Atlantic Zone Fishes
Costa Rica has a big variety of fishes for example: tarpon, marlin, wahoo, snook, snapper, dorado fish, sailfish, etc. Around the Costa Rica you can have a fishing tour by means of fishing lodges, fishing clubs, or well Costaricafishingtour.net offers you visit our site and discover the Costa Rica's wonders. Fishing in Costa Rica is more important for the economy of the each region in the case the Caribbean Coast has a high economy by the tourist who likes the fishing tours and the vacations package that a serie of fishing lodges and hotels offer to the foreigner.
Tarpon fishing and the marlin fishing have been promoted by the lodges on Costa Rica's east coast during the dry season from about December through mid May,
There are a list of fishes you can fish on the Atlantic Zone, besides there a list with the types of knots, types of nets, fishing accessories, etc; that you can use for a good fishing:
Roosterfish live in the volcanic rock to 6 feet with a average of 15-20 pounds. In the Commercial Fish it has a high prized and the sportfishing is very popular.
Roosterfish feed mullet, craps, squids and other small fishes. You’ll find them in Parismina Beach, Tortuguero Channel and other fishing zones of Costa Rica during March to January.
In Costa Rica Fishing Tour you’ll fish the roosterfish, marlin, sailfish, tarpon and other fishes with a high prized in the sportfishing and the commercial fish
Marlin Fishing is important in the Atlantic zone and the other regions as the Central Pacific because it has a high prized into the sport fishing in Costa Rica. Marlin fish is known as Blue Marlin and it has a variety of them. They are carnivore fish and feed of mullet, herring, squid, mackerel, etc.
During the months of December to May the Marlin Fishing is good because the climate is the best for this sportfishing. They usually live to 7 feet and it can weight 100 pounds or more.
Tarpon has silvery scales, heavy body and elongated ray on its dorsal fin. Their average is approximately of 45.4kg to 161kg (100-355 pounds) but this weight can vary of female tarpon to male tarpon. They feed of shrimp, craps, squids and other small fishes of the zone.
You’ll find the Tarpon Fish in the Atlantic zone near of the fishing lodge “Hotel el Velero Lodge” during all the year. The Tarpon Fishing in this zone is very important for the economy and for the tourism because there is Fishing Tour for this region.
Snook Fish has a range approximately of 35cm to 140cm (14in to 4ft 7in) with a weight of 2.2-57 lb (1.0-26). It has a highly prize on the Costa Rica Sportfishing for these reasons:
1. Snook Fish is an intelligent fish but you need a knack with the bait to fooling them.
2. When they are cooked they have a good taste and the tourists like the Snook recipes.
You’ll find them on the salt and fresh waters for example in the entire Atlantic zone on the Parismina Beach, Tortuguero Channel or in other beaches and fishing zones into Costa Rica during the months of March to the end of November.
- Sailfish fishing is better in this Caribbean zone for its warm waters as in the Tortuguero Channel that has warned water and for that there are a variety of fishes. The sailfish is one of the fastest fishes in Costa Rica and maybe in the entire world; with a speed of 108 kilometers per hour approximately. It gets its name from its great dorsal fin, which is colored a bright.
In the Atlantic zone the Wahoo Fishing is very popular and attractive for the tourists and for the people of Costa Rica because it help for the economy of this fishing zones; besides the tourist like to practice the Costa Rica Sportfishing. The Wahoo Fishing is during mid-May to mid-September.
Wahoo is a solitary fish because it lives in reefs, warm water as the tropical and feed squid, cramp and other fish food. It has a long body, with a heavy toothed jam.
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Dorado Fishing in Costa Rica is during the months of May through October in some fishing zones as Jaco beach, Ocotal beach or well in the Atlantic Zone the Dorado fishing is easier than other fishing zones. It has brilliant or light colors( blue, green and main the golden). They are found in warm water, however they’re been founded in all kind of waters in all the world.
Dorado Fish has a anal fins in sharp and concave shape with a long dorsal fins, but when they go to another waters they can change of others color( dark or light colors). In the Atlantic Zone they are with light colors. They lives to 3 to 65 feets deep water.
In the Costa Rica Sportfishing the Dorado Fish has a high prized and the Atlantic Zone this prized can be higher than other fishing zones of the country.
Barracuda is known as Tiger of the Sea. It feeds of silversides, filefish, jacks, needle fish, etc. Barracuda fish lives in reefs, wrecks of the Atlantic Zone. The Barracuda body has a silver color and along of its back has a dark green-gray color. They are predators because they feed of small fishes and some other food. They can weight around 9 pounds and 6 feet.
They are found during the year in the warm water of the Caribbean zone as the Tortuguero Channel, Barra del Colorado, Parismina Beach, etc. Barracuda lives in reefs, wrecks of the Atlantic Zone. The Barracuda body has a silver color and along of its back has a dark green-gray color.
Snapper Fish is generally a fish red with yellowish caudal and a prominent and distinctive dark comma-shaped blotch which gives it its simple name. There are a variety of shapes and colors in this kind of fish. In Costa Rica you’ll find a lot of them. You can fish it around the country but in the Atlantic Zone you’ll find it easier.
We can find the snapper on Tortuguero Channel or the Parismina Beach on the caribbean zone. However, Snapper Fishing has been regulated in the last few years.
