Capt. Pete Wagner, of Hyper Striper from Twin Lights Marina in Highlands, is back in Los Suenos, Costa Rica for a winter of fishing for sailfish with his Dream Girl -- and there's nothing bad that can be said about that relocation.
Wagner reports that Dr
David Buist, who fishes during the summer with Capt. Russ Binns out of Toms River, was down with some family last week and had a
super trip. "They had some
great sailfishing with eight dorados (dolphin) and 10 sail releases one day, before
opting for bottom fishing the following day -- when 65 groupers from small "fritos"
(2-6-pounders) were taken plus some larger ones in the teens -- and a bunch of
the ocean whitefish that look like the small tilefish. Lots of fillet
for the boys...Bobby Lee and the boys from Whitewater Marine in Long Island were out with us on Tuesday as eight wahoo were
iced in the a.m. off a floating log, before we released six
sails in the afternoon.Wednesday, the Bob Centamore party from Gillette were down and we released 10 sails in the 80-110 lb class by day's end.Really nice fishing...."That sounds good to me after trying some surfcasting at Sea Girt this morning. It wasn't bad on the beach, but a fairly large swell created a rough surf which isn't what you want for school stripers in mid-winter. I had done well there exactly a year ago casting the 6-inch Tsunami Swim Eel, but there was no sign of life this morning.