I would have no hesitation in recommending El Budster to fellow fishermen. It’s comfortable and well equipped with two fighting chairs and plenty of shade and seating areas. Capt Francisco and mate Omar both worked very hard to put us on fish, with the result that we had a beautiful striped Marlin of 150-170lbs. This was despite us seeing many other boats around us flying the marlin flag when we returned to harbour. This made 4 fish for them in three consecutive days’ fishing.

Note that although it isn’t compulsory locally for some reason we practiced catch and release, which I would encourage for anyone who cares about the state of our seas. After all, my marlin released today could be the one you catch on your next trip.

Nice clean boat. Caught our limit of Mahi (our primary goal) and got a massive marlin as a bonus without even trying. We did the all inclusive full day trip and the box lunch was good (really too much food). Also got more beer than we needed. Luis and ismael were very good too. Made adjustments to lures and depth of troll as needed. Communicated effectively about our plan. We initially told them tuna was the number 2 priority but told us Jan is not the right month and we adjusted our plan accordingly

My 16 year old son and I had a great 5 hour trip.  Within 10 minutes of leaving the dock we had lines in the water and the guides worked hard for 5 hours to get us on fish.

We caught 4 skip jacks and one Mahi Mahi.  The guides pitched to two separate Marlin with no success, but we had a great look at them.

Thanks for the memories

Salvador and his first mate Hector took great care of us and their boat was large and in great shape.  They took us out to the spots where the fish were (so many local anglers won’t take you far out to save on fuel costs—not these guys!) and we caught so much Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna the we ended up choosing to turn back early, although Salvador and Hector were happy to stay out later.  This was on an afternoon trip too, leaving at noon!  I cannot recommend El Budster highly enough.  They were both consummate professionals and accommodating of everyone in our group, some of whom were fishing for the first time.

Highly recommend El Budster! The entire experience was top notch. Good communication. Several days before the trip they asked if we needed license, box lunch, and beers for our trip and I thought the additional costs were very reasonable. We already had our license and decided just to have them get beers for our group. Upon arrival the office is in front of Dock 3 and El Budster boat was the 2nd boat on the dock. We met the Captain and first mate Omar who both spoke decent English. They we prepared and ready to go so as soon as we boarded they didn’t waste any time and we left. On our way out of the marina we stopped to get bait ($30 cash) from a small ponga just outside the marina, which gets you 10 large bait, and then we were off. We started fishing within 5 min of leaving the marina and Omar and the Captain never stopped working to get us on fish the rest of the day. Fishing equipment was top notch Shimano fishing reels in good condition. Within 15 min we had a fish on (small skipjack) which was fun for my 7 yr son to reel in. Then a few larger skipjack, then we got into the dorado!  We ended up getting our Limit of Dorado for 4 of us! We have been on other trips where the captain/crew just troll around never change up tactics, but that was not the case with this group, they worked the entire time to get us fish and their efforts paid off. This was one of the best fishing trip we have ever had and we will be back to fish with El Budster again!