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Newsletter october 2002 Fishing report # 37
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The goal of this trip around the 18th of October was not fishing... We went to Nicaragua to finalise the buying of our land for the future Jungle River Big Game Fishing Guest House... Well it's done we have registered Clear Title on a 30 acres property located in front San Carlos ... One side of the property is Nicaragua Great Lake, , other side San Juan River, other Side Rio Frio River .... a unique location with fantastic views on Solentiname Archipelago famous Sunset, also Omotepe Volcanoes, even on somedays on Costa Rica Arenal Volcano... I will start to build next year, meanwhile we will go on using local accomodations in Solentiname at Ernesto Cardenal Community Place, In San Carlos Cabinas Leykos, At El Castillo The famous Hospedage, and a new and very nice place in Saballo , in front of one of our favorite spot....We can fish for Tarpon from deck...
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Augusto's favorite ... release of Tarpon... Abraham is super happy with this tarpon
Augusto does not look so happy..
************************* GRANADA to SAN CARLOS A new Fast boat on Nicaragua Lake A new itinerary to come fishing with us...
Since a month there is a very fast boat crossing everyday the Nicaragua Great Lake from Granada..to San Carlos . Boat is big,fast, very confortable... This is for us a very nice improvement of our trips...I sugest now to guests to arive in Managua International Airport , The van of Hotel Colonial will wait for them there then Transfert to Granada, via a Volcano and Massaia Artisanal Market, Nice Dinner and Fun at Night in so beautiful Granada , Night at Hotel Colonial ( the nicest of the city ), Morning breakfast then boat to San Carlos , Boat is going from pier in Granada , cruising the entire lake passing close to Omotepe Volcanoes and Solentiname...A very nice trip...To go back return to Granada with La Costena to conect your International flight , or return via San Jose Costa Rica , Entering Costa Rica via Rio Frio , then Van transfert,,, via Arenal, the mountains of Sarcero , Coffe , Sugar cane, oranges plantation....
LODGING IN GRANADA Hotel Colonial
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TALKING ABOUT... SNOOK Many world record for snook are in Costa Rica where from a General point of view fish are bigger for example than in Florida... Reason of so many world record is than in Costa rica we have big snook but also than since long our country is a very apreciate destination for many anglers in the World as Costa Rica is famous for its respect for peace and Democracy Tico hospitality is well known... The more angler the more possibility of World record in a first period..... For long IGFA was only considering Snook in General.. but since a few months there is Two Classification , the Pacific and the Atlantic Snook , this is very interesting and do open posibility of World Record... In Costa Rica Fishing remain good and can bring major surprise for the pacific snook .( There are still unfish spots...) .I have been told of snook caught by local people whose weight was around 80lb...I have Knowledge of special diving spot where snooks of more than 60lb.are present .. I will someday organise a special expedition there on the pacific coast.. ( please be in touch with me if interested ) This is for the Pacific snook. Concerning the Caribean ( Atlantic snook) the situation is not the same...In my opinion quality of fishing in usual spots has been decreasing a lot especifically on the Caribean Cost of Costa Rica , ( Overnetting, Nets in the river even if totally forbiden .. are some of the problems... ) a pity but present World records are going to be very tuff to beat here ...it is time to look at new destination in neighbourg central America Countries as Caribean I specifically think of the Coast of Panama, Nicaragua, and Honduras...I do not know Honduras, but knows Panama and NIcaragua and confirm than nowdays they are peacefull countries where ANGLERS from any part in the World are Welcome. I figure than in the coming years some new Snook World record will come from these two countries... Snook IDENTIFICATION In Costa Rica and Nicaragua if we totalise the Species of the Caribean and the Pacific cost..we have 7 Diferent type of snook .A friend promist me the complete Descriptive listing I will publish it in a next issue of this newletter... A trick to identify Common Snook Most of the snook we catch in Upper Rio San Juan are Atlantic Common snook , these ones are easy to identify , By the size as they are the big snook ...and also in doubt by simply counting the first small ray on the above Fin , Common snook has only a sharp strong small one, other snook does have two
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