Lines, lore and crocs: Fishing at the mouth of a Costa Rica river is an adrenaline rush


Photos By EDDIE CHUA

The wide expanse of the Tarcoles River mouth, where fresh and salt water meet, creates a rich fishing ground ­surrounded by lush hills.

FEW places offer the kind of raw, unfiltered thrill that comes with casting a line into the brackish mouth of the Tarcoles River in Costa Rica, South America.

On the Pacific coast, west of San Jose, the river winds through dense mangroves and opens into a rich estuary teeming with birdlife, crocodile and fish.

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