John came highly recommended from a fishing forum my husband frequents. He was the only reason we booked this particular charter and we were unpleasantly surprised to show up only to be handed off to 2 people we did not know, nor had we heard of. If we would have known John would not be there, we would have researched/booked... More

Came back to fish a month earlier trying to catch the billfish bite when it was a little thicker than last year in May - RED TIDE! Bad luck for us. The other problem was that for the second year in a row, upon arrival at the dock, our same American boat captain tells us he has problems with his... More

Captain John was booked on his large boat for the day we would be in Quepos, but communicated with us that since we were only a party of 3 he could put us on a smaller boat he owned, The Cowboy, with Captain Jerry. It was a 28' diesel with plenty of room for us all. Can't thank John enough... More

Folks, there are plenty of very good options for fishing in Quepos, however, the Stress Reliever (should be named the Stress Inducer) is no longer one of them. As a result of a conversion from a gas outboard to diesel, it is now a very slow boat with limited space for you and your guests. This is a center console... More

My wife and I and friend went out with Captain John and mates from a cruise ship. I had found him on Trip Advisor and e-mailed him several times. The experience turned out to be everything he advertised -- plus a lot more. Our cruise wqas late into port so I arranged with our ships's captain to allow John to... More

If you want to caught that fish that is as big as you are, You want to go out on Captain John's boat. I didn't want to just reel in the big one I wanted to actually do some of the work of putting out the spread, working the teasers and/or spotting the fish, John was happy to let me... More

This was my fourth fishing trip in Costa Rica and my first trip with Captian John and his mate Mike. It was definitely the best so far. We got 5 sails and one marlin to the boat and had about a half dozen more strikes. Their joy of fishing makes fishing with them even more pleasurable. If you are looking... More

I have fished Quepos before, but had the good fortune to fish with Captain John Schuchert last month.I had friends fishing with another captain at the same time ( they paid a lot more for their trip ).Fishing in general was a bit on the slow side for everyone, but captain john continued to try different thing until we finally... More

My wife and I had a blast fishing with Captain John and his crew. We caught sailfish and dorado and had a great time. We would definitely go again and recommend to anyone looking to experience a fun trip sportfishing in Costa Rica. Captain John is very professional and was very helpful with helping us plan our trip, not only... More