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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. Captain Kevin, a USCG MMC certified captain, joined the Bayside Fishing Charters team a couple of years ago. Captain Kevin enjoys fishing every day and he finds himself on his free days form his full time captain job taking charter trips with us. He is a fishing addict both in inshore and offshore fishing. Captain Yorman, also a USCG MMC certified captain, recently joined Bayside Fishing Charters but has also been fishing all his life. He is originally from the west coast, where he grew up in the fishing industry since little. Captain Yorman enjoys his free days fishing and will put you on the fish!
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. Captain Kevin, a USCG MMC certified captain, joined the Bayside Fishing Charters team a couple of years ago. Captain Kevin enjoys fishing every day and he finds himself on his free days form his full time captain job taking charter trips with us. He is a fishing addict both in inshore and offshore fishing. Captain Yorman, also a USCG MMC certified captain, recently joined Bayside Fishing Charters but has also been fishing all his life. He is originally from the west coast, where he grew up in the fishing industry since little. Captain Yorman enjoys his free days fishing and will put you on the fish!
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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4.6 / 5
(162 reviews)
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Fishing Reports

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, Mackerels are Kings Hot Bite
Tarpon, Mackerels are Kings 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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Mixed Bag Action Continues!
Mixed Bag Action Continues!
Apr 16, 2016 San Juan
Mixed bag action continues at San Juan Bay. We had perfect weather during the week and were able to take our customers to do some reef fishing for the hard fighting and tasty King Mackerel. Caught nice king mackerels on our reef fishing trips including 2 over 23 pounds! Also caught a 20 pound barracuda. The inland fishing was also good with tarpon and jack still biting. Caught nice Jacks averaging over 25 pounds and tarpon bite has slowed down a bit but they are still biting!
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Fishing is HOTTT!
Fishing is HOTTT!
Mar 25, 2016 San Juan
This past weekend, the bite was hot. We have several very successful trip with over 4 releases on each trip including a 50+ pound tarpon, 10 pound mutton snapper, a couple of 20+ pound tarpons and lots of snook releases. Snook season is ONN!
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.6 / 5
out of 5 stars from 162 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.5 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.5 / 5
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Good experience
83%
Friendly captain
96%
Recommend this charter
84%
Appropriate for children
94%
Satisfied with the boat
95%
Caught fish
77%
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Mary S.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   April 24, 2022
The charter operator canceled on trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Tyler K.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bad
2.0 / 5
Experience:
Poor
1.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Poor
1.0 / 5
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Captain was friendly but for $350 bucks.......

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on June 27, 2019
Caught zero fish,ย  I get it fishing not catching.ย  But we literally stayed in the river 95% of the time.ย  I thought the...
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Maria R.
Rockland, Massachusetts
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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Informative captain

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on December 30, 2015
We didnโ€™t catch fish, but learned a great deal about the area from Pepi.
Maria R. recommends Bayside Fishing Charters
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Jason S.
Clifton, NJ
Bad
1.7 / 5
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2.0 / 5
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Poor
1.0 / 5
Crew
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2.0 / 5
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September fishing trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on September 22, 2023
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Ryan M.
Good
2.7 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Good
3.0 / 5
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Bad
2.0 / 5
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Fishing with Luis

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on December 23, 2021
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