What a great trip.

The lack of fish was not on Captain Luis, but on us: he warned us going in that the time of day was not ideal for catching fish, but that didn’t matter to me. It was great just to get out on the water and reel in a few small ones. I’d definitely plan for the early morning excursion next time, even though I hate mornings, because the fishing would doubtless be better.

But even without big bites, it was fantastic. Captain Luis hit four or five different spots trying to find fish that would bite, and changed bait/lures a few times for better results. And in between all of this, he sailed us around Old San Juan, giving us insight into the history and allowing us to see the city (literally and figuratively) from perspectives we’d not seen before.

Seemed the Captain felt bad that we didn’t catch much, because he extended our time a bit until we caught a couple of things. And when the trip was all over, he even called us an Uber (which he paid for) to get us back to our nearby hotel.

We would absolutely do it again.

We went out with Capt Luis for a 5 hour trip and definitley recommend him. He is very knowledgeable about fishing, boating, and Puerto Rico history. We thoroughly enjoyed the entire trip; even sitting and waiting for the fish to bite while listening to Luis tell stories and history about San Juan and Puerto Rico. My husband caught a “guavancha”, tarpon, and had a fun tough fight with the jack crevalle. We had a great day and enjoyed Luis’ company. Highly recommend!!!

We took an Eco-Tour & fishing trip with Capt. Luis. It was a great trip. We met with Capt. Luis in the morning at the dock of the marina. It was easy to get to, we just took an Uber from our Air BnB. Captain showed us his boat and gear (which was quality equipment). Then we headed out to the mangrove canals. In about 2 minutes we got to the canals and started dropping in our lures for trolling as Capt. Luis started telling us a little ecology about the mangroves and the wildlife. In about 5 minutes, we had our first Tarpon on the line and I had my first taste of Tarpon fishing. I also found out very quickly that there is learning curve for Tarpon fishing, because this big fish threw the lure on it’s second jump. Captain Luis gave me some pointers for the next Tarpon encounter as we reset our lines. My girlfriend watched the many birds, iguanas, and enjoyed the scenery, as I watched the fishing rods for strikes. (We both thought it was a great, relaxing, quite change from the packed cruise and tours we had just finished the day before.) Not too much longer, I had another Tarpon on the line. While I did better, this one threw the lure also. A few moments later we had another fish on the line. This one was a Snook and I got it into the boat. We tried to catch and release, but it had swallowed the big lure and didn’t survive. So, it went into the icebox for our dinner later. (Which Capt. Luis filleted, skinned, and put on ice for us at the end of the trip. And I cooked up later for a delicious dinner.) Soon after the Snook, I had another fish on the line, this time it was a Jack Crevalle. We took pics and threw it back in. We fished a little bit more in the canals, then headed out to the bay. As we went through the bay, Capt. Luis pointed out some of the landmarks and told us the history of them. Since the water was calm that day, Capt. Luis took us out past the mouth of the bay to fish a little deeper water. We had no luck, but got to see more of the forts and surrounding buildings. After that, we started to head back in and I asked if we could extend the trip a bit, which we did. (I wanted to fish some more.) Shortly after getting back into the canals, we hooked the third Tarpon and this one I got landed. I was pretty happy, as this was my first time fishing saltwater and I was able to catch Puerto Rico’s 3 main inland saltwater fish. All in just a few hours. (I think I might have been lucky also…) I would definitely do the trip again, it was my favorite excursion and I would recommend it.

We had an awesome afternoon fishing with Captain Luis.  Thank you for all of your help and expertise and for making our trip a memorable one.  Daniel is still talking about it!

We not only had a lot of action with fish, but got to see a lot of different wild life including a manatee that came right to the boat. I missed several monster tarpon and only landed one due to my own mistakes. Capt Luis coached me and showed me techniques that put me in the position to land the fish that I did. He was an awesome guy, very friendly, knowledgeable, and overall good time. Would recommend him to anyone.