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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Good experience
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Appropriate for children
88%
Satisfied with the boat
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Michelle C.
Excellent
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Best day ever!

VERIFIED   8 Hour Trip - Deep Sea Fishing on May 8, 2025
Juan Carlos gave us a trip of a lifetime! We caught Tuna and a Blue Marlin. Truly unbelievable! Great sea Captain with 30+...
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Gail C.
Excellent
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Great communication, great, knowledgeable guide!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Tarpon (AM) on April 22, 2025
Had a great time tarpon fishing in San Juan with Luke! He was very knowledgeable & friendly. Boat was very clean & modern....
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Matthew M.
Excellent
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Great outing with lots of fish

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on April 17, 2025
At the Captains recommendation, we fished the reef and it was great.ย  Tons of fish and lots of fun.ย  The boat was great,...
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SCOTT M.
Excellent
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Tarpon night time fishing

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on March 13, 2025
What can I say ,,,,,,. What a experience We had a blast with Captain Juan . Triple hitters giant snooks it was...
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James U.
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Fun reef fishing

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on June 17, 2025
The captain was great abd made sure we all had the open to catch a fish. We ended up catching a large king fish and had a blast
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