Well where to begin! I was the only angler on Mad Marlin with the amazing Capt Andrés and his first mate the beautiful Arixa!

We went out 31 miles for sailfish, Marlin and tuna. (43 miles). 

Boom right at 8:30am Sailfish on!!! I start reeling her in and what? The reel broke! Not to be deterred I asked Capt Andrés for gloves. We are going to reel this on by hand!  Capt estimated 115 lbs! Arixa was on the spot in helping me get the sailfish tagged. My first ever!  He even put together an amazing video of it as proof! (Along with seeing thousands of dolphins and catching a 16 lb Tuna later in the day!). **hidden content**

So after trolling and trying different baits and lures Capt Andrés asked me if I wanted to go for tuna, i said hell yeah! I really appreciated that he wanted my input. So we headed out further which as I’ve experienced most charters try and take you back in saving gas but not Capt Andrés! He was all for it and us getting some sashimi baby!

So we come up to the grounds and thousands of dolphins jumping around! Capt Andrés shared that tuna like to play with the dolphins. After seeing another boat catch a tuna i knew we were due And sure enough, I’m jigging the line and boom! Fish on!!! I thought it was a baby at first not putting up fight but as soon as I got it close to the boat it took off!! This happened 4 times! Finally was able to win the battle and got it on board! Arixa was spot on again in hooking it onboard. 

We trolled all the way back and Arixa cut up the tuna and made amazing sashimi on the way back! She’s amazing on top of being beautiful!

I can’t recommend Capt Andrés enough. The best charter I’ve ever had! I will definitely be back and go again!

Went out for the full day trip today and caught a few smaller fish. Nothing was biting but the deck hand kept busy all day trying to get us onto the fish. We went out about 52 km to a school of tuna. The captain showed us on his monitor where they were but we could not get them to come after the lures. It did not matter though as we were driving among a pod of probably 500-1000 dolphins the whole day. It was a great time watching them flip out of the water and even leaning over the boat to touch them. I will post the pictures of the fish a little later when I get them but overall a fun boat ride to say the least. Only wish the captain would have communicated and explained the fishing aspect a little bit better.

We had a great fishing trip with Captain Andres. The captain was well prepared, aimed to please and spoke very good English as well. We caught mahi mahi and a nice sailfish. We tried fishing for tuna but they would not cooperate. We did not have to argue to keep our fish like on other charters. Fun trip!

Even though the fishing was slow and weather rainy. The captain and mate were very pleasant and provided everything I needed good food, drinks and even rain coats.
The boat was very comfortable and well equipped. They.made every effort to make the trip comfortable and attempted various techniques to help catch the Pacific Sailfish I was targeting, unfortunately the fish didn’t cooperate.
I would highly recommend this charter and crew.

Captain Andres and his crew were nothing short of amazing. Fishing for most of my life, I completely understand that you may not always catch what you want. My target was originally Marlin as that has always been my dream fish to catch. Captain Andres took us out and put us on a huge bait ball with tuna flying and bottle nose dolphin everywhere. We ended up catching a monster tuna! When it was finally time to go home, we ended up seeing a glimpse of the dream Marlin. Andres immediately went out of his way to add an additional hour just to try to catch the Marlin. While we ultimately were not able to find the Marlin again, This is exactly what you want in a Captain. Someone that will go the extra mile for you. Highly Recommend!