The first thing that happened after I met “Captain” Enrique is he sent me on a boat with a different captain and a different first mate. Now they were nice and it wasn’t a terrible experience but I talked to Enrique that I wanted to go offshore fishing which he understood. But since I got on a boat with someone else who didn’t speak very much English I didn’t get to and we stayed inshore fishing. We caught a few fish but not any Mahi Mahi or any variety of fish. I went during January because that’s around the time to go offshore fishing and catch a few exciting fish. The ceviche was good which was prepared by the first mate who was as nice as possible considering the language barrier (keep in mind my mother, grew up in Mexico, was there to translate but often wasn’t spoken to for whatever reason). The reels were a bit old and difficult to reel even without even having a fish on. It was a nice boat and the entire ride was relaxing but I wanted to go offshore which we didn’t do. So the experience kinda bummed me out. Not the worst experience but just not what I was looking for.
The first thing that happened after I met “Captain” Enrique is he sent me on a boat with a different captain and a different first mate. Now they were nice and it wasn’t a terrible experience but I talked to Enrique that I wanted to go offshore fishing which he understood. But since I got on a boat with someone else who didn’t speak very much English I didn’t get to and we stayed inshore fishing. We caught a few fish but not any Mahi Mahi or any variety of fish. I went during January... More
Hi Matt, I have another business boats and I can’t go to all the trips that I have, you went with the captain Jose that he has a registration in the Fishingbooking so sometimes the clients will go with me or with him, this is not the season of fishing as you saw there’s the season of the whales the water is cold and all the fish goes out of the bay, your trip was 6 hours, if you can read Puerto Vallarta has the largest bay in Mexico so if 6 hours we will not going out side of the bay 6 hours is inshore fishing, mahi mahi is outside of the bay, and remember is fishing.!!!
Hi Matt, I have another business boats and I can’t go to all the trips that I have, you went with the captain Jose that he has a registration in the Fishingbooking so sometimes the clients will go with me or with him, this is not the season of fishing as you saw there’s the season of the whales the water is cold and all the fish goes out of the bay, your trip was 6 hours, if you can read Puerto Vallarta has the largest bay in Mexico so if 6 hours we will not going out side of the bay 6 hours... More
I booked a fishing trip for the family on the Brisa ll in PV. It turned out to be the old “bait and switch.” The captain who appears on the website was obviously not the captain we met. I had assumed I had been communicating with the captain who spoke good English, however, the person piloting the boat on the day of our trip spoke no English at all. The first mate tried to address my questions but was not understandable. That could explain why they never made a single attempt to communicate with us during the 4 hour trip. It was like two guys just went out fishing on their own. Also, they were unable to use my credit card. They ran the card three times, and the first two charges went through, but they said they did not. When they charged the card a third time, I received a fraud alert from Chase and the charges were declined. I had to use my son’s debit card that went through and could not be refunded. It was a very costly disappointment. I have booked multiple fishing trips over the years and never experienced anything like this. I would recommend going to the dock and hiring someone there in person, so you actually know what you are getting.
I booked a fishing trip for the family on the Brisa ll in PV. It turned out to be the old “bait and switch.” The captain who appears on the website was obviously not the captain we met. I had assumed I had been communicating with the captain who spoke good English, however, the person piloting the boat on the day of our trip spoke no English at all. The first mate tried to address my questions but was not understandable. That could explain why they never made a single attempt to communicate... More
Hi William,
The captain does speak English, and the sailor also speaks English. My captain has been working in the company for 25 years and clearly knows the items I have on board. Regarding your card, it is a lie because only 3 attempts were made and the first two were the fault of you and your bank for not marking to authorize. the charge, with his son it was another card and that one went to the first one. Since you got on the boat, you were the only one who was bothering the crew and did not let them work comfortably. They saw a sailfish and tried to pick it up but the animal did not want to eat. They prepared you Sashimi with fresh fish that you caught and you were mad all the trip. You were the guy that you don’t want to talk with the crew. Fishing in the sea is not the same as fishing in a lake and clearly you didn’t know anything about fishing, it’s fishing not catching , in 4 hours you expected to catch tons of fish and that’s not it, it’s the first time that a single person has reported something like that all this time and it’s been the same crew ever since, I hope the app can be a moderator and not let you be tarnishing the reputation of good workers.
