Captain
Alfonso Arcos

Member since January 2019 Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Background
Captain Alfonso fell in love with the ocean at a young age. When he was a boy, his father taught him commercial fishing introducing him to a new and fascinating world. That is how Alfonso's passion for fishing began. At the age of 22, Alfonso started to offer his first sportfishing trips, and at the age of 27, his family finally owned their own fishing boat. Alfonso was the only one of his siblings who was passionate about fishing, so soon the family boat became his own. Captain Alfonso is involved with all his heart and passion in the fishing community of Playa del Carmen. So much that he is a co-founder of the first fishing cooperation of Playa del Carmen and has organized the yearly sportfishing tournament of the years 2013 to 2016. Alfonso is a qualified captain, proud to show you the beautiful Caribbean waters and share his passion for fishing with you.

Hey, I'm Captain Alfonso Arcos

Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Background
Captain Alfonso fell in love with the ocean at a young age. When he was a boy, his father taught him commercial fishing introducing him to a new and fascinating world. That is how Alfonso's passion for fishing began. At the age of 22, Alfonso started to offer his first sportfishing trips, and at the age of 27, his family finally owned their own fishing boat. Alfonso was the only one of his siblings who was passionate about fishing, so soon the family boat became his own. Captain Alfonso is involved with all his heart and passion in the fishing community of Playa del Carmen. So much that he is a co-founder of the first fishing cooperation of Playa del Carmen and has organized the yearly sportfishing tournament of the years 2013 to 2016. Alfonso is a qualified captain, proud to show you the beautiful Caribbean waters and share his passion for fishing with you.
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Alfonso Tours

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(527 reviews)
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Playa Del Carmen
 Last booking: 27 minutes ago
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Triggerfish and windy weather
Triggerfish and windy weather
Dec 28, 2021 Playa Del Carmen
The morning started windy but we still decided to go out and try our luck. We started trolling but after a while we decided to bottom fish to have better chances, because I already knew a place where there where going to be triggerfish. Everyone caught their own fish, and after a while we had about 6 triggerfish. The little boy was very excited because he caught the biggest of them all and fought a lot to get it into the boat! We ended the trip a little sooner than expected because of the wind that started to rise up a little and a little seasickness started to kick in. Once back at the beach I cleaned and prepped the fish so they could take it back to their hotel and have a nice meal.
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First time fighting a fish with just the
First time fighting a fish with just the
Oct 20, 2021 Playa Del Carmen
We left early, and since the beginning of the trip the client was really happy and in a good mood. First we tried to catch a big one but we were not lucky, so we went for the smaller ones. We caught red snappers and triggerfish. The client who was already super happy got really excited when we caught a triggerfish just with the line and he got the opportunity to fight it with the bare line and his hands. It was the first time he fished like that and that experience made him really really happy. We are glad we had such a good time out on the water and we are excited to see our client again in 20 days when we will go out fishing together again!
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Mysterious animal fights and breaks fish
Mysterious animal fights and breaks fish
Oct 3, 2021 Playa Del Carmen
It all started when we went on a fishing trip for 6 hours with clients that have a Youtube Channel. Almost 25 min into the trip, a big one got caught, at first I thought that maybe it was something at the bottom that got stuck on the line but after fighting it for quite a bit approximately 20 min the rod breaks! With what is left of it we continue fighting it. Our suspicions where a huge amberjack, a grouper, a red snapper, or maybe even a shark. We continued fighting and it almost finished a 300 meter reel! While we where still wondering what it could be that was so strong, It went to open sea so we followed, approximately 8 km from the coastline. It required a lot of strength because there was no flexibility left on the broken rod. After 2 hours and approximately 30 meters away from us the line broke! We never got to see what fought with us for so long. We checked the line and our best guess is that it was a shark. It must have been a 200 kg shark. And that was our adventure. After that we went on and caught huachinangos and a big red snapper. It was an exciting day, and I still wonder what kind of animal it was that was so strong.
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One of our clients was a dog!
One of our clients was a dog!
May 19, 2021 Playa Del Carmen
At the beginning the dog was a little nervous about the trip, but after half an hour he became very excited about being on the boat with his owners. After an hour the first mahi mahi ate the bait and we reeled it in. After a while we caught two other mahi mahi at the same time. Then we almost caught a sailfish but he wasnยดt really into the bait so he just played with it. At the end of the trip we caught another two mahi mahi. The dog was really excited every time a fish got reeled in. Everyone was very happy with the fishing trip!
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Big school of mahi mahi
Big school of mahi mahi
May 6, 2021 Playa Del Carmen
We left a little later than planned, and I was a little worried that this would make it a bit more complicated to catch lots of fish. But after 20 minutes we already caught the first one! It was a 4 hr trip and five of the six passengers got lucky. There was a big school of mahi mahi, which made for a good fishing trip.
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Six Mahi Mahi
Six Mahi Mahi
Jul 16, 2020 Playa Del Carmen
We headed offshore at 8 am ready for a great and successful fishing trip. During the first hour of the 4 hour fishing trip the first one bit the bait. In total we catch10 fish! Four of them were small so we released them back into the water. The ocean was calm and beautiful, there was a little bit of seaweed at the surface. Fun fact: the seaweed helped because smaller fish hide underneath it attracting bigger fish. There was a bit of fighting because the Mahi Mahi tend to give quite a bit of a fight. The client went home with a big smile and two of the six Mahi Mahi.
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Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Appropriate for children
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Nevada H.
Mexico
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4hr pm trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on February 20, 2022
Although we only caught one fish, it was not from a lack of trying! We also got to go snorkeling and saw lots of stingray and...
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Rena G.
Very good
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Persistent

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on March 20, 2024
While weโ€™ve caught more and larger fish elsewhere, Jose and Alfonso were persistent till we caught 4 trigger fish.
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Salla M.
The Hague, Netherlands
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Half Day with Alfonso

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on February 10, 2023
We had a nice day out fishing in February. The weather and the sea was beautiful!
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Robert B.
Lutz, FL
Very good
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8 hour trip with Captain Alfonso

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on January 31, 2023
Captain was very accommodating, and crew worked very hard to catch fish both trolling and bottom fishing; however, production...
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Liz H.
Corvallis, OR
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Four hour trip with Captain AlfonsoIt was very fun. Boat was nice and captain and first mate were very helpful and knowledgeable. We unfortunately did not carry any of the catch any of the large fish we had hoped for but we caught a lot of small ones and

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on December 5, 2022
It was very fun. Boat was nice and captain and first mate were very helpful and knowledgeable. We unfortunately did not catch...
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