsula with temperatures in the upper 80’s and clear blue skies every day. We are getting an inch or so of rain overnight which is a welcome event for all of us locals. The rain keeps the gardens green and the dust down. The inshore fishing is red hot as always with some big snappers and roosterfish coming to the boats and the offshore bite has remained steady.
The Brousard group came in from Louisiana and fished 2 boats on Sunday. Capt. Javier on the Wavejammer guided Chelsea, Kristy, Aaron and John to 2 sailfish released for 6 raised and caught 6 snapper up to 25 pounds inshore. Ms. Betty and Mr. Ron fished with Capt. Oliver on the Moondancer and put a full day in offshore and it paid off. They saw 8 sails come into the spread and hooked 6. 2 spit the hook but they landed 4 plus a big dorado for the table.
On Monday, Missy and Allen McMullen from Tampa, Florida headed offshore with Capt. Oliver and got into the big dorado 2 miles outside the Gulf. They boated one over 30 pounds and went on to catch 8 sailfish for 12 raised.
The Brousard children were back at it again on Tuesday on the Wavejammer. They raised a bunch of sailfish but were having trouble finding the hook set. They went on to release 1 before heading inshore and filling the cooler with 2 nice pargos and a handful of blue jacks. Ms. Betty and Mr. Ron had their eyes set on another sailfish and had no problem finding their groove, releasing 3 sails before 1 p.m.
Edie and Marvin Spayde fished with Capt. Javier on Wednesday and found the fish 15 miles offshore. It was slow going until 2 p.m. when the bait finally came to the surface and the sailfish were close behind. They caught 3 for 8 raised.
The Brousard boys fished on the Wavejammer again of Thursday and once again Capt. Javier showed why he is one of the best inshore captains in the Gulfo Dulce. With the offshore bite not turning on until the afternoon, Javier decided to stay inshore and fish some of the reefs and rock piles inside the Gulf. Aaron and John caught 4 nice roosterfish, 2 mackerel over 15 pounds and another couple of pargos.
On Friday Steve and John Spriggs with Robert Smith came in from Florida for a 1 day charter and did some deep drops to 400’ for grouper. Capt. Oliver put them on the meat and they boated 6 groupers to 30 pounds.
The Spaydes headed offshore again on Saturday and got into the sailfish hot and heavy. Knowing that the bite was happening late, Capt. Javier spent the morning looking for the right conditions. Once he found some nice current breaks along with good bait markings, he put out a spread of naked ballyhoo and slow trolled the area waiting for things to break. At 2 p.m. sails started to pop up above the surface and it was on. They counted over 100 fining sailfish balling bait on the surface and immediately hooked a double header. After a quick release they hooked another double. Both spit the hook, but the group went on to raise another 10 and landed another double of sailfish in 2 hours of fishing.
On Sunday the Baytes came down from Annapolis, Maryland and fished offshore with Capt. Oliver on the Moondancer. They went 3 for 4 on sailfish, all in the afternoon.
All of us here at Parrot Bay Village and want to say thanks to The Billfish Foundation for coming to Central America to help the sportfishing community try and put some laws into place that will help us curbed the blatant killing of marlin and sailfish that is happening in our waters. TBF is coming off a successful effort stopping the longline fleet from setting their gear in the waters around Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and are now bringing their resources and experience to Central America to fight the fight. Listening to our cry for help, TBF is coming to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Hoduras to implement an extensive satellite and traditional tagging program as well an economic study to estimate how much money is brought in to the local economy. We hope that with this data the Costa Rican government will put a stop to the commercial killing of billfish. Any of you that are not yet members of TBF should join. Check them out of the web at www.billfish.org. The next meeting is here at Parrot Bay Village on March 24 and I will keep you updated on the developments with TBF.
We now only have 1 boat available for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 29th and 30th. This is a qualifying event for the Rolex World Championship of Billfishing. Last year the Parrot Bay Village team placed 2nd, only 5 fish behind the winner with 49 releases in 2 days of fishing. Call us now at 1-866-551-2003 or contact us through the web at www.parrotbayvillage.com . You can also see the latest pics and videos at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . See you at 8 degrees. Capt. Chad, Parrot Bay Village
Fishing Report Feb. 4-Feb. 10
March 4th, 2008The new moon is upon us at Parrot Bay Village and the billfish should be biting our hooks off, but coincidentally large schools of juvenile sardines and flyingfish have moved into the area. This is great for attracting the predators to the fishing grounds but it also fills their stomachs. We are still getting 6-8 shots at sails and 1 or 2 marlin bites a day but not the 20-25 that we were hoping for. The good news is that when the bait moves on, the billfish remain in the area and begin looking for food. We provide this in the way of Moldcraft Wide Ranges and ballyhoos rigged with 8/0 circle hooks.
