Mexico Fishing Trips

[17 ft sea ranger]

I am heading to a resort in Banderas Bay mid March, and was wondering if anyone could recommend a charter, and share some advice on booking, what to expect to pay including tipping bait, etc. Not really sure what species to expect down there at that time either. I am traveling with my wife and daughter (12) along with 2 other couples with girls the same age. I would be thinking 4-6 hours....
thanks in advance.

 

[Aces]

I wouldn’t recommend booking ahead as fishing can be real spotty then.

I suggest going to where the boats come back to and check out their catches. If there’s fish around they will be catching whatever species is available

 

[adanac]

I wouldn’t recommend booking ahead as fishing can be real spotty then.

I suggest going to where the boats come back to and check out their catches. If there’s fish around they will be catching whatever species is available

If you’re going to do 6 , may as well do 8 . Gets you out to corbetena . 6 hour trips are generally trolling in the green water in the bay for jack crevalle / bonito / skippies / sierra , possibly out to el morro to fish for snapper that time of year .

Fishing with Marla’s or dhamar out of la cruz is a good option as it cuts down run time out to more desirable areas to fish . Have never had a bad trip with these guys .

 

[Loghauler]

Any good fishing off of Tulum ? Going in a couple weeks

 

[17 ft sea ranger]

If you’re going to do 6 , may as well do 8 . Gets you out to corbetena . 6 hour trips are generally trolling in the green water in the bay for jack crevalle / bonito / skippies / sierra , possibly out to el morro to fish for snapper that time of year .

Fishing with Marla’s or dhamar out of la cruz is a good option as it cuts down run time out to more desirable areas to fish . Have never had a bad trip with these guys .

are they right in Banderas Bay?

 

[17 ft sea ranger]

What about beach fishing in that area.......is it worth looking into? What would it cost for a rod and reel setup for casting from the beach?

 

[Dogbreath]

are they right in Banderas Bay?

No Cruz de Huanacaxtle so you'lll need a couple cabs first thing.

 

[adanac]

Any of you guys that over winter down in Cabo fished recently? Satfish SST charts look like the water temp has perked up over the last week to 76 - 78 F, and the fishing looks like it has followed. Wasn't sure what to book this trip as sometimes this time of year the gordo banks boys are out producing the fleet out of Cabo San Lucas , but looks to be the opposite right now with the tuna, wahoo, yellowfin and marlin bite all starting to turn on this week , so ended up booking the BB11 , a viking 37' Billfish ( apparently Vancouver owned, by the guys who own b & b construction) . Hoping the wahoo bite continues to improve so we can target them exclusively.

 

[adanac]

As luck would have it, a push of cold water, and a good blow came came through the days leading up to our day of fishing. water at the 1150 FA spot about 28 miles offshore was sitting around 69F , so food fish like dorado/wahoo/yellowfin had been very scarce , Ended up being a day of striper fishing . Fished two daisy chain surface teasers, and a sub surface dredge off the LP, with 4 ballyhoo and one dead cabbie down the centre way back. Probably spotted 12 marlin on the surface, with 6 committing , landing 4 of those, healthy sized fish 120 - 160lbs . To round out the day we also had a blind double header on 25 lb yellowfin which made dinner a bit more interesting . Solid day for whats considered one of their slower months.

 

[Aces]

As luck would have it, a push of cold water, and a good blow came came through the days leading up to our day of fishing. water at the 1150 FA spot about 28 miles offshore was sitting around 69F , so food fish like dorado/wahoo/yellowfin had been very scarce , Ended up being a day of striper fishing . Fished two daisy chain surface teasers, and a sub surface dredge off the LP, with 4 ballyhoo and one dead cabbie down the centre way back. Probably spotted 12 marlin on the surface, with 6 committing , landing 4 of those, healthy sized fish 120 - 160lbs . To round out the day we also had a blind double header on 25 lb yellowfin which made dinner a bit more interesting . Solid day for whats considered one of their slower months.

Yes it can be slow March and April until things turn over.

Looks like you guys made the best of it

 

[adanac]

Just got back from another trip to tropic star lodge in the Panamanian darien jungle . Fantastic service and fishing all around , very similar to going to west coast or langara . Fished the Zane grey reef first two morning with live bonita , two on the outriggers and one on the DR . Ended up with a 380 lb black marlin first morning , and about a 450 the following morning . Both days were followed up with running another 5 - 6 miles offshore so we could all pull on a 60 - 120 lb tuna , before going to play with some big pacific sails . Last morning opted to target wahoo for first hour , getting a 65 lb model within the first 5 mins , another 5 YFT, followed by a mix of cubera snapper , barred pargo , African pompano, and jack crevalle. Decided to fish for black marlin last few hours of our trip and ended up jumping another one off in the final hour .

Some action shots

 

[trophywife]

Bertram? looks like an offshore tank!

 

[CIVANO]

Bertram? looks like an offshore tank!

Yes and they have a complete shop on site so they can swap out an engine if necessary.

 

[ChilliSpoons]

Those pics are amazing

 

[Aces]

Headed to Puerto Vallarta area Nov 16-25 any suggestions of what to check out or outfits that would take 3 guys for a 1/2 or full day trip ( depends on price and what the the others want to do )

I have never done a guided trip in Mexico but I assume the guide keeps all the fish and sells it ? What are the chances of keeping some for a meal or bringing some home frozen ?

I’ve always got the fish we caught. It is encouraged that you pay some guys to fillet them for you. If I get some of these I get them processed to bring home

 

[Aces]

My amigo Nico, who fishes for Gordo Banks got this 625 Black Marlin yesterday that died of a heart attack during the battle

Not bad for a 26 ft Panga!

 

[Aces]

Fishing is real good there these days.

 

[Steplift]

Fishing is real good there these days.

What a cow

 

[BearCove]

I'll be in Mag Bay October 31st till November 2nd and then Los Barriles November 2nd to 9th for the fact anyone will be in the area.

Cheers