Tuna Fishing Jaco Costa Rica

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Best Tuna Fishing in Costa Rica is caught all year off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Anglers who fish Costa Rica will enjoy targeting this beautiful offshore species, colored with metallic, dark blue on the back and upper sides, changing to yellow and silver on the belly. When hooked, Yellowfin will fight hard by diving deep. After hooking, hauling up and boating a few larger Tuna, anglers will know they have been royally tested. The reward for stiff arms, however, is often a plate of tasty, super fresh sashimi; most Costa Rican sport fishing captains carry soya sauce and wasabi just in case.

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They can grow in excess of 300 lbs. with the current world record at 405 lbs. They are very common here between 20 and 100 lbs. throughout the year, and fish over 100 up to 300 lbs. being caught regularly, especially in green season fishing months - May through October. They usually travel the ocean currents in schools of hundreds to several thousands of various sizes. They are pure muscle and must always be swimming forward.

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Yellowfin tuna is the premium tuna caught here in Costa Rica. It is prized worldwide for its commercial value as a food fish, and equally prized worldwide as an incredibly tough fighting game fish.