Ed Waleryzack, Ed Stephenson, Bob Smith and Ken Mauer flew in from Tennessee and North Carolina and clearly made the best of the slow bite. They arrived with 12 and 14 weight fly rods and 2 suitcases full of specialty tackle. Ed Waleryzack has released close to 100 sails on the fly and his fishing partner Ed Stephenson has also posted some impressive numbers in the past. Bob and Ken are both avid freshwater fishermen but had never had the chance to hook into one of these big Pacific sailfish. On day one the two Ed’s split up to help their buddies Bob and Ken get familiar with the bait and switch system that we use here for billfish.
Ed W. and Bob fished together with Capt. Oliver and deckhand Juancho on the Moondancer and raised a double header of sailfish in the first hour. Ed had no problem finding his groove and landed his 99th sail on a fly after a 30 minute battle. Bob was at the rod next, and being an experienced freshwater flyfisherman, had no problem dropping his fly on the bullseye and released his first billfish on the fly. Ed went on to release his 100th later in the day. The pair went 3 for 5 on sailfish on day one. Not a bad ratio even for conventional tackle. Ed S. and Ken fished with Capt. Steve and deckhand Javier on the Wavejammer and saw 4 fish come into the spread but had no luck finding a hook set. On day two the Ed’s teamed up with Capt. Oliver and found a nice body of fish 20 miles from the dock.
Ed W. released two more sailfish before noon and Ed S. hooked a black marlin estimated at 300 pounds. Juancho teased the marlin from the long teaser to the short teaser, giving Ed S. an easy cast right at the transom of the boat. Ed S. was clearly outgunned and wound up breaking the fish off after a 100 yard run. Ken and Bob fished on the Wavejammer with Capt. Steve and didn’t find the sailfish that they were looking for but did find a blue marlin. Ken was at the rod and did a great job hooking and landing a blue marlin in the 150 pound class.
Congratulations Ken, you still owe us a dip in the Pacific for you first marlin!!! The goal for Ken and Bob on day three was to catch a roosterfish while at Parrot Bay Village, and Capt. Steve served up two for the rookies, both fish over 50 pounds. The duo also caught a handful of Cubera snappers and a couple of big jacks.
Capt. Oliver took the Ed’s offshore and raised 5 sails but only 1 would tease in close enough to cast a fly to. Ed W. once again showed why he is one of the best with the long rod and released the fish with no problem after a 25 minute fight. Thursday none of the boats in the fleet had much luck including our Sea-Vees.
The Wavejammer did manage to raise 1 sail, 1 marlin and boated 1 20 pound dorado and 20 yellowfin tuna in the 15-20 pound range, all caught on fly. All of the boats fishing saw many free jumping and finning sailfish in the area and this indicates that the fish are there but not actively feeding.
From time to time we do encounter this type of situation and it feels like the calm before the storm, it is only a matter of time before the fish start snapping. (It was a day after a feeding pattern like this last year that my father-in-law and I caught 39 of over 75 sailfish raised in the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament).
Our two boats headed offshore again on Friday waiting for things to pop, but it was not so. Ed W. did catch his 5th sail of the trip on fly and Ed S. landed a nice big dorado also on the fly. On the Wavejammer Ken caught his first sail on fly, giving him his second billfish on fly of the trip. His first being the blue marlin on Tuesday. Saturday the Pacific was like a sheet of glass and there was some serious tension in the air because these guys had to fly back to the States on Sunday. We all know that the fishery is going to blow up, it is just a matter of when. Well Sunday was not the day. The Moondancer raised 1 sail and a marlin while the Wavejammer raised 2 sailfish and a blue marlin but niether boat could get the hooks to stick. Thanks for leaving us with some of your lures and flies and congratulations to Ed Waleryzack on your 100th sailfish on fly and cheers as well to Ken and Bob for your first billfish on fly.
