Anyone been to Ecuador for Marlin?

[ChumSlickRick]

I am heading to Ecuador in April on a solo surf trip. Shooting for Montanita, Manta area. Wondering if anyone has any info on boats in the area. Looking for a day trip or two for Marlin. Any info would be great.

Thanks

[Robja]

I fished out of Salinas several years ago.

[ChumSlickRick]

Got any info on the boat? Thats about an hour or so south of where i will be. That would be perfect.

[whalebreath]

