Costa Rica

Few fish hit a topwater lure with the same violence as a bluefin trevally. One second you’re watching a popper work across a rocky point — the next, the surface explodes and you’re holding on. Costa Rica’s Pacific coast is one of the best places in […]

Roosterfish Fishing in Costa Rica: Full Guide Roosterfish don’t exist anywhere else on earth outside the Eastern Pacific. You won’t find them in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, or anywhere in Asia. They’re a single-species family — no close relatives, no cousins, no lookalikes. That alone makes them one of the most unique gamefish you can

Lake Arenal stretches before you, the massive Arenal Volcano rising dramatically in the background. Your guide points to a rocky point where the lake narrows—prime machacaterritory. On your first cast, the water explodes. A thick-bodied silver fish rockets skyward, shaking violently before splashing back down