I’ve been fishing in cabo once before, and it was a great experience. This was far from it. We were charged more than expected at the dock (more than the bait estimate), but we shrugged it off and paid. There was no communication about the plan or conditions, we just beelined it for the pacific, which was pretty big water. We were completely soaked right out the gates (fine..) and as the water got bigger I just kept looking at the captain for reassurance that this is fine/normal. He seemed relaxed, so i tried to find reassurance from that. When our captain was setting up lines, we had to drive the boat in water big enough for the bow to go under water. While we were trolling, I was really freaked out by the conditions. We were side surfing down waves where the side rails were super close to the water. Shaking like a leaf, I finally ask the captain if this is normal, and he just gestures at the water…“not good.” I think he was referring to the fishing conditions and not necessarily our safety, but…either way, why are we out here then? I kept looking around and didn’t see a single other boat out there, they had all been coming in when we were going out. So all reassurances out the window, we said we wanted to go back to calm waters. Even with the language barrier, more communication was needed. It was radio silence out there. The goal of a fishing charter is to hopefully catch fish, but mainly to give the customers a good experience. I was scared out of my mind. I wasn’t expecting calm flat water, and feel my expectations were set appropriately, but it ended up being a bit of a nightmare.
I’ve been fishing in cabo once before, and it was a great experience. This was far from it. We were charged more than expected at the dock (more than the bait estimate), but we shrugged it off and paid. There was no communication about the plan or conditions, we just beelined it for the pacific, which was pretty big water. We were completely soaked right out the gates (fine..) and as the water got bigger I just kept looking at the captain for reassurance that this is fine/normal. He seemed relaxed,... More
Day 2 of fishing booker yelled one small mahi mahi (dresses out under 3 pounds), no other bites no nothing. Mario, the captain worked hard in that we had gone out with him before and yielded no fish, so his effort was appreciated. Overall I would not recommend Fishing booker because it seems they only get crews that can’t get hired any other ways I spent over $1000 on 3 trips and got one small mahi mahi. I then booked a boat that I watched come in with multiple flags and proceeded to catch a marlin and 3 mahi mahi…. Buyer beware
Day 2 of fishing booker yelled one small mahi mahi (dresses out under 3 pounds), no other bites no nothing. Mario, the captain worked hard in that we had gone out with him before and yielded no fish, so his effort was appreciated. Overall I would not recommend Fishing booker because it seems they only get crews that can’t get hired any other ways I spent over $1000 on 3 trips and got one small mahi mahi. I then booked a boat that I watched come in with multiple flags and proceeded to catch... More
Hi Chris, we’re sorry to hear about the bad day at sea. But you must understand that this is fishing. You can go in the best barconde Cabo or in the world and that does not guarantee that you will catch. You speak of our captain. Your comment says I worked hard and it was nice. It means that it is not his fault. Everyone would like to catch fish every day but as I mentioned before this is fishing. You talk about the company being careful? Your comment to say that we stole from you, not catching fish does not mean that we have stolen from you, before making your reservation we do not leave you a 100% guarantee we will catch fish. Chris, thank you for your comment and the most important thing you said about our captain was that he worked hard. Good luck on your next charter. Tight lines!
Hi Chris, we’re sorry to hear about the bad day at sea. But you must understand that this is fishing. You can go in the best barconde Cabo or in the world and that does not guarantee that you will catch. You speak of our captain. Your comment says I worked hard and it was nice. It means that it is not his fault. Everyone would like to catch fish every day but as I mentioned before this is fishing. You talk about the company being careful? Your comment to say that we stole from you, not catching... More