TL;DR - Highly recommended! A top notch Captain and crew. Make sure you have a hat, and gator. A great boat for experienced and novice fisherman alike.
Based on Robertoโs reputation and a personal recommendation from a local fishing buddy of mine I booked a full day sword trip with Roberto for my brother and myself who were staying in Playa with our families over Christmas. Weโre both highly experienced inshore fisherman with some offshore experience.
In advance of our trip Roberto was super communicative, open to doing other fishing that day as circumstances allowed and generally very helpful and accommodating. His English is excellent and he is very responsive via whatsapp.
When the day arrived we made it down to Puerto Aventuras, and Roberto and his mate Leo were ready for us. We jumped on board and set out heading about 12 miles offshore, doing some high speed trolling for Wahoo on the way. When we hit the sword grounds the Captain and Leo quickly dropped and set our baits ~1600 feet down - thank goodness they have an electric reel!
After a bit we had a fish on which we fought for well over an hour - on the electric reel thankfully! While it sadly wasnโt a sword it was a good sized thresher shark in the 150-200# class. Apparently a thresher is a very rare catch down there - this was only Robertoโs third and the his biggest ever.
We reset a few more times but a swordfish continued to elude us. We did some deep jigging for Amberjack on the way in and Robert put us on fish in minutes. Whew - thatโs hard work but itโs effective - think jigging for bluefish but in 300โ+ and with like 18oz of lead!
All in all a great day with a very professional Captain and crew. Lots of laughs and we learned a ton. Thanks Roberto and Leo - tight lines and see you later this year!
TL;DR - Highly recommended! A top notch Captain and crew. Make sure you have a hat, and gator. A great boat for experienced...