Spring Break FRENZY 2009 - Day Five

While I was down in Dominical today, a group of the girls went out for roosterfish. They caught and released 4 with the biggest one going an estimated 60, 70, 80 or 90 pounds, depending on who was doing the estimating! Regardless of the weight, it took the angler, Margaret Deans, 45 minutes to bring the fish to the boat. What a great fight she had.






Then there is the story of the 8 foot boa constrictor trying to eat our sorta pet iguana. Walter, our maintenance guy, came to the rescue and released the iguana from the boa's death grip. Jenny provided this photo.


And lastly we have all enjoyed our nights of eating out on the veranda! Lizbeth cooked a fabulous dinner for us which included chicken, black beans and rice, typical Costa Rican food and wonderfull!

Tomorrow Joseph's group is out again, this time for roosterfish as the Spring Break FRENZY continues ...

Jamie Walker

Spring Break FRENZY 2009 - Day Four

Joseph and his crew of three were rewarded for their early rising today with 5 sails. For Emily, Mary and Bosie they had a particularly fun day by catching their first sails. Joseph, an old hand now at catching billfish had a turn at the rod as well. For the rest of us who stayed at home today, we enjoyed another beautiful March day in Costa Rica. I had the opportunity to check out some solar panel / battery systems and rain water catchment systems. Here are some photos today from Mary's camera. Hope you enjoy them. With all that we're doing we find ourselves turning in early for the evening.

More tomorrow as the Spring Break FRENZY continues ...

Jamie

Spring Break FRENZY 2009 - Day Three

Yesterday I took Charlotte and three of her friends out on the Frenzy looking for billfish and some dorado for dinner. The dorado never showed but the girls caught 3 sails. Should have been more cause we raised about 10 and got 6 bites! Go figure. Although Charlotte has been fishing with me all her life, yesterday was the first day offshore for the other girls. They all enjoyed the thrill of catching their first billfish and are looking forward to their next day offshore.

Last night we all went to dinner at our favorite restaurant, El Gran Escape in downtown Quepos. We started off with calamari and sushi and went on from there. The food is always fabulous, the frozen margaritas always refreshing and the service couldn't be better. My pargo entero was "off the hook". We took some of Marsha's famous deserts back to the house where they were quickly consumed.

Today my son Jose and three of his friends are out there so we'll see what their report is when they return this afternoon. And now if I can get the girls up I'll see what they want to do today! Probably back down to the park for more trinkets and lunch. Whatever they decide I'm game 'cause everyday there is something to do here.

Stay tuned as the Spring Break FRENZY continues ...

Jamie

Spring Break FRENZY 2009 - Day Two

Well after a long day yesterday that ended with our arrival at Casa Carolina (www.casacarolinaquepos.com) at 1 AM, we turned in quickly in anticipation of our canopy tour today. This is a great activity for a day off from fishing. Anyone from 5 to 95 should do the canopy tour sometime.

Here are some photos from the day.

Tomorrow we are back on the FRENZY for another crack at the billfish as the Spring Break Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

Spring Break FRENZY 2009 - Day One

Our regular followers will remember that on the way down to Costa Rica for the GIFT Tournament I spent the day in Delta's Crown Room in Atlanta thanks to Delta's delay in Columbia causing us to miss our flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica. Well once again thanks to Delta I have spent the day in the Crown Room in Atlanta. This time the cause was the failure of the Back Up batteries in the GPS in the nav system in the plane in Columbia. I mean give me a break, don't you know where Atlanta is? We finally arrived in Atlanta about 15 minutes after our flight left for Costa Rica.

