photo report from Costa Rica

Had a great trip to Silver King Lodge in Costa Rica shooting my show chasing tarpon. We landed a lot of great fish and just had a fantastic time. Here are a few shots from the trip. We have a lot more photos that we are sitting on as they are up for magazines right now. The video will blow you away.
Chris Lewis with a nice Jumper



Jim with one of the few that was small enough to land solo



Joe Lynberg with a nice size Tarpon getting a landing assist from Jim



Steve Jurries gets a big one to the kayak



Someone asked me if these fish pull hard. The answer is YES



YES



YES



and YES



They also love to jump right next to the kayak. I actually had one jump and land on the forward deck of my boat.



And if the fish are not biting, it's not a bad place for a paddle

Man, my buddy owns a house in Costa Rica and is always tryin' to get me to go down there.

Awesome photos.

Great documentation! thank you Jim.

CR is on our list.
Mr Hopper, we are overdue for another adventure. Could this be it?

Wow! Truly amazing. Thanks for sharing Jim. BTW, what was the average time it took to land one of those tarpon?

Jedmo

The shortest fight was 15 minutes, longest just over an hour. Most of the fish were 45 minutes to an hour.

Freakin AWESOME Sounds like epic...Costa Rica moved to top 5 on places to go before I die..

All I can say is WOW...the pictures say enough!  Epic, thanks for sharing Jim.

Damn Jim, the bendo shot of you is crazy. Huge , huge fish. What was the take like? Blam and its on?

...kayak fishing in T-shirt and shorts....calm waters and big fish. Truly PRICELESS 

Those are some really nice pics. Who was the photographer?  Was he shooting from a kayak or a boat? It would be cool to see an article from him on how he took them.

Those photos look priceless. I'm gonna need to move CR up my list as well right after Alaska. Can't wait for the video Jim.

Damn, that is unreal!

What was the take like? Blam and its on?

When fishing bait it was often a rather slow pick up, but as soon and they felt the sting of the hook they would go airborn. On lures or when trolling the bait it was a much more violent hit. The water was very silty and you couldn't see more than a couple inches down, so when a fish hit a lure right next to the kayak it was a huge surprise.

Will Richardson is my videographer / photographer, he was shooting from a boat. We caught so many fish we even let him fish on the last day and he hooked two, broke one rod, jumped into a kayak and landed one.

Going there in March.  Can't wait!

wow that's awesome great photos maybe someday if i save all my pinnies