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January 31, 2010: Walter Moss of Roanoke, Virginia, fishing the day after the full moon, had one sailfish give a mealy-mouth bite, saw a nice blue marlin slam dunk the teaser but never saw him again (dog-gone it!) He had a 40 plus lb dorado jump off the hook and another dorado bit without the hook up. The highlight of the day was the fried chicken and jalapeno bean dip!

January 30, 2010: Full moon day. Roger Danner of Nashville, Tennessee and his fishing partner Allen Lopez from Brasilito, Costa Rica, raised 9 sailfish, had 8 bites, releasing 4 sailfish. They had a shot at a striped marlin but got a whole bait back after the bite. There was also a nice dorado caught for the table.

January 29, 2010: Travel day – The Crew brings the boat back to Carrillo from the GIFT Tournament in Quepos, Costa Rica. It was a 5 hour run with calm seas.

January 28, 2010: Day #4 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 13 sailfish were raised with 8 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 2 sailfish for a total of 4 releases on the fly for the day. Jim also caught a 35 lb dorado on fly tackle. They took 3rd place, over all, at the conclusion of the GIFT Fly Tournament for 2009.

January 27, 2010: Day #3 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 9 sailfish were raised with 4 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 1 sailfish for a total of 2 releases on the Gamefisher II for the day.

January 26, 2010: Day #2 of the GIFT Fly Tournament in Quepos. 5 sailfish were raised for 4 bites. Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher each released 1 sailfish for a total of 2 releases on the Gamefisher II for this day.

January 25, 2010: Day #1 of the Gray International Fly Tournament (GIFT) in Quepos. Fishing with Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher, 7 sailfish were raised with 4 bites. No releases for this day.

January 24, 2010: Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher on 2nd practice day had 1 bite for 1 raised and no release.

January 23, 2010: Jeff McFadden and Jim Gallagher aboard for 1st practice day for the Gray International Fly Tournament (GIFT). 5 sailfish were raised with 3 bites. Jeff released two sailfish.

January 22, 2010: Travel day – The Crew relocate the Gamefisher II from Carrillo to Quepos. The weather was nice. The run took 4 hrs and 45 minutes.

January 21, 2010: Fishing with Joan Vernon, we raised 2 sailfish, had 2 bites, releasing 1 sailfish. Joan also caught a nice 32 lb wahoo this day. She had several other Wahoo get away biting through the monofilament leader.

January 20, 2010: Derek Springler and friends Jonathan, Chris and Dan from Maine had an action packed day aboard the Gamefisher II. They raised 10 sailfish, had 8 bites, successfully releasing 4 sailfish. They also released a 150 striped marlin and a 300 lb, plus blue marlin on 30 lb stand-up tackle, giving them 3 different species of billfish released in a day – otherwise known as a GRAND SLAM! In addition they caught 2 dorado and 2 yellow-fin tuna.

January 19, 2010: Joe Dove fished inshore along the beaches and reefs, catching 7 Bonita, 1 mackerel and 1 dorado. He also raised 2 sailfish and had 1 bite but no release.

January 18, 2010: Joe Dove had 3 sailfish raised, with 2 bites and 2 sailfish releases.

January 17, 2010: Joe Dove had 1 blue marlin bite and caught 3 dorado.

January 16, 2010: Joe Dove had 3 sailfish raised with 3 bites. He released 1 sailfish on this day. He also caught 3 skip jack tuna and 4 dorado.

January 15, 2010: Joe Dove from Lake Placid, Florida, had 3 sailfish raised, 3 bites, releasing 2 sailfish. He also caught 5 dorado.

January 14, 2010: Roger Danner of Nashville, Tennessee and friend Allen Lopez of Costa Rica had 1 sailfish raised, 1 bite but no release. They also had several bites from one striped marlin but no hook up. They did catch 4 dorado and lost one Wahoo who bit through the leader in the fight.

January 11, 2010: Derek Springler and friends fishing ˝ day inshore caught 6 skip jack and a handful of mackerel.

January 10, 2010: Bobby Mendez, Jeff McClure and Carl Anderson from Greensboro, North Carolina fished a ˝ day inshore, catching 3 mackerel, 1 needle fish, 1 jack, 3 blue runners, 1 trigger fish and 1 dorado.

January 9, 2010: Ashley Heaton and friends Chase, Jim and Perry from Aiken, South Carolina, had 4 sailfish raised, 2 bites and 2 sailfish released. They also released 4 striped marlin, one pair as a double-header.

Jan. 8 – Ashley Heaton and friends Chase, Jim and Perry, had 7 sailfish raised, 6 bites and released 3 sails. They also caught 6 dorado.

January 7, 2010: Ashley Heaton, his father Kent and friends Chase, Jim and Perry from Aiken, South Carolina, raised 12 sailfish, had 9 bites, releasing 6 sailfish. They hooked up a nice striped marlin but pulled the hook during the fight. They also caught 3 dorado for the table.

