We had an excellent time with Cpt Mario!  Not only was it our group’s first time in Puerto Vallarta, but also our first time fishing off a boat in open water.  Cpt Mario had basically everything we needed other than whatever drinks/snacks we wanted to bring.  He helped us set up the rods to catch live bait, and then further set up the larger rigs to use the live bait on.  We hooked a huge sailfish that gave a huge jumping fight, but it got away while reeling in.  We landed several Skipjack... More

I spoke to Captain Mario before the trip and asked that we not troll. He was very accommodating to our request! We spent the first part of the trip chasing birds (my favorite way to fish)! We then went closer to shore to find schooling roosterfish. We caught Jack Crevalle, Skip Jack, Bonito, and roosterfish. The boat was very comfortable and clean. First Mate Alex was extremely helpful and always right there when needed. Overall it was a great experience and I would highly recommend Burton III... More

Was a fantastic trip that started a little rough, it had rained real heavy the night before and taxi couldn’t get us to the sight beause of flooded roads. Captain Mario ask where we was at and got his boat over to where we was. Off fishing we went and both him and deckhand kept us busy catching bait till we hadenough go for biggger fish witch we hooked up with a 7’ plus sailfish. it took around a hour and a half to land.  Captaain Mario knowledge to get us into fish was great. Would highly... More

We caught Jack Caravelle about 35 pounds and 9 other fish about 4-5 pounds each. East to find, easy to to contact Captain Mario ,Alex was our co captain not sure what his correct title is but he was great . They moved until we found fish and helped when I needed help. I highly recommend this Captain.  Water was smooth and ride was enjoyable in the early morning hour and we saw several sea turtles! 5 Stars!!!!!! Oh and the large iguanas are beautiful !

Capt. Mario was extremely flexible with our cruise ship schedule and communicated with us the entire time. He had bait fish and gear ready so as not to waste time. Not kidding 3 dragon fish in the first 10 min of fishing. Then less than a minute after setting up the riggers we have a huge 36” Jack Caravalle on for a wonderful fight. None of the other boats around us were catching anything but WHAM! Capt. Mario has another 38” Jack running and gunning!! He answered all of.our questions, was... More