Sport fishing charter
50' Open Fly
Hunt blue marlin from the tower aboard Open Fly, the fleet's first 50-foot convertible and one of its top boats for targeting big billfish.
- Duration
- Full-day charter, offshore & inshore
- Departs
- Los Sueños Resort & Marina, Playa Herradura, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Rate
- From $4,000 per boat, plus 13% VAT
Why anglers pick her
- Private charter out of Los Sueños Marina, ten minutes from Jacó villas
- Captain and two mates who fish these grounds every week
- Billfish offshore, tuna and roosterfish inshore, your call on the morning
- Breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks included
- Villa transfers and catch-to-table dinner arranged by your planner
Open Fly was the first 50-foot convertible built for the fleet, and she is one of its most striking boats, sporting a full tower to help spot fish from a distance. She is considered one of the top boats in the fleet for targeting blue marlin, alongside Pacific sailfish, black and striped marlin, dorado, yellowfin tuna and wahoo, fishing out of Los Sueños, Costa Rica during a peak season that runs mid-December through the end of April. Every charter includes a full crew, top-quality tackle and bait, lunch on full-day trips, snacks, fresh fruit and drinks.
The whole boat is yours for the day, with a captain and two mates working the deck, so the pace is set by your group rather than a shared schedule. Rods, tackle, bait, breakfast, lunch and drinks are all aboard before you arrive. Your planner arranges the villa transfer, tells the crew how you like to fish, and has your catch sent back to the house for dinner if you want it that way.
The boat
- Length
- 50 feet
- Anglers
- Up to 8, boat is private to your group
- Crew
- Captain and two mates
- Charter
- Full day, offshore and inshore, half days on request
- Marina
- Los Sueños Resort & Marina, Playa Herradura
- Tackle
- Rods, reels, lures and live bait carried aboard
- Boat
- First 50-foot convertible built for the fleet
- Tower
- Full tower for spotting fish at distance
- Strength
- One of the fleet's best blue marlin boats
Target species
- Blue marlin
- Black and striped marlin
- Pacific sailfish
- Dorado (mahi-mahi)
- Yellowfin tuna
- Wahoo
A day on the water
- 01
06:00
Your driver collects you at the villa for the short run to Los Sueños Marina
- 02
06:30
Meet the captain and mates on the dock, stow your gear, coffee and banana bread aboard
- 03
07:00
Lines out. Inshore first if you want tuna and roosterfish, or straight offshore for billfish
- 04
08:30
Working the offshore grounds, teasers and dredges in the water, mates coaching every hookup
- 05
12:30
Lunch served underway while the spread keeps fishing
- 06
15:30
Last drop, then the run back into Herradura Bay
- 07
16:30
Alongside at the dock, photos with the crew, your catch cleaned and bagged
- 08
Times are a guide only. Your captain follows the bite and the sea state.
Included
- Captain and two mates
- Full tower for spotting fish
- Top-quality tackle and bait
- Light breakfast, lunch, snacks and fresh fruit
- Sodas, beer, water and ice
Not included
- $17 fishing licence
- Customary 20% crew tip
What to bring
- Polarised sunglasses and a hat that stays on
- Reef-safe sunscreen and a long-sleeve sun shirt
- Soft-soled shoes or bare feet, no black soles on deck
- Motion-sickness tablets taken the night before if you are prone
- A dry bag for phones and cameras
- Cash for the fishing licence and the crew gratuity
Timing
What is biting, and when
Season by species
- Pacific sailfish
- Present year round, strongest mid-December to April
- Blue and black marlin
- Typically best May to September on the offshore seamounts
- Striped marlin
- Typically December to March
- Dorado (mahi-mahi)
- Green season, June to October, worked along the debris lines
- Yellowfin tuna
- Year round with the porpoise schools, often strongest August to October
- Wahoo
- Typically November to March closer to the rocks
- Roosterfish and snapper
- Inshore, year round
Questions
Before you book the boat
Also in the fleet
Other boats out of Los Sueños
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