What happens when you hand a Hall of Famer a fishing rod and cut the WiFi to just enough signal to post an Instagram reel? You get Warren Sapp living like a straight-up island legend, not a pass rush coach. Word started buzzing when the “QB Killa—who’s now terrorizing spring ball for Colorado as their new Pass Rush Coordinator—vanished again. Only this time, not to Europe, not to Taipei. Nah, Sapp took his cleats off and dipped 3,246 miles deep into paradise.

Costa Rica. Boy.

That’s where Warren Sapp’s been posted, shirtless and grinning, halfway through a Billfish Slam like it’s just another Sunday chore. Man’s on a mission, but it’s got zero to do with game film or spring reps. Instead, it’s all about reeling in sailfish, hunting black marlin, and chilling in saltwater like he’s on a tropical retreat for NFL royalty.

The news broke on May 11, when Ronald ‘Captain Marlin’ Kawaja, founder of Pelagic Gear and certified big-fish whisperer, dropped a clip bomb on IG. There’s Sapp—big smile, big boat, big vibes. “Sapp Fishing… Got one!!!!” Kawaja wrote. “Fun day yesterday fishing with my longtime friend, the legendary NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion @warrensapp here at @clubpelagic in the beautiful tropical paradise of Costa Rica!!! We caught 10 sailfish and a ton of tunas aboard PELAGIC yesterday… Today we are targeting the elusive Black Marlin in an effort to complete Warren’s Billfish Slam.”

And Captain Ron? Certified legend. This man’s been fishing the globe for over two decades, taking down marlins the size of small cars. In 2024, he bagged an 845-pound Blue Marlin off Cape Verde. You fish with Captain Ron, you are not just fishing—you are competing with Poseidon. And Sapp? He’s trying to lock in that Billfish Slam, which means one of each big-game billfish species.

Now, if you know Warren Sapp, you know fishing is his baby. That’s his whole personality when he’s not coaching and screams at Boulder’s front seven. The man lives for it. And in classic Sapp fashion, he hopped on his own IG like, “Fatboy on the trigger LIVE!!” tagging Captain Ron and showing off that glistening ocean prize with a body tan like he’s been kissed by every beam of sunlight from Boulder to the Bahamas.

This isn’t new either. His Instagram has been a non-stop brag reel lately—think sailfish, tuna, open waters, the whole deal; sometimes even pythons and alligators pop up. All while he’s supposedly locked into that Colorado rebuild life. That’s why even Deion Sanders threw a little jab, saying, “Will somebody tell @warrensapp we need him this season (2024) and we can’t risk a snakebite” after Sapp shared a python hunting clip last year. But seriously, as soon as that practice whistle goes silent, best believe he’s somewhere deep sea, swapping D-lineman tape for bait.

Warren Sapp’s fishing tale

Warren Sapp’s obsession with fishing isn’t just some retirement hobby for washed-up athletes. Nah, this man has been at it heavy. We’re talking tournaments, guest spots, YouTube cameos, and the type of deep-sea action that makes you want to drop your day job and hit the marina.

He once told a fishing podcast, “After I got into fishing, it was just the next adventure, the next fish, the bucket list fish. It was just, ‘What was next?’” That itch for competition? He scratched it on a boat instead of a gridiron. And the man doesn’t half-step. From Guatemala’s Pro/Am Billfish Invitational to remote islands most of us can’t even spell, Sapp’s been on his Captain Ahab arc.

Matter of fact, during that Guatemala run, he barely got the bait in the water before he yanked a sailfish up like it owed him money. He’s been on Robert Arrington’s “DeerMeatForDinner” YouTube channel too, chopping it up on deep-sea adventures and flexing his saltwater know-how. If you thought Sapp was just another retired NFL guy chasing clout—nah, he’s built for this ocean life.

But it’s more than just fun in the sun. It’s legacy. Sapp’s showing his young players how to go all in—on the field and off. Whether it’s chasing quarterbacks or chasing black marlin, the lesson’s the same: go big, or go home. So next time you wonder where the energy in Boulder’s coming from, check the ocean. Coach Sapp might be out there, shirtless, yelling “FISH ON!” louder than any sideline hype man ever could. And honestly? That’s just who he is now. Big fish. Bigger vibes. QB Killa turned reel legend.