Hi William, The captain does speak English, and the sailor also speaks English. My captain has been working in the company for 25 years and clearly knows the items I have on board. Regarding your card, it is a lie because only 3 attempts were made and the first two were the fault of you and your bank for not marking to authorize. the charge, with his son it was another card and that one went to the first one. Since you got on the boat, you were the only one who was bothering the crew and... More
The crew was good, the fishing was very poor. Getting into the Marina/Port due to security is something I’ll avoid in the future…
Hi Garrick, If the crew was you’re giving a bad star, we did the best effort just to tell us fishing not catching! You caught mahi mahi!
And the security of the port they have to check the bags if you don’t have drogs or weapons that are the rules.
Have a good day.
Hi Garrick, If the crew was you’re giving a bad star, we did the best effort just to tell us fishing not catching! You caught mahi mahi! And the security of the port they have to check the bags if you don’t have drogs or weapons that are the rules. Have a good day.
We lost a main engine and spent 4 hours idling to and from the fishing grounds.
Hi Craig, As I told sorry about the bad part of this kind of business is that we have engines and we are always using it, we never know when is going to fail but well, the crew tried to do their best effort to give you a good service, as I know you caught Spanish macrel, mahi mahi and also they made you a ceviche.
Thanks for your comments.
Best regards.
Hi Craig, As I told sorry about the bad part of this kind of business is that we have engines and we are always using it, we never know when is going to fail but well, the crew tried to do their best effort to give you a good service, as I know you caught Spanish macrel, mahi mahi and also they made you a ceviche. Thanks for your comments. Best regards.
first of all the captain doesn’t even join you, the person you communicate with just comes to collect payment then leaves.
In my situation he over charged me as well so now Im in a dispute situation.
We had discussed exactly what we would like to fish through chats and captain forgot to tell the crew so for the first half of the trip they had the wrong rigs on.
They said they would have life bait and they didnt, ive been fising in mexico plenty of times live bait is a must if you want to target trophy fish. I didnt even see a proper tank for holding live bait.
the deck hand was the only nice thing about the trip he was very helpful and nice, and wanted us to have a good experience regardless of all the mistakes the captain made
first of all the captain doesn’t even join you, the person you communicate with just comes to collect payment then leaves. In my situation he over charged me as well so now Im in a dispute situation. We had discussed exactly what we would like to fish through chats and captain forgot to tell the crew so for the first half of the trip they had the wrong rigs on. They said they would have life bait and they didnt, ive been fising in mexico plenty of times live... More
Hi Paul,
In can’t go to all the trips that I have because sometimes is difficult for me, the other part that you’re saying is that I over charged you, en every place in the whole world if you pay with card you have to pay the tax or the extra charge because you’re using the card if you don’t want to pay tax or extra charge just pay with cash always is going to be better, I always talk to the crew what kind of fish you want to catch but the bad part is that is fishing not catching we don’t have the trophy down the boat just to keeping up, we always have life bait but well when the guys that sells the fish they don’t have because is not the season of life bait we can’t do nothing but we try to have die bait for sure, in the boat we have 4 tubes for life bait and also one in the box to the small life bait.
Have a nice day!
Hi Paul, In can’t go to all the trips that I have because sometimes is difficult for me, the other part that you’re saying is that I over charged you, en every place in the whole world if you pay with card you have to pay the tax or the extra charge because you’re using the card if you don’t want to pay tax or extra charge just pay with cash always is going to be better, I always talk to the crew what kind of fish you want to catch but the bad part is that is fishing not catching... More