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Costa Rica is perhaps the place of heaven to fisher men for fishing. For fisher man to get into this is place is just a dream come true. Costa Rica's Pacific ports and several beach resorts feature the best deep sea fishing in the world. Remarkably, the northern Atlantic coast rivers offer another world-class snook and tarpon type of fishing. It is probably the best in seaside of the world as it offers a wide variety of fishes. The Pacific coast is a bastion for enormous billfish, and arguably the best place in the world for sailfish. This is not to mention the numerous dorado (mahi mahi) and tuna, or the more elusive but rewarding wahoo and roosterfish. The main centers for fishing on the Pacific are Tamarindo and Playa Flamingo in the north, Los Suenos resort (in Herradura) and Quepos in the central region and Golfito in the South.

Some of the Game Fish Species we can find while Fishing Costa Rica are:

Sailfish are two species of fishes in the genus Istiophorus, living in warmer sections of all the oceans in the world. They are blue to grey in color and have a characteristic erectile dorsal fin known as a sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back. Marlin, Istiophoridae, is a "billfish" and is closely linked to freshwater trout. A marlin has an elongated body, a spear-like snout or bill, and a long rigid dorsal fin, which extends forward to form a crest. Tuna are ocean-dwelling carnivorous fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers-they have been clocked at 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)-and include several warm-blooded species. The Mahi-Mahi (in Hawaiian) (Coryphaena hippurus) also known as dolphin-fish or dorado, rakingo, calitos, maverikos, or lampuka (in Maltese) are surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. The Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. The Roosterfish, Nematistius pectoralis, is a game fish common in the marine waters surrounding Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama, and in the eastern Pacific, from California to Peru.

The Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, is a reef fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States. The original name in Latin American Spanish is Huachinango or Pargo.The Cero Mackerel, Scomberomorus regalis, is similar in appearance and coloration to the Atlantic Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus except that the Cero has a longitudinal stripe in addition to the spots of the Spanish.Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes.The crevalle jack, Caranx hippos (also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli and yellow cavalli) is a common species of large marine fish classified within the jack family, Carangidae. The Centropomidae (Snook or Robalo) are a single genus family of freshwater and marine fishes in Order Perciformes, including the common snook or ralo, Centropomus undecimalis. There are two species of Tarpon, one native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific oceans. They are the only members of the family Megalopidae and genus Megalops.

Deep sea fishing is the pride of Costa Rica Sportfishing. But there's great fresh water fishing in parts of Lake Arenal and the larger rivers in the Northern Atlantic Zone. In this type of fishing, anglers must handle the small yet ornery guapote. Guapote is a hump-backed fish known too as the rainbow bass. Aside from good old fishing, the country offers a warm and hospitable culture with an opportunity to see all the attractions in a limited time due to the small size of the nation. One can enjoy it all on a single vacation. Perhaps one can also explore a day of water rafting or the infamous rainforest jungle tour at the side.