Captain Mario was very responsive during the lead up to our trip. When we left, it was a beautiful morning and for the first 2 hours, we didn’t get a bite. But the Captain encouraged patience and we got into the bite….hard! All in all, we brought in 7 mahi mahi! The Captain never stopped looking for the best place to find the fish and we definitely caught them! The Captain filleted out one for us to take with us at our request and gave us a restaurant recommendation to cook our fish that turned out great! Please consider Captain Mario and the Burton III for your fishing trip to Puerto Vallarta!

This is the first time booking on fishing booker. I did a lot of research being an avid offshore fisherman owning my own boat and religiously fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, and man did my research pay off. The experience that Mario provided far exceed my expectation. He and his crew did anything and everything to make the experience one for the books. He takes pride in what he does, the boat was clean, beer was cold, and the bait caught fish. Mario knows what he is doing and has a professional business. I highly recommend doing a trip with him. He also provided the restaurant that we took our fish to it was also 5 Star. Thank you, my friend, for showing us an awesome time.

7 Mahi lost 4
1 Bonito

We woke up to a rainy day and thought for sure our first ever fishing expedition was doomed. We showed up on time, and Captain Mario was sure it would clear and we would have a fine day! Sailors know best, so we set off. Fabulous day, we ended up with a baby Bonito and a baby Shark that we caught and released… then 2 male Mahi-Mahi and 1 female (sadly I lost one), but a 3 Mahi-mahi catch was FANTSTIC for our first ever experience. Captain Mario and his “brother” are great! They cleaned and fileted our catch, so we also wrapped up our day with a banquet fit for kings!! Highly recommended!!

What an awesome day on the water with the crew of Burton III. I messaged Mario before the trip that we wanted to target big fish, but that I also wanted to catch a Rooster Fish. Mario took us right to the Sandy beach where the Roosters hang out. The first line in the water was hit and the battle was on. We landed a 68” Rooster, so big that it even had Mario smiling and taking pictures. We stayed in the area long enough to land 3 more roosters, 1 for each of us plus one more.

Then we rigged up and began trolling. It was slow for a while but we landed a nice Toro (Jack Cravelle). Then they tracked a school of Bonito and had a great time casting and fighting some fun little fish.

The grand finale was landing this 8’ Marlin after a tough 30 minute battle.

Back at the dock, Mario cut up the Marlin into beautiful steaks. We had a great dinner of Marlin tacos later that night.

Mario and his helper (sorry I can’t remember his name) we’re fun, knowledgeable and know their stuff. I highly recommend them and can’t wait for our next trip with them.