Captain
Juan Carlos Torruella

Member since October 2023 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Capt. Juan Carlos runs fishing trips out of San Juan aboard a 26’ TwinVee Catamaran EL FLAKO. These waters are known for great bluewater fishing for marlin, sailfish, tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi. Off the reefs kingfish, blackfin tuna and snappers are targeted. Inshore tarpon are caught year round in our backcountry waters. Capt. Juan will show you how to catch them, whether you're trolling, live baiting or jigging. With extensive knowledge of the area, he has a trick or two up his sleeve, and the only way to learn is to join him out on the water! Capt. Juan was voted by Salt Water Sportsman magazine as one top 50 charter captains in the world in 2013. He has over 40 years of experience fishing these waters!
Techniques
Trolling for big game offshore. Live baiting off the reefs. Vertical jigging for kingfish and tuna. Live and dead baiting for tarpon inshore. Fishing artificial lures for tarpon. Fly fishing for tarpon.

Hey, I'm Captain Juan Carlos Torruella

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Capt. Juan Carlos runs fishing trips out of San Juan aboard a 26’ TwinVee Catamaran EL FLAKO. These waters are known for great bluewater fishing for marlin, sailfish, tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi. Off the reefs kingfish, blackfin tuna and snappers are targeted. Inshore tarpon are caught year round in our backcountry waters. Capt. Juan will show you how to catch them, whether you're trolling, live baiting or jigging. With extensive knowledge of the area, he has a trick or two up his sleeve, and the only way to learn is to join him out on the water! Capt. Juan was voted by Salt Water Sportsman magazine as one top 50 charter captains in the world in 2013. He has over 40 years of experience fishing these waters!
Techniques
Trolling for big game offshore. Live baiting off the reefs. Vertical jigging for kingfish and tuna. Live and dead baiting for tarpon inshore. Fishing artificial lures for tarpon. Fly fishing for tarpon.
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4.9 / 5
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San Juan
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5.0 / 5
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Trips from US $350

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 83 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
93%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
89%
Satisfied with the boat
98%
Caught fish
90%
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Angie R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Wanted big fish, and got big fish.

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on December 16, 2025
Surprised my husband with this one.ย  We have a boat and fish often but live nowhere close to the ocean.ย  I told Captain Michael...
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Jessica M.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Do it, book the trip!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on January 19, 2026
This was such a fun day!! We caught fish almost immediately. We even hooked onto a shark that took all my strength and my husband...
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Wyatt S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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April fishing trip

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on April 23, 2025
I booked a reef fishing trip for my in laws while I was on a different charter for tarpon. They had an absolute blast and caught...
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Jelly & Joe Cangialosi
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fantastic trip

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on October 20, 2025
All our daughter wanted to do on our trip to Puerto Rico was go fishing. Captain Juan certainly delivered. He kept us informed...
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Neal V.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Tarpon fishing

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Tarpon on March 24, 2025
This captain has over 30 years experience which made our trip awesome. He uses different technics to target the fish, so you...
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