Arenal Lake

Lake Arenal is the premier fishing lake in Costa Rica, fed by a multitude of rivers and loaded with rainbow bass.  Arenal Volcano is the major attraction in the area and is one of the most actives of the world. Arenal rumbles regularly and bursts into occasional explosions that send molten lava and incandescent boulders flying in all directions.

The most common fish is the rainbow bass (even is not from bass family), locally known as guapote Winds that average 25 miles per hour—and sometimes whip up to twice that velocity—blow out of the north from November through April, earning the northern end of Lake Arenal a reputation as one of the world's top windsurfing locations. But the many small coves and points on the more protected lower end of the lake make it possible to fish Arenal year around. The bite depends more on water level and angler's skill than it does the wind.