Captain William and the famous Wanderer have set the brand standard for Costa Rican Sportfishing.
With First Mate Alex handling the cockpit, the blue beauty has earned the title of the best boat in the bay.
As recent client and very experienced angler Marty Wiggins put it, "the Wanderer is one of the best fish raising boats in Costa Rica!" FishingNosara Hall of Famers Morgan Trible and Kenny Strickler struck again! They booked the Wanderer on April 10 and released two Blue Marlins (200lbs. and 400lbs.) plus added two Dorados (13lbs.-30lbs.) 
Looks like Kenny just can't let go of this great fish. Finally Morgan and First Mate Alex pried her away and released her safe as always. 
Morgan and Kenny stayed inside April 11 on the Wanderer and along with their amigas had a relaxing inshore sunset cruise. The fellas caught a big old Jack Crevalle (pictured) and a nice White Tuna (no picture as that one went straight to the sushi tray).
Great way to relax on the water in between offshore trips. It was back to work on April 12, as Morgan Trible and Kenny Strickler have built reputations as the most consistent anglers in the area.
Hailing from the hard fishing state of Virginia, these guys seem to post Hall of Fame-caliber results every time they hit the water.
The boys had a pair of early afternoon Sailfish attack the spread but spit the hooks. They deployed this special live bait spread to coax up another billfish: 
The ladies were back in the boat for only five minutes before a mack-daddy Sailfish came for a visit. The fight was thrilling but quick as these Virginian's added another great Sailfish release to their scorecard. 
I love the 'everyone look somewhere besides the camera' pose here. Also check out the blue FishingNosara coozie on the right; we have been out of stock of blue coozies for quite some time now, which means one of the guys brought it along from home. Hold on to that coozie, bud...it's good luck! 
With First Mate Alex's careful assistance, Morgan released this Sailfish clean and ready to fight another day. It was a true delight to welcome back Captain Don Dingman and his crew from Hook the Future for a week of fishing and fun starting on April 15. He had some great kids lined up for educational fishing excursions later in the week, but on Don's first day he and the crew got themselves re-acquainted with some big Sailfish. 
The first Sailfish came early, just before 9am. Captain Don brought her home for a quick release and set her free. With the ice broken, the Hook the Future team broke out the cool camera toys and shot some extremely awesome footage. When the second Sailfish came it at 11am, Captain Don strapped up the GoPro HD Headmounted camera and got up close and personal with this beauty. 
As 1pm approached the bite intensified, and this time is was Rebecca's turn to land a marine monster. She was apt on the reel and brought the big girl home in no time flat. Excellent fishing by this Jacksonville angler! 
Around 4pm yet another big beast ripped up the spread and this time Conrad the cameraman stepped out from behind the lens and boated a beautiful beast. Rebecca subbed as camera operator and Captain Don coordinated the release of this fourth Sailfish of the day. 
The fifth and final Sailfish of the trip came just before lines out at 5:20pm. This was the biggest fish of the day by far and gave Conrad the chance to break-in his new waterproof pole camera. 
The fish obliged the camera by putting on a heck of a show on it's way to a safe release.
Our new friend John VenHousen brought his wife and daughter down to Nosara from Wisconsin and booked the family-friendly Wanderer for several 6.5 hour fishing trips.
On April 16 Captain William took the Wanderer 20 miles off-shore to find good clean blue water. First Mate Alex deployed the spread at 11:30am and at just past noon the first big monster came calling. Mrs. VenHousen seized the reel and brought this beauty all the way in for a clean release.
At 1:30 another acrobatic Sailfish attacked and put on an amazing show for the VenHousens. Look at this girl fly!
John won back line from the beast and added the second Sailfish release of the day. Great start to a full week of fishing for these Wisconsin anglers.
Team VenHousen had a repeat multi-sailfish day on the Wanderer on their second of four trips. Look at this trio of Sailfish released:
Amazing job by Captain William to hunt these babies down and by First Mate Alex to coordinate the safe release of these majestic creatures. 
They had five Sails interested in the spread and totaled three releases; that's a great catch ratio! Plus they added this nice Dorado for the dinner table: 
April 19 was arguably the slowest of their four trips, still yielding this Sailfish release: 
The VenHousen family finished their four days of fishing on the Wanderer with their best day on April 20. The prior day Grandpa got a bucket-list-caliber Sailfish (see above), so it was fitting that the youngest VenHousen match her Papi with a great Sail of her own! 
Our Captains and crews are all family men who are very good with children. They make sure that anglers of every age have a fun, safe and memorable trip. Once this Sailfish took off the family pitched in and helped with another safe release. 
