I somehow talked my wife into a full-day trip on the Black Marlin since she had a horrible time an earlier trip on another boat.  And now, she’s very happy about it.  Capt Manuel and Jose were friendly, knowledgeable and worked very hard to put us on fish—and it worked great.

We had 4 dorado in the boat in less than an hour and then went looking for billfish.  45 minutes later we hooked up with what turned out to be a 110 lb striped marlin.  An hour and 40 minutes later and we had it in the boat.  Before we could finish our celebratory cans of beer we hooked up another one that took off flying across the water.  An hour and 45 minutes later my wife landed a 185 lb blue marlin.  Tired but happy she’s now hooked on fishing.

I’ve been on plenty of charters and this was by far the best—not just for the results but for the pleasure of fishing with Capt Manuel and Jose.  I highly recommend Black Marlin Sportfishing.

Had a great trip.  There were four of us and we were comfortable on the boat.  We were one of the first boats to hit the water and we caught a nice Dorado within thirty minutes.  Caught several Bonito after that, which made for a great dinner (ceviche, sashimi, and filets for six of us. Jose (crewman) was attentive and helpful the entire trip.  We hooked two Marlin on the back half of the trip but they both pulled the hook, but we had fun fighting them.  My boys all said it was the highlight of their trip to Cabo.

We took off at 6am. We had said we were interested in catching Marlin, Dorado, or Tuna, but would be happy with whatever! As we headed out, the sunrise was beautiful. We saw some whales surface. They had water and beer for us along with some fish burritos (along with some sauces), Doritos, and Oreos. Ended up catching a 46 inch Dorado. Then a while later, a hook a marlin. Took over 90 minutes to get it in. But after both my sons kept at it, the beast was captured. 104 inch Striped Marlin. Manuel was very nice and did a great job driving the boat and finding the fish. Jose did a great job teaching the boys the right way to reel in the fish and answered any and all questions we had. Would definitely recommend.

Two buddies and I recently went out with Captain Manuel and Mate Jose for a full day of fishing and it was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! We were one of the first boats out of the marina which paid off with a dorado in the first half hour. It was then pretty consistent action until we got into the Sierra, pulling 16 out in two hours. After catching two dorado, 16 Sierra, 3 needle fish, and a bonita we still had over 3 hours to try for a marlin.

Manuel and Jose are incredibly knowledgable, friendly and overall great fishermen. The Black Marlin will be my boat going forward and is highly recommended!

If you are looking for a budget friendly charter that can do it all, look no further! Wife and I decided to book the 8 hour all inclusive Black Marlin Sportfishing Charter. We told the crew the wife wanted to catch a Mahi Mahi and I would like a marlin. They said we can try to make that happen but September is slow for Marlin. We still kept the faith. We hit the water right at 6am. A bait boat pulled up beside us on the water, gave us our bait and it seemed like we immediately had lines in the water trolling along the beach. No time wasted! Within 30 minutes we landed a Mahi Mahi and kept catching almost every 45 minutes. 1 bull and 2 female Mahis were caught along with a cool needle fish. We were thrilled. It was now time to target Marlin. The crew switched bait and dropped two weighted stringers of reflective ribbons, changed direction and we started trolling out to sea. During about an hour and a half, we laid down on their comfortable seats/ beds on deck and we also took this time to enjoy the sack lunches the crew provided as part of the all inclusive package. They included 3 beefy breakfast tacos, chips, Oreos and an apple and boy did it hit the spot. They also provided a case of beer of my choice! So at about an hour and half , we woke up to drag getting peeled off the reel and in the far distance I saw a marlin jump out of the water. My heart was pumping, I hoped into the fighting chair, the deck hand handled me the rod and coached me on what I needed to do. The aerial show that Marlin put on will never be forgotten. It tookabout 35 minutes to reel it in as it was fighting and fighting and so was I. We finally got it in the boat and boy was it beautiful. Definitely a bucket list item checked off thanks to crew. I decided to troll for another hour then told the crew to cut the trip short as the marlin was starting to get hot on the deck. As we were heading back, my wife had a surprise visitor hop on the back of the boat. Her heart dropped in excitement as she was able to feed and pet a sea lion! We also took the typical pictures of the famous arch in the background. Coming into the marina we were the only charter to come in with a blue marlin flag raised and it was a great feeling! I decided I wanted to mount the fish and they had a rep from Atlantic taxidermy waiting. FYI: do your research on this company as we decided to use someone else. Overall this was a great trip I will remember forever and cannot thank the crew enough for making my dream come true! Do not hesitate to book and do it now!