January 3, 2010: Joan Vernon, James Cambridge & friends had 5 sailfish raised, 5 bites with 3 releases. They also pulled the hook on a nice blue marlin and caught 5 dorado. The ocean was alive this day. The group saw sea turtles, spinner dolphin, spotted dolphin, pilot whales and minke whales.

January 2, 2010: Joan Vernon had 4 sailfish raised, 3 bites, releasing 1 sailfish. She also had two blue marlin up getting a bite out of one, approximately 140 lbs, successfully releasing it on 20 lb tackle. She also caught 2 dorado.

December 30, 2009: Joan Vernon, Founder of the Presidential Challenge of Central America light tackle fishing tournament series, started out on the first day of 2009 with a GRAND SLAM aboard the Gamefisher II. She fished with us on our last fishing day of the year and was just one sailfish from closing out the year with another GRAN SLAM. She released an estimated 225 lb blue marlin on 20 lb tackle, a striped marlin in the neighborhood of 200 lbs, also on 20 lb tackle, and had another blue marlin spit the hook after an array of beautiful jumps. She had two sailfish bites but did not manage to stick them.

December 29, 2009: Peter Regan fished with his wife Sey and his niece Zavi. They released 1 sailfish for 2 bites, raising 3 and released a striped marlin approximately 180lbs. They also caught 4 Dorado, had some grilled at the Colibri Restaurant and raved about how good it was.

December 28, 2009: First day of fishing out of the Playa Carillo harbor and also my birthday! We fished with Peter Regan from New York state raising 5 sailfish, had 4 bites releasing 3 sailfish. Peter also released a blue marlin about 200lbs. and a stripe marlin about 175lbs. both on 30# tackle giving him 3 different species of billfish in the same day. A.K.A. GRAND SLAM. He caught 2 Dorado for dinner as well!

The afternoon of the 27th we ran the Gamefisher II down to Playa Carillo where we will fish for the next four months with hopes of a super sailfish bite and a magnificent marlin bite.

December 27, 2009: Kurt, Bob, Robert, Charles, Ryan and Ryan, staying at Marks beach house, fished for a ˝ Day inshore catching 3 mackerels, 1 blue runner, 1 skip jack, 3 ladyfish, a 35lb. horse eyed jack and a 37lb pacific dog toothed snapper.

December 23, 2009: Roger Danner, Allen Lopez, Clayton Greenwood and his wife Jamie and their son Erro went offshore releasing one sailfish for 2 bites, pulled the hook on a stripe marlin (rats!) and caught 4 nice Dorado.

December 22, 2009: Bill, Hunter, Summer and Joe fished a ˝ Day inshore. They had good action catching 2 mackerels, 3 jacks, 2 skip jacks, 2 ladyfish, 1 roosterfish approximately 35lbs., 2 barracudas and a 30lb. dorado.

December 21, 2009: John Holt and his son Ben , from Atlanta fished a ˝ Day inshore catching the following variety of species;3 mackerels, 6 barracudas, 1 jack, 4 ladyfish, 7 blue runners, 1 roosterfish about 40lbs. and 1 roosterfish about 15lbs,1 goatfish, 2 bonefish, 2 skip jacks, 1 look down, 1 snapper, and last but not least 1 stingray.

December 19, 2009: Roger Danner , Allen Lopez and Clayton Greenwood fished offshore releasing 3 sailfish, a stripe marlin (approximately 150lbs.) . They also caught a nice dorado for dinner.

December 8, 2009: David, Glenda and Drury Ghegan from Atlanta fished a ˝ Day at the Catalina Islands catching a 25lb. dorado and a hand full of skip jacks.

December 7, 2009: One of our neighbors, Dennis, had his family out for a ˝ Day catching 5 Dorado and 2 skip jacks.

December 2, 2009: Mark Tupper’s crew from L.A. went bottom fishing for a ˝ Day catching 1 snapper, 10 grouper and a pacific striped bonita.

December 1, 2009: Some friends of Mark Tupper, Ron, Del, Andres and Tex from Los Angeles, Cal. Fished offshore . They raised 4 sailfish, had 3 bites releasing 2 sailfish. They also caught 8 nice Dorado.

November 27, 2009: Roger Danner from Nashville, Tenn. and Allen Lopez from Brazilito, Costa Rica fished a full Day. The Pappagallos were a blowing so the boys ran south to get out of the winds and fished out front of Nosara catching 3 Dorado.

November 26, 2009: Tom , Margaret, and their sons Tom and Garret from Georgia, fishing a ˝ Day, released 3 sailfish for 4 bites, a 30lb. dorado and a skip jack .

November 17, 2009: Mark Allison and his buddies Ted, Joe & Patrick fished a ˝ Day inshore looking for something to grill. The Pappagallo winds were blowing but we still managed to poke offshore enough to catch 2 skip jacks and 3 nice Dorado.