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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Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 83 reviews
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Excellent
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Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Excellent
4.8 / 5
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
93%
Appropriate for children
89%
Satisfied with the boat
98%
Caught fish
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Justin K.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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First Trip

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on June 23, 2025
This was our first trip like this, Carlos did all the hard work.ย  Nice guy, perfect English if that helps you, nice equipment,...
Justin K. recommends Extreme Fishing Puerto Rico
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Travis C.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
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Tough winds today

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on May 24, 2025
Capt Juan Carlos is a professional with great equipment. I would recommend him and will definitely use his services again.
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Randy R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing with Juan Carlos

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on April 19, 2025
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Mike K.
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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Amazing day!!!

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Reef Fishing (AM) on March 3, 2025
Captain Juan was amazing, had us on fish almost instantly! This was a honeymoon trip and my wife came along also, Captain Juan...
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Hailey H.
Very good
4.0 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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Fishing with Juan Carlos

VERIFIED   4 Hour Trip โ€“ Deep Sea Fishing (AM) on December 1, 2025
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