Fishing Reports

The Zancudo Lodge is ringing in 2020 on a phenomenal note with incredible sportfishing action here in the southern zone of Costa Rica.

We’re ringing in the new year here at Zancudo Lodge with this monster yellowfin tuna pulled over the rails — or should I say through the door — of our Contender 32ST. Our guest Richard Katsma caught this monster 264lb yellowfin on December 31, 2019. Nice job and congratulations! Javier was able to zero in on where the tuna were with his Simrad Yachting x band bird radar and hooked this cow fishing a live bonita as bait. Happy new year!

Sam Root had the opportunity to visit the Zancudo in Golfito Costa Rica last week. I was lucky enough to catch this PB yellowfin tuna casting a stick bait. (the medium green sardine Mackstick.) The drag on the reel went in and out on me so it took quite a bit longer to land this baby than anticipated.

Check out some amazing footage shot by Matt Rissell of a jumping blue marlin. We are averaging one blue marlin a day right now at Zancudo Lodge — a very good start to the season!

We broke in our new Contender Boats Inc. 32st today and experienced a wide open tuna bite. Our biggest tuna was around 110 pounds but most fish caught were in the 40lb-50lb class. It’s going to be a fantastic season! Stay tuned and enjoy photos from today’s trip below.

It is just one week away from our 2019/2020 season opening and we are all so excited to ring in this new year. A new Contender, electronics and lodge improvements and top the list of upgrades for this year.

Imagine a triple marlin hookup. It is every fisherman’s dream and at the Zancudo Lodge, it didn’t just happen once last season — but twice! With good karma and experienced anglers, we landed all 3 marlin BOTH TIMES. The Zancudo Lodge is the only lodge in Costa Rica that offers…

Welcome Zancudo Members! The September switch has got fishing firing on all fronts at Zancudo Lodge. We’ve been busy battling tuna, sailfish and roosters while working on new upgrades for the lodge moving into the fall months. Fishing Report – As you may have heard, yellowfin tuna fishing is lights…

Two days Wed & Sun fishing report big tuna here in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica. Headed out of the Zancudo Lodge with capitan cholo, the lodge owner Gregg and their friend Juan on one of the 32 contenders. Made bait in about an hour, all blue runners. Ran…

Fantastic Fishing this past weekend here in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica. We had on board a team from Stanford U to deploy Sat Tags for a study on the migration of Blue Marlin. The first day a Grand Slam 8 Blue Marlin 1 Stripe Marlin and a Sailfish….