Philmay
04-05-2007, 23:22
Hello
My name is Philmay I am new in this Forum,
Pasionate with Tarpon..I like to share my little Knowledge with other user.. Reports, Fish habits behaviour etc etc
Folowing is a presentation of my activity in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Rio San Juan. New Fishing Destination in Central America for Amateur of Adventures, Discovery and World Class fishing
My pleasure to present our new Tarpon fishing lodge La Esquina del Lago and share with reader our 10 years experience upon Tarpon, Snook, Rainbow bass fishing trips in the Remote area of Rio San Juan, border river between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
River is 120 miles long, start in Nicaragua Lake , it is the only communication of the lake with the sea.( Caribbean ) . Fresh water Nicaragua lake is 120 miles x 120 miles it is known for the incredible quantity of Salt water fish around: Tarpon, Saw fish, Shark, Snook..????? . and also Fresh water fish as Rainbow bass, Mojara, Gar, Machaca... A Strange mix at 120 miles from sea???? In the past some Scientist mention this: Commandant Jacques Yves Cousteau came here studying precisely at the corner of the Lake where my Fishing lodge is located... Also Thomas Thornson from University of Nebraska.....
TARPON.FISHING We observe all year round a tremendous quantity of Tarpon of all size, going up and down river...Usual catch are 90lb till 200lb ... Some migrate... some stay around... and become very very big. Due to tannin in the water these Giants are different color than the common Silver King. The biggest tarpon here are black on the back and dark green/golden on the side... It sound absolutely Incredible but we released fish estimated close or more than 300lb.
All our fishing trips, are in quiet Jungle River.. There is no big waves here, no hard Bara to pass we always fish in quiet fresh water... We generally fish trolling then casting once we locate the Active fish... I mostly use Rapala Lures also on some days dead or live bait...all depend... For beginner Tarpon anglers we use 25lb lines...Specific conditions and Guides knowledge allow expert Anglers to fish with very light tackle...12lb, 10lbs... With good technique this is strong enough whatever the size of fish. Fly fishing is also available in specific area...We use number 12, 13, 14...these heavy equipment are necessary due to size of fish. Many time we have been beaten IGFA World Record .. 12lb, 8lbs Men Women Junior...Reason why these record are not official is than we do not want to kill fish ..witch would be a must with actual IGFA World Record Rules. A 200lb tarpon is 25 years old would be a real pity to kill such a creature..
Calculated on 4 years, our average day for tarpon fishing is 10 bites...6 fish jumped, two/ three to the boat. At my knowledge this situation of top Tarpon fishing all year round is Unique in the world. I insist there is no real best time in the year to come...Tarpon are present all year round...
RAINBOW BASS FISHING (Panachronis Dovii ) . A very strong fish, very violent on attack.. a lot of fun. We go for them at Solentiname Archipelago on Nicaragua Lake..., 20 mn away from our actual fishing lodge. World record for this fish: 14lbs is in Nicaragua... We fish as well Conventional or Fly...Usual size of fish we catch is between 5lb till 10lb , We like to fish on light tackle but 8lb is to be consider as a minimum. When we go for these fish we also catch incredible quantity of Bass, and Mojara..
SNOOK FISHING. Sometime caught in Solentiname archipelago , but mostly down river in the area of Sabalo , El Castillo. Two kind of Snook are present here, the Calva...up to 6/7lb and then the big Cola Amarilla. So far our biggest weighed snook is 42 lb. .we report fish estimated close or bigger than 50lb lost to the boat
Considering lodging during our fishing trips in San Juan River and Solentiname there are a lot of Recent Changes. A few years ago there were absolutely nothing. I built a comfortable Fishing Lodge La Esquina Del Lago at the corner of the Lake. located in Wild life Reserve of Los Guatuzo in front of San Carlos. I can acomodate up to 10 Anglers at my lodge. In case of Larger group we rotate with other places in Solentiname or Saballo, El Castillo.
Apart from my Fishing Lodge , several nice other places opened on River and Lake shores, in Solentiname Archipelago, Saballo, El Castillo, we may go and stay there all will depend where best fishing is when Visitors come.. all these places offer , comfortable lodging and good meals...
Apart from fishing the area offer fantastic discovery for Nature lovers: Virgin Jungle life , Bird watching, Arts and Historical site..... ...Very important Local people are very very friendly with the still few tourist coming...
My fishing trips are obviously different than the usual Fishing lodge vacation style ... I am pleased to offer a mix made of Top fishing, Tropical Jungle life, Adventures, History, Discovery... I have special attention for good lodging and meals. Also very important is the integration in the local life: we eat on the river banks at Rancho or home of friends, we go in town, at the market.. etc etc.. One of my guest told me than to describe my trip I should say Why only fish when you can have much more...
Nicaragua did change a lot since 10 years and became a safe and quiet country where there is a lot of Foreign investment...Country start to open to tourism...
Area is reach from San Jose Costa Rica with a 5 hours car Transfer... Faster and easier from Managua with a 50mn flight over the lake to the town of San Carlos. If Visitor wish we meet them at International airport of San Jose or Managua on arrival.
My trips have been described in famous magazines
SPORT FISHING MAGAZINE http://www.sportfishingmag.com/article.jsp?ID=36794&typeID=129&categoryID=335
FIELD AND STREAM http://www.marine-electronics.net/tropicalfishing/FAS.htm
VOYAGES DE PECHE http://www.pecheautarpon.com/
LA PESCA... http://www.destinosdepesca.com/
We also host some famous TV Shows Broadcast on CNN, ALBERTA TV...
My Web Page is http://www.nicaraguafishing.com/index.htm
My E mail is tropicalfishing@racsa.co.cr
Philippe Tisseaux.
