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Tilapia Fishing in
Costa
Rica
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Sport Fishing
for Tilapias in Costa Rica is a serious endeavor. You can mostly
find them in calm, slow moving waters feeding along the bottom.
The best places to go fishing for Tilapia in Costa Rica are lakes and
lagoons like the Arenal Lake, Caņo Negro lagoon and other smaller bodies
of water and in big pools in some rivers of Guanacaste and in the
northern zone.
Tilapias are not endemic to Costa Rica as most people
think, but they we're brought from Africa for farming and eventually, as
it always happens, some got away and established populations, that can
be found all across the northern part of Costa Rica. |
Sport Fishing Tilapia
in Costa Rica can be done in lakes and calm water pools
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Fishing Tilapia in
Costa Rica. Lake Arenal
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Most Tilapia fishing in Costa
Rica takes place in Lake Arenal, which has given these fish a wonderful
natural environment for them to grow and spread. Although it's not
the #1 predator in the Area, sharing it's water ways with Rainbow Bass,
Machacas and Alligator Gar, these feisty fish are
worthy adversaries both fore shore and boat fishing.
Most of the catches come from
using deep cranks and jigs close to the bottom, non the less as with
most fish, we've seen and catch them using surface lures like the
Aborgast Jitterbug and SputterBuzz, which are also top lure for other
species at dusk and dawn. |
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Tilapia fishing can also be done
in several other bodies of water in the Guanacaste and Northern region
of the country, were waters flow thru flat valleys and big, calm pools
form. This is natural Tilapia habitat. Some places in Caņo
Negro hold good stocks of tilapia, and the many farms along the
Guanacaste province has made numbers of runaway Tilapias increase and
establish local populations, known only to certain anglers, and yes, of
course, our guides know these hotspots. |
Tilapia fishing in Costa Rica.
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