My wife and I had a great time.  Captain David was great, we did not catch the allusive Rooster Fish or any sports fish, but not for the lack of Captain David trying.  We did catch a lot to bonito. 

In lieu of not catching a Rooster Fish, we did get to have a whale sighting right next to our boat at no extra charge. 

Thanks Capt. David and Longline Flamingo C.R. charter for a great time.

Johnny and Debbie

I talked to Captain Mike and his wife several times before booking my trip to try to catch a Roosterfish. The pickup at my hotel was on time, the boat was clean and well maintained. As far as fishing equipment all the poles was Penn and reels where Penn and Shimano. Spoke with Capt. Franklin when I got on the boat, he said we would first troll for some baitfish and maybe get lucky and catch a mahi mahi. We were lucky enough to be one of the few boats to catch baitfish, most of the other boats in the area were still trying to catch baitfish when my trip was ending. We trolled the baitfish around the rocks and small islands in the area we were fishing, I had several hookups but was unable the land a Roosterfish. One of my hookups must have been a cuda or a wahoo as it cut right through the leader. My other hookups were definitely Roosterfish, they completely broke our 100 pound leaders. Captain Franklin said that there have been some very big Roosterfish in the area that no one has been able to land. Before you knew it it was time to head back to shore and be dropped off at my hotel. Have to add a few other things, this was my 4th trip trying for a Roosterfish, this was the closest I came to catching one. Captain Franklin kept trying to apologize to me for us not being able to land my bucket list fish, I told me not to worry and that’s all part of fishing. He knew the area we were fishing in and knew the best way to catch the fish I was after, he should have not worried so much. One bit of advice for Captain Mike and his wife who set up the trip for me. If you are going to use a different Captain for one of your boats you should let your customer know ahead of time. I am from the USA and when you charter a trip when the captain is also the owner/operator we don’t usually tip them. Put when we use a boat that someone is being paid to Captain we usually tip. As I was expecting Captain Mike I did not bring any extra cash to tip Franklin. Moving forward please let your customers know!! With that said I will definitely book with them again next time I’m in Costa Rica.

The crew was actually interested in us catching fish. They did put out a great effort to guide us to the right spots. One of the best trips we ever had.

Wonderful experience, my sons will never forget it