Costa Rica Family Trip - Day 7 (Part 1 of 4)

 

We had one last surprise excursion for the boys, and it turned out to be possibly the highlight of the trip.  I wanted to take the boys deep sea fishing, but the problem was that we weren't really able to plan ahead without knowing any locals or the situation on the ground.  What we found out was that, in the end we were able to arrange for a trip, but it was 1) through some locals we met that arranged something for us last minute and 2) turned out to be really expensive.  We figured that it would be worth it, so we pulled the trigger and went for it.  We anxiously waited on the beach for a stranger to come find us and take us to his boat first thing in the morning.  They picked us up in this small boat to ferry us to the larger fishing boat and the guys were already loving this.

We transferred over to the actual fishing boat that was anchored out in the cove with a collection of other fishing and sailing boats.  You can see all of the fishing rods behind us as we get set to roll out into the sea.

Once free from the protection of the cove we picked up the pace and one of our two fishing guides started working on prepping bait and the lines.  This guy was amazing.  He had a quiet and chill personality but also a pretty classic look to him.

After about a 20-minute ride, we slowed down and dropped three or four trolling lines into the water behind the boat and slowly started working around.  Gage was the first to strip with this small tuna.

Gavin's first fish wasn't as impressive, but he was psyched, nevertheless.  We actually ended up saving this guy to be used as bait for some bigger fish later in the day.