Its called fishing, not catching as the saying goes, but today we caught 6 Bonita (1 we used for bait) and 2 Mahi. Jared has 15 years of experience and kept 4 to 5 baited lines in the water at all times. All the charters are in contact with each other via radio trying to tract the bait fish and then find the big fish. 3-4 boats could be seen at any times all in our vicinity. Other boats today caught nothing. Expect to reel a 100yds worth of line if you have a fish on as the bait is far from the boat. Dont make the guide reel them in for you, then you are watching, not fishing. Trolling seems to be the choice for all the boats, not bottom fishing. We opted for 6hr tour to better our odds but bite ended by 3rd/4th hr. This boat is old and ugly, but with an experienced crew maybe best to catch fish on the water. I would recommend these guys if you are more into catching fish than a pretty boat.

Had an absolute blast fishing on Thaisa II! The crew is fantastic—super knowledgeable, experienced, and a ton of fun to be out on the water with. They made sure everyone had a great time and kept us entertained the entire trip, we cought a bunch of mahi mahi, bonita and a king mackerel, If you’re coming to Aruba and want to go fishing, book Thaisa II!

unfortunately, we found out as we pulled in at 6:45 in the morning, our original booking was cancelled,  the captain from our original booking told us that our fishing vessel was damaged and they could not go out so they were going to put us with another captain who is down the way, we were a little nervous and unsure what was gonna happen. The captain came out and introduced himself showed us the boat and then we boarded around 7:30. The crew put us at ease. We were under the impression that we were just going to be doing bottom fishing, we ended up going out 5 miles for deep sea fishing , which was a little unexpected, but we try to be folks who roll with the punches ,we had two members of our party that became ill due to the rough seas, but before we turned back early, my wife caught a yellow finn tuna that was huge and we ended up with a lot of meat to take home, which we will enjoy tomorrow on the grill, thank you to the crew that stepped in and took my family out for quite an adventure when our original ship had become damaged and was not able to perform, we will definitely do this again thank you!  my advice to others would be packed some Dramamine just in case! And maybe alert the customer if there was going to be a change in the plans though. I never received a message via text or email regarding this change but again the crew that stepped in needs to get praise and plots for how they professionally took care of my family. Thanks again!
Anthony Braden

We had a good outing. i was with my 2 grown sons and anytime i can be with them its a great time. We didn’t catch much. 1 black fin tuna, and 1 mahi mahi. It wasn’t for the lack of trying. The Capt and First Mate did an excellent job. And Mrs. Cindy is so down to earth cool. If and when this Texas Man come back, I’ll definitely fish with them again.

I booked this trip as part of our 13th wedding anniversary. The owner, Cynthia, met us at the dock and immediately told us Happy Anniversary. The boat is dated as it is almost 50 years old but I found that to be really cool just thinking about all the Captains and all the fish that boat has seen. There are plenty of other charters with newer equipment if thats what you want. I wanted more of a local owned vibe on an older boat and that is what we got. We hopped on board and met J, the crewman, and Joel the Captain. We immediately headed out to start fishing. J rigged everything very quickly and got lines in the water in a matter of minutes. It took about 1 hour to get into a good spot where the fish were tearing up the top of the water and the birds were present which is always a good sign! We hooked into our first one and landed it quickly. We caught a couple more while trolling here so the start was great. The ocean continued to bring higher seas and the water got really choppy with 6-7 foot swells. We kept on fishing and got into another group of fish a while later. We caught 8 Bonito in total and my wife and I had a blast reeling them in! J was fun to talk to while Capt Joel kept his eyes on the water finding the fish! When we came back in, Capt Joel fileted a few fish for us so we could cook it at our Airbnb. He kept a couple and donated a few to a local who appeared to be in need. My wife and I were pleased to see him walknaway with our catch knowing it was helping someone in need :) I cooked it up the next morning and it tasted amazing! I woujd definitely recommend this charter as these guys know how to catch fish!