361 is the only place that you can count on to have sound. I just don’t like going there. I’ll be streaming the game while we are billfishing tomorrow down here in Costa Rica. Welcome to join me.
It’s Labor Day weekend everything will be busy. Good luck. Not sure if you care about sound but if you don’t, I’d probably try 1886. TV is decent enough.
same goes for Black Marlin. I think both their inside and outside bars have TV’s but honestly I don’t remember if they are good for game watching or not.
In the last 10 years tourism has grown a billion percent. Despite that we’ve lost Marcel’s, Pelican CLUB (lost Pelican Landing too but that place sucked), Inferno/Liberty Hall, Shell’s, Irie’s, Harbor Lights, Giggity’s, and La Barateria. All those places were good to excellent. I’m sure I missed one or two. The few new restaurants that have opened range from mediocre to suck.
The food scene sucks in Port A these days. There’s Venetian Hot Plate and then nothing. Sip Yard is ok if you have a group that can’t agree on where to go. Upstairs the bar has a good view and there are 5 different options for food. I’ve been out of town most of the time since they opened, but really liked their pizza place and the brisket taco at the taco place was good. The Asian place was barely mediocre. All of that was almost 2 months ago though and I think there’s a seafood place open there now.
Yup, dude is fixated on fishing, particularly very large marlin and fishing for surface swordfish. Buddy of mine fished with him a few months ago. ESPN is filming an E60 show on them next month. Hopefully it’s interesting because the content that Bad Comaony is putting out right now on their social media is unwatchably boring even for me. And that’s coming from a guy that can stare at baits and teasers for hours on end even if there is no action.
It’s definitely not as bad as those holidays. Still crowded though. The weather forecast doesn’t look great either and that will also help keep the crowds down.
So, 2 donors. One is giving the most and the other person is contributing a smaller amount. Is there protocol/etiquette on what order the foundation is named? In other words Smith is giving 750,000 and Jones is giving 250,000. Is this the Smith/Jones Foundation or the Jones/Smith foundation? Or, my argument is it doesn't fucking matter.
Just for fun and tournaments.
I haven’t spent much time up there but I know a lot of people who really like it. Down here my marina is building condos and I recently bought one. When it is finished the plan is about 8-9 months a year here. The last few years I’ve averaged about 6 months here so not much difference. I just love this country (and the fishing).
True but just filling the cockpit isn’t going to cause a boat like that to sink. Heck we’ve done it numerous times and just did again last week. A boat capsizing like that is almost always a series of failures and that boat sure went down quick. From the moment the video started they already knew they were sinking - you see the life raft tossed down. I’m sure there is more to that story and the boat was taking on water from somewhere in the hull.
last week -
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They got it wrong, we actually released 39. Sail fishing is really good for this time of year but unfortunately the blue marlin haven’t showed up yet and this is normally peak season for them. May take the boat up to Flamingo on Friday and give it a shot up there.
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I mean it’s Port A so you never discount alcohol, but yeah. Really sad deal. All I know about is what I posted above. They people involved weren’t Port A locals they were from the surrounding area and not in the fishing circles I know.
They were dead in the water after a power loss so there was nothing they could do. Would be terrifying. This is why you always stay off to the side of the channel running in and out.
So, we put a few yellowfin tuna in the box today 😂
Also jumped a marlin off, raised another and went 4/5 on sailfish all before lunch. Then started having an electrical issue on the port motor so called it a day. God I love Costa Rica.
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Bad accident in Port A this morning. I’m currently about 35 miles offshore fishing in Costa Rica so don’t really have any other details. Boat is believed to be called Todo Bien, maybe a 54 Hatteras Sportfish.
https://www.portasouthjetty.com/articles/one-dead-one-missing-ship-channel-closed/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3xP04X65Tirqf-dzc5KVmJ16oJqGxGryJbcYVNmUJxPvgr9a-jyScM0xI_aem_lD7jH6PeBL77EygwKUhCfw
I know it’s not allowed to wish death for a poster, but is it ok to hope that right now @GreenspointTexashas trees on his roof, no power, car half underwater, and no middle of the night sex?
We just drove the beach. It’s not as crowded as yesterday for sure so some of them left. Judging by what we saw I’d put a fair amount of money on a lot of the remaining people having no idea that a storm is even coming. They aren’t going to be real happy when they wake up tomorrow and none of the restaurants are open.
And Nueces. Just encouraging visitors, people in flood prone areas, boats/rv’s etc. to leave early. Unless something changes this is not going to be a big deal here. Very small category 1, possibly 2.