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Crocodile Bay Lodge is a wonderful resort on Costa Rica's Pacific coast offering great blue water fishing for Marlin, Sailfish, Wahoo, Dorado, Yellow Tail and Big-eye Tuna. Crocodile Bay also offers inshore fishing in rivers and mangrove estuaries for Snook, Snapper, Barracuda and a host of other species. The lodge features a fleet of new 27 foot Rambo and 33 foot Strike offshore boats, 21 foot Champion and Back Country flats boats for inshore fishing.

The lodge is a beautiful resort on 44 acres of lush tropical gardens and some of Costa Rica's most beautiful beaches. With fine dining, a swimming pool and jacuzzi, they have everything needs to relax the tired angler.

It is the dance of the sailfish and the lightning speed of the marlin that attracts most anglers to the Osa Peninsula. It is not uncommon to raise more than 20 billfish in a day's fishing. Most dorado coming to the dock are over 30 lbs with Tuna always plentiful. There is a chance you can catch a billfish any day of the year, with January through April the top months for marlin and sailfish along this region of the southern coast. There is also a good showing of marlin in August and November, while months during and just after the rains produce more dorado, as the debris washed out of the rivers forms the inshore trash lines they feed under. Football-size tuna are almost always present and sometimes those that top out at 300 pounds.

Anglers trolling in the bluewater are often treated to pleasant surprises. Humpback and pilot whales blow geysers high in the air. Sea turtles sun on the surface. Manta rays jump and belly-flop with a loud slap on the water. The most awesome sight though, is that of a pod of killer whales migrating along the coast.

Inshore fishing is consistent all year. Roosterfish and cubera snapper are the main attraction, but the waters along the beaches and the Golfo Dulce add to the menu. Snook roam the beaches as well as the rivers. A dozen other types of snapper, grouper, amberjack, bluefin trevally, sharks and barracuda cruise the reefs.

Giant schools of bonito bust bait in the gulf, great game for a fly rodder. What makes the fishing unique in this area is the Golfo Dulce itself. On the mainland side of the gulf, the mountains seem to melt into the emerald water. The volcanic structure continues underwater creating habitat and feeding grounds for the finned residents.

2006 Season Rates