Spring Break Frenzy - Last sunset of the trip ...

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

Spring Break Frenzy - Fishing Day 3

From Casa Carolina's vantage point up the hill I can look down on the boats anchored in the bay as well as see about 20 miles across to the town of Parrita. What a beautiful sight! I hear howler monkeys. I hear Fred and Ethel, our resident parrots. I can see the two Frenzy boats, the 35 that we started this whole gig with as well as the new 43, our platform for 3 days of great fishing this week.

The new Frenzy 43

Yesterday was no exception. We again went out about 30 miles to some beautiful cobalt blue water and started pulling teasers. Before long we started raising fish. We picked at them all day long and by the end of the day we had seen some incredible action, raising about 12 and catching 5 sailfish.

Benji with a beauty of a fish and Joseph on the leader.

On the way in we totaled our catch for the week at 15 sailfish, 5 yellowfin tuna, 2 wahoo and 1 dorado. Everyone agreed that the fishing has been awesome! After a wonderful dinner at El Gran Escape restaurant the tired anglers hit the hay early.

Captain Jose, mates Marco and Will and the band of tired anglers.

So that ends our fishing here in Quepos. We are headed back to Carolina tomorrow. We all have plenty to do back home for sure like prepare to graduate high school and me, I think I'll start packing again! 

High flyer!

Next week my fishing partner, Kerwin, will be here staying in Condo Del Mar with his family. They will be fishing a few days and no doubt enjoying some of the great fishing we have experienced this past week and all year long. Kerwin I am passing the blog over to you for a week!

The Spring Break Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

www.FrenzySportfishing.com

Spring Break Frenzy - Fishing Day 2 - Monster Wahoo!!!

 Late afternoon swim after another great day on the Frenzy!

Yesterday we took the 43 out for another go at the sails. We found beautiful blue water about 30 miles out and started pulling teasers. The guys that didn't catch a sailfish on Sunday were up first and didn't have to wait long. We started raising sails right away and never had to wait long for action. Schultzy caught his first sail right off. We pulled it in the boat for a quick photo before releasing it.

Schultzy's first sail. Mate Will Freeman from Charleston assisting!

A short while later Benji rewarded the boat with a monster 47 pound wahoo. So far that's the boat record! Nice work Benji. We will enjoy the wahoo later this afternoon when Lizbeth fries up some wahoo fingers.

Nice 'hoo Benji!

Not to be outdone by their fishing buddies, Thomas and Bosie showed their skills as well with a couple of nice sails.

Thomas puts the heat on a sail while Mate Marco Solano prepares to grab the leader.

 Bosie gives "thumbs up" to another sail!

By the end of the day we had released 6 sailfish and boated a 47 pound wahoo and a nice dorado. When it was time to head back to Quepos the boys jumped in and swam for a few minutes in over 3,000 feet of water. So clear you could practically see the bottom. Well maybe not exactly...

The boys are all off for a canopy tour today up in the mountains near Quepos. Everyone should try the zipline because it really is a lot of fun. While they are gone, Lizbeth will be making dorado ceviche and frying up some wahoo fingers for our afternoon fiesta in the pool watching the sun set. With any luck we'll have another late afternoon visit from the squirrel monkeys.

Tomorrow we hit the blue water again for some more action. I am still looking for the first marlin on the new Frenzy 43. When we catch it we are all going swimming!


There are a few good dates left in April so come join Team Frenzy and be a part of the excitement!

The Spring Break Frenzy continues ...

Jamie
www.FrenzySportfishing.com
www.casacarolinaquepos.com
www.vrbo.com/232069 (Condo Del Mar)

Spring Break Frenzy - Day 1 - Quepos Grand Slam!!!

This week is our annual Spring Break at Casa Carolina. We have a house full of high school senior boys who love to fish! That's good because we are fishing 3 days this week on the Frenzy 43. We sure got off to a good start with a Quepos Grand Slam yesterday of yellowfin tuna, a huge wahoo and 4 sailfish. Those boys got the chance to see what a real "Frenzy" is when the yellowfin tuna started crashing the baits. After making quick work of them we boated 5 nice sized tunas and started thinking about dinner. They ended up being sashimi and titake at El Gran Escape restaurant in Quepos. Belton also made short work of the famous Raptor Burger!

Later on in the morning the left short rigger went off and after a 15 minute fight, Thomas had us dinner for tonight in the form of a 40 pound wahoo. Nice work Thomas!


The sailfish started chomping after the tuna's had mangled much of our bait rigs. We released a total of 4 sails for the day with yours truly going 2 for 2 on the circle hook rigs. Not bad for a flyfisherman, eh? So the guys got to see a lot of sea life with spinner and white bellied dolphins doing there thing balling bait. What a sight to see for sure.

Tonight at Casa Carolina we are grilling the wahoo at our weekly Costa Rican "typical" dinner. The wahoo will be expertly grilled by our gardener Saul while our housekeeper Lizbeth cooks some fabulous beans and rice along with a vegetable medley beyond compare!  Lizbeth made us a plate of hot wings this afternoon to enjoy by the pool while we watched the sun fall into the placid Pacific Ocean. Our manager Willy will orchestrate the whole evening and act as waiter and somellier all in one!

