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The fertile waters off of Quepos, on Costa Rica's south
central Pacific coast, hold the greatest concentrations of sailfish during the winter dry season, (which Ticos
refer to as their "summer"), which is from December - April. During this time of year, it's not unusual
to raise 10 - 20 + sailfish daily. Dorado, yellowfin and bigeye tuna, roosterfish and an assortment of other in
and offshore species are plentiful. Marlin (blue, black & striped), while not abundant in this area, are also
an everyday possibility. The Quepos winter season was first exploited by Sportfishing Costa Rica in the 1988/89 season. The initial "fleet" that first season, was a pair of 22 foot Boston Whalers. As word spread about this fabulous winter fishery, the Quepos fleet steadily grew. As December - April was off-season for sails in the northern Costa Rica areas such as Flamingo, captains in that area began moving their boats down to Quepos for the winter season there. In recent years, there have been as many as 45 - 50 boats ranging from 25 - 36 foot, fishing out of Quepos, from December - April. |
| The premier sportfishing operations in Quepo is JP Sportfishing Tours (JPT). Owned and operated by Jeannette Perez. JPT is a cooperative of some of the top boats working in Quepos. All JPT boats are equipped with outriggers, live well, fighting chair, tower, full electronics and top of the line Penn Int'l and Shimano tackle. All these captains have years of experience fishing Costa Rican waters with both fly and conventional methods. Click here to see the full fleet. |
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While JP Sportfishing Tours, founded in 1993 is a relative
newcomer, Jeannette Perez knows the Costa Rican sportfishing business as well as anyone. She worked as operations
manager for Sportfishing Costa Rica from 1988 until forming JPT in May of 1993. Along with her accumulated expertise,
she brought her colleague of several years at SCR, Raul Miranda who now is JPT's operations manager in Quepos. In
mid-May, JPT moves a portion of their operation north to Flamingo and offer packages in both areas. Also, custom
trips to Drake Bay/Cano Island are available out of Quepos. JPT offers standard packages on top quality boats at very competitive prices, or can customize packages to suit most clients needs. A sample 5 night/3 fishing day package in Quepos on 31- 36 foot class boat might include: airport reception and all ground transfers in San Jose; first and last night's lodging in San Jose; round trip private charter flights, San Jose - Quepos; reception and all transfers in Quepos; 3 nights lodging in Quepos a 4 star such as the hotel La Mariposa, Si Como No, El Parador or similar; 3 full days fishing with all tackle, bait, lures, bilingual crew; breakfasts, lunches and beverages provided. |
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in San Jose; evening meals in Quepos, gratuities and items of a personal nature. Custom packages using other hotels, adding or subtracting San Jose hotel nights and adding non-fishing days in Quepos are easily arranged. If you would like to make a reservation with JP Tours Charters or have any questions, please call Angler Adventures. |
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