Crocodile Bay Lodge Costa Rica Sportfishing

Crocodile Bay Lodge is Costa Rica’s newest and finest Sport Fishing lodge, and is ocated on 44 acres of lush tropical gardens with 34 air-conditioned rooms in Puerto Jimenez on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula.

Our exquisite lodge features a top of the line daily menu, swimming pool, hot tub, SPA and a conference center that accommodates up to 80 people. Rooms include hand carved furniture and many have private jacuzzi baths.

World-class with Bill Fishing in the Pacific Ocean for Sailfish, Striped, Blue and Black Marlin, Dorado, Tuna and Wahoo. Fishing in Costa Rica's Golfo Dulce for Roosterfish, Cubera Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Bluefin Trevally, Sierra Mackerel, Tripletail, and Grouper is excellent throughout the year. We provide a variety of fishing options such as; live bait, trolling, casting, and fly-fishing inshore and offshore sport fishing.

Our fleet of 31 boats, easily accessed from our 750-foot pier, includes 17’ flats boats, 24’ center consoles, 27’ offshore center consoles and our 33’ strike tower boats, plus the 35' owner's strike tower boat.

Fantastic Fishing!

It is the dance of the sailfish and the lightning speed of the marlin that that attract most anglers to the Osa Peninsula. It is not uncommon to raise more than 20 billfish in a days fishing. Most dorado coming to the dock have been over 30 lbs with Tuna always plentiful. You can likely catch a billfish any day of the year,with January through April the top months for marlin and sailfish sportfishing 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 free-jump and belly-flop with a loud slap on the water. The most awesome sight, though, is the sighed sight of a pod of killer whales migrating s 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.

The incredible diversity and productivity of the Osa results from the meeting of two hemispheres and two continents. A mix of currents, ocean waters and nutrient rich river waters from the highest drainage in Central America, the forested Talamanca mountains, give birth to countless fish and marine life.