The Rakestraw group from South Carolina came down to fish with us for their 3rd season in a row and Capt. Oliver found some fish that were feeding more aggressivly. The group of 4 raised 7 sails and released 4. They also raised a big blue marlin. These guys will be fishing 4 more days with us so stay tuned for next weeks report.
Capt. Steve fished a 1 day inshore charter and released 10 roosterfish and put 2 nice Cubera snappers in the cooler for the table.
We still havesome spots available for fishing in February and March so please call us at 1-866-551-2003 or contact us through the web at www.parrotbayvillge.com. You can also see the latest pics and videos at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . See you at 8 degrees. Capt. Chad, PBV
Fishing Report Jan. 28-Feb. 3
February 4th, 2008
Parrot Bay Village is located on the Golfo Dulce in the southern zone of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast. The Gulf is 10 miles wide and about 20 miles long and reaches depths to 1000 feet and this is where we do a lot of our inshore fishing and catch all the sardines and goggle eyes for a day of fishing. The Gulf is filled with big roosterfish, snappers and jacks and occasionally we will catch some smaller yellowfin tuna and maybe a sailfish, but this week we have seen some fish of a different color move inside the mouth of the Gulf. On Friday we spotted two whale sharks swimming around the public pier. One was over 40 feet long and the other was a juvenile around 20 feet. The kids swimming at the pier thought this was the greatest thing in the world and were swimming with the whales for close to 20 minutes. Saturday we were running home from a day of offshore fishing and spotted 2 humpback whale not more than 5 miles from Parrot Bay Village. For 20 minutes we watched the giants slamming their flukes and pectoral fins on the surface of the water. What a display! When we got back near the pier we idled over to the beach to check the group of locals that were struggling to get a huge goliath grouper into a little Suzuki Samuri. The fish was caught by the local welder who was fishing from a kayak with a handline wrapped around a Coke bottle. The fish bottomed out our 350 pound scale! Stay tuned for the video.
The fishing offshore has been just as hot as the whale action. George White and his friends from White’s Marine in South Carolina fished on our 2 boats early in the week and found good sailfish action on Monday. Capt. Oliver and Capt. Steve raised 22 sailfish and released 12 on Day 1. On Wednesday George had his eyes set on a big tuna and Capt. Steve found him one by 9 a.m. After 2 ½ hours a yellowfin weighing 175 pounds hit the deck. George’s buddies Carl and Alex fished with Capt. Oliver on the Moondancer and released another 6 sailfish on pitch baits. Day 3 found Capt. Steve and George on the hunt for marlin, but the pair could not resist baiting up the school of tuna that they found 5 miles from the beach. Another 2 ½ hours and another tuna. This one weighed in at 235 pounds. They had hooked and fought another fish that was bigger but lost him at the boat after 2 hours. Carl kept up on the sails releasing another half dozen and a cooler full of dorado. Thursday the group stayed inshore and hammered the snappers and jacks, releasing 2 jacks over 60 pounds and a handful of roosterfish. Many thanks to the White’s Marine group for bringing us a pile of tackle and parts for our Suzuki outboards.
Saturday I finally got a chance to get offshore and take part in the sailfish and tuna bite that I have been hearing about. Capt. Oliver, his mate Juancho, myself and a great couple from New Jersey, Susan and Joe, made our way to the 14 mile current break and raised our first double header by 8:30 a.m. Susan and Joe released this pair and went on to release another 5 before lines out. Also boated was a beautiful 60 pound wahoo and a nice dorado. We raised one big blue marlin into the spread, but the big girl just wouldn’t eat.
Sunday the Moondancer once again headed offshore with a group of young bucks from the Massachusets Maritime Academy. These guys are spending their winter semester sailing down the coast of Central America and on their way to Aruba. These guys are avid fishermen in the States and had no problem catching on to our bait & switch tactics. They went 7 for 10 on sails and put another 10 big dorado in the cooler.
A group of flyfishermen flew into Puerto Jimenez on Sunday and will be fishing with us all week. The leader of the group, Ed Walerzayck, has released 98 sails on fly to date and is here to break the triple digit mark, so stay tuned to see how he does.
The fish counter for the month of January reads 5 blue marlin, 1 black marlin and 82 sailfish released. 4 yellowfins over 175 pounds and countless others in the 40-60 pound class served at our restaurant. 1 wahoo and over 200 dorado mixed in for good measure.
