We had 2 boats for 6 hours, and all had a great time. To book our trip, Tadeo was very helpful getting everything figured out and making sure everyone in our group could get the trip we wanted, as part of our group wanted to go deep sea fishing, while the rest of our group wanted to stay inshore and bottom fish. Tadeo made sure everything was set up, and made our booking process very easy.
The day of our trip, we were all picked up and brought to our boats where we were introduced to our captains and discussed the plan for the day. The boat I was on was the deep sea boat, and our captain was Alex. He was very friendly and speaks English well. We trolled the entire day and hooked 3 skipjacks, but only got 2 to the boat. Although it was a fairly slow day, we still had a lot of fun, and we could tell Alex wanted us to catch fish and have a good time, but for anyone familiar with fishing, there are always slow days. We did see a pod of dolphins and a bunch of turtles though. On the way back, Alex had us hold our bait fish up and feed the birds.
The second boat captain was Christian, and they had a little more success catching fish bottom fishing. They caught 7 fish total, comprised of different species of snappers, one Mahi-Mahi, and one Barracuda. They tried trolling and got one big hit and said Christian tried hard to get on some fish. After trolling they ended up bottom fishing which is where they had their success. They also saw as bunch of dolphins, and a sting ray while they were fishing.
The trip was not an extremely successful trip, but it was very fun and we all enjoyed it. We all fish a lot back home, so we know some trips just aren’t as successful as others, but both our captains made it enjoyable and tried hard to make it a successful trip.

I would not go on the same trip if I were coming from a Cruise Ship.  Taedo had recommended a pick up time of 8:45, but having only gone on one previous cruise I was not confident that we could be at the pick up point that quickly.  We agreed on a 9:00 pickup time.  To my surprise we were off the ship by 8:15.  I did not have a cell phone so I could not request an earlier pick up.  By the time we got to the marina, it was mid morning. 

The main office was very efficient.  Taedo communicated very well with me via email prior to the cruise and in person when we arrived at the marina the morning of our arrival.  With what I know now, I would call Taedo and speak to him in person about the trip and not worry about a poolanguage barrier or being on hold for a long time racking up a large phone bill.  Had I talked with him in person I likely would have worked the trip differently. 

Rafael was our assigned captain. He could communicate in English some but did not not appear to be comfortable doing so.  Conversation was limited.  We did not get any sort of safety brief from him and he did not shown us where where to get PFDs if they were needed.  My brother-in-law and I are familiar with boats and had a good idea where they likely were.  We did not specifically as where they were located and thought it odd that this information was not freely offered. 

We bought a box lunch and the office provided some bottled water for the trip.  The Captain put them in the cooler where they stayed until about 1:30 when we started back in to shore.  I am accustomed to fishing guides taking the initiative to start lunch and making sure clients knew they are free to help themselves to food and drink.  That was not the case on this trip.

We trolled the entire time and did not catch a fish.  The captain cannot control how well the fish cooperate, but anyone in the hospitality industry should be more engaging with the customers and should communicate options with them during the day if fishing is slow and other opportunities are available. 

For example, on the way out we passed feeding skip-jack and we stopped for a minute to see if I could get one on a fly rod.  After a few failed attempts we proceeded to head out for dorado.  When we came back in we saw several other schools of skip jack feeding again.  It would have been nice to know we had the option to modified our original plans and catch a different species of fish. 

Bottom line, I would be hesitant to try combining the trip we took with a cruise unless I was confident by talking with Taedo in person before hand and unless I was confident that the departure process and pick up could happen quick enough to start fishing relatively early in the day and being in fishable water while fish are normally active. 

I would not hesitate working with Taedo on a future fishing trip that was a dedicated trip for fishing.  However, I would probably specifically ask if we could get a captain who was more comfortable conversing in English, or have someone with e who was fluent in Spanish. 

My father and I paid for a 4 hour trip. When we were about to leave the dock, the fog was too thick to leave. We waited 3 hours. After the fog cleared our captain let us stay out for the four hours. One first spot we caught nothing. On
the second spot we joined up with some other boats. My father and I saw others caught some fish, but we couldn’t even get a nibble. Our last spot we finally got a bite…and within one hour we caught around 15 groupers. When we came back to the dock the owner felt bad about us waiting 3 hours and gave us two free t-shirts on the house. Even if we did not catch a single fish, I would still give Bibi Fleets a 5 star rating. This company is the definition of professional, and when I am back in Mazatlan I will only use them.

Private trip did everything she wanted