Planning to Fish in Puerto Vallarta

Taking the family to Puerto Vallarta in the middle of January is a real treat when you live in the Northwest.

For my wife’s birthday, I wanted to do something different being the milestone it is. I will not advertise just how old she will be or this would probably be my final blog post.  🙂  With my Alaska Air miles, I was able to find an all-inclusive that did not break the bank.  The family is looking to much pool and beach time with the sun and tropical drinks.

Because she likes to fish as much, if not more than I do, I wanted to plan a fishing trip while we are there.  According to the fishing calendar down there, this is a pretty good time for many different species.  We should be able to get into some action.

Now, the difficult task of finding the right charter.  In my initial search, there appeared to be over 100 different charter services around the PVR area.  I contacted a few people asking for advice.  Unfortunately, nobody I know has fished out of Puerto Vallarta.  I will just have to spend some time reading various reviews, hoping most of them are not fake, and cross my fingers.

My initial thought is just a half day trip, maybe 4-6 hours.  Depending on the species availability, maybe extend that to more like 6-8 hours.

I think I would like to find a boat big enough to give us a comfortable ride, but small enough to accommodate only up to 4 people.  Provided food and drink would be a nice to have so we can just relax and think about the fishing.  It is supposed to be sunny and warm while we are there, so cover of some kind would also be nice.

I’ll keep you posted on what I find.  Wish me luck.