Captain
Clery Morales

Member since January 2015 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Owning and operating a fishing charter in San Juan PR is a dream come true. I was corrupted at an early age watching my fishing heroes on ESPN outdoors wrangle saltwater species of every variety – and from the time I landed my first Tarpon at the age of 6, I knew there was nothing else I’d rather do with my life.
Techniques
Fishing in the San Jose Lagoon is all about knowing the tides, moon phases, rain, etc. With over 15 years of experience, our captains will do everything in their power to hook a Silver King!

Hey, I'm Captain Clery Morales

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Owning and operating a fishing charter in San Juan PR is a dream come true. I was corrupted at an early age watching my fishing heroes on ESPN outdoors wrangle saltwater species of every variety – and from the time I landed my first Tarpon at the age of 6, I knew there was nothing else I’d rather do with my life.
Techniques
Fishing in the San Jose Lagoon is all about knowing the tides, moon phases, rain, etc. With over 15 years of experience, our captains will do everything in their power to hook a Silver King!
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My Charter Listings

Backwater Tarpon Fishing PR

Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent 27 reviews
San Juan
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trips from $355

Backwater II Tarpon Fishing PR

Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent 11 reviews
Carolina
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trips from $355

Backwater Fly Fishing Charters

Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent 3 reviews
Carolina
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trips from $355

Backwater Tarpon Bay Boat Ranger 23

San Juan
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trips from $350

Fishing Reports

Massive tarpon at the Torrecilla Lagoon
Massive tarpon at the Torrecilla Lagoon
Jan 21, 2018 San Juan
We' had an excellent week so far catching an average of 2-3 tarpon per trip all ranging from 60-100lbs! The bite is on!
Why Fish with us? LOCATION!
Why Fish with us? LOCATION!
Mar 21, 2017 San Juan
If you are looking to fish for tarpon? Don't look further! Our location is the mecca for tarpon fishing in Puerto Rico. We recently moved from San Juan Bay to the Laguna Torrecilla/San Jose which was ranked one of the top 10 spots for tarpon fishing. Why? Our vast lagoon is perfect for marine life, providing infinite sources of bait all year round for our resident fish. Contrary from San Juan Bay which you would encounter average of 15-25lb tarpon, in the lagoons we encounter 60-90lb tarpon. So get your big boy pants on and come fishing with Backwater Tarpon PR!
Top 10 best tarpon spot in the world!
Top 10 best tarpon spot in the world!
Mar 1, 2017 Carolina
If you are looking to fish for tarpon? Don't look further! Our location is the mecca for tarpon fishing in Puerto Rico. We recently moved from San Juan Bay to the Laguna Torrecilla/San Jose which was ranked one of the top 10 spots for tarpon fishing. Why? Our vast lagoon is perfect for marine life, providing infinite sources of bait all year round for our resident fish. Contrary from San Juan Bay which you would encounter average of 15-25lb tarpon, in the lagoons we encounter 60-90lb tarpon. So get your big boy pants on and come fishing with Backwater Tarpon PR!
Jay's 90lbs+ Tarpon
Jay's 90lbs+ Tarpon
Nov 25, 2016 San Juan
Backwater Tarpon Fishing Puerto Rico currently changed locations from San Juan Bay to Cangrejos Yacht Club, our main battle grounds now include the Laguna San Jose and the Laguna Torrecilla, known worldwide for their massive and vast amount of tarpon living on these areas! With the change of location came a change of tackle due to the size of tarpon! Bigger rods, bigger hooks & bigger baits! Since we changed locations our tarpon range from 50-90lbs and Jay was lucky enough to land this big monster!
Fly Fishing action in Laguna San Jose!
Fly Fishing action in Laguna San Jose!
Nov 24, 2016 San Juan
Great action fly fishing in the laguna san jose! Went out with Austin from texas! AS the charter started I asked if they wanted to catch some bait for our spinning rods just in case the fly fishing was slow but they decided to stick strictly to fly rods and it was a great choice! We casted different flies for a while with only one strike but after changing fly after fly we found that the mullet pattern was the choice of the day! As soon as we changed we had 7+ strikes one after the other one! Landing a nice size tarpon! Austin hooked a 90lbs+ tarpon that took two hours to reel in! Lost him right next to the boat as we were holding the leader to bring him in!
The bite is on!!
The bite is on!!
May 3, 2016 San Juan
Awesome day at San Juan today! We had over 15 tarpon strikes landing a few! Including a 6' tarpon that took Matt more than an hour! Good fishing, great people, what else can you ask for??

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Great Captain, lots of Tarpon
Great Captain, lots of Tarpon
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Catch intended fish
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Joe B.
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Great Captain, lots of Tarpon

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (PM) on April 27, 2021
My girlfriend and I booked a trip with captain clery. He was a great guide and very helpful. We were in the wrong place but...
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Half Day afternoon trip with Capt. Clery

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on April 1, 2021
My teenage son and I had a wonderful four hours of backwater fishing with Captain Clery on April 1.  We landed many tarpon,...
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San Juan
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Half day trip w/ Captain Cleary

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on February 17, 2021
If there were six stars I would give them!! Excellent captain and a great morning on the water. I caught a 90in tarpon, smaller...
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VERIFIED   NEW  3/4 Day Trip on April 24, 2021
Great experience!  Really a lot of action for tarpon .  One of the best fishing trips I have been on!
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Puerto Rico
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