I understand that it is called fishing, not catching.  I have been on several fishing excursions around the world and rarely does the adventure go as imagined in my mind.
We had a 6-hour charter scheduled.  The taxi picked us up on time and the owner was very professional.  Once onboard, you could tell that the first mate had very little experience.
During the trip there were several times that we were dragging seaweed on the top bait lures, and he had no idea.  One time, after I noticed that one of the lures, using older “live” bait looked funny.  The first mate pulled in the line and noticed the bait was cut in half.  The “live” bait was not taken care of properly once on board and smelled off.
Another time, we had a shadow tracking and attacking our other line.  Then the fish went away.  We dragged that bait for over an hour before the first mate pulled in the line and saw that the line had been cut and there was no hook.
Last, there was several times where we had to get the first mate from the cabin, where he was very concerned about vaping, to reel in the lines to get the seaweed off.
The waters around the DR are very rough.  If you plan on fishing there, you will need an iron stomach or Dramamine.  I did not have any issues, but people on other boats looked green upon return.  Friends of mine we in another boat and 8 of 9 people were hanging over the side.  Accept the fact that people will be sick.

The captain and mate were extremely nice. I booked the 6 hour trolling trip for my girlfriend and I. She had never been out before and despite wearing a scopolamine patch and taking a Dramamine she got sick about an hour into the trip. I was disappointed, but asked if we could end the trip early and there was no hesitation. We pulled lines in immediately and started back for shore. In a surprise twist, this is where our experience actually began! They had a backup plan in place for instances like this and they took us to the most beautiful snorkeling area I’ve ever seen. They took what could have been a very bad experience and made it an extremely special day for us. Next time I travel to Punta Cana I will be booking another trip with these guys, and look forward to actually doing some fishing as we only had lines in the water for about 20 mins before we had to change the plans. A special thanks to Eddie the mate who made us feel like instant long time friends. He was an incredible host and his energy was incredible. Truly a one in a million guy.

Excellent experience from pickup to drop off after the trip.  We were greeted by the driver and crew once we got to the drop off location.  Took a short boat ride to the charter and was treated great by the crew.  Unfortunately I forgot the first mate’s name but he was nothing short of awesome and very accomodating.  Captain Willie was personable and eager to get us out fishing.  Everything was positive about the trip. We caught three Mahi’s and one tuna.  They offered to clean the fish as well but we didn’t have a place to take the fillets so we offered the fish to the crew.  Would definitely, and highly, recommend this trip.

This was our first time coming to the Dominican Republic and were a bit nervous about going off campus and hopping on a boat with people we haven’t met. We were put at ease when our taxi driver was waiting for us wearing all the big marlin gear and knew our names. The drive took us through some interesting parts of town where we got more of a feel for the culture here. We never felt unsafe. We got to the beach where the driver made a call and we were greeted by the skipper?
Once on-board we made the rest of our payment and were on our way. There was a cooler full of beverages, a sitting area inside and a bathroom downstairs.

We had an awsome time out on the water with Captain Willie and 1st mate Louie. It was our fist time deep sea fishing and they did a great job taking care of us. The water was extremely calm and there was hardly any cloud cover. Louie taught us how to tie up bait while Willie tried to get us on fish. We had multiple small bites that never took the hook, but Louie got them re-baited promptly. There wasn’t a line in the water that wasn’t ready to go for more than a few seconds. Louie was on top of evything. I can’t think of anything in their control that would have made it better.