Sportfishing in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

"We thoroughly enjoyed sportfishing with you and Mario on Nov 29th; It was the highlight of our trip in Costa Rica. We'll definitely be bragging you up to our friends."
Happy Sails, Bob and Carol Harvat

Welcome to Kingpin Sportfsihing. We're located in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Tamarindo is on the Nicoya Peninsula's "Gold Coast", offering sport fishermen one of the best locations for deep sea fishing in Costa Rica. The highly active and easy to reach fishing grounds offer great year-round action with wahoo, sailfish, tuna, dorado, marlin, roosterfish, snapper, grouper and more.

The KINGPIN is a 28 foot Carolina Classic, boasting a Marlin Tower, full enclosure, cabin and lots of shade. Proudly powered by a Twin 4BTA Cummins Turbo Diesel and outfitted with today's most modern navigation, safety, and communication systems, the KINGPIN will get you to and from the fishing grounds quickly and comfortably. Other features of the boat are a full service restroom, full Furuno Electronics, Shimano Tyrnos 30's, Shimano Tiagra 50's and Custom Crowder Stand-up Rods. Our vessel complies with all United States Coast Guard safety standards and is also equipped with cellular phone, life raft, emergency navigation and communication devices.

The Kingpin Sportfisher

We recommend a maximum of four anglers and provide top quality "Stand-up" sportfishing gear and Shimano and Penn International Reels. We carry the latest in offshore fishing tackle and feature a full line of Hatteras and Eye Catcher lures.

USCG Captain Lee Keidel and his professional crew will exhaust every effort to put you on the big ones and insure that your day is fun, safe and as productive as possible. Full Day charters are recommended when targeting marlin and other billfish. Lunch is provided on full day charters and beer, water, soft drinks and snacks are provided on all charters.

KINGPIN Sportfishing practices "responsible angling". All billfish are catch and release, period. A release mount can be ordered if needed.

We also can arrange to have your catch prepared at one of our local fine restaurants in Tamarindo.

Sportfishing Seasons:

Tamarindo fisheries maintain a high level of activity all year round. The following outline is a very "broad" display of our yearly sportfishing season and conditions:

April-August

• Calm Seas
• GOOD Billfish bite
• STRONG tuna, dorado and wahoo bite

September & October

• Calm Seas
• Big Tuna & possibly heavy rains
• The fishing is generally good

November-March

• Calm-Heavy Seas
• Marlin, Sails, Tuna, Dorado
• This is BILLFISH season! If you want to catch that trophy billfish this is the time to come.
• The winds can be strong and the runs longer but the fishing is amazing!

We are proud to be members of Bass Pro Shop's Hunting & Fishing Directory Program