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                                     Carol, Gloria and Henry participating In Our Lake Arenal Rainbow Bass 2011 Event. 

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   Comments From The Editor on our 2011 Lake Arenal Evaluations -   Wow! The 2011 Rainbow Bass lure evaluations were a huge success in Lake Arenal, Costa Rica and some local fishing guides.

 We had an almost unbelievable fishing tackle accident while in Costa Rica just prior to our first day of fishing. We had put our tackle boxes with all the lures we had purchased out of the taxi to the ground behind the van. We carried the rods and some other things to the Hotel and when we came back the taxi had backed over the lure boxes, so we were devastated. We had to sift through the broken pieces to find lures that were not damaged. Luckily I had purchased a couple of Stanley Spinnerbaits the day before our departure and had packed them separately. They were not in the totally destroyed lure boxes. So many of the lures we had custom ordered for the fishing event were lost before we were able to fish them.

   Although the outcome was not exactly what we were expecting at Lures That Catch Fish regarding the lure that caught the most rainbow bass, I will definitely be bringing more Stanley Spinnerbait back to Lake Arenal for the next 2011 Lake Arenal Rainbow Bass lure evaluations. Glenn's secret weapon, as he calls it also caught rainbow bass consistently. . The name was not on the lure either so we will have to do some homework to provide our readers the name of the lure. It's called a BOMBER Crank Bait... the XB10 BREAM. Thanks to our readers for helping identifying this lure. The link to the winning lure is Lures That Caught Rainbow Bass.

   Other winners with Lures That Catch Fish were Stanley Spinnerbaits, Strike King, Norman and Bomber deep diving plugs. We will provide a link on the RESULTS page where these lures can purchase online from the manufacturer. 

 Stanley Lures came out the Spinnerbait winner.  Most of the fish we caught on the fishing trip were caught on a Stanley spinnerbait with Gold Blades, just as our fishing guide Glenn had predicted. Stanley Lures is one of the few lure manufacturers that offers spinnerbaits with Gold Blades on the shelf at Bass Pro Shops. We fished everything from red and black, green, green and white, purple, and blue skirts but nothing but white skirts with gold blades would catch fish. Unfortunately none of these lures were available at any of the local stores in Costa Rica or the United States. We had to custom order these lures online from Cabalas and Bass Pro Shops. We visited the local hardware store in Nuevo Arenal and they did have one of the Strike King and Norman lures in a different color in stock. The price was around $15 US dollars.  The fish were caught first thing in the morning and right before sunset in the evenings just as our guide instructed it would be. All the fish we caught on crank baits were during the hottest time of day when the fish head offshore to match their inshore morning thermoclines.

   BOOHAY, Persuader, Mann's, Lazer Eye and Terminator spinnerbaits accounted for a few rainbow bass catches, but I'm sure glad I picked up a couple Stanley Spinnerbaits before leaving the States.

  We hope you find this information useful on your next fishing adventure to Lake Arenal, Costa Rica and we invite everyone to send in success stories and rainbow bass photos to support your Lures That Catch Fish on Lake Arenal for rainbow bass. We'll be happy to update this page with any success stories between now and our next Lake Arenal Rainbow Bass Lure Evaluations in 2011.

Congratulations to Stanley Lures Spinnerbaits,  Glenn's Secret lure, Strike King, Norman and Bomber deep divers on winning the 2010 Lures That Catch Fish lure evaluations in Lake Arenal, Costa Rica.

 

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                                                                            Fishing The Points Just Before Sunset

 Henry Catches Our First Rainbow Bass Of The Day                                         We fished spinnerbaits late in the evening

 

Several times during the hot afternoon sun we took a dip in Lake Arenal to cool off. The waters of Lake Arenal are very refreshing and have a large mineral content from the nearby Arenal volcano. It was like a cool (76 degree) mineral spring bath. Beware though as there are Crocodile warning posted on the lake now. Apparently a local was raising some and turned them lose in the lake. Glenn's boat has a swing down ladder making frequent swims possible.