Don’t forget to call and book your spot for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 29th and 30th. Last year Parrot Bay Village released 49 sailfish and placed 3rd overall and one of our anglers taking 2nd in the individual angler division. We can be reached at www.parrotbayvillage.com or at our toll-free number 1-866-551-2003. Also check out our Myspace page for the sickest fish pics and video on the web at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . See you at 8 degrees from the equator, Capt. Chad, PBV.
Fishing Report Jan. 22-Jan. 27
February 3rd, 2008With the full moon waning, we were all expecting this week to be one of the hottest of the season. Conditions have been perfect for heading to the offshore waters in search of black and blue marlin, sailfish, tuna, wahoo and dorado. There are a huge pods of juvenile sardines and flying fish that are holding the gamefish within 20 miles of the dock, which equates to a 45 minute run for our 29’ Sea Vee center consoles.
Ladies Let’s Go Fishing returned to Parrot Bay Village for their 4th year and once again made it clear that the women can bend a rod as well as anyone. Betty Bowman and her husband Chuck are both accomplished anglers and run an instructional fishing school for women that are interested in learning and participating in big game fishing. The 8 person group split to fish 4 on a boat and racked up some impressive numbers even though most of the women are novices. After 3 days of fishing the girls released 31 sails, 25 yellowfin tuna (the biggest being 60 pounds) and over 100 dorado up to 40 pounds. They found an old cargo net at 15 miles that was holding huge dorado and skipjack tuna. After catching all the dorado they could stand, Capt. Steve and Capt. Donald decided it was time to bridle up some of the tuna as live bait for marlin. Capt. Steve on the Wavejammer was the first to get the bite with a blue marlin estimated at 500 pounds. One of the women, who never fished with 50 pound conventional set-up, pushed the drag up past the strike button and straightened the 10/0 Mustad circle hook. OOPS!! Capt. Donlad on the Sailfish hooked up next but his fish swam around the cargo net and broke off. 2 more marlin were hooked but came un-buttoned. All of the fishing was videoed and every night after dinner the ladies reviewed the tapes to critic technics and improve their game. Ladies Let’s Go Fishing is booking their trip for next year and can be contacted at www.ladiesletsgofishingcom.
The group from White’s Marine in South Carolina arrived here Friday for their 4th year as well and got right in on the hot bite and released 11 sailfish and raised 3 marlin on Sunday. The group is fishing today and all of us landlubbers at Parrot Bay are anticipating some tall tales over drinks at the bar.
The Moondancer was repowered with a pair of 4 stroke, 140 horsepower Suzuki outboards over the weekend so Capt. Oliver was out yesterday working on the break-in hours and fishing with the White’s today. We now have 1 boat available for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 28-30 so call us and get in on the action. Contact us at www.parrotbayvillage.com or call toll free 1-866-551-2003. We are in the process of updating our website, so for the most up-to-date pics check out our Myspace page at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage . Also check out famed outdoor writer, Al Ristori’s column in The Star-Ledger at www.thestar-ledger.com. He has posted a report about last week’s action here in Costa Rica. Pura Vida, Capt. Chad, PBV
Fishing Report Jan. 14-Jan. 21
February 3rd, 2008 We have come into prime fishing season on the South Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and the catch reports show the same. We are fishing our 29’ Sea Vees full-time for tuna, dorado, sailfish, and black and blue marlin offshore and roosterfish, jacks, grouper, and giant Cubera snappers on the inshore reefs.
