Any of them work fine as long as you get the right hook size for the fish you are targeting as well as line strength.

I may try to make up there.  It’s been awhile, but the ORC is a fun tournament.

If you’re going for anchovies, then you will want 1/4”.  Most castnets you find in stores are 3/8”.  Get at least a 6ft radius castnet if you want to have more success.  Once you get your throwing down then consider a bigger one.  The smaller mesh like 1/4”  will have more weight per feet so it will sink fast enough.  There are castnets that have extra weight for fishing in deeper water too.  I have a 10ft radius 1/4” net and it can sometimes be a beast to throw, but when done properly I can easily get a 5 gallon bucket full of bait in one cast.  As for throwing from a kayak, I have done it standing and sitting on my Outback.  6-8ft radius work better off a kayak.  Practice, practice, practice in your yard or a field.  Watch a few YouTube videos and find your preferred method.  Betts, Fitech, and Ahi are all reputable castnet brands.  Castnets can be very effective in getting lots of live bait quickly.  Also they can be more lively than sabiki caught bait.  I learned throwing a castnet in my teens in Texas in the Gulf of Mexico catching mullet and many other baitfish.

I use a dogfood container and quart container to scoop freshwater to keep the bait alive.  Unless you have lots of baits, it’s easy to just scoop water into the container and no need for an aerator

I have been catching Petrale sole off my yak before they made them legal to keep since they used to be under groundfish regulations.  Now it’s no size limit and no bag limit.  A 19”er is a good sized one.  I have caught them up to about 22”.  Most tend to be in the 15-18” range.  They at one of my favorite to eat.  If you’re careful you can filet them into 2 big filets instead of 4.  Then get som crab and stuff it with lump crab meat.  Petrale sole is usually one of the most expensive at restaurants.

Here are few photos of my past petrale sole catches as well as a pic of speckled sand dabs and rock sole.

The ocean is really bad shape.  We haven’t had much of a razor clam season for many years now☹️

Quote from: Califbill on October 11, 2023, 10:06:20 AM

Small country.  About 6 hrs drive across continent.    Do Manual Antonio and hire a guide!  We stayed in a cabinas in Manual Antonio.  Fished tarpon in Tortuguero, but 1 week maybe too short.   Be careful in Tamarindo as seems to be low life capital of CR.   Lots of theft.   Son in law lost debit card.  And had two surfboards purchased quickly.

It is sad what has become of the Tamarindo area.  I used to go there yearly in the early 2000's.  It was a sleepy little surf town that happened to have a fantastic sailfish fishery.  I used to go there in the late summer, during the rainy season, which meant even less people.  Double digit days on sailfish were the norm.  Surf waves out front were party waves with multiple people riding, encouraging each other on, with no one getting aggro.  This because the lineup wasn't crowded and everyone got all the waves they wanted.  I went back a year or 2 after the road was paved, and the vibe completely changed.  Lot of solicitors appeared, peddling all the vices.  Crime was up.  And it got crowded.  I've not been back since.

-Allen

I spent time in Tamarindo in the mid nineties.  It was fun back then, but more tourists than Playa Coco where the Tica family I stayed with had a vacation home.  I never stayed in hotels when I visited Costa Rica.     

6 year old kayak and you are asking that much?   

The fishfinder is maybe $100, the drysuit may be brand new, but it is considered used now.  Pictures might help.  Which mirage drive is it?  What condition is it in?  Got turbo fins?  Upgraded or standard rudder?  Which cart cause it could be a homemade $20 cart or a $150 wheeliiezz cart?  Even with though questions answered one way or the other, this package deal is well overpriced.  $2000-2200 is fair