Enjoy Tarpon Fishing At Its Best In Costa Rica

Posted by Quepos Salfishing Charters on January 28th, 2019

Fishing in Costa Rica is always been particularly in Quepos and Manuel Antonio is fun especially when you get some rare type of fish to angle which you don’t get elsewhere in the Caribbean. Manuel Antonio fishing and Quepos fishing are the primary ways you can enjoy fishing. Here, we are talking about the Tarpon. Perhaps you have been hearing about the fishes that are common in Costa Rica like blue marlin, roosterfish, sailfish, and many other, but tarpon is something which is pretty uncommon, but a beautiful fish to angle.

If you are a genuine fisherman than tarpon Costa Rica fishing at Tortuguero will be perfect for you. You can catch the tarpon in many areas in Costa Rica and some of the most common areas where you could find this fish are the waterways, streams, and freshwater tidal ponds of the San Juan or Cano Negro Rivers.

Nicknamed as Silver-Kings, tarpon could be up to 8 feet long and weight around 300 pounds. This fish, however, is not considered good for eating, but their uncommon battling and hopping capacity put them at the highest point of many anglers' rundowns.

At the point when tarpon is in the region, it's truly simple to discover them since they are air breathers and need to rise on the top of the water for breathing. One of their special components is the presence of swim bladders utilized for both breath and lightness.

These fish are inconceivably versatile, found in both saltwater and freshwater from the sea to salt swamps, tidal pools to freshwater tidal ponds, springs, and streams.  They are the part of the sports fishing culture in Costa Rica and many fishermen’s eye these fishes.

Tarpon normally go up the San Juan River that fringes Nicaragua and swim the distance to Lake Nicaragua. At specific circumstances of the year, the remote, little Cano Negro tidal pond is loaded with gigantic tarpon.

Indeed, the whole Tortuguero district is well known for Costa Rica tarpon fishing: Barra Del Colorado, Parismina, and Tortuguero are world popular and have numerous magnificent fishing lodges, incredible vessels, and a portion of the best aides in the business.

Quepos boats will help you in finding Tarpon easily. Tarpon isn't the main fish that you may experience in Costa Rica. Most administrators on the Caribbean have 23-foot focus reassures that can escape the stream mouths when the surf is up and frequently interface with fish 100 pounds or more, barracuda, jacks, kingfish, Sierra, tripletail, cubera, grouper, jewfish, wahoo, also the intermittent Atlantic sailfish and blue marlin.

Make sure to bring your light-handle fishing gear along with you. The fishing in the adjacent backwaters and tidal ponds is fantastic, particularly when the fat snook (calba) are running. From September through November (in some cases include a month either end), these little snook swarm the Río Colorado region. Some say that the best tarpon fishing in Costa Rica is March through June and October through November yet they're gotten each month.