When traveling to a foreign destination, that you know, nothing about, it’s sometimes hard to make decisions… If that happens to be you and thinking about this boat… Stop reading, start clicking, and book this… they picked me up at my hotel room at 7:30 AM sharp as promised… they fed me as soon as I got on the boat… The boat was loaded with beer, water, sandwiches, and rum… The crew was way beyond a 10… Miguel and Ricardo are second to none… I’ve done a ton of fishing, but today was epic and one of my best days ever… Thank you I will be back

Louis and Manuel from Big Marlin were absolutely wonderful. I have some medical issues which I didn’t know would affect me as badly as they did on the boat.  Even though I got sick on the trip and it had to be cut short, the crew was very sensitive to the situation and went above and beyond to make me feel better.  If you want a great fishing experience in the DR with a crew that cares more about the customer than just making money, you should book a fishing trip on the Sherlock boat with Big Marlin.

Took the fam out and they did not have sea legs so they were nice enough to take us in to a reef and let everyone snorkel. Then they dropped my family off and took me back out! Wahoo was a beast to fight, some ‘Cuda, and 8 Mahi. 12 in all. Ton of fun! Even caught fish while looking at a rainbow. Javi was very helpful and kept lines in the water constantly even while dealing with a double hookup of Mahi. Also, sent me home with a couple of the Mahi (that is all we needed since we were leaving the next day) and our resort cooked 4 filets up. It was the most delicious fish I or my family ever had. Will be back next visit! Thank you!

The day started off with a very friendly pick up from our resort and was taken to the marina. This marina doesn’t have a pier so you need to take a smaller boat to get out to main boat. If you have a hard time getting up and down I do warn you of that transfer. For us though it was no issue. We were greeted by the captain and first mate and got immediately to trolling. Within 10 minutes of lines in the water we had an amberjack on the line. And the day just kept on getting better. We rallied 24 fish total. 21 mahi, 2 barracuda, and the 1 amberjack.

Javi was the first mater and was great at constantly checking lines and have all of them in the water. At one point we reeled in 4 mahi within 3 minutes and he handled the chaos flawlessly. The captain maneuvered the boat very well and kept the ride as comfortable as possible.The ice chest was stocked with plenty of water, some soda, some beer, and a bottle of rum if you desire. If you want anything else I would just communicate with the crew beforehand.

Overall,  a great experience from pick up to drop off. Would love to fish with this charter again should we visit the D.R again!

Big group of 14 People with 2 boats operated by “Big Marlin” provided an excellent experience, booking process very easy, pick up was on time, both Fortuna and Sherlock crew did an awesome job. We had to cancel the 3rd boat since the other 4 people couldn’t make it to PUJ 5 days before and the deposit was fully refunded and Yustas fully understood. Total fished 6 mahi mahi or dorado. Recommend any of the 3 boats from Big Marlin.