That’s Fishin’ – January 2025
PELAGIC ROCKSTAR TOURNAMENT
The biggest event of the year is finally upon us, the always epic PELAGIC ROCKSTAR TOURNAMENT! I hope you can join us at the Marina Pez Vela January 9-12th for a fun packed weekend of live music and the ever-popular weigh-in at sunset on Jan 10-11th to see which teams have landed the winning catch of the day. 91 boats fought it out during last year’s event and we cannot wait to see this year’s teams arriving at Marina Pez Vela to fish for more than US$1,000,000 in prize money! Prizes are on the Line for most Billfish, most Marlin, largest Tuna, largest Dorado plus awards for Top Angler, Top Lady, Top Junior.
I hope the bite is going to be EPIC, very best of luck to all competing teams and I am looking forward to seeing you at the Marina to join the party!
OFFSHORE FISHING
The new fishing season has started with a bang and we have enjoyed some fantastic fishing over this past couple of months. Lot’s of Sailfish have been caught and from now through April is our peak time for Sailfish during Offshore trips. Our Pacific Sailfish are some of the biggest in the world with fish over 100lbs possible here. Double digit Sailfish days are common when the bite is on and now is the perfect time to get out there and experience our amazing fishery for yourself. Blue skies, flat calm seas and phenomenal world class fishing, what is not to love! January is also a great time to target Marlin. Blue Marlin are most common here with fish averaging in the 150-250lb range. Large Black Marlin can be targeted using Bonito Livebaits over our Offshore Reefs with many Blacks over 500lbs caught each season. We usually see a few Striped Marlin at this time of year also, there were quite a few Stripeys caught by the fleet Nov/Dec and that should continue during January as they move between their primary grounds in Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.
January and February should provide some excellent opportunities to catch some big bull Dorados too. November typically sees the peak of our Dorado fishing in terms of overall numbers but some of the largest Bull Dorados of the year are caught during the next few months. Our Tuna fishing is also fantastic at this time of the year with December and January usually providing some of the largest Yellow Fin Tunas of the year with fish in the 100-200lb plus range possible together with lots of fish in the 20-50lb class.
INSHORE FISHING
Now that the rains have subsided, this is the best time of year to fish inshore here in Quepos. With lots of bait along the beaches this will provide an abundance of different species to target during Inshore charters. The Snook fishing got going in early December with some really stunning Snook landed by our Inshore captains. Snappers, Jacks, Mackerel, Tripletail and more will all be caught whilst fishing the beaches and rivermouths. There will be plenty of small to mid-sized Roosterfish to target along the beaches and fishing the deeper water at the rocks and islands will give you the best chance of landing a big Rooster.
The past few seasons have seen more and more Tarpon being hooked/caught in our area and I expect this season to be no exception, with Tarpon catches of over 100lbs possible here.
Livebaiting with Sardines, Goggle Eyes, Blue Runners, Lookdowns and Bonitos is the most popular inshore fishing method in our area but there are plenty of opportunities to fish topwater poppers and vertical jigs also. Amberjacks, Cubera Snappers, Pompanos and more can all be targeted at some of our reef/rock locations.
For an Inshore charter of your own check out GOOD DAY, THE BITE, ASI O MAS, THE CROCODILE, FLY CATCHER, IDRA 2, SKY 2, CHLOE FRIJOLE, ROCKSTAR who al provide excellent half or full day inshore charters.
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
The 2025 tournament calendar is now set and you can find our full event schedule at marinapezvela.com/tournaments/
Jan 9-12 Pelagic Rockstar
Feb 1 Roosterfish Rodeo
Feb 20-22 Pescadora Billfish Championship (Ladies Only)
Mar 8 Sailfish Slam
Mar 13-15 FA Open (New!)
Apr 5 Marina Pez Vela Open
Apr 6-10 Offshore World Championships
See you out there!
Benn Gilmour
Jackpot Sport Fishing, Marina Pez Vela, Quepos
Cell: 8458 4997
[email protected]
jackpotsportfishing.com