The really bad thing about this misadventure is that Jenny and I have 12 teenagers in tow for Spring Break in Manuel Antonio. So instead of hanging out at the pool this afternoon sipping on cold beer and watching the boats return from fishing I get to sit in the pretty damn uncomfortable Crown Room. We almost didn't even get to enjoy this "luxury" but the wonderfully kind lady let me slip an extra 2 people in. I won't even relay my conversation with the Delta lady about re-booking us onto the 6:48 pm flight. Thanks a lot Delta. Hope I didn't put you out with the extra two people occupying the lousy room while you're busy going bankrupt. Glad I used the rest of my skymiles to get 4 business class seats on your sorry plane before you go completely out of business. I tried to take a cat nap a little while ago and ended up crawling under the desk in this cubicle to get out of the glaring light. ENOUGH ALREADY!

There are no photos to go with this day as it is just too ugly to document; but, with any luck you'll be seeing some photos of huge sails, tuna and dorado posted this week as we have 5 days of fishing scheduled.

But you say "there is a photo posted, and it's a huge tuna!" Yes indeed, I found this 5 year old photo of my youngest son Joseph "Jose" with a tuna that taped out at 62 inches fork length. He caught it after a 2 1/2 hour battle. This just goes to show you that you don't have to be an Iron Man to catch a big fish. Just persistent!

The bite is still on strong and I expect some good fish stories from our crowd this week. I'll be posting regularly as well as catching you up on what has occurred during the last week or so.

Stay tuned as the "Spring Break" FRENZY continues ...

Jamie
www.FrenzySportfishing.com

I had the pleasure of introducing my wife's sister, Amy and her husband Jeff to the wonders of their first Costa Rican vacation and topped it off with fishing on the Frenzy.  You'll see by Amy's report below that she caught her first fish ever on the Frenzy and now she's hooked.  What she didn't include in her report is that she is already looking for a house to buy and has ideas on a business venture in Costa Rica.  Jeff and Amy are returning with our family in about 3 weeks and I can't wait to watch the competition as these two battle it out for who catches the most and the biggest fish!  Of course, they will have to share rod time with Olivia, my 12 y.0. who can out-fish them all.  I'll be sure to post their accomplishments while we are there.  I have added a picture of Amy and her first Mahi.  Next, now that Amy is an expert, she is giving fishing instructions to Jeff.  It seems to have worked as Jeff soon lands a nice sailfish.  Finally Jeff, Amy, and my wife Lisa are discussing strategy for the next trip with the famous Willy of Frenzy Sportfishing.

The Frenzy Continues!

Kerwin 

"Jeff and I feel very fortunate to be learning the sport from such a great leader.  Not only are we receiving private lessons from the winner of the GIFT Tournament who also happens to be the top angler but we are privileged to be on such a fine boat.  My first day fishing I had zero expectations and wasn't really interested in doing much but getting a great tan!  With much reluctance......I finally got up of the comfort of my lounge cushion and decided to reel in my first catch ever! (a nice sailfish)  The fish just kept hittin' all day!  Not only did we catch several sailfish, but I caught my first Mahi-Mahi and was fortunate enough to share it with many others that night for dinner.  The Frenzy is a top-notch boat with an outstanding crew.  I don't think Marco sits down all day, not even for lunch and Jose is an awesome Captain, always knowing where the fish are!  The combo of Marco and Jose along with an immaculate boat are all very impressive.  I feel sorry for myself for future fishing adventures if I ever have to go without the Frenzy and it's crew.  Everything about my most recent trip to Manuel Antonio and Quepos was stellar.  The days cannot come quickly enough for my next trip in April!  I am addicted and now find myself watching fishing on the ESPN channel.  I cannot wait to see Willy and Misael's smiling faces greeting us at the airport in a few weeks.  Bring on the Marlin!!! or is that to much to ask?!"

Fishing Report - March 3rd - March 9th

Last night Willy sent me this quick update for the last few days. As you can see the action continues at a pretty steady pace.

March 3rd - 7 Sails released and 1 mahi kept for dinner!

March 4th - 7 Sails released

March 5th - 4 Sails released

March 7th - 8 sails released

March 8th - 8 sails released

March 9th - 8 Sails released and 2 mahi kept for dinner!

Come on down and fish with us.

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie
www.frenzysportfishing.com