Surf fishermen

Surfers are not the only people enjoying Langosta Beach.  These people were surf fishing, but they were doing it without a pole.

Casting a fishing line out into the surf strikes me a tough to do with a fishing pole, but I cannot imagine how one could get a line out to where the fish are without a pole.  The trick must be in the extension of the elbow demonstrated by these two fishermen.

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Surf fishing, without poles

In addition to surfers, there are sometimes fishermen on Langosta Beach.  I don't understand how people can fish without a pole or a net, but these men are doing it.

I would think the waves would just cause the line to roll around on the sand, but I guess there must be a chance that the waves carry the line out to deeper water where the fish are.

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Wooden fish

I have shown photos of people fishing, including yesterday's photo.  So I guess that it should not be surprising that some one created a wood carving of a fish. People usually create art based on objects in their lives and environments.

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Pulling in the fishing net

This fisherman is bringing in his net to gather in a few fish scooped out of the current at the mouth of the Langosta estuary.  I did not see him bringing in large fish, but he was certainly catching more fish than people who use a rod and reel.

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Fishing in the surf; wider view

This wider view shows the perch of the fisherman that I showed yesterday.  He is on one of the rocks on Langosta Beach.  It is low tide.  At high tide, the rocks will be covered by the waves.

I often see fisherman casting their lines out into the surf.  I rarely see them haul in a fish.  But, I don't have their patience.  They must catch fish, because otherwise, why would they do it?

My brother lives on a lake in Minnesota, where people go ice fishing in the winter.  Ice fishing and surf fishing do not seem like the same sport.  If I were a fisherman, I would certainly prefer sanding out by the ocean rather than sitting over a hole in the ice.

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Fishing in the surf

During the past week I have shown photos of a restaurant that will cook your fish, and fishing boats in the bay.  It is possible to fish right from the shore, as this person is doing.

Like surfers, I guess surf fishermen like to wear colorful shorts.

Tomorrow I will show a wider view of the scene where he is fishing.

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Restaurant that will cook your fish

This sign on a restaurant in Tamarindo announces that they will prepare meals from the fish that people catch.  Deep sea fishing is a popular activity in Tamarindo, and this restaurant is on "the circle" at the end of the beach front street near where the fishing boats are located.

If I went fishing a caught fish, I would definitely give my fish to this restaurant.  I can't think of anything I would least like to do than clean a fish and prepare it for cooking.

Of course, for those visitors who stay in hotels rather than condos, they must take their catch to a restaurant because they have no kitchen in which to cook.

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What's in the bag?

A glimpse back to the south revealed this person in the distance, carrying a bag.  There are two likely explanations.

He might be a fisherman returning home with a bag holding his catch.  He is holding the back out from his body, which suggests that he does not want the wet fish to bump up against him.

Another possible explanation is that there are a few vendors who sell Chorotega pottery on the beach.  It could be a sack of pottery.

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Fisherman

Here is a closer view of the local fisherman casting his net into the mouth of the Langosta estuary.  After each cast, he would pull a cord that closed up the top of the net, trapping the fish inside.

I think he and his friends enjoyed being able to bring back dinner while getting a little exercise and spending time barefoot on the beach.

The day before yesterday Kate of Visual St. Paul left a comment asking a question if there are a lot of lobsters on our beach, as langosta means lobster in Spanish.  The only time I have seen lobsters is when fishermen have brought in a few of them in a bucket along with their fish.

Some of the Tamarindo restaurants serve fresh lobster, so there must be local lobster around, although  I don't know exactly where their lobster comes from.  We do not have commercial fishermen on our beach.  We see a few local folks fishing for themselves, and some people fishing just for recreation.

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Fishing in the mouth of the Langosta estuary

This fisherman is casting a net into the mouth of the Langosta estuary, scooping up little fish who are being carried from the estuary into the ocean.  I guess it is easier for the fish to come to him, than for him to find the fish.

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Lobsters on Langosta Beach

Playa Langosta means lobster beach in Spanish. This photo shows why. These lobsters were caught by some local fishermen. They took the lobsters out of their bucket and laid them on the sand so I could take a photo of them.

