Let me start by saying that everyone I interacted with at the charter company was very friendly (Mike, Francisco, Omar - deckhand). They really set the tone in a positive way and we had high hopes for a wonderful afternoon after seeing the crew remove 10+ fish from the fish well from the AM trip. Unfortunately we got skunked that afternoon and while I do agree that happens, I was quite surprised based on what this boat did in the AM as well as seeing all the “fish flags” flying from other boats entering the harbor.

I realize this getting blanked is a risk however I didn’t feel like the crew did much to help the matter. We literally left the harbor headed straight out for 20 miles trolling for marlin (while almost all the other boats went north up the sea of Cortez) . At 20 miles we turned around and came straight back. I’ve finished for marlin a dozen times and have never seen this “technique”. I didn’t see very many other boats in our area nor did we see the captain make any radio calls to other boats (including their sister boat that was on charter as well).

Once we came towards the harbor the captain headed south around the point to fish for smaller species (dorado, rooster, etc). I quickly noticed no other boats in the area and as I mentioned we trolled for an hour without anything. Just one trip parallel to the beach and a return trip on the same line then we headed in. Didn’t really feel like this was active “fishing”. Again no calls to other boats, and seeing an area devoid of other boats should have signaled no fish in the area.

Maybe I’m just salty because I didn’t get a fish so please keep that in mind in reading this review. As I said at the top, the staff were super friendly and accommodating…maybe you just need to be more forceful with the crew to put you on some fish… but then isn’t that what you’re paying them for?