Once she was swimming free, it was Mommy and Daddy's turn for some bill collecting. Check out the his and hers Sailfish releases to cap off a great week in trip Costa Rica: 
Tyler and Emily Patterson won the Full of Bull Redfish Tournament last year and part of their prize included a half-day of fishing with the famous Wanderer on April 21. Captain William and First Mate Alex were primed to show these Jacksonville anglers the best fishing that Costa Rica has to offer. 
The highlight of the trip was this excellent Sailfish release by Emily. Great work as always by the crew to ensure the safe release of this beautiful fish. 
"We just got back Monday night after 7 awesome nights in Nosara. Craig, your staff down there is amazing...Arturo is by far the most friendly and caring person I've ever met. Manual, Javier, Eduardo, the cleaning staff, and William and Alex on the Wanderer were superb too!" "We ended up going 2 for 10 on sails, my first ever landed, the other was pushing 100lbs! I will absolutely do all that I can to spread the word on fishing the tournament next year and recommending Nosara Paradise Rentals to anyone planning a trip to Costa Rica." "Thanks again and it's incredible that all of that happened because of a $50.00 redfish tournament." -Tyler and Emily Patterson
On April 23 Chris Meade and his friends came to Nosara with the singular purpose of catching massive billfish, and we are stoked to report a record-setting day for this group from New York. They selected the famous Wanderer to show them the way to the promised land.
How many billfish could they fit into a 5 hour half day trip? Let's find out:
The first Sailfish came charging into the spread at 12:15pm and was released at 12:30pm which is a typical fight as long as the right angler, crew, and tackle are brought to bear on the feat. The second Sailfish wasn't far behind and he was released at 1:0opm.
A third Sailfish reared its bill and once again Chris Meade's group was up for the challenge. This predatory pelagic was released at 2:20pm
The highlight of the trip was this gorgeous Marlin released at 3:30pm. It bucked and barrel rolled on the way to boat, but Captain William acted quickly to de-tangle the fish while Alex kept her calm and steady.
What a beautiful specimen! Team Meade wasn't satisfied, and they would close out the day with another pair of Sailfish releases at 4:03pm and 4:50pm.
Talk about squeezing every ounce of fishing out of a 5 hour trip...this is clearly a half-day for the ages!
Jacksonville folks Susan and James Lewis burned the candle at both ends in Nosara. They fished on the Explorer, Adventurer, and Wanderer plus joined Javier for the exotic Horseback Mountain Tour.
The highlight of their fishing adventure was this massive Sailfish released with Captain William on the Wanderer. The winds were blowing hard and made offshore fishing a bit difficult, but the mighty blue beauty stood her ground against the wind and still managed to hook up this nice fish.
On April 29 the Wanderer welcomed Mr. John Keep for a half-day excursion to the blue water and although the action was a little slow, this group persevered. They had one Sailfish in the spread early in the day and released him at 9:03am.
Careful with that tattoo...it is a sweet looking Tuna, to the Sailfish it looks like breakfast!
Hall of Famers Chuck Harris and Rick Blackburn returned to Nosara with multiple days of fishing booked on the Wanderer. On their first day they opted for good-eating fish so Captain William chased down a school of Yellowfin Tunas. Check out these monsters:
With all these tasty Yella Fellas, they will certainly be well fed for the week!
On May 6 the mighty Wanderer and Hall of Famer Chuck Harris captured one of the meanest Blue Marlin of the season. This 350+lbs. brute mugged the spread until First Mate Alex deftly brought the circle hook home.
Captain William backed the beast down while Chuck won back line at a steady pace. After a vigorous 20 minute battle they had this big girl alongside for the release. 
Another safe Marlin release for the Wanderer and a true fish of a lifetime for Florida angler Chuck Harris. 
Team Harris wore them out again on May 7 on the Wanderer with a GIGANTIC Marlin release! This Blue beastie is conservatively estimated to weigh 375lbs., though since we left her in the water it's all a guess. 
What an incredible run...This was their second Marlin in two days! 
Later in the day this sandwich-size Dorado came onboard to give Chuck a little kiss. How sweet! 
The Chuck Harris group capped off their intense week of fishing with some near misses on legendary fish, but managed to salvage the day with four Dorados for the dinner table and one more Sailfish release. 
They raised a marlin on the teaser but couldn't coax the big girl to eat. Still this was a great conclusion to a very active week of fishing. You know Chuck had a blast because he has already booked his next Costa Rica fishing adventure...could Chuck Harris be the first three-time FishingNosara Hall of Famer? Stay tuned to the FishingNosara Costa Rica Fishing Report and hear about it first! | 
This is Craig Sutton with the FishingNosara May 2012 report and as always May never disappoints. 
Captain David and the unbeatable Explorer have built a reputation as the toughest mid-sized boat in the bay. 
