Tarpon and Snook in Atlantica

2010-03-09

Tarpon has silvery scales, heavy body and elongated ray on its dorsal fin. Their average is approximately of 45.4kg to 161kg but this weight can vary of female tarpon to male tarpon. They feed of shrimp, craps, squids and other small fishes of the zone. You will find the Tarpon Fish in the Atlantica zone near of the fishing lodge \"Hotel el Velero Lodge\" during all the year. The Tarpon Fishing in this zone is very important for the economy and for the tourism because there is Fishing Tour for this region. Snook Fish in game(Atlantica powerleveling) has a range approximately of 35cm to 140cm (14in to 4ft 7in) with a weight of 2.2-57 lb (1.0-26). It has a highly prize on the Costa Rica Sportfishing for these reasons: Snook Fish is an intelligent fish but you need a knack with the bait to fooling them. When they are cooked they have a good taste and the tourists like the Snook recipes. You will find them on the salt and fresh waters for example in the entire Atlantic(Atlantica Gold) zone on the Parismina Beach, Tortuguero Channel or in other beaches and fishing zones into Costa Rica during the months of March to the end of November.