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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Extreme Fishing with Frederico

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on October 26, 2024
The trip was great and the captain very friendly and worked well with my teenagers.ย  I would highly recommend him. However,...
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Melvin C.
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Best trip ever!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on July 10, 2024
Recommend 100%. Great effort to target fish, fought with Tarpon and even shark. Our catch was prepared by an amazing chef at...
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Manuel M.
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Best Captain

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on February 12, 2024
Captain Juan Carlos went out of his way to make sure we had a one of a kind experience. His knowledge and expertise of the...
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Austin P.
Excellent
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Would do it again!

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Tarpon on September 7, 2024
Fernando ran a great trip. Enjoyable to be around and kept us fishing the whole time. We were happy with the whole experience!
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Cesar B.
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Spectacular Captain!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on May 30, 2024
Amazing trip and the Captain was wonderful with new anglers. I highly recommend this charter for anyone looking to get on some...
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