I am showing this photo because my wife is away in Nova Scotia right now with some friends on a vacation that I could not go on because I had some things at work I had to do. Julie said she was going to be having a lobster dinner tonight, so here is a photo to illustrate her dinner about 5,000 miles away.

In the future I will show a series of photos of the fishermen casting their nets at the entrance to the Langosta estuary. But first, I will begin a series tomorrow showing life on a nearby local ranch.

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Fishermen yield to the sea

The ocean seems to be telling these fishermen, "It is time to go in, or at least time to fish from the beach." If they do not leave soon, even if they are out of the waves, they will have no way to get back to the beach without jumping into the surf and struggling back.

The two fishermen got the message, although one of them seems more nonchalant about the waves than the other. They left the rock at this point, as the rock at times has waves crashing over it and at high tide is covered by the ocean.

Tomorrow I will show one of my favorite photos from this series of photos from my little walk on the beach.

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Cowering fishman

The waves look like they are getting a little too big for at least one of the fishermen. This would not be a good place to be swept into the ocean, as under the ocean are a lot of volcanic rocks at this spot.

The areas north and south of this stretch of beach have nice sandy bottoms, but there must have been a volcanic lava flow to the sea in this location thousands of years ago.

Do you think these fishermen will get the message that the sea seems to be giving them? The answer will be shown tomorrow.

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Surf fishermen

Several days ago I showed a photo of a lone fisherman and several readers commented about how nice the solitude of the scene was. Well, his solitude did not last for long.

A friend joined the fisherman on top of the large rock, but it began to look like the rock might not be large enough for the two of them, plus the waves. We'll see.

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Surf fishing

The large volcanic rock in the surf below our condo is a fine perch for surf fishing during low or mid tide, but as the tide rolls in, the rock becomes covered by waves.

Several readers commented yesterday about the solitude of this spot. There is a question, however, whether the waves will let him enjoy this solitude. It seems OK now, but let's check up on him again after taking a short walk on the beach, which I will share with you in my photos during the coming days.

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A solitary fisherman

This is a photo of the same guy on the beach that I showed from our condo balcony a few days ago. From the perspective of the beach he takes on a more solitary appearance against the horizon and the endless sea.

He is fishing in the surf, although I do not understand why he just tosses out a line with his hands rather than a fishing pole.

Whether his perch upon this rock is a safe place from which to fish is a subject of some future posts as I show more of a little walk on Langosta beach.

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Casting into a storm

Here is a photo of the same surf fisherman as yesterday. I showed a similar photo of him a couple of weeks ago. Judging fro the comments I received, people liked the photo, so I am showing another photo today.

For this photo, I maneuvered behind him so that I would catch a tropical rainstorm off shore in the background. Tamarindo is sunny and clear virtually every day from November until April. I took this photo last month. In the summer the skies can sunny and blue for part of the day, and then dramatic clouds can roll in, then the sun can peak through yet again.

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Surf for the surf fisherman

Here is another photo of the surf fisherman that I showed yesterday. It is a good thing that the Pacific Ocean at Tamarindo is warm, otherwise this fishing does not look like it would be pleasant.

I think surf fishing is the opposite of ice fishing. Rather than sitting in one spot, motionless, with a fishing line dropped through the ice, surf fisherman burn lots of calories as they withstand the buffeting of the waves and cast their lines out to the ocean.

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Fishing on a cloudy day

I confess that most of the photos I show of the beach are taken on sunny days. Here is an exception. I took this photo of a man fishing in the surf of Playa Langosta in the late afternoon after some tropical storm clouds had rolled over the sea. During this time of year in Tamarindo, you can have weather such as sunny, blue skies in the morning and in the afternoon weather as you see here might occur.

The man doing the surf fishing is a Canadian who has a condo a couple of blocks from the beach and who is building a house on the beach. I guess in the future it will be easier for him to dash into the house if one of the clouds brings some rain to the beach.

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