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Luis Umpierre Jr. and Luis Umpierre Sr.

Member since July 2014 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Luis Umpierre Jr. is a USCG-certified captain with great professional skills. He employs over 20 years of fishing experience to make your trip unforgettable, whether you are a novice angler looking to catch your first big fish or an expert looking for a Caribbean trophy fish of a lifetime. Capt. Luis is knowledgeable in a variety of fishing techniques and targets a diverse range of inshore game fish and offshore species. His father, Captain Luis Umpierre Sr., is a former president of the Puerto Rico Sport Fishing Association and a director of over 20 successful tournaments around the island. Capt. Luis Umpierre Sr. has over 4 decades of professional experience.
Techniques
Avid and experienced angler in both inshore and offshore fishing; putting in practice trolling, bottom, live bait, deep drop, and vertical jigging techniques.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background
Luis Umpierre Jr. is a USCG-certified captain with great professional skills. He employs over 20 years of fishing experience to make your trip unforgettable, whether you are a novice angler looking to catch your first big fish or an expert looking for a Caribbean trophy fish of a lifetime. Capt. Luis is knowledgeable in a variety of fishing techniques and targets a diverse range of inshore game fish and offshore species. His father, Captain Luis Umpierre Sr., is a former president of the Puerto Rico Sport Fishing Association and a director of over 20 successful tournaments around the island. Capt. Luis Umpierre Sr. has over 4 decades of professional experience.
Techniques
Avid and experienced angler in both inshore and offshore fishing; putting in practice trolling, bottom, live bait, deep drop, and vertical jigging techniques.
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Fishing Reports

Hot Bite on Christmas Week
Hot Bite on Christmas Week
Dec 27, 2016 San Juan
This week the bite has been very good. Caught plenty of snook and jack crevalle on the back channels to keep us entertained. The story of the week was the monster tarpon caught on Wednesday the 27th. After a thrilling hour and a half fight, Capt. Luis managed to catch and release a huge tarpon estimated at 85+ pounds. One of the biggest tarpon caught this year.
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Great Fishing on Christmas Week
Great Fishing on Christmas Week
Dec 27, 2016 San Juan
This week the bite has been very good. Caught plenty of snook and jack crevalle on the back channels to keep us entertained. The story of the week was the monster tarpon caught on Wednesday the 27th. After a thrilling hour and a half fight, Capt. Luis managed to catch and release a huge tarpon estimated at 85+ pounds. One of the biggest tarpon caught this year.
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Hot September Bite Tarpon are biting!
Hot September Bite Tarpon are biting!
Sep 17, 2016 San Juan
September month bite has been hot! Tarpon are hungry and they are biting. This week, the high tide was the best time. We got our bait early in the morning and as soon as the high tide started coming in, tarpon were in action. Released 4 tarpon on saturday. Had two first timers and they were thrilled!
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Tarpon and Snook at the Bay
Tarpon and Snook at the Bay
May 29, 2016 San Juan
Beautiful day with flat seas gave us the opportunity to do some early reef fishing to target the tasty King Mackerel and Yellowtail Snappers. To our surprise, the bite was very slow at the reef and after no action at the reef, we decided to target the tarpon and snook at the channels. On our way back to the channels, we found a huge bait ball in the middle of the Bay and managed to fill our two livewells with a single shot. We were ready for the tarpon! Tarpon were not rolling at the channels, but we knew they were there! 5 minutes after throwing in lines, we hook up with a huge snook that unfortunately pulled the hook after couple of minutes. They were biting! Next drift, we hook up with a decent 6 pound snook that gave a good fight and gave us the first catch of the day. On the next drift we were able to catch and release a decent tarpon as well. We decided to go back to the bay to target the elusive jack crevalle to complete our Inshore Grand Slam but no luck. We hooked up with another tarpon that pulled the hook after a couple of jumps. Overall, a successful fishing trip, happy clients and happy captain!
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Tarpon and Snook at the channels!
Tarpon and Snook at the channels!
May 29, 2016 San Juan
Beautiful day with flat seas gave us the opportunity to do some early reef fishing to target the tasty King Mackerel and Yellowtail Snappers. To our surprise, the bite was very slow at the reef and after no action at the reef, we decided to target the tarpon and snook at the channels. On our way back to the channels, we found a huge bait ball in the middle of the Bay and managed to fill our two livewells with a single shot. We were ready for the tarpon! Tarpon were not rolling at the channels, but we knew they were there! 5 minutes after throwing in lines, we hook up with a huge snook that unfortunately pulled the hook after couple of minutes. They were biting! Next drift, we hook up with a decent 6 pound snook that gave a good fight and gave us the first catch of the day. On the next drift we were able to catch and release a decent tarpon as well. We decided to go back to the bay to target the elusive jack crevalle to complete our Inshore Grand Slam but no luck. We hooked up with another tarpon that pulled the hook after a couple of jumps. Overall, a successful fishing trip, happy clients and happy captain!
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Tarpon, Kings, Mackerel HOT BITE!
Tarpon, Kings, Mackerel HOT BITE!
May 14, 2016 San Juan
This week's fishing was lots of fun filled with lots of fishing action. Saturday Morning went out reef fishing early in the morning before the wind picked up and caught two HUGE Mackerels with live bait. The wind picked up later and came back to target the tarpon. Jumped off a nice one after a couple of jumps. Clients took fresh fillet to a nearby restaurant "El Pescador" and had a blast. Saturday Afternoon had a nice mixed bag action releasing a tarpon, barracuda and snappers. Sunday Morning was filled with action. Caught 15 Mackerels and a tuna out of 25+ bites! We also had the thrill to see a HUGE Barracuda attacking two of our hooked fish. We enjoyed a couple of spectacular jumps by the barracuda on its full wildlife behavior getting its morning breakfast! Clients had a blast and took home some dinner too!
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4.6 / 5
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November fishing trip
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Good experience
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Friendly captain
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Recommend this charter
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Appropriate for children
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Satisfied with the boat
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Catch intended fish
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Kristin A.
Mount Prospect, Illinois
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Great afternoon of fishing and fun on the water

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on March 23, 2022
We had a great experience for our first time fishing on a boat with Luis. Everything was prepared by him before we got there,...
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Victor J.
Fort Myers, FL
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November fishing trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on November 24, 2022
The capt Luis JR was great. This was an awesome experience thanks to the capt knowledge of the island. Not only a great day...
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Wendell B.
CORP CHRISTI, TX
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BEST FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on October 20, 2022
2 hour fight with the biggest tarpon I have ever laid my eyes on! These are your guys! They will take care of you from start...
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Ryan J.
Austin, TX
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4hr pm trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on August 10, 2022
Captain Kevin was very friendly and it was a great trip. I have been fishing almost whole life and learned some new things...
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Trent S.
United States
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Afternoon trip with Capt. Luis

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on January 11, 2022
Had an awesome trip with Capt. Luis. He was able to get me on my first and second tarpon ever! We then went to the bay and...
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