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We trolled crankbaits for several hours before hitting our first Rainbow Bass with crankbaits in Lake Arenal. The bass appear to only hang out in certain areas of the lake. We trolled by the shoreline, out in the middle and at time long trolling runs for miles without getting a bite. Almost all our fish came from the same general location on the lake for both trolling and spinnerbaits. All the more reason to hire a competent fishing guide when fishing Lake Arenal.

   First Lure To Catch A Rainbow Bass (more details below)

   Our bi-lingual fishing tour guide on this Lake Arenal fishing event points out why the Guapote Rainbow Bass are so difficult to catch. Like the Florida Grouper, they bury their heads in the limbs and submerged branches when hooked.  We had to circle around above this rainbow bass for quite some time trying to retrieve him from the undergrowth.  We could see the rainbow bass tangled up on the bottom about 15 feet below us with the deep diver lure in his mouth.

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We had five persons show up to participate for the Lures That Catch Fish Rainbow Bass Event on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica in 2011. We knew the weather may be uncooperative this time of the year and we were not disappointed. We only had a couple of sunny fishing days during the entire three week period.  The rest of the mornings and afternoons met us with thick fog and constant rain. The temperature was very nice though in the high 60 to 70 degrees. We threw spinnerbaits all mornings, trolled deep diving crank baits during the middle of the days and went back to spinnerbaits in the evenings until dark. It was great to step out on the front or back casting platforms of Glenn's boat with rain parkas on and cast away knowing we could take a couple steps to the central bimini covered area of the boat, take a nice comfortable seat and have a hot cup of coffee, soda or a beer.

          Glenn's Secret Lure Catches A Fish

                     Spinnerbaits catch small ones too

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                                                                   Fishing During The Sunset On Lake Arenal

                       Crank baits    Spinnerbaits     Top Water     Shallow Divers

                Results Of Our Lures That Catch Fish Rainbow Bass Event

   We threw everything we had at Lake Arenal attempting to locate lures that catches Rainbow Bass

                            We Found Two That Works Consistently For Catching Rainbow Bass

                                But ONE lure stood out above all the rest

NOTE:  Lures That Catch Fish purchased nearly $400 of fishing lures below at our local Bass Pros Shop, Cabala's and local tackle shops for this Lures That Catch Fish Lake Arenal Rainbow Bass three week event. Only one of the crank baits and one of the spinnerbaits actually caught a rainbow bass in live fishing conditions during the three week period by 5 typical fishermen. We fished every lure we purchased during the Lake Arenal Fishing Event multiple times.  See which lures caught fish below.  Lures That Catch Fish made lure purchases based on local fishing guide suggestions and our prior experiences on Lake Arenal.

  Special Note on Lures:  All these lures were given to Glen McBride for contributing his experience and guidance on the 2011 Rainbow Bass fish catching event. Glenn will be continuing to fish these lures until our next Lake Arenal Event. Hopefully we will be able to get some updated fish catching information on these lures for our next event.

    Which Lures Caught Rainbow Bass? We fished spinnerbaits, crank baits, top water, jigs and shallow diving plugs trying to find out the best lure to catch Rainbow Bass in Lake Arenal, Costa Rica.    

              Our First Rainbow Bass Catch During The Event

                                             Stanley Spinnerbaits caught the first rainbow bass on Lake Arenal

                                                 Strike King Crankbaits Catch A Rainbow Bass

              Strike King Makes Some Beautiful Lures and This Is one of  them

            This deep diving lure accounted for several rainbow bass catches.

          This shallow diving plug caught my biggest Rainbow Bass and several others.

     Number One - Lure That Caught Fish - Stanley Spinnerbaits

                                 Best Crank Bait Lure

      The Crankbait Winner Of Our Lures That Catch Fish Lake Arenal Event is:

                                           BOMBER Crank Bait... the XB10 BREAM

                T Unfortunately there was no name on the lure and the lure had been purchased in the USA many years ago. So we're still trying to get the correct name for the lure. If you know the name of this lure, please contact us.  We will update this page as soon as we learn the identity of the above lure. This lure caught more rainbow bass than all the other lures together, but unfortunately it was not one of the lures we purchased in stores available to fishermen.

                 I guess this goes to show you can't beat some of the old lures. Many of the new lures catch fishermen but not fish.

                                The lure has been identified as: BOMBER Crank Bait... the XB10 BREAM

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