In the small amount of time that I spent in Puerto Rico, I went out on a couple of different charters. The trip that I went on with Caribbean Fishing Academy was by far the best, and cheaper than most. CPT Luis Burgos had my girlfriend and I catching fish within the first 20 minutes and at any point throughout the day when we weren’t getting any bites, he quickly did what he could to push us back on top of the fish. Not only was he very knowledgeable about the fish in the area but he kept us entertained all day with cool facts about the history and culture of Puerto Rico. I don’t have one complaint about the Caribbean Fishing Academy. My girlfriend and I caught a couple Barracuda, Jack Crevalle, a massive Snook, and we hooked on to a Tarpon (the line broke which was my fault). I consider myself an experienced fisherman but from the 6 hours that I was with CPT Luis, I learned a lot. My girlfriend and I had and amazing time and I am definitely going to book the Caribbean Fishing Academy again.

We had an amazing trip.  Left at 6 AM sharp, ready to catch fish.  We learned a lot about inland fishing.  During our time, we saw many birds, manatees, dolphins, and just neat wildlife.  Unfortunately, the barracuda were pretty eager to eat our bait on the inland waters,  so we did not have much inland success.  Still caught a few snook however.  In the open waters, it was a different story.  We caught many jacks well as well as a tarpon! This was my sons dream fishing trip. It did not disappoint.  As many other reviews mentioned, Captain Luis is an excellent teacher, very patient, and just an overall good person.

The 3 of us did the morning half day trip with the extra hour. Captain Louis met us at the dock promptly at 6am with live bait ready to go. We fit comfortably in the 21ft catamaran. The boat is equipped with quality spinning gear which is nice as sometimes charters have less than ideal equipment. He also provided a great lesson in what to expect from the various species of fish and how to react.

Louis put us on fish within minutes of being on the water. We could see snook and tarpon jumping all around us. We landed a bunch of small/medium sized snook, spanish mackerel, and barracuda. My dad hooked into 2 huge snook which unfortunately he couldnt land, but what a riot it was to watch him fight them. I hooked into a large tarpon which i lost when it headed for the dock pilings.

The morning bite slowed so we headed to the open water to fish a few river mouths as they entered the atlantic. There i hooked up with a hammer head shark, but again was unable to land it. On the way back into the harbor louis trolled for fish while giving us a history lesson on the fort, the wall and various buildings visible from the boat. Louis is rightfully proud to be from puerto rico and it was a nice surprise to have him share his knowledge on the ride back.

We caught many fish and the trophies were there for the taking but we couldnt get them to the boat. Thats the fault of the fisherman not the guide. I have done several guided trips and louis is certainly a cut above. I would recommend captain louis whether you are a novice angler or an experienced fisherman. He is a must stop while you are in puerto rico.

Great experience and i would dobitball again! Captain Louis is a quality individual in every way , passionate and informative about the island,  fun and definitely knows his fishing! We caught 4 snook ( 3 from 22 to 35 inches)1 Spanish mackerel,  1 baracuda,  1 jack cravelle,  1 30 lb tarpon and i had a 60 pb tarpon on but i left him to much slack and he shook me off as well as several other bites he got us on but we didn’t land. Fishing is definitely no guarantee but Louis did his part and we will book again,  thank you captain!

Amazing day to say the least. Captain Luis was extremely educational on how to properly catch fish. He was also very informative in the history and culture of Puerto Rico. I was fascinated! I caught 11 fish total, missing quite a few because I was too anxious and would try and set the hook instead of listening to Captain Luis and letting the fish take the bait. Caught a 35” snook and what a rush it was. Hands down best in the business and I will be fishing with captain Luis again!