Guess who, where and when?

[Fish_Eye]

That's a picture of my daughter with her first Pacific Sail -- estimated at around 140 pounds. It was taken in Costa Rica just last month.

I managed to hook this on in the face, but after a series of spectacular jumps it threw the hook and managed to re-hook itself just under the dorsal fin -- just like you would hook a herring if you wanted to keep it alive forever --
needless to say it took a lot of help from the captain to bring this puppy to the boat.



I've always stayed at the Crocodile Bay Lodge, where I’ve done a lot of filming above and below water. I’ve produced a number of videos and DVDs for the lodge and now I represent them. I may sound a little bias, but who wouldn’t be when every time you visit the place (14 times so far) spectacular things happen…both in the jungle and on the water.

Here are a few pictures I shot on recent trips:

The lodge is conveniently located near the airport in Puerto Jimenez, on the Osa Peninsula; it’s on the Pacific coast about as far south as you can get before you run into Panama. National Geographic considers it the most bio-diverse location on the planet. This picture shows the lodge, its 750’ dock (which has 40 pound snook swimming under it), and the nearby river mouth where enormous snook, giant roosterfish, and cubera snapper like to hang out.



This one sort of captures what the offshore fishing for sails is all about. The run to the blue water can be as little as 30 minutes depending on season of the year and direction of the current.