From the start of me booking this charter, everything was amazing. Yustef was very responsive on the lead up to the trip and accommodating any requests I had. We were picked up on time from our hotel and were driven to the boat.
The captain and first mate were amazing. Especially the first mate since the captain was manning the ship up top all day. The first mate was just AWESOME. Cracking jokes, throwing away our trash, offering beers and sandwiches, and of course manning the poles.
We ended up catching a nice white Marlin which was around 70 pounds or so. It was a dream come true. We were able to add 2 mahi mahi as well.
The restaurant next to the doc cooked up our fresh mahi. I think it cost 14$ per person.
Just an overall amazing experience. Definitely recommend. Thanks again big Marlin!

Took my nephew out for his first deep sea fishing trip. Let me tell you these guys from Yustas and the ease of communication setting up the trip to the very important deck hand Andrew. Andrew was extremely helpful and experienced. His attitude and ability to connect with us and make us feel appreciated is a lost art. The Captain put us on to some nice fish and my nephew hooked up with a Bill Dorado.

Captain Richard and First Mate Tony were excellent, they were very knowledgeable and Tony was able to answer all of our questions in English/Spanish. We were trolling nearly the entire 4 hours, from getting on the boat to start trolling was maybe 20 minutes.

I was thrown off at first when Yustus was not our captain but quickly realized that Commodore Yustus owned a few boats and this was his crew for this boat.

I will absolutely be going with Big Marlin again when I return!

We had a wonderful time out on the water for a 3/4 day trip! The captain and deckhand were awesome and great company! We hooked up half way through the day and then it was another 3 more hook ups on the same hit! As our arms rested for the next hit, bam, another quadruple hook up! All beautiful size Mahi!! It was fun chaos that as a fisherwoman, you only dream of! I can’t wait to go out with them again next time I’m in the DR!! Thank you for such an amazing and memorable trip!

My boyfriend and I booked this trip as we had done deep sea fishing in Mexico which we really enjoyed and this company had great reviews. Pick-up/drop-off was included which was a big bonus. We had a good time during this trip, however we unfortunately did not catch anything (except a bird!). We did find that not as many methods were used to catch fish. For instance, there were no downriggers and it was an extremely choppy day therefore that may have been helpful to drive the lines deeper in the water. However, our first mate Javi did work tirelessly to try to catch us something with what he had available. It did start raining which also put a damper on things. Also, there was a discrepancy between what Fishing Booker said we still owed the captain after paying the deposit and what the captain said we still owed (about $40 difference ~ more). All-in-all, we were disappointed that we did not catch anything and we do wish more methods would’ve been used to give us a better chance. We were also wondering if our trip should have been rescheduled (with the very choppy waters and rain). However, we understand you can’t fully control when and what fish are caught. Thank you!