A Day on the Ice

I managed to find time to get out fishing with my good buddy Ray Kohlrus from Reel Angling Adventures and we had an incredible day ice fishing for huge perch. After bouncing down several backroads and several miles of cutlines we arrived at an unnamed lake where Ray promised us some huge perch. He didn't fail to deliver. We caught loads in the 12-13 1/2 inch range. It was some of the best perch fishing I've ever experienced. http://www.reelangling.com/

Costa Rica Day 4

Today we said good bye to our new friends at Poor Man's Paradise and took our last wild surf ride out to the Aldea Del Rio fishing boat. We ran back out to the same area where we had our lack the day before and wed had one of the twisted luck sort of days. We saw more sails than ever and raised many to the baits only to have several strike and to miss the hook up. Sandi did have the longest sailfishing fight of her career with a 125 pounder taking her to the ropes for 30 minutes.

After a another great day of fishing we turned the boat towards the Boca Sierpie and cruised back up river to the town and Osa Paradise. We have a couple of days of tourism planned before we have to catch our flight home. Watch for all our adventures in Costa Rica on upcoming episodes of outdoor Quest TV.

Costa Rica Day 3

Sandi and I were lulled to sleep in our cabina at Poor Man's Paradise by the sound of the surf crashing on the beach and roar of a huge tropical down pour. J was very happy about the storm as the water temp was down to 82 degrees as we headed out in the morning. We quickly found a large log floating about 15 miles offshore and three passes by it resulted in four bites and two hook ups on dorado with Sandi catching here personal best the beauty pictured above. by 11 we were seeing many sails finning and others jumping around us, we knew it was only a matter of time. When the strike came and the large sail hammered the ballyhoo and launched it self skyward we were galvanized into action. The ferocious 25 minute battle was everything you could hope for, huge fish and many jumps including a set at the boat that soaked Sandi and the camera. Finally we slid the 150 pound beauty into Sandi's lap and snapped a few quick pictures before releasing the giant to fight again.

Costa Rica Day 2

We started off shore first thing, J was concerned as El Nino the hot water current that brings us warm winters has driven the surface temp to 87 degrees F and above. The high temp had been wreaking havoc with the sail fishing. We hit a school of feeding bonito (black tuna) and caught 7 that were destined for bait later if the sails didn't cooperate. We did manage to raise a couple of bill fish but couldn't hook up, we did catch some large dorado. With a couple of hours left in the day J ran us over to a large underwater reef where we used the bonito as bait and drifted big chunks across the top. Sandi caught a big barracuda and I got broke off by something very large before our day was done.

http://www.aldeadelrio.com/

Day 1 Costa Rica

J met us at the San Jose airport and drove us to the town of Sierpe where we spent our first night as guests of Osa Paradise the newest hotel Sierpe. Osa Paradise is a very modern hotel with a pool, restraunt, beautiful rooms and wireless internet. We started our day at the town of Sierpe and traveled down the river by boat  out to the ocean, The mangrove forest was an adventure and we saw several caiman. Once to the pacific we started fishing inshore and the day went well with Spanish Mackeral and Rooster fish biting. Then we had a wild surf ride onto the beach at Poorman's Paradise. The resort is very pretty and built on a remote beach. Our host here is Aldea Del Rio Sportfishing and we are having a blast.
http//:www.aldeadelrio.com

Costa Rica, Woohoo!!!

Sandi and I are down to the last minute packing. Tomorrow we drive to Edmonton to catch the red-eye to TO and then on to San Jose, Costa Rica. there our host J Schuster will meet us and drive us to Sierpe where we spend the night before traveling down the river through the largest mangrove swamp on the pacific coast. We are excited to say the least. Be sure to watch the blog cause if we have Internet Sandi and will keep you up dated on our adventure.

Heaven - Corlane's gun shop

Just spent two days with Rod and his staff at Corlane's in Dawson Creek. Very good people who know their stuff. I'm very impressed with not only their skill level and knowledge but their very personable service. Very friendly.
Their work will show up in my writing from time to time as their ability to produce high quality rifles and services as well as answer questions is an assert that every gun writer dreams of having nearby.
While Greg worked on my project gun, Travis took the time to get me these photos. Shot through a bore scope they show the results of too many over bore loads from a Lazeronni Warbird.