We had an awesome trip on the El Budster Pride with Captain Luis and first mate Ismael—this was our second trip with this crew, and they did not disappoint.

We started the day targeting yellowfin tuna. My son caught the first fish of the day, a bonita, and was fired up. My wife then landed the first and only yellowfin of the trip, which we estimated at 50–60 pounds.

After that, we headed in closer to shore to fish for striped marlin off the reef, and it was incredible. As soon as we arrived, marlin were everywhere. We hooked five, brought three to the boat, and should have had a fourth if another boat hadn’t accidentally cut us off.

Captain Luis and Ismael are dedicated, professional, and genuinely enthusiastic about what they do. Their energy and knowledge made the trip even better.

We highly recommend this crew and can’t wait to come back again.

We had a really cool time on the El Budster Charter – it’s a family-run business, which made it feel nice and chill. Captain Luis is super experienced and got us on a big Wahoo right in the first hour. The Shimano reels and gear were solid, made it easy to reel in the fish without any hassle. Captain Salvador was awesome with talking to us and even helped sort out a weekly fishing license super quick.

Capt Luis was chatting with other boats and got us right into the tuna spot where birds and dolphins were going crazy on the baitfish. We caught a couple decent yellowfin tuna and some bonita – it was fun watching the tuna jump out of the water chasing stuff. Had a great day fishing with my 9-year-old boy, it’s good for kids. Totally recommend it!

My wife and I did an afternoon 5 hour trip. Had a Bonita in about 5 minutes after the poles were set. It got a little quiet after that for a couple hours. And then we hit! Landed 3 striped marlin in the next couple of hours. Seas were very rough since a storm had just passed through the area the week before. So 6-8 feet seas all day. Each fish took about 15 to 20 minutes to get tonthe boat. The smallest was 93 inches tonthe largest which was 98 inches! All were over 100 pounds! One of the greatest experiences of this old man’s life! Crew was awesome and all about the fishing. Clearly experienced at their craft. WHEN we go back to Cabo we will definitely use the same place again! Don’t shop around, this is your boat! Enjoy

I went out for an 8 hour trip on Sep 22nd and what a trip.

This was my 4th trip with the great captain and again he did not disappoint.

Check-in for the trip is super easy and your fishing license is available in 10 min. Excellent customer service all round. Boat left on time and now you pay for bait at the check in so again super easy.

My best friend has never caught a big ocean fish, and what a way to start. We hit a 300lb Blue Marlin, and the fight was on. Lost a big Whaoo when it bit through the line and caught some smaller fish also when my arm was so tired :) Great support from the crew and great pictures also.

Stopped to feed the seals on the way back and took lots of great pictures.

I would and will go again with EL BUDSTER PRIDE or as I call it El BUDSTER “BIG FISH” PRIDE!!

Ian

the captain and deckhand were the best experience we ever had fishing! We got one marlin and lost one and one mahi mahi and landed on a sweet spot where we landed over 20 tuna thanks again for a splendid day! would recommend for anyone to book here definitely would come back again.