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"I
have traveled the world for the past 20 years as the wife of a
Major League Baseball player. During that time I have visited
spas throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. I have found
the Spa at Crocodile Bay Resort to be right up there with the
best."
Debbie Boggs, Wife of Wade Boggs,
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
September
3, 2008
Dear
Crocodile Bay Resort,
Now that we are back from Costa Rica, I just wanted to send a
quick note to let you know what an absolutely incredible time
we had.
All our expectations were more than exceeded!! My wife, who was
aprehensive regarding the whole trip, is now discussing making
this an annual event and is contacting friends to join the fun.
While I know I am missing some by name the entire staff was fantastic!
Todd, Ricardo, German and Melvin made the fishing a great experience!
Alberto, Dennis, Karla, and Julio made the Eco experience wonderful!
Jenny, Jacqulin and Floibeth made the food and drink wonderful!
and Adopho and Markus made the transfers, even through Golfito,
painless!!
Again, thanks to the entire Crocodile Bay family in making our
week and experience we will never forget!
If you need to, feel free to use me as a reference.
Thanks again,
Jeff and Kadi Jensen
Tuesday,
April 17, 2007
First, let me say what a great time we had! Everything was first
rate. We were very impressed with Crocodile Bay and especially
with the knowledge of all of our guides. As someone who travels
a lot within the U.S., I can tell you that I have never stayed
in any U.S. hotel or resort that had the attention to detail that
Crocodile Bay's house-keeping staff had. And the cooks, wait staff,
bartenders and front office personnel were outstanding as well.
Thanks
again for your help. Your responsiveness to our initial inquiries
gave us the confidence to give Crocodile Bay a try (we were looking
at another CR vacation outfit but too little too late on the info).
And you continued to provide excellent customer service even after
our contract was set. All in all, we rate this a 5 star vacation!!
February
17, 2007
OLA!!
We are home from Costa Rica & what a wonderful trip - we
hope we'll be returning next year (after all, I never made
it out to the chocolate plantation!).
Took Eco-tours into rain forest ; had 'hands on'
experiences at the exotic animal rehab refuge (they recondition,
care for and/or release birds & "exotic" animals
confiscated from smuggling trades & mistreating owners); took
a private tour of Botanical Gardens on the Osa Peninsula - at
first glance our host seemed a reminder of our Earthchild days
of the 60's & 70's, but he was an absolute whiz (and an inspiration
considering the fete he accomplished in building a respected,
dream inducing botanical site). He lives his passion and holds
serious knowledge of botany & gardening. His compound &
gardens look like something out of a movie set. The only way in
& out is by small boat, so no roads (presume everything there
was solar) so his work is a true challenge since you can't just
hop in the car & run to the store for potting soil, seeds
or fertilizer).
- Our lodging was on the 2nd (top) floor - roomy bath &
main room, replete with much needed A/C . A large deck
looked right out into almond & Ylang-Ylang trees (which held
huge scarlet macaws, toucans & other exotics @ eye level for
our enjoyment while sitting in oversized wood & leather
rocking chairs during cocktails or morning coffee).
- Crocodile Bay's 1 yr old spa is in a low sprawling
building right on the compound. Faint scents of clean
exotic herbs & flowers wafted through its rooms & I could've
sworn I was in a posh Palm Springs Resort inside. The decor
is high end tasteful with a hint of tropics. They had a
complete menu of treatments, massages, etc...but Mark only opted
for an upper body massage & I fell asleep during a facial
- I am such a hick!.
- Cuisine @ Crocodile Bay resort's worthy of the very
best U.S. restaurants - local & Cuban specialties, beautiful
fruits & salads...3 squares a day if you wanted it (drink
&
food was all part of package)... we just had trouble
deciding what to select for dinner each night. We can
always get steak, prime rib & rack of lamb @ home, so
usually it was one of 4 or 5 fresh (off the daily charter
boats) fish...grilled - Ahi/Tuna, Wahoo/Ono, Snapper,
Corvina/Sea Bass, Marlin, Dorado/Mahi-Mahi, Seviche (mixed
fresh seafoods "cooked" in lime & spices), or perhaps
grilled prawns or seafood bisque?...all prepared in a large
spotless kitchen by trained chefs in their immaculate white
uniforms & tall chef's hats. If you even hesitated at a
dish, they would immediately appear to explain (in very good
English) its ingredients, preparation... or even ask you if
you wished something else (the only time we hesitated was
merely to decide how to try EVERYthing - the buffet setup
for breakfast & dinner allows a wide range - from a healthy
weight conscious approach to sheer indulgent gluttony!
