There’s a version of fishing in Costa Rica that doesn’t need a boat, a big budget, or a 5 AM dock call. You walk onto the sand with a rod, cast into the surf, and wait for something down there to decide it’s hungry. That’s surf fishing off Playa Potrero — and it’s one of […]
There’s a version of a Guanacaste fishing trip that used to mean choosing: spend the day working the inshore structure off Playa Potrero, or commit to the long offshore run for big game. The new Flamingo Marina erased that choice. It sits just up the coast from our home beach, and it’s changed how — […]
There’s a moment on a roosterfish trip that we never get tired of watching happen to someone for the first time. The bait’s swimming a little too frantically. The water behind it goes tight and dark. And then a row of long black spines cuts up through the surface — the “comb” that gives the […]
There’s a stretch of the evening in Playa Potrero — usually between 5:30 and 6:30, depending on the season — when the whole town quietly turns to face west. People drift toward the sand, phones come out, conversations trail off. Watching the sun go down over the Pacific is the one thing here that costs […]
