GIFT Tournament - Day 3 - Frenzy maintains the lead.

Today was a good day for the Frenzy 43. We managed to pick at the fish all day and catch 5 out of 7 bites. We missed an opportunity on a double header but that's fishing. We have the lead going into the final day so we'll see where we are at 4 pm tomorrow. It's been a great week with a fair sailfish bite and some marlin seen and hooked. Tres Hermanos had a marlin on at 1 pm and still on at dark tonight. Not sure if they caught it or not. We will find out at the dock in the morning.

On the 35 Frenzy II, Lee and Stanley raised a small blue that failed to bite. Unfortunately not much other than that. They are still in second place.

Tonight we had appetizers at El Gran Escape that were provided by Marina Pez Vela. Though not open yet, the marina has allowed us to dock the boats there during the tournament. That has really added a lot to the fun of the tournament. Thanks Harold and Co.

Thank goodness tomorrow is the last day...

The Frenzy continues...

Jamie

GIFT Tournament - Day 2 - Frenzy takes the lead

After two days of fishing the Frenzy boats are in 1st and 2nd place. On day 2 Kerwin and I got some good bites and manged to catch 4 taking our total to 6 and putting us in first place on the Frenzy. On the 35, Stanley hooked a nice 200 lb blue marlin but pulled the hooks.

We'll see what Day 3 brings as we are at the halfway point in the tournament!

The Frenzy continues...

Jamie

GIFT Tournament - Day 1 - Frenzy II takes early lead!!!

The Frenzy II (35) jumped out to an early lead in the 2010 GIFT Tournament by releasing 4 sails. Captain Rafa Solano, anglers Lee and Stanley and mates Yohan and Will put on a clinic on how to catch sails on fly today. Pretty work boys! Now you guys got 12 other boats, including the new Frenzy, dubbed the "Super Frenzy" by Marsha (El Gran Escape Restaurant), chasing you. Stay on 'em guys!!! By the way Marsha the tira misu was wonderful.While the 35 was catching fish the rest of the fleet saw practically nothing. Kerwin and I managed to catch a couple putting us in a 2 way tie for third place we think. We'll see in the morning after all the reports have been tabulated. Buenas suerte to all the teams.

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

GIFT 2010 - Practice Day 1

As the alarm rang at 5:30 am I awoke to the sound of a howler monkey outside my room and was quickly reminded that I am in Costa Rica and there is no need to get up and let the dogs out!

Kerwin and I are here to defend our title as winners of last year's GIFT Tournament. Last night we saw many of our old friends at dinner at El Gran Escape. Today is our first day of practice on the new FRENZY, the 43 Maverick express. In fact it's the first day fishing for this boat. Our good friends Lee and Stanley are fishing the Frenzy II and they are very capable of winning this tournament on my old boat.

An update will be posted after fishing today.

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Update: So we went out and dragged teasers for a while. We raised 3, got 1 bite but pulled the hooks. Then about 1 we blew out a transmission seal and had to come home. They are working on it today so we should be good to go for the start of the tournament tomorrow. I am happy to report that the air conditioning works very well on the new 43!!!

Lee and Stanley caught a nice dorado so we ate good last night at El Gran Escape. Thanks guys!

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie

Hunter's Roosterfish

My friend Philip just return from Quepos and filed this report on his inshore day with his son Hunter who caught a nice roosterfish.

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"Thanks to Jamie and Willie for helping us put together a great family vacation to Costa Rica. Your recommendations allowed us to make the most of our time. Special Thanks to Marco and Beatle Juice for a short but sweet inshore fishing trip on July 30th. The day started out pretty choppy and after boating a couple of needle fish and watching a group of Humpback Whales, my wife and daughter were not feeling so well so we took them back to the dock and let them return to the comfort of the Si Como No Hotel. My son, Hunter and I were determined to catch a Rooster so we decided to tough it out. We were able to make it back out just as the tide was turning and as Marco predicted we were rewarded with a couple of nice Rooster Fish. The first one was small and we managed to get it to the boat in short order. The second fish started off without much of a fight so Hunter and I sat in the chair to bring him in. Things changed quickly and 20 minutes later the fish had gotten the best of Hunter and a thunderstorm had found us as well. Hunter decided to become the photographer and I fought the fish for another 25 minutes before he finally gave up."

Philip

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The high season of December through April is filling up so make your plans now to enjoy some of the best fishing that Costa Rica has to offer.

The Frenzy continues...

Jamie

Summertime Update ...

