Booked the half-day all inclusive package for my brother-in-law and 3 of our kids (11,10, and 7) and couldn’t have imagined a better day. We were scheduled to depart at 6:00 am. At 5:24 I received a message through the app that they were ready for us! When you arrive at the dock we had to go into a nearby mini-mart and purchase fishing licenses for $20 each (adults only). Luckily there was no line when we arrived so we got in and out quickly. But the line built up while we were purchasing. I would recommend arriving early.
Apart from the message through the App Edgardo also started calling around 5:50 to make sure we were arriving. I appreciated the communication.
Edgardo introduced us to the captain, Carlos, and first mate, Christian. Carlos didn’t talk very much. Christian was friendly, knowledgable, and very quick with all the gear. There was a cooler inside the boat full of cold drinks. I was told there were box lunches available inside but we had snacks and never asked about it so can’t comment on quality of food.
Anyway, fishing was slow to start. We caught 2 skip jacks in our first two hours. We were mentally preparing ourselves for a day of just catching tuna which would have been fine, but then the fish started biting! We hauled in 3 Dorado. We had a 4th on the line but it broke free just as we were going to pull it in. A few times over the afternoon Carlos and Christian scrambled as we got a nip on the live bait set out for the marlin. We didn’t want to get our hopes up but after 4 hours one hit! It was awesome. Took about 20 minutes to haul in. Christian gave us the option to keep it but we decided to throw it back. We did keep one of the Dorado and gave the other two to the fellas. Christian filleted them up on the boat and put it on ice.
In total we caught 7 Skip Jack, 3 Dorado, and 1 Marlin. It was an unbelievably perfect day. Would highly recommend this half-day trip!
Booked the half-day all inclusive package for my brother-in-law and 3 of our kids (11,10, and 7) and couldn’t have imagined...