Had the best day catching mahi mahi.  The crew was awesome!

Boat and crew were first class. Booking and making fishing day arrangements with Captain was a pleasure. The Phantom fleet is the way to go!

We booked two days in advance while in Cabo for the Phantom I.  When we arrived at the marina Phantom I was nowhere to be seen, and the only other Phantom boat at the dock was the Phantom III, and they’re were 4 or 5 tourists looking like they were getting ready to board, thinking it their charter.  I had no idea what was happening, as there didn’t seem to be enough boats. I introduced myself, to the man on the dock organizing a mix of fisherman and tourists, he “seemed” shocked that another customer arrived at the same assigned time.  Next thing I knew they were shuttled off to some other boat in the marina. When the boat returns, clearly some side deal was made between them.  At this point, I’m not even worried, it’s business as usual in Mexico.

The only other thing was that they assumed since it was last minute switch that we had a half day trip.  Geographically it was clear they had motored back an hour off the prime fishing grounds, only to have to return to the fishing area once they confirmed the length of the trip.

Anyhow, the crew was nice, my wife and I caught some Dorado, but the management seems sketchy, with constant switching of boats.  At the end of the day the boat we originally booked was sitting there and apparently chartered to someone else that day.

Obviously I wouldn’t recommend these dudes, but next time I’ll pay a litter more for a more reputable charter service.

I hope to make this short but all in all the guys aboard avoided any communication with us and acted as if we were a problem to them. I’ve been deep sea fishing a lot and I know how to reel in a fish but every time I did anything while reeling in my catch I was constantly being yelled at that I was doing everything wrong. I have never had this kind of treatment before ever on a fishing trip. It wasn’t just me and was everyone in my party they treated like this. We did the full day all inclusive and noticed when it came time for lunch that our lunch was sitting out the entire time in a plastic bag but the crew had put theirs in the cooler. Why wasn’t our lunches treated the same? One last thing, we caught 5 Mahi Mahi’s and when I went to get our fillets out of the cooler they pretty much jumped on me wanting to control how much I took so they could keep the majority for themselves. Wait a minute, I paid you a lot for this all day fishing, that is my fish not yours. Overall we made the best of it but I feel I selected the wrong boat/crew out of so many choices in Cabo.

Nice day but fishing was not so good. Best part was the seal hopping on the boat for fish.