My name is Philmay I am new in this Forum,
Pasionate with Tarpon..I like to share my little Knowledge with other user.. Reports, Fish habits behaviour etc etc
Folowing is a presentation of my activity in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Rio San Juan. New Fishing Destination in Central America for Amateur of Adventures, Discovery and World Class fishing
My pleasure to present our new Tarpon fishing lodge La Esquina del Lago and share with reader our 10 years experience upon Tarpon, Snook, Rainbow bass fishing trips in the Remote area of Rio San Juan, border river between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
River is 120 miles long, start in Nicaragua Lake , it is the only communication of the lake with the sea.( Caribbean ) . Fresh water Nicaragua lake is 120 miles x 120 miles it is known for the incredible quantity of Salt water fish around: Tarpon, Saw fish, Shark, Snook..????? . and also Fresh water fish as Rainbow bass, Mojara, Gar, Machaca... A Strange mix at 120 miles from sea???? In the past some Scientist mention this: Commandant Jacques Yves Cousteau came here studying precisely at the corner of the Lake where my Fishing lodge is located... Also Thomas Thornson from University of Nebraska.....
TARPON.FISHING We observe all year round a tremendous quantity of Tarpon of all size, going up and down river...Usual catch are 90lb till 200lb ... Some migrate... some stay around... and become very very big. Due to tannin in the water these Giants are different color than the common Silver King. The biggest tarpon here are black on the back and dark green/golden on the side... It sound absolutely Incredible but we released fish estimated close or more than 300lb.
All our fishing trips, are in quiet Jungle River.. There is no big waves here, no hard Bara to pass we always fish in quiet fresh water... We generally fish trolling then casting once we locate the Active fish... I mostly use Rapala Lures also on some days dead or live bait...all depend... For beginner Tarpon anglers we use 25lb lines...Specific conditions and Guides knowledge allow expert Anglers to fish with very light tackle...12lb, 10lbs... With good technique this is strong enough whatever the size of fish. Fly fishing is also available in specific area...We use number 12, 13, 14...these heavy equipment are necessary due to size of fish. Many time we have been beaten IGFA World Record .. 12lb, 8lbs Men Women Junior...Reason why these record are not official is than we do not want to kill fish ..witch would be a must with actual IGFA World Record Rules. A 200lb tarpon is 25 years old would be a real pity to kill such a creature..
Calculated on 4 years, our average day for tarpon fishing is 10 bites...6 fish jumped, two/ three to the boat. At my knowledge this situation of top Tarpon fishing all year round is Unique in the world. I insist there is no real best time in the year to come...Tarpon are present all year round...
RAINBOW BASS FISHING (Panachronis Dovii ) . A very strong fish, very violent on attack.. a lot of fun. We go for them at Solentiname Archipelago on Nicaragua Lake..., 20 mn away from our actual fishing lodge. World record for this fish: 14lbs is in Nicaragua... We fish as well Conventional or Fly...Usual size of fish we catch is between 5lb till 10lb , We like to fish on light tackle but 8lb is to be consider as a minimum. When we go for these fish we also catch incredible quantity of Bass, and Mojara..
SNOOK FISHING. Sometime caught in Solentiname archipelago , but mostly down river in the area of Sabalo , El Castillo. Two kind of Snook are present here, the Calva...up to 6/7lb and then the big Cola Amarilla. So far our biggest weighed snook is 42 lb. .we report fish estimated close or bigger than 50lb lost to the boat
Considering lodging during our fishing trips in San Juan River and Solentiname there are a lot of Recent Changes. A few years ago there were absolutely nothing. I built a comfortable Fishing Lodge La Esquina Del Lago at the corner of the Lake. located in Wild life Reserve of Los Guatuzo in front of San Carlos. I can acomodate up to 10 Anglers at my lodge. In case of Larger group we rotate with other places in Solentiname or Saballo, El Castillo.
Apart from my Fishing Lodge , several nice other places opened on River and Lake shores, in Solentiname Archipelago, Saballo, El Castillo, we may go and stay there all will depend where best fishing is when Visitors come.. all these places offer , comfortable lodging and good meals...
Apart from fishing the area offer fantastic discovery for Nature lovers: Virgin Jungle life , Bird watching, Arts and Historical site..... ...Very important Local people are very very friendly with the still few tourist coming...
My fishing trips are obviously different than the usual Fishing lodge vacation style ... I am pleased to offer a mix made of Top fishing, Tropical Jungle life, Adventures, History, Discovery... I have special attention for good lodging and meals. Also very important is the integration in the local life: we eat on the river banks at Rancho or home of friends, we go in town, at the market.. etc etc.. One of my guest told me than to describe my trip I should say Why only fish when you can have much more...
Nicaragua did change a lot since 10 years and became a safe and quiet country where there is a lot of Foreign investment...Country start to open to tourism...
Area is reach from San Jose Costa Rica with a 5 hours car Transfer... Faster and easier from Managua with a 50mn flight over the lake to the town of San Carlos. If Visitor wish we meet them at International airport of San Jose or Managua on arrival.
My trips have been described in famous magazines
SPORT FISHING MAGAZINE http://www.sportfishingmag.com/article.jsp?ID=36794&typeID=129&categoryID=335
FIELD AND STREAM http://www.marine-electronics.net/tropicalfishing/FAS.htm
VOYAGES DE PECHE http://www.pecheautarpon.com/
LA PESCA... http://www.destinosdepesca.com/
We also host some famous TV Shows Broadcast on CNN, ALBERTA TV...
My Web Page is http://www.nicaraguafishing.com/index.htm
My E mail is tropicalfishing@racsa.co.cr
Philippe Tisseaux.