- Other lodge services were 5 star too - friendly &
attentive without being pretentious. Seems that even if you
"thought" you wanted something, it instantly appeared.
The
lodge is US owned but staffed mostly with locals or Ticos
(native Costa Ricans) from other areas, with a few
Internationalities thrown in. English is easily understood
by all staff we encountered. Service is friendly &
efficient...in other words if I swam up to the pool bar &
took a seat, the bartender was already muddling the mint
leaves for my refreshing (and authentic) Cuban Mojito (or if
it was Mark, they had blackberries in the blender ready to
make him a Blackberry Colada)....and speaking of the
beautiful pool with a rock waterfall (hot tub was at the top
of the "volcano" of course!), we should mention the
1st day
there no one was in the pool when we heard a splish-splash &
saw a 2' long "Jesus Christ Lizard" (Basilisk) running
on
his back legs full speed across the surface of the deep end!
Apparently named because they "walk on water" this guy
appeared more than once around the pool, but didn't pose any threat
to anyone - he merely showed up for a daily ration of pineapple
rind from anyone who might supply it...like having the Nature/Discovery
channel without even touching a TV dial.
- Charter fishing is with the Resort's own service - the
best of fishing gear (according to both Audie & "Marco")
-
all boats were nearly brand new Boston Whalers with
professional Capt & mate (who thankfully spoke
English)....and yes, Mark's catches included Sailfish,
Dorado, Snapper, Grouper, Triggerfish (a shaker), Big Eye
Tuna, Bonita, and a huge Moray Eel (also a shaker, only the
mate cut the line far away from its needle-like fangs). All
but the snapper were released (and that grilled snapper WAS delicious
@ dinnertime!). In our ventures across the Golfo Dulce (Sweet
Gulf) we also saw lots of reef fish, "regular" dolphins
(could almost touch them from the boat), spinner dolphins, marlin,
various types of sea turtles & manta rays jumping...there's
probably more I just can't remember right now.
I visited a few local artisans, although there's very
little to the old gold mining town of Puerto Jimenez. Town
itself consists of a few dirt roads & makes a lot of places
in Mexico look posh. Only the small airstrip is "paved"
(and even that is chip seal...and located right along the
wall of the local cemetery). As soon as each NatureAir
plane lands - there are several in & out daily, the airstrip
is filled with kids on bikes & dogs....so much for TSA
standards! We both love the views & experience of small
plane flight, but be prepared to bump a little in & out of
San Jose while climbing over the mountains - and likewise be
prepared to enjoy the sights of the coastline as you
approach the gulf to land - from the plane we could even see dolphins
chasing after the boats!
I often walked out of the 45 acre compound, through the
gate (with a golf umbrella borrowed from the lodge for
shade) & took a dirt road to an ocean beach about 3+ miles
away - Playa Preciosa ..isolated with a few rustic thatched
cabanas (for some reason I was hearing old Jimmy Buffet
tunes in my head!)...pure & beautiful with just a couple of
well-hidden "resorts" (which we'd call "bed &
breakfasts for
the naturalist soul"). I usually saw 2 or 3 kinds of
monkeys (including howlers), lots of exotic birds, herds of
odd Brahma cattle (thankfully fenced - some had huge horns!) and
many many butterflies (even several of the famed big, Blue Morphos).
I was joined in my travels by 2 local dogs - one hound & the
other a Samoyed mix - I called them Thelma & Louise. They'd
run a little ahead & dutifully look back over their shoulders
to make sure I was following (HOT & HUMID even @ 8AM - walks
there are not for wussies!). Occasionally the dogs would disappear
& I'd find them sitting in & drinking from deep pools
in the creeks we
crossed. Once we got to Playa Preciosa towards the far end
of the beach they were in & out of the ocean & up under
the Cabanas before I could even get my feet wet!
Our journey both coming & going included 1 night in Costa
Rica's capital, San Jose...it's almost as high as the
Klamath Falls basin & surrounded by lush green mountain
ranges...a LOVELY climate there - mid to high 70s with
slight breeze & humidity is less than Portland even though
it's very tropical. On the way home, our driver, Carlos,
apologized that he couldn't actually check us into the Hotel
Cariari Melia; but he could only drop us off with our bags
to the bellhops in front "due to security"...seems they
were
having a summit of all the Presidents of Central American
countries there that day ! We were not inconvenienced at
all (told Carlos that had it been the US, we wouldn't have
even be allowed to stay @ same hotel!) - but it WAS
interesting to see how they do security & secret service
down there...and we never did catch a glance of Mr. Ortega!
