We started the day on a not so great weather. We trolled around for almost 4 hours, not even a finch. However, those long hours weren’t so bad. Johnny’s nice human qualities and generally a like-able and social aptitude kept the conversation going and kept interesting. Of course there were plenty of times where I was able to enjoy peacefulness and humbling moments in the vast ocean with my thoughts. I didn’t have much hope for catching the fish. But, he encourage positive fish hope. Life is nothing without hope, I reminded myself. However, my day out on the ocean on a boat was already accomplished. One of the desiring factor for ocean fishing for me was to rekindle the humbling feeling of what nature allows and denies.

Miraculously, at our last hour, we caught a Mahi Mahi or Dorado. He introduced me to the fillet folks on the marina, help vacuum seal half of the fish and rest plain fillet for $10 USD. Then introduced me to a restaurant next door, who then prepared 7 different ways of the fresh catch cooked elegantly and deliciously. For roughly $10 USD.

Be prepared to pay for you own sports fishing license $15. And bait for $20.

Without any expectations, I had several pleasant experiences. These conclusively makes Johnny my top goto guy in charter fishing in Los Cabos San Lucas. Small group of 2 or 3 will be most ideal as his current boat is small. But, he is ambitious to grow. I as consumer of experience want nothing more than for him to be successful and build his business! I will see hime again and will definitely give him my business.

Had a great fishing trip with Captain Johnny Sanchez ! We caught 3 Mahi Mahi and 1 Wahoo almost right away. Huge fish! We had several additional bites as well. Captain Johnny was a great host and kept conversations going. When we were all stocked up Johnny took us out to the arc rock formation to snorkel for the remainder of the time. Back at the marina he took our fish to the fillet house and then was on his way. Definitely a great experience 10/10 would recommend. Well be back some other time for sure.

Captain Johnny was very hospitable and knowledgeable! We left shortly after 6am and had a fish on quickly before sunrise, a baby El Dorado (Mahi Mahi)! Very shortly after we had another fish on, a more size able Mahi Mahi - perfect for dinner tonight!

After catching dinner, we headed out into deeper water in search of Marlin! We got to see several Marlin break the surface giving us a show! We had several bites / follows but these smart fish weren’t getting caught just eating tails / torsos of the bait!

Overall Captain Johnny was a phenomenal host and very knowledgeable about what fish were biting for the season and what gear to use! I’ll be booking Captain Johnny again next year!

Great day with Johnny on his Panga. He was ready to go early and communicated quickly before the trip during planning. We were first out!  Within an hour we caught mahi mahi and skipjack. We wanted to catch marlin and had a couple of nibbles, but no luck ( just not our day - no fault of Johnny’s). We did try to switch it up and catch rooster fish, but it is not quite the season. We went back to trolling and caught a Wahoo which I understand is not typical here. It was my husband’s first wahoo catch. Wahoo!  We got a bonus of seeing whales up close and play and breach. On our way back in, fed the sea lion and had lots of pelicans “escort us” in. When we got back, Johnny recommended and walked us to a restaurant where our mahi was prepared 7 different ways — delicious. Thank you Johnny for a wonderful day of fishing.

Cannot say enough great things about Captain Johnny and his boat. This is our first time in Cabo and we were undecided about chartering a fishing boat ( we’ve done it several times in the States and it was always just “ok”) but I knew we’d regret it if we didn’t go. Booked with Johnny because of the great reviews and the great price. It ended up being a great day, 3 Dorado, 1 Rooster fish in the boat ( I fought one and lost, but I’ll be back for him 😊) and a Skipjack. BUT,  and this is why I highly recommend Capt. Johnny, even if we hadn’t caught fish I wouldn’t have regretted going out, we saw beautiful scenery and Dorado chasing fish out of the water and his personality is just amazing.