Even though I'm not the youngest guy on the block, I can still come up with some nifty high-tech ideas to promote the captains we work with, fishing in Costa Rica in general — and naturally, my Fish Costa Rica and Americana Sportfishing companies. It's happening on Twitter.

Click on costaricafishin. This will take you right to our Twitter site. You'll get daily updates, three to five each day, on how our Costa Rica fishing captains are doing in fishing destinations throughout the country, and on the fishing situation in general.

Or even better, join Twitter yourself. It's pretty easy; all you have to do is click here, and follow the simple directions to open your account. Once you've done that, go to the top right of your own Twitter page, click on 'Find People' and type in 'costaricafishin'. Become a regular follower of costaricafishin and receive our updates on what's happening with sportfishing in Costa Rica.

Tell your fishing friends to join and follow us on Twitter as well. And if you have questions, you can ask us via your Twitter account. Either I myself or my associate Mark Sydney will reply. Remember you only have 140 characters to work with on Twitter, and that's all we have to answer with.

Making this even more incredible is that my erstwhile high-school buddy and current SEO Kip Ives in La Jolla CA, who keeps us right at the top of the Google search engine rankings for prime keywords such as 'Costa Rica fishing', 'fishing in Costa Rica', 'Costa Rica sportfishing', 'sportfishing in Costa Rica', etc., has written a script that automatically relays and posts my Twitter updates (with a few hours time lapse) at the bottom of this page. Click on any of the posts below, and you're forwarded to Twitter!

So if you want the latest Costa Rica fishing news, go either to my Twitter page or to this page. And to charter the world-class captains featured in our updates, call me toll-free — 1-800-407-9438, 1-800-399-8532, 1-866-978-5198 — or e-mail me. The captains we charter are among the best fishing in Costa Rica. You won't be disappointed. By the way, we have a new 800 number: 1-800-407-9438. That's the best number to call me from the U.S. and Canada.

Repeat client Rick Scussell was here in-mid July to fish a half day inshore with Captain Oli Siquiera on the 27-foot Magalita and then a full day offshore with Captain Jerry on the 26-foot Predator, both boats out of Los Sueños Marina in the Central Pacific. Rick's sail with Jerry (right) and some pretty nice jack with Oli (top left) were highlights of his trip.

He wrote me just before sending these photos: "Best yet, caught and released a big sail. Jerry is great, want to book for March." Rick has pushed his Costa Rica fishing trip a bit forward since he wrote that: he'll be fishing two days on the Predator in February when the world-class sail bite off the Central Pacific coast (Quepos and Los Sueños) should be at its peak.

Speaking of February, sails and the Central Pacific, I'm going to start my annual theme which I will repeat in every newsletter until the end of the year: if you, your family or your buddies are thinking of a fishing trip in January/February/March to take advantage of that Central Pacific sail bite, the time to start pinning your trip down is right now so that Fish Costa Rica can book you with the top captains fishing in Costa Rica on the days you want.

Off the top of my head I know that two very popular boats out of Los Sueños, the 42-foot Dragin Fly and the 38-foot Macushla, already have virtually no open days in February, and their January and March calendars are filling up quickly. If I take time to phone around, I'm certain to get similar scenarios from other captains/owners. Top boats do have open days, but to get the ones you want without having to juggle, call me toll-free — 1-800-407-9438, 1-800-399-8532, 1-866-978-5198 — or e-mail me as soon as you are ready with days, etc., and FishCostaRica/Americana Sportfishing will put together a great Costa Rica fishing adventure for you.

I look forward to hearing from you. And don't forget that I have some gorgeous ocean and mountain view lots (the photo at left was taken right near my property), ranging from one and a quarter to just under four acres, for sale at my Lomas Coronado development on the lovely South Pacific coast. That area is one of the most beautiful in Costa Rica, it's eco-friendly, and the fishing both offshore at the nearby Furuno Bank and inshore is great. Next time you travel to Costa Rica, we can plan a trip down for you to see the 29 lots at Lomas on a free day when you're not fishing.

P.S.: Kip Ives has his own website featuring Costa Rica. As a SEO (search engine optimizer), he's an expert in getting websites positioned on the strategic first and second pages of Google. If your business has a website and you want it ranked high up, e-mail Kip — he'll help you.

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