This is an absolute must for anyone interested in doing a fishing trip in Playa del Carmen.  The captain met our group on the end of the street at the beach.  He was very accommodating in choosing a trip right for our group (our number one objective was to catch dinner).  We left at start time and hit many hot spots.  We caught enough to feed our group of 10, and then enough to send the crew home with plenty.  Great time, this is a must do.

We are amateur fishers and wanted something that our young kids would enjoy. I found Balihoo Boats for less than half the cost were told by the travel rep at our resort. I wanted a boat that had shade, but didn’t have many requests besides that. They were nice, efficient, and great at loading bait for me, and catching fish on lines with their hands and handing off to my kids to pull in. We went to a few places close to shore and caught a few different types of fish. They had some water and beers on the boat. My kids enjoyed watching them clean the fish on shore afterwards and they even gave my kid a couple barracuda teeth that he wanted :) Would recommend and fish with them again!

This was my first trip to Mexico and I have always wanted to try my hand at fishing for bigger game fishes. As soon as I booked, Capt. Ramirez was exceptionally attentive. As a single female traveling alone, he assisted me in booking safe transportation to/from the dock from my hotel. When I got onto the boat, I knew I was in for a fantastic time. It was just me for the trip. Lucio and Adrian were the crew. Lucio asked me what my plan was for the day! I am very flexible, since this is fishing and not catching. We started out trying for billfish and Mahi. No one out on the water that day was having luck so we switched up to barracuda.  Just wow…they are a great fight! We ended up with 3 of them. The day was broken up by reef snorkeling and visiting the most amazing small cenote to cool off in. It was magical. The reef fishes were plentiful.  Butterflies, parrot, angels, tangs, wrasse, etc. along with corals. Lucio is a complete blessing; and I don’t use that term often. He has been fishing his entire life. You can easily tell even though this is his ‘job’ it’s not a job. As they say, if you love your job, you will never work a day in your life. I cannot recommend Balihoo Boat enough. I will be back in the future; whether that is alone or with friends. A++++++

Captain was more then accompanied then expected, home made sandwiches. The mate NEVER stopped re rigging with different bait instead of just using one back and forth, just for a boat ride.
Took an hour to snorkel the reef. We snuck right in there between at least 5 snorkel tour boats and the mate took the girls out as a personal snorkel guide. They loved it.
Pulled boat to shore, 30 yards Away a beautiful restaurant cooked all of our catches and all the fixings. Bring your own fish, $ 10.00 person. Had a great day!!!
This is Absolutely the Best Bang for your Buck if your a die hard angler. If not he can turn it to a family excursions with a little bottom fishing for the ladies and children.  AAA +++