Fishing Reports by Capt. John Schuchert

Monster Bull Mahi and Marlin! October 2014 - One of the biggest Mahi I've seen out here, check out the size on this thing! Fishing has been pretty good lately, best day this week was 11 dorado and a nice marlin, slowest day was 3 sails and a pair of dorado. Fishing is really start to p more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Swimming with Marlin in Sunny Quepos Costa Rica! - Wow, Christmas fishing has been awesome! We went out today and boated a nice Marlin and three sailfish. We also had another of those crazy customers who jumped in a swam with the Marlin before we released it, it was an awesome time! This week has more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Marlin fishing in Costa Rica - Been crazy good offseason fishing here in Costa Rica! Typically, we consider September and October to be our off season fishing months, but man last trip out we nailed the huge Blue Marlin in the first picture! We've also had tons of sailfish more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Black marlin steals my mate's shoe! - Had an awesome trip out today! We had 7 nice sailfish hooked up (released 5) and then at the end of the day while we were talking about how great of a day it was, we hit this really nice black marlin! Interesting story, the mates usually sit up t more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Catching a 350 pound Black Marlin on a banana! - Who Says Bananas Are Bad Luck? Ok, before I explain the picture of the 350 pound 120 inch Black Marlin with a banana in his mouth (which was caught by us today), I'll have to take you back a few weeks. I decided I was going to start eating better more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

5 Nice Sails and a 300# Marlin March 7 Costa Rica Report with pi - Had an awesome day out onthe water today! We had a nice couple from California out, and man were the sailfish and Marlin thick. We started the day off with a really big sailfish, seen below, and another mid sized sailfish. Good start, but we had no more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Tons of Sailfish !!! February Costa Rica Fishing Pics - Had an awesome day of fishing today! The morning was kind of slow, using the gyro - binoculars, we found an enormous (over an acre) school of spinner dolphins and Yellow Fin Tuna in the morning, and there were 100 pound Tuna jumping all around more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

2 Marlin, 17 YF Tuna, one day out on the water in Quepos - Awesome day of fishing. We started out around 30 miles because there was a billfish bite there the day before, and about an hour in we had our first Marlin hooked up! We fought it for about an hour, using the boat and the angler as to not wear o more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos

Great fishing in Quepos, Costa Rica October 2010 - Mid October 2010 Fishing has been picking up. Although I haven't been trolling for them, we are starting to see the sailfish come back in and this November - April is going to be great for catching billfish! Right now, we have been doing some more...
Capt. John Schuchert - Quepos