The Spring Break Frenzy continues ...
Jamie
www.frenzysportfishing.com

Fishing update

Fishing remains good even with the warmer water that has moved in. Some days are better than others for sure but that's just fishing. Over the past two weeks the Frenzy 35 and 43 have seen their share of good days. A couple of days ago we went 2 for 6 on sails and caught a whopper dorado. Casa Carolina's housekeeper Lizbeth is making ceviche out of fresh dorado as I type this. There are still some open dates left in April but not many. April can be a great month for sailfish and particularly marlin so shoot Willy an e-mail (willy@frenzysportfishing.com) and come on down!

The Frenzy continues...

Jamie

A big sailfish always puts a smile on the angler's face! Nice going Pat!

Rafa works his magic

Once again Rafa Solano proves that he is one of the best captains in Costa Rica. Two lucky anglers got the benefit of Rafa's many years of experience today when Rafa and mate Johan took them fishing on an absolutely calm Pacific Ocean.

I have been at Casa Carolina all day working on boat and house stuff. Willy just talked to Rafa who reported that today they caught 3 dorado, one wahoo, 3 sailfish and a blue marlin. Pretty work Rafa! For many years I have fished with Rafa and even against him in tournaments and I have learned that you never bet against him! Almost as good as hearing of their catch is the news that Rafa has saved me a fillet of dorado and a fillet of wahoo! Now I can have some fresh ceviche and grilled wahoo!

Tomorrow I'll be out on the 43 in search of billfish on the fly and more ingredients for ceviche.


The Frenzy continues...


Jamie

Fishing Report for the week ending Feb 12th

Well another week of great sportfishing in Costa Rica is in the books! Jenny and I took 3 couples down last Sunday to stay at Casa Carolina and fish 3 days on the Frenzy, the new 43 just launched last month. The fishing continues to be great from last month's good start to the year.

We arrived at Casa Carolina in time to enjoy a beautiful sunset while in the pool and snacking on fresh guacamole and chips made by our housekeeper Lizbeth. We were all pretty tired so after a great dinner at El Gran Escape we all went to bed reasonably early.

Day 1 - Monday 8th
Our first day greeted us with some rain held over from the previous night's showers. The girls decided they would hang back at the house and hatch a plan that involved relaxing by the pool and enjoying massages after lunch. They were successful!

The boys were not deterred by the rain which ended about 8 am. By 9:30 the sun appeared and we were on the fish. We raised a dozen or so sailish and released 5 that day. Ken caught his first billfish and Steve, an accomplished angler on Atlantic sails, caught his first Pacific billfish. He remarked on how much bigger they are than their Atlantic cousins. Graham who had fished on the Frenzy II during his recent family trip continued his fish catching ways as well.

Day 2 - Wednesday 10th

After a relaxing day on Tuesday with lunch at Anaconda restaurant were all ready for a day on the water. The new Frenzy 43 easily accommodated all 8 of us and two mates in the cockpit. That's a good thing for sure as we were constantly bombarded by hungry sailfish. The action almost never slowed during the day. We must have raised at least 15 sailfish. We released 10 for the day with the highlight being a triple header of sails caught by Carrie, Ken and Julie. Nice work all around!!! Captain Jose did an excellent job of running the boat to position the anglers to work their fish. After releasing Julie's fish we were able to pull Carrie and Ken's sailfish in the boat for a "bookend" photo of sails. The action continued throughout the day until 4 pm when we decided to head for cold drinks and ceviche by the pool. Everyone had a ball on Wednesday catching sailfish, eating ceviche for an appetizer and enjoying the beautiful Costa Rica blue water. I have to hand it to our mates Marco and Will who really worked hard to make everyone's day a lot of fun. Pretty work guys!!!

Day 3 - Friday 12th
Today was another guys day on the water as the ladies decided they would work on their tans and hang out at the house. Graham "Surfer Dog" practiced his moves down at the beach in Manuel Antonio. So I decided we would fly fish and see if Steve and Ken could catch their first billfish on fly. The day started off slow with the first 2 sails coming in low and cold. No bite out of them. I threw to the next fish that we teased in and managed to get a bite but it was one of those up the bill bites that rarely manage to stay hooked up. I could feel that by the way he bit so I was not surprised when he came off about 50 yards out.
After a slow hour or so I noticed Steve had drifted off for a short siesta so when Marco (who was driving the boat while Jose came down to visit) yelled "right long" I ran over to the rod and threw the fly in the water while hollering for Steve to wake up. Just as I was about to hand the rod over to Steve the fish came screaming in towards the transom, Marco put the boat in neutral and I cast the fly to the lit up fish. I knew I was going to get a good hookup by the way he crashed the fly and I was not disappointed! The fish went right so I struck him left and handed Steve the rod. Steve watched as his fish peeled line off the reel while dancing wildly across the water. A short time later Steve landed his first billfish on the fly. Nice work Steve.
Later in the day a huge dorado crashed the left teaser but never ate the fly we tossed out there for him. I bet that dorado was as big as the 50 pounder I caught back in December, maybe bigger. All in all we raised about 8 on Friday, catching one on the fly. Another beautiful day on the water!

Well now we're all back home in SC having been greeted by the remnants of a huge snowstorm. The weather in no way suits my clothes! Jenny and I had a great time introducing our friends to Casa Carolina and Frenzy Sportfishing. Good times together will become good memories.

We're only just getting into the high season and fishing has been great. We still have some dates open on the new Frenzy 43 and a few dates open on the Frenzy II (35) so if you're contemplating a fishing trip to Costa Rica now is the time to get in touch with us.

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

For more information:
www.frenzysportfishing.com
www.casacarolinaquepos.com or, www.vrbo.com/222751