Fishing in Nicaragua

 

 

 

 

The inshore Pacific waters off the Nicaraguan coast are teeming with a wide variety of fish such as rooster fish, sierra mackerel, jack crevalle, bonito, hound fish, snapper, grouper, snook. The rooster fish average 30lbs with the occasional monster. During the prime fishing months you can catch sailfish, dorado, and small yellowfin tuna along rips and floating debris. We have caught sailfish in 50 feet of water!

Offshore you will run into marlin, sailfish, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and dorado. The prime months out of San Juan del Sur are from May through October. The fishing season is longer out of the Marina Puesta del Sol Resort, in the north. Our fast boats will quickly get you offshore and back. Offshore fishing consists of running 30 plus miles to get to the humps and the drop. We are billfish and game fish friendly, so we practice catch and release with all billfish and roosterfish!

All boats are equipped with a variety of top quality tackle allowing the angler many different fishing options. Our techniques include casting to rock structures, bottom fishing, and trolling live, dead, and artificial baits.

In Bluefields, on the Rio San Juan, and in the lower part of Lake Nicaragua you can battle with huge tarpon. Other exotic game fish you can catch are snook, guapote (rainbow bass), machacas (resemble shad, but with teeth), mojarras, and gar.  Lake Nicaragua is also home to bull sharks and saw fish, but are barely seen any more.