“MARES” 38’ All singing and dancing craft. Lovely and smooth. Extremely clean. Powerful engine.
All the equipment worked well, and is well kept.
We had lunch made at sea. Sandwiches / Nachos and Avocados And fresh pineapples.
Only been once before in Mexico. So quite a novice at this. The crew put you at ease, Always giving help and advise. They are very hard working, always changing the bait and lures.
Managed to land a Wahoo, which took some doing & a Mahi Mahi. Both really vibrant colourings. Also two Mahi Mahi, which managed to doge being landed.
Big thank you to the captain and crew. Captain Leo Cruz / first mate Gustavo / Second mate Helios.
All the best.
John & Lou
08 June 2025

I highly recommend Pescado Adventures for a charter service out of Puerto Aventuras.  Captain Leo, and deckhands Sunny and Alejandro, worked very hard to help us fulfill our goal of catching billfish.  For four and a half hours, we trolled for the big game while the hands constantly cleared sargassum from the lines and rebaited.  When we felt like we were running out of time (6 hour trip), we turned to rock fish.  Even then, the fish weren’t biting much.  Leo moved the boat a few times to find fish.  Finally, we caught a large snapper and some smaller jacks.  It was a disappointing day from the perspective of catching fish, but the boat and the crew were really great.  Oh, and Roger was fantastic at communicating before the trip and accomodating our date change requests (bad weather made us move our date 3 times).

I had an individual 8hr charter. There was a captain and 2 crew on the boat who worked tirelessly in very hot conditions to keep the bait fresh and clearing the seaweed from the 7 trolling rods. Although the fishing was slow after 5 1/2 hrs we hooked a sailfish which was landed and then released after photos. Then at the end of the trip we hooked a good size wahoo. The boat was great and the crew even better. I would not hesitate to recommend this trip.

We booked the 40’ Pescado Adventures boat on an AM 6 hour trip, but three days before our charter we received a message from Rodger that the weather was not going to cooperate Friday - Monday with the expected strong winds. He offered to reschedule us before our departure and luckily it worked out! Rodger was excellent at communicating with us from the day we booked to the day we boarded his boat.

Because of the reschedule, we boarded their 38’ instead on Tuesday afternoon and it sure was meant to be :) We had a barracuda in the first 30 min. We then landed another barracuda, a 90” sailfish (my husband’s life long dream came true) and two snapper fish!

After all the fishing excitement the crew accommodated our next wish to snorkel and explore the sea. We saw beautiful sea life, fish and sting rays! We finished the trip with some delicious guacamole, fruit and ceviche made with one of the snappers we caught as we tried to catch more fish.

It was wonderful to make the trip that worked best for our group of 8 (4 adults and 4 kids ages 6-10) from the trolling to bottom fishing to snorkeling. We’ve been on several charters before and the option to set the itinerary as the customer was a first for us!

A great experience for everyone :)

Communication:
Before the trip, I had a bunch of questions. The captain responded very quickly and with more information than I asked for. 

The fishing trip:
I’ve deep sea fished dozens of times and I’ve seen the good, bad and ugly. The Lobster Tales Captain and crew did a phenomenal job! On top of all that, they had a great attitude. They made sure that we had the best chance at catching fish, they kept the mood light and always made sure that we had a drink in our hand. We caught a sailfish, barracuda and wahoo. They made some wahoo ceviche from our catch while we were still fishing and it was amazing! Top notch crew, I would definitely fish with you guys again!