Check out this sea monster that I am holding for my good friend David Wielicki (right) while Beatle Juice (left) cuts the leader with his teeth. Nice fish David!!! Now about that mallard hunt in Canada that you promised me...

This and some other nice roosters were caught last week during my short stay in Manuel Antonio (Quepos). Though the visit was short I got a chance to see Captain Jose and mate Marco, our Operations Manager Willy and a mate we picked up for the summer "Beatle Juice". I also got to visit with my friends Marsha and Christel who own the fabulous restaurant El Gran Escape on the waterfront in Quepos. As usual everyone enoyed their dinner, particularly the Pargo Entero.

Here's my buddy Bobby from NYC with his roosterfish.


And my friend Chris "It's all part of the experience" Angel with his.



Hi guys! Betcha been wondering just what's been going on with the Frenzy blogerators. Well there has been a lot going on for sure. I'll run through the list with ya:

Numero Uno: It's been summertime and I have been fishing on our boat in SC and enjoying some high quality family time, walking my lab "Boo" on the beach in the morning and sitting on the beach in the evening drinking wine with Jenny, my wife of 24 years! So, you'll just have to forgive my lack of blog posts.

2) In Costa Rica, Willy, Jose and Marco have been running a few charters with some of our regular customers and a few with some new folks, like Clayton Robertson who sent me these photos from his recent trip.


Pretty work guys and great to hear that you enjoyed staying in our house "Casa Carolina" (www.CasaCarolinaQuepos.com).

3) Meanwhile we have been working on some upgrades to our website www.FrenzySportfishing.com. Some of the exciting features that will be added soon are a calendar showing availability of the boat, a video section showing some exciting videos of marlin, sailfish, roosterfish and even some videos showing how mate Marco rigs baits for circle hooks and how Frenzy team member Brian Thielicke ties our tournament flies! Kerwin will shoot me for posting that one! Our web site gets about 1,000 unique visitors a week as it is so we expect that number to really shoot up as we add a lot of content over the next several months.

4) The new 43 Maverick Express is coming along nicely. I visited Bimi Lebo at Maverick Boat Works last week and checked on the boat's progress. She really looks good. We're having Bimi install a sound system that really rocks. It will have a plug for all of our iPod toting customers!!! Now Jenny will be able to play her AC/DC while catching sails on fly and our daughter Charlotte can watch me dance to "Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur..." You gotta embarrass your daughters! We will soon be taking reservations for days on the 43 for 2010. "Hey Marco, turn up the air conditioning in the cabin as I am getting a bit chilly on the 20 mile ride back to Quepos!!!"

Ok, now that you're reasonably well caught up with what's been going on this summer in CR I gotta run and get some work done so I can get up to NC later in the week to chase those crazy white marlin on fly.

Remember that high season in Costa Rica starts December 1st and it was on that day last year that the Frenzy caught her first marlin of the season. If you're thinking about booking a Costa Rica vacation and want to fish with the Frenzy team you better get in touch with Willy and get things rolling. Willy can be reached by phone at 011-506-8851-0935 or by e-mail at Willy@FrenzySportfishing.com.

The Frenzy continues ...

Jamie Walker
El Jefe
Frenzy Sportfishing
www.FrenzySportfishing.com

Hey Kerwin cut me some slack when I post the fly tying video. Remember that it's all in the "wiggle"!

The Smith Family

Regular readers of the Frenzy blog will know that I like to post e-mails that I get from folks who have come down and fished with us in Quepos. Here is an e-mail that I received from the Smith family:



Hey Willy,

We want to thank the whole Frenzy team for making our vacation such a pleasure. From the arrival to the airport in San Jose to the departure in Quepos, everything was first class all the way!! Jose, Marco and Rudy were fun to hang out with and put in 100% effort to put us on the fish. Even though the bite was a little slow, we still caught 3 sails, several roosters, mahi, and some snook. The scenery was awesome and we got to see a large school of spinner dolphin. Rudy and Marco showed us some "pirate ships" - commercial boats. Jose, "Captain Jack Sparrow" , was always working extra hard to put us on the fish and is a very experienced captain!!

I'm sending a picture of one of the sails that 16yr old Josh caught along with roosters that both Josh and Jessica 13yrs. caught.

Willy is the absolute best at making all the arrangements. No worries!!!

Thanks again for everything, you all are awesome and we will definitely reccommend the Frenzy Sportfishing Team to others!!

The Smith Family
Charlotte, NC








Well it was great to hear from these folks and to see Jessica and Josh with some great catches. Stay tuned for some exciting news on the new FRENZY 43!!!

The Frenzy continues ...!

Jamie