My 18-year-old son, 21-year-old daughter and I had a great experience on El Budster yesterday. First and foremost, Crew Tony and Captain Luis worked their tails off for us. Luis asked what we were hoping to catch, and warned me that my hoped-for tuna weren’t running in large numbers in early August. I was ready for it to be fishing and not catching, but with 5 lines running almost all the time Tony was able to hook us a 74”sailfish and a 68 lb tuna and woth his coaching my kids and i landed them. We released the sailfish and brought the tuna to Griselda’s for processing and packing so we can bring it home. The pre-trip communication was very clear, amd we chose to accept their offer of bagged lunches and waters for extra $. They will help you get fishing licenses if you need them — be sure to also have them with you at the airport if you will take fish home. The licenses cost extra and I needed cash for live bait and extra ice since we were going after tuna, which were further out.

Thank you, Tony and Luis, for a great introduction to sportfishing!

it was an amazing day of fishing with a great captain and deck hand. Spent the first few hours trolling and didn’t catch anything. Got a little worried. We were gonna come back empty-handed. But the captain and deckhand changed course and changed up the lures and located a group of dolphins which let us write to some trophy size tuna. On the way back, they also spotted a marlin which we were able to hook and bring in. One of the best fishing trips we’ve ever been on.

We had an awesome trip on the El Budster Pride with Captain Luis and first mate Ismael—this was our second trip with this crew, and they did not disappoint.

We started the day targeting yellowfin tuna. My son caught the first fish of the day, a bonita, and was fired up. My wife then landed the first and only yellowfin of the trip, which we estimated at 50–60 pounds.

After that, we headed in closer to shore to fish for striped marlin off the reef, and it was incredible. As soon as we arrived, marlin were everywhere. We hooked five, brought three to the boat, and should have had a fourth if another boat hadn’t accidentally cut us off.

Captain Luis and Ismael are dedicated, professional, and genuinely enthusiastic about what they do. Their energy and knowledge made the trip even better.

We highly recommend this crew and can’t wait to come back again.

My dad has always talked about deep sea fishing and so we finally took him. It was an amazing time, the staff catered to us and asked us what beer, food, and drinks we wanted on the boat before the excursion so they had it on hand (charged for the price of the items). We set out at 12, we saw 4 marlin total and caught and released 2. Saw dolphins and turtles as well and you see the arch mid day and at sunset (fall months). The staff was patient and even took out the marlin safely to let us hold for pics before releasing. This was really nice of them because the marlin were adult size and very heavy. Would do again.

We had a really cool time on the El Budster Charter – it’s a family-run business, which made it feel nice and chill. Captain Luis is super experienced and got us on a big Wahoo right in the first hour. The Shimano reels and gear were solid, made it easy to reel in the fish without any hassle. Captain Salvador was awesome with talking to us and even helped sort out a weekly fishing license super quick.

Capt Luis was chatting with other boats and got us right into the tuna spot where birds and dolphins were going crazy on the baitfish. We caught a couple decent yellowfin tuna and some bonita – it was fun watching the tuna jump out of the water chasing stuff. Had a great day fishing with my 9-year-old boy, it’s good for kids. Totally recommend it!