Puerto Vallarta in july

**MENOSQUEEZYHARDHEADZ** · #1 05-01-2009, 12:41 PM

Anybody got any experience fishing Puerto Vallarta? Any guides/charter boats y'all can recommend? Any help or insight extremely appreciated as I have never been there.

Thanks in advance

**fishingreg** · #2 05-01-2009, 01:16 PM

There will be several good recommendations coming your way I am sure. I went with Master Baiter sprotfishing and they did a great job. Steve was my captian and down there, I feel the capt you get is far more important than the charter company. If you could get Steve again, I would not hesitate to go with him. If he is not there, it is a **** shoot. He worked hard to find me a huge Yellowfin and wanted to keep me fishing after catching one even though I was done.

**swanchez** · #3 05-01-2009, 01:31 PM

Here is the list of charters recommended from the guys on the bloodydecks forum. Lots of good info on PV over there. Im headed there in July also. From what i understand, fishing in july is hit or miss with big tuna, some years its on, some years its not.

www.bloodydecks.com/forums/mainland-mexico-fishing-reports-discussion/39949-puerto-vallarta-fishing-lodging-info.html

**Texas Contender** · #4 05-02-2009, 09:32 PM

I would not go with Master Baiters. Nothing but a boat ride. The guys did nothing but chase birds. Did not catch a fish.... Came home early. No good in my book. The worst guided trip I have ever had.

**fishingreg** · #5 05-02-2009, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Texas Contender

I would not go with Master Baiters. Nothing but a boat ride. The guys did nothing but chase birds. Did not catch a fish.... Came home early. No good in my book. The worst guided trip I have ever had.

Do you remember your captain's name by any chance? Steve worked very hard for me. I paid for a 10 hour trip and got over 12 even though we put my 350 YFT in the boat at about hour 7. He would not stop fishing even though I told him I was done and I charted him myself with no other fishermen in the boat. I did not want another after that one.... If he is still there, he would be the only Capt I would hire from any service.

**Lagniappe2008** · #6 05-02-2009, 10:11 PM

i went with Master Baiters about 3 years ago. We paid for an 8 hour trip and because we hadn't landed a Marlin yet, the captain wouldn't go back in. We ended up with a Blue Marlin and a Striped Marlin to end the day. I was very happy. Went back to PV and fished with someone else for some reason, and it was the worst boat ride of my life. I think it's all about the captain as said before.

**Argo** · #7 05-02-2009, 10:20 PM

I would hire Juan Moll, Danny osuna or Manny with pacifico any time. I also got to fish with Cesar on magnifico last year and he was great too...

**Red Tuna** · #8 05-03-2009, 03:01 PM

From what I have heard, Master Baiters has gone down hill in recent years. Their reputation is not good, and since there are several other captains with sterling reputations, I wouldn' consider Master Baiters.

Here is some info I have posted before...also if you search for threads with "Puerto Vallarta" in the title, you will find some other good threads.

There are a few top-notch operations in PV that are generally regarded as the best of the best. I would HIGHLY recommend securing a reservation with one of these operations, and avoiding most others. There is a huge disparity between the good and the bad charter operations in PV.

For offshore (tuna, marlin, dorado):

Pacifico Sportfishing (Capt Manny)

Primetime Adventures (Capt Josh Temple)

Top Gun Sportfishing (Juan Moll, Jr)

Marla II Sportfishing (Danny Osuna)

For inshore panga fishing (roosterfish, jacks, sails, dorado):

Capt Lora (can be reached through Primetime Adventures)

Esperanza Sportfishing (Capt. Kurt Hjort) - he also does offshore fishing

All contact information (as well as lots of other good info) can be found on this thread:
http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/m...dging-info.html

A good resource for Puerto Vallarta information is the Bloody Decks forum - www.bloodydecks.com. Check out the Mainland Mexico forum.

Let me know if you need any more info. Good luck...

**Hooked on Reds** · #9 05-03-2009, 04:31 PM

Meno:

We just came back last week from a week in PV. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
We stayed at the CasaMagna Mariott Hotel right across the street from the marina and were able to walk there each morning.
I fished with Capt Juna Moll of the Topgun charters and would recommend him to anyone. He was exceptional in my book.

I also heard prior that the pacifico was highly regarded, and that MasterBaiters was not a good recomendation.

There is a coffee shop at the marina, go by the night before and pre-order breakfast and lunches for the day ya'll fish! We were chasing sails or large tuna's, we sight casted several sails but I think it's still too early for both.

We caught a boat load of Pargo's which is similar to a huge snapper.

PM me for any further info, and check out Juan Moll

Jeremiah