Fishing Guides working with San Carlos Sport Fishing are local International Tournament winners... No doubt the best Tarpon/Snook/Rainbow bass fishing guides in the entire Rio San Juan area. They also have a good Knowledge of Bird Watching, Wilds life... a Must as Discovery is part of my Trips.
We do not fish the conventional 8 hours, we may fish much longer... It may be
from 5 am till 6/7 pm , 10hours, 11 hours..." Depend on Guest "
, You decide. This is a
long day ... No problem my guides enjoy doing it because first they love fishing, as simple
as that . At SCS we
pay them per working day they get local highest wages but they
really deserve this money..
A S.C.S. fishing guide have to perfectly know the river and fish behavior in the area but also whatever his experience and knowledge about fish he has to be willing to listen and learn from Guests.. Anglers visiting us knows a lot about New tackles in many case more than us...We know the area...It is an Exange.
All our fishing guide are local born ( We fish "their river" I like this exchange , I am very happy to bring Job even if only for some days per month )
Some guides are at their tarpon #1000 or more.. but when reel sound they still have the same enthusiastic reaction as if it was their first tarpon... I like that... And what about their smile when they release a Tarpon...
Most of them are collaborating with us since around 4 years... They are independent paid on a daily basic , free to join a trip or not... but so far when I ask them if they want to go fishing with a group.. They never said no....
We really have fun all together good time , some exceptional moments in each of our Expeditions..
We always have younger around wishing to join the Team some really very young.. 10 years old 11.. ( A must to join is to keep going to school fishing only can be in free time ) These younger are coming to help in our boat, they learn and perpetuate the tradition , becoming a tarpon fishing Guide is also a way for them to have a Future, to make some money in an area witch is still very poor....
English of Guides is strictly basic but you will communicate.. ...I warranty you will have fun and good time with them
We always fish 1 fishing
guide, 1 crew per boat,( Fishing guide Choose his mate , they
work as a Team know well each other ) this is for safety reason.
We are
in Jungle river fighting really
big tarpon from 90lb till 250lb+...and also for efficiency and
your comfort , one is driving the boat the other guide is taking care
of you and fishing, our boats are big enough to fish in comfort two
guides two guests eventually three guests if you all know each other well
before the trip, we never ad an unknown additional angler on your
trip....
All fishing guides hired for our Expeditions have to be Licensed Boat Captain Allowed to navigate on San Juan River they have formal instruction from me concerning safety... meaning all security equipment aboard FUNDAMENTAL RULE IS NO RISK ABSOLUTELY NO RISK, for Example if lake is tuff or "may become tuff" this happen on a trip over 20 we will not go for Rainbow bass in Solentiname ( 20 miles away of Open water) we will fish for tarpon on always quiet San Juan River. .or Machacas on Rio Frio.
I like to have a drink with my guests at night, guides also but FISHING GUIDES working with san carlos sport fishing will not drink alcohol when at work. ....
Augusto
Cesar Jarquin Mena 
Augusto
is the chief guide, The Boss, El Tio... in charge of all Fishing
part in
my Operation. All of a character known in all San Juan River, he is
born in Los Chiles border town between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Since he is
a little boy he has been fishing the entire area. We fish together since 10
years, no one know the river and Tarpon and snook like him. No doubt you
will have a lot of fun with him also he will be pending on what you may
wish, if you like he will take you for a drink in town, go with you to meet
local people, His personal record on Tarpon is 253lb... He stop to count the
tarpon he has caught but be certain than when the reel will sound it will be
like if it was the first tarpon of his life. He is all of a great
professional. As a personal note I like to ad than when my young sons are
around they go with him...For safety, and also he cares... It is with him
than both of them caught their first Tarpon...They were 8 years old ..both
of them "made" several time the Children IGFA Tarpon world with
him. Augusto is a great professional, sincerely the best fishing guide
I met in my life.
Jairo
El Chele 
Born in San Carlos, he started to fish as a mate with Augusto
some 5 Years ago... and he became a
guide. As Augusto he works hard, will be ready if you wish to go fishing at
4.30am. He use all of our basic technics but always try to create.. So
far he caught more than a thousand Tarpon, bigest 210LB ... With him you
also will go to Solentiname he has his secret spots for Rainbow Bass.
He is going to be famous as he is the guide in the TV SHOW THE FISHING
AMBASSADOR to be broadcast on DISCOVERY CHANEL.
Eliesser
Jarquin Mena on
photo with the
bill of a 1800lb
Saw fish caught by a relative of Mr. Carlos Coronel in front of
his hacienda of San Pancho on the bank of San Juan River some 20
years ago...
Eliesser have been working for several years with my company as a fishing guide... he is Augusto's brother , very smart and with a lot of capacity of improvisation of creativity , ( this is very important for a real fishing guide.. he will move a lot always looking for new spots...always making New improvement on the lures.. he paint them , invent and this work incredibly well .. Rapala is welcome to ask his advise on what new color he suggest for tarpon...) , In 2003 edition of the Annual San carlos tarpon fishing tournament Fishing with two guests from USA he won 4 trophy on 5 available, he also caught last year a 236lb tarpon (exceptionally weighed.. AN ACCIDENT ) , this is apparently the #2 biggest tarpon ever weighed in Central America ( Testimony Mr Bill Cowin from Woodinville , WA ) #1 is the 253lb of Augusto. Eliesser is also very known in the entire area , some call him " Travolta " I still wonder why... .
