Puerto Vallarta fishing.

[bgizzle]

Honey moon. She wats to go I don't wanna her to go that far she can't take it....soooo bone fish? Permit? Snook?
Anyone ever fish these species while in the pv? Need charter outfit info

[kcinnick]

We went to puerto Vallarta for our honeymoon. There will be tons of charters to go on, we were staying at a really really nice hotel and had a personal assistant that helped us arrange things to do. The name of the hotel was villa premiere, absolutely amazing service 24 hours a day. We never went fishing, but we went out on boats a few times. Some snorkeling and scuba. There was a ray as big as the boat, we were on about a 24-25' boat and this ray came up beside us that was at least 20' across, possibly larger. Once you get past the muddy water from the logging in the mountains the water is crystal clear. Every thing in PV seemed to be alcohol included. We took a dune buggy ride (we drove our own buggy) and it included a stop at a tequila distillery that included all you can drink aged tequila's.

I didn't answer the question, but PV is a great place to go. Even from the beach with snorkeling gear you can hit some nice reefs, and you have great acces to down town, night life, mountains and the beach/ocean.

Tips

1. Pay with Pesos, most places charge 2-3X when you pay with American currency
2. The cabs will charge about $4 to bring you to any of the tourist areas, but will try to charge you $8 to go back to your hotel, everytime we walked away from the $8 ride either the driver would agree to take us for $4 or the next one in line would.
3. Try to visit the actual artisans that make the stuff sold in the tourist areas. We rented a dune buggy and visited some small mountain villages, ordered blankets, saw how the process was done, met the woman making them and took pictures along the way, and it was cheaper than paying the shark on the boardwalk.
4. None of the restaurants have real cheese, they have this fake/creamy cheese. We actually went to Wal-mart and bought cheese, along with a few other things we needed, but cheese was high on the list.
5. Best thing is to find a local you can trust, on our last day out personal assistant arranged to have a car and drove us to the places we saw stuff we wanted to buy, she had us paying Rick from pawn stars prices on stuff. Their was this mahogany sting ray I wanted that was listed over $100, I walked out with it, a fish and a turtle for $30! The PA wouldn't even take our tip! Most of the hotel employees wouldn't take tips.

PV is a great place, and I would go back in a. Heartbeat. The only thing I remember about fishing charters was I was told not to tip the crew with cash, I don't remember why this was, but if you insisted on tipping it should be done with a non cash gift that is useful in their trade.

[cduhon]

as other guy mentioned earlier, there are tons of fishing outfitters but do your homework. Most of them are there just to offer the service and can really care less about you catching fish. I fished there many years ago and booked it through the resort which was a mistake. they picked us up close but they could actually care less about fishing, just took us on a 6 hour boat ride trolling. Never saw a fish or got to touch a rod. They kept feeding us beer to keep us happy which worked but the fishing trip was not great. I was told to find outfitters on your own away from the resort. Good Luck.

[Top Dawg]

http://www.masterbaitersfishing.com/

[Duck Butter]

Yep, went there on our honeymoon.

There are tons of charter boats for cheap. The deepwater is right there, so they don't have to run far. We had a trip that was going to cost me $200 lined up but wife got sick the day before on a snorkeling trip (too many tequila sunrises!) and got leary of going out. They caught 3 sailfish that day

This was 10 years ago, so please be careful of where you go. Everyone of the locals will try and hustle you. The best advice is to find a cab driver and tell him you want him to be your guy, and they will be able to help you get anywhere and anything (be careful with that), and they will keep the hustlers at bay. If you are at a resort, there is plenty to do there and the hustlers aren't allowed on that stretch of beach. Spend at least an hour at the WalMarks down there too, its got a parking garage!

So to answer your question about permit, I have no idea!

[skeeter10]

Went there a few years ago with the family. It is an awesome place with beautiful scenery. We were there in June and the bluewater is very close. I'll have to look up the name of the charter we used but we had a great time. Caught a bunch of small-medium sized yft and hooked into a sail that we didn't get to the boat. A man and wife were the owners and he was the captain of the boat while she was the deckhand. This lady could flat out fish. She would set all the lines, gaff the fish, and made fresh sashimi as a snack for us. We were trolling on our way back in and while I was talking to her she said "We are about to catch a fish, I can smell them." I thought she was crazy but less than 1 min later a reel started screaming and we had a bull dorado on the line. Maybe it was luck but it was impressive. I'll get the name of the charter and send it to you.

[bayoublack]

Me and my wife went in nov. 2010. I did a half day trip and caught a sailfish if i remember correctly the captian said october- january are the best months for billfish and big yellowfin. We also did a atv/zip line tour in the mountains which was awesome

[jrdntboy09]

Hardheads will be running soon there