Kay
Doolittle
Wednesday
Jan 24, 2007
I
would like to thank you for a wonderful time spent last week at
your resort. All of the staff was excellent. I was with the Ferguson
group Lee Kline. The trip was definitely a trip of a life time.
Thanks to all and I would like for Todd to see this and to let
him know that German and Erick were and probably are the best
crew he has. In talking with the 12 men that were there with us
German and Erick definitely did the best job and I am coming back
every year just to be on their boat. Their hospitality and ability
to land a sail fish on a boat with a broken rod was just incredible.
Wonderful job. Please let them know how much they were appreciated.
Thanks
again.
Randy
L. Laguna, Vice President
Merit Sprinkler Company, Inc.
Thursday,
September 14, 2006
Dear
Rick and Dave,
We are back from our trip to Crocodile Bay Resort and wanted to
tell you both that we had an absolutely incredible visit!
From the minute we were met in San Jose the CBR staff did everything
possible to see that our every wish was granted.
The resort was fabulous...the perfect blend of Costa Rica "elegant
rustic" and lavish ambience. The beer was always ice cold,
the drinks perfectly mixed, and the food delicious! We won't even
try to describe the decadence of the desserts or the spa!
As for the fishing....it was awesome. We arrived at the resort
about 9:30 a.m. Met with a luscious fruit smoothie (rum optional),
check-in went without a hitch and by 10:15 we were on a boat with
our very accomplished and accommodating captain, Leandro, for
some inshore Rooster fishing. Catch (and release) for the day?
Seven very respectable Roosters and three needle fish. Imagine
Carol's delight when Capt. Leandro pronounced her Rooster the
day's big win at an estimated weight of 45-50 lbs.! (See attached
photo.) I had a couple of impressive contenders, but clearly she
was the big winner on Day 1.
Day 2 found us heading off shore. Although I
missed a strike by a majestic Marlin, a 60-70 lb. tuna was a great
"consolation" prize. (See attached photo.) Capt. Melvin
and our mate Marisco saw to it that we had a great day on the
water and that we didn't come home empty handed. That night we
enjoyed our catch courtesy of the wizardry of CBR's very accomplished
chef.
Day 3, and our final day of fishing, found us
off shore again with Capt. Melvin. This time, though the billfish
remained elusive, our catch included more tuna and several beautiful
and feisty Dorado, providing more fodder for the larder as fresh-caught
Mahi. (See yet more attached photos.)
All in all it was a fabulous trip on and off the water. We're
already planning a return trip and are telling all our friends
about the special allure of Crocodile Bay Resort.
Warm regards and our thanks to both of you,
Capt. Bob and Carol Owens
I
just wanted to touch base with you after our trip to Crocodile
Bay, Costa Rica. As always your planning and itinerary were perfect
just like my previous visits to Costa Rica. Everyone at Crocodile
Bay did all they could and more to make sure that my wife and
two daughters had the trip of a lifetime! We went fishing, snorkeling,
and explored the rain forest during our stay. My wife and daughters
even got a couple of the girls that worked at the Resort to take
them shopping one afternoon in the village and then came back
to enjoy the new spa! We only wish we could have stayed a lifetime!
It
was a great spring break vacation and I would recommend it to
any of your clients that would like to take their families to
Costa Rica to experience an area of the country wheredevelopment
has not spoiled the pristine beauty of country.
Regards,
Charlie Payne
Art,
Now that we are back, I just wanted to send a quick note to let
you know what an absolutely incredible time we had.
All our expectations were more than exceeded!! My wife, who was
aprehensive regarding the whole trip, is now discussing making
this an annual event and is contacting friends to join the fun.
While I know I am missing some by name the entire staff was fantastic!
Todd, Ricardo, German and Melvin made the fishing a great experience!
Alberto, Dennis, Karla, and Julio made the Eco experience wonderful!
Jenny, Jacqulin and Floibeth made the food and drink wonderful!
and Adopho and Markus made the transfers, even through Gulfito,
painless!!
Again, thanks to the entire Crocodile Bay family in making our
week and experience we will never forget!
If you need to, feel free to use me as a reference.
Thanks again,
Jeff and Kadi Jensen
“the
most complete fishing and eco-touring service anywhere! That includes
all of the smiling, friendly, captains, touring and Resort staff.
