Simply Caught Charters was developed on the heels of Simply Caught Seafood, out of North Carolina. There, Captain Frank ran fishing charters and sold fresh local seafood to the many fine residents western North Carolina. With 30 years experience chartering and selling seafood, he has developed a vast array of fishing techniques that he brings with him to Puerto Rico. “To be successful everyday you need to be versatile and know when to switch gears to keep the fish coming over the rail.” - Cpt. Frank.

Our Fishing Tours specialize in Big Game for the sole reason that it’s our favorite! We also understand that not everyone is looking for a giant. With our fishing background, we can utilize a vast array of techniques. We typically start off the morning trolling looking for bait, birds, and any signs of marine life. Captain Frank often deploys a combination of ballyhoo, hard plastic Marlin lures, dredges, teasers, and plugs until he is able to fine tune what the game fish prefer. If things are not red hot, he often turns to jigging and live bait to get to the mid water and bottom game fish.

Let’s take a moment and talk about live bait fishing. Live bait is extremely effective when fish are piled up on a certain location. We love to take advantage of the opportunity to pitch sardines and small snappers to tuna and wahoo both. However, in doing so you are stuck to a small fishing spot and you don’t have the ability to explore and find new fish. This said, our charter business is much more aggressive in our fishing styles than 90% of other charter boats on the west coast of Puerto Rico. If the fish are not piled up then we are probably not going to take 2 hours off your fishing trip to catch bait. This is where our knowledge in progressive fishing techniques really shine. On a typical fishing trip in Puerto Rico, with Simply Caught, you often get to experience 2-4 different fishing techniques. Unless we are marlin or Swordfish fishing, we are going on the hunt until we find a good population of fish.

With this being said Capt. Frank fishes out of multiple locations depending on weather and where the bite is. Most of our trips run out of Mayagüez. However, if the bite is hot to the north off Isabela or to the south, such as Combate or Parguera, we will encourage our clients to meet us where the bite is the best. A unique part of fishing in Puerto Rico is that it is easy to trailer a boat to different locations to seek out the best conditions allowing you to experience a variety of fisheries.

Capt. Frank prioritizes his clients to ensure the best experience. He will not limit them to fishing close to home if he knows there are better opportunities out there.

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