Captain Oly on the Moondancer started off the week flyfishing for sails, dorado, and marlin with Chris and Dave from Canada. Chris kicked off the day with a 30 pound dorado on the fly, then followed that with a beautiful Pacific sailfish also on the fly. After a 1 hour battle, the fish was released. 4 other sails were hooked but jumped off in the course of the fight. Captain Steve on the Wavejammer fished inshore with some fellow Jersey boys and released 13 roosterfish up to 40 pounds, 4 amberjacks, 2 blue jacks, 1 dorado, and 8 snappers, the biggest being a 30 pound brute that fell for a Shimano jig. On Tuesday Captain Oly and the Canadians got blown out offshore with the fly rods so they ran up into the Golfo Dulce and spent the day catching bonitos and roosterfish on the fly. The Wavedancer fished inshore as well, releasing 6 roosterfish and an amberjack estimated at 80 pounds. On Wednesday Oly turned offshore and found the sailfish. He fished with a couple of novice anglers who missed the first 6 sails, but turned it around in the afternoon, releasing the last 4 on 20 pound test line. Also released was 10 dorado in the 20-35 pound class. Mr. Demo, Burke and Russ returned for the 5 trip with us in 4 years and had no problem finding their groove. These guys have caught over 100 sails and 4 marlin between them, so this year they turned their attention to casting huge 8” popping plugs for roosterfish and pargos and dropping 16 oz. Butterfly jigs with high speed reels and braided line in depths up to 300’. These plugs are designed by a gentleman in Brooklyn, New York who claims to have successfully landed 200 pound bluefin tuna with spinning gear and these plugs. These reels are made by Shimano and can exert up to 30 pounds of drag when fished with 50 pound braid and 100 pound wind-on leaders. It ain’t easy pulling on that big plug all day or reeling a jig out of the deep, but the work paid off. Wednesday was non-stop action on the plugs with over 30 roosterfish and countless pargos released. The water has been gin-clear and they reported seeing pargos in the 50 pound class coming up from 60’ to take a swipe at the plugs. Also hooked was and estimated 100 pound tarpon which is super rare for this area. Day Two was deep-jigging day and the crew found black snapper and grouper on one of the spots. Check out our pictures of the 120 pound Goliath grouper pulled out of 170’ of water. Day Three they headed offshore to chase big yellowfin tuna. After finding the tuna at 10 a.m. they boated 4 fish in the 60 pound class and then Russ locked into a big one. After 2 hours, 1 broken rod and 500 feet of hand lining, the boys pulled a 255 pound yellowfin over the rail. The fish was caught on one of the new Penn Torque 300’s filled with 50 pound braid. This is the biggest tuna to come into the Golfo Dulce this year and the season is still young! On Saturday we opted for an adventure trip 50 miles north to Sierpe for some snook and and roosterfishing. On the way north we release a couple of nice blue jacks but couldn’t find the 70 pound rooster that we are all looking for. After spending the night in Sierpe we ran 12 miles offshore to Cano Island in hopes of catching a marlin or another tuna. With no luck on the boat we headed for home. We stopped at Roca Escondido and saved the day with a double header of big amberjacks. One hitting the 60 pound mark. Captain Oliver on the Moondancer spent the last half of the week beating on the tunas and going 11 for 18 on sailfish with Bob Joyce.
Parrot Bay Village is hosting the Ladies Let’s Go Fishing group from Florida this week for 3 days of fun. This is their 4th year at Parrot Bay and we are all anticipating some great numbers so stay tuned for my report next week.
Parrot Bay has two boats available for the Banana Bay Billfish Tournament on March 29 and 30th. Last year the Parrot Bay Team released 49 sails in two days of fishing. This is sure to be a fun time and traditionally a super sailfish bite. Also, we still have some rooms and boats available for February and March so contact me at 1-866-551-2003 or through our web page. Parrot Bay Village now has a Myspace page at www.myspace.com/parrotbayvillage where you will find our most up-to-date pics and fishing reports. Looking forward to seeing you at 8 degrees, Capt. Chad, PBV.
39 Releases New Southern Record
April 2nd, 2007
Two Day Total! Forty nine Sailfish released by Parrot Bay Village fishing team during the two day Banana Bay Fishing Tournament this weekend. Bruce & Scott timed the tourney just right, the Sailfishing went off! The eleven 11 boat fleet released a total 358 sailfish and one marlin. The Muy Caliente’ won overall with 59 releases. Captain Donald Maginniss put the Parrot Bay Team team on over 100 fish. Retired Asbury Park, NJ Fire Chief John J. Murphy (Murph), organized and entered his team under the Parrot Bay flag released 8. Angler Chad Parker, an Asbury Park Fire Fighter was high hooker onboard releasing 20 on the second day alone. Frankie Love also a fighter, form Hoboken, NJ was there releasing 7 of the 120 + pound Pacific Sails. Tristen ?? a last minute angler released 6, went in place of me, figures best fishing day of the year and I had to stay and “watch the store” so the saying goes. And Jay from Golfito by way of Texas released 8. The first day hurt with only ten fish released there are no excuses but on their behalf they never fished together nor on the boat and didn’t have the luxury of a mate, but on the second day the guys put it together and set a new Southern Costa Rican record with 39 releases in a single day! That’s it in a nut shell.
Come on down the fishin’s hot! Finest Regards, CAPT D. 1-866-551-2003