The
boats are well maintained and clean. Food and beverage rate at
least a 10.
Charles
Arndt,
Fin & Feather Safarie“wait
‘til our friends see the pictures and hear the stories.
We will have to make plans to return with many ohters.
Great fishing, service & accommodations
Bruce
& Sharon Sauger
"Crocodile
Bay Resort is one of the most unique fishing and eco-tour destinations
I've ever visited. First class service, first class fishing &
first class flora & fauna right outside the Resort's well-appointed
rooms. Crocodile Bay Resort has it all, including my five star
rating, which few Resorts have ever earned. I'm already planning
my trip in 2002!"
"
At 63 I had never been sailfishing before and the people at Crocodile
Bay Resort gave me everything I needed to make a dream come true.
A great staff that make you feel right at home- one of the family.
The food, rooms, boats, and gear are all top notch. The walk and
ride on our escorted trip into the rain forest was a great way
to see what's inside that wall of green thats all around you.
The air is so clean you can see forever. Oh! and now I can say
I've caught a Sailfish, Roosterfish, Dorado, Jack Corvell and
many more! Thank You!"
––
Don Baker
Newark CA
To:
Crocodile Bay Resort Owner and Staff — April 16, 2005
I am writing to say we had a great time for our first of what
will many future trips to Costa Rica via Crocidle!!
Your Resort facilities were very inviting the carved hard woods
and doors used really set off the ambience of the rooms and Resort.
All your office staff, especially Elizabeth and Eric made for
a personable experience. I can't say enough about your staff.
They were always attentive making every effort to see that my
wife and I were having a great time.
Your Chef Maurice has an outstanding personality and his cuisine
was always exceptional and beautifully presented. My wife really
enjoyed the fresh flowers on her plate and at the table everyday.
Your use of native flower and the Chanel #5 fragrant trees interspersed
in the landscape around the Resort was spectacular and truly added
a finale touch to the tropical paradise setting of your Resort.
The young lady tending the poolside bar presented her tropical
drinks artistically and was very talented with her palm leaf weaving
of grasshoppers etc..
Your boats, captains, and deck hands always seemed to be working
to see that we had a great time and that our tackle was set up
properly so as not to have any line, hook, or knot failure. We
raised and released many sails on fly and 15# test light tackle.
I even landed a 120 + lb. sailfish, tail hooked on light tackle
in in what turned out to be over one hour fight. Todd your boat
coordinator checked in with us everyday to tend to our request
for the up coming fishing day, he was very helpful and attentive.
My wife enjoyed her rainforest, and beach horse riding tour. She
found Johnny very knowledge about the flora and fauna of the local
rainforest and mangrove species as well as the many medicinal
benefits of the forest plants. She commented that they saw more
animals birds and flowers in your tours then we saw in the gondola
rainforest canopy tour we took near San Jose.
We had the good fortune of touring Costa Rica from Puerto Jimenez
in the south to Flamingo Beach resort in the north, and to the
east to the Atlantic rain forest. We found Crocodile Bay and the
Martino to be most to our liking and we will be back next year
and every year we are able.
While staying in San Jose we stayed at the Hotel Spa Resort Martino
for three nights I can't say enough about this incredibly beautiful
and exceptionally well done hotel and staff. While staying we
toured to the volcano Poas and the Lapaz Butterfly & Waterfall
Gardens (C.R. Tel 506-394-3349 www.waterfallgardens.com.) for
reservations. This Tour takes from 9 AM until about 4 PM. Also
one should tour the Zoo across the street from the Martino to
view plants, tropical birds and animals. This Zoo can be seen
in about two to three hours. Tickets for the Zoo are $4.00 US
when bought at the hotel desk.
Again thank you! And big thank you to Xenia Mena of Costa Rica
Travel Web.!
Peter & Patsy Margiotta
On
the Fishing
The
Gorham’s invade Costa Rica Crocodile
Bay Resort
By Bo Gorham
Thanks
to my folks, we got to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity
for a second time. We were able to get the Gorham family together
and descend on the good folks in Costa Rica at Crocodile Bay.
I say a second chance as the same group went there to celebrate
mom and dad's 50th 3 years ago. On that was a trip we raised around
52 sails, releasing about 25 in 4 days, plus a Blue Marlin (~250)
that my bro-in-law caught on a TLD-20! Needless to say, we were
all pumped up about getting back down there!
Again on this trip there were nine of us: mom
and dad (Bos and Gwen); my sister and her family (Beth, Jim, Mary
Beth and Jamie); and my gang (Bo, Robin and Laura). The coolest
aspect is getting all of us together again, as everybody is growing
up. Between my sister and I, the kids are now all young adults
with one who just finished, another approaching graduation, and
mine about to start college.
The
trip down was a whirl wind, as this kind of trip always is. Mom,
dad, and my gang flew out of Newport News, and we joined up with
my sister’s clan in Atlanta (they came in from Tampa). Our
plane came in late, and we pulled an "OJ Simpson" and
ran through the terminal just in time to jump on the flight to
San Jose. Unfortunately, we were quicker than our luggage! At
San Jose we hopped directly on a small commuter plane and flew
down from the top of the Andes along the pacific coast and into
Puerto Jiminez. What a beautiful flight. Once you clear San Jose
all you see is mountain and rain forest all the way to the deep
blue waters of the pacific. The flight ends with a classic landing
onto a gravel airstrip cut out of the rain forest ... there were
even chickens on the runway!
Crocodile Bay Resort is a 4 star resort with really
beautiful gardens and grounds with nice rooms, cottages, a common
dining and pool area and a new spa. The staff is really friendly,
and the place is very well organized and run. The fishing packages
are all inclusive including beer, wine and bar liquors. The kitchen
staff employed some awesome chefs who put on huge spreads of fresh
fish, meats, vegetables and native Costa Rican dishes and deserts.
Needless to say, it was hard to rough it like we did, but somehow
we managed to tough it out! The plan for all of us was 4 days
fishing. On 2 days we had a pair of 33 foot “Strikers”
(single engine diesel center consoles with a tower). The other
two days we had a single Striker for off-shore and a pair of Boston
Whalers for inshore. Each boat came equipped with a Captain, Mate,
and all the tackle needed. If you wanted additional equipment
(fly rods etc) all you need to do is ask. My niece, Mary Beth,
was our family fishing coordinator, and set up the crew lists
and offshore/onshore agendas. Each evening before fishing Mary
Beth met with the fishing coordinator and set up the crew distribution
and the lunch and drink choices.
Day one for me was fishing with my dad, wife and
daughter on one of the Striker boats run by my favorite Captain,
Leandro. (Thee is a pic of Leandro with Laura) Leandro has been
written up in Salt Water Sportsman, and was our Captain on our
last trip down there. He really knows his boat and waters, and
is really great with our family. I gave Leandro an awesome teaser
that I ordered from Don (Skinny’s Kid) who also sent me
some extra lures, so I ended up making a killer daisy chain with
it. Leandro really liked the workmanship Don, and I left him your
cards – who knows, maybe you will have some Central American
business!
We
ran about 10 miles into the Pacific and right into birds from
horizon to horizon and dropped baits. Down there they use “bait
and switch” tactics on the sails. We ran basically 5 teasers,
all fronted with birds. The lines furthest back (shotgun and outriggers)
had hooks; and the flat lines were hookless. The teasers varied
between big chuggers to squid daisy chains and all plastic. We
set the cockpit up with pitch baits; we had 3 TLD 20’s,
2 ready with dead baits, and 1 with a live bait for sails, and
an 80 rigged with a Bonita or Spanish to pitch to a Blue Marlin.
The basic plan was that once we had a sail in the baits, we teased
him toward the boat, and pitched the dead baits to him. If he
did not take the dead bait, we would slow down, and drop the live
bait in the water. If a Marlin came in … well, we would
just throw the Bonita in the water and hold on for dear life!
My shot at a sail came almost immediately. Leandro
spotted tuna busting bait and we trolled around the ball a couple
times with no success. He ordered us to bring in the lines, and
we freelined a couple live baits. Big as life, my bait got nailed,
and I hooked into a nice sail. Pretty wild, it skied immediately
and came out of the water dead center in the bait ball, and sent
birds scattering everywhere! Later in that same area we ran into
a Humpback whale that performed a full breach right beside our
spread … I mean right beside us! It was absolutely mind
blowing! Ok it scared me to death! I had no idea that it was anywhere
around, and then suddenly all I saw was a sea monster rising 20
feet out of the water and then crash right beside the baits! Through
the rest of the day, my wife picked up another sail, and my dad
a nice Mahi Mahi. Later in the afternoon with no warning at all,
one of the long riggers goes off, and I handed the rod to my daughter.
She stepped into the fighting chair, and up out of the water pops
a Blue Marlin estimated at 300 pounds. Laura was on that fish
for 45 minutes, and with some good boat work from Leandro, we
got leader up and a release! That was Laura’s first Blue
Marlin, so congrats to her on that! Through the whole day we had
shots at 7 sails, and two other shots at Blues. Not to shabby
of a day at all.
Day 2 was the boys against the girls. We had 2
Strike boats and divided ourselves accordingly. My boat had Dad,
Jim, Jamie and I with Captain Francisco. Leandro had Robin, Beth,
Laura, Mary Beth and my Mom. It was on a whole a very slow day
for everyone. The water temps had dropped (80 degrees to 72),
and the seas went from teaming with life to barren. No birds,
no bait anywhere. We worked north, and blind trolling got one
sail on. Jamie fought it for about 20 minutes on a TLD20, and
in its final tail-walk it broke off. On further inspection the
knot failed (perfecto loop) at the leader swivel connection. We
missed a couple other shots at sails, and then bam, we had a Blue
Marlin in the baits. My dad hooked it and the game was on. He
fought that thing for an hour and 15 minutes, and then it just
became a ton of bricks at the end of the line. We got it up and
saw that it was foul hooked right ahead of the dorsal fin. Poor
dad never had anyway to control it, and unfortunately, we were
not able to bring it back to life, and the fish died. We tied
it to the back of the boat, and brought it back with us. The local
folks came and divided it up, so it did not go to waste. The girls
had a decent day with my daughter, niece and sister all getting
sails. So the body count ended up being men 1 Blue Marlin, girls
3 sails. We are still arguing about who won!
Day 3 we stayed in-shore, and it ended up being
my favorite of the trip. We had a pair of awesome guides Raphael
and Nelson, and a 23 foot Boston Whaler equipped with a pair of
mercury 115 HP four strokes. The quarry for the day was roosters
and snappers. Raphael fired up and took us across the bay and
we hugged the coast heading south toward Panama. The whole day
Raphael was telling us stories of growing up on that coast, and
he and his dad hand-lining snappers, and camping on the secluded
beaches. Roosters like the shallow waters near the beach, and
prefer where there is fresh water dumping in. That combination
set us up to fish within 50 yards of the shore in unbelievably
blue water, with waterfalls cascading down the mountains covered
in tropical forest that just jump right out of the sea. The scenery
was awesome, and the fishing was incredible as well. After a slow
start live baiting, Robin, Laura and I suddenly hooked up on a
triple where we landed 2 roosters (1 at 25 pound by my wife),
and a jack crevelle. Man those Roosters can fight and really live
up to their reputation. It was wide open from that point on with
run after run on roosters, jacks and snapper. By the time the
smoke cleared we landed 3 roosters, a nice king mac, a half dozen
jacks, and 14 snapper. On the run back home, Raphael wanted to
try one more spot. So we stopped in 80 foot of water and dropped
our baits. Pretty quickly Robin hooked into a monster Rooster
and fought it on a spinning rod for almost an hour. We got it
to the boat about 4 different times before Nelson was able to
get a hand on it. It ended up being a 50 pound Rooster, and let
me tell you that was one monster of solid muscle!
Day 4 was back offshore for us. I was teamed up with my mom, dad
and my family, and out again with Captain Leandro. The offshore
bite never recovered, and we had another really slow day. Dad
hooked a sail early, but we lost it on a long tail walk. Nothing
much for a long time, and then Laura hooked a nice Mahi. Again,
we had a long dry spell, and then Leandro started shouting about
a Blue Marlin in the baits. We tossed out a bonita and pulled
in the hookless teasers. From there we all got to watch as that
beast shadowed the baits for over 5 minutes. It was lit up like
a Christmas tree with that beautiful electric blue shine as it
cruised from bait to bait to bait. Leandro circled, we sped up,
slowed down, fed it baits, yanked them away, but it never took
anything. Even though we never hooked up, it was an awesome sight
to be able to watch it in action. It was the longest that I have
ever seen a billfish shadow the spread. We also ran into a group
of Mahi. They were everywhere, flying through the air…they
weren’t hungry however and then it was time to go.
So there you go, awesome place, warm friendly
people, awesome trip, and most of all one hell of a family to
share it with!
Look Who's Talking!
"We
are back from our trip to Crocodile Bay Resort and wanted
to tell you that we had an absolutely incredible visit!"
"I
have traveled the world for the past 20 years as the wife of a
Major League Baseball player. During that time I have visited
spas throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. I have found
the Spa at Crocodile Bay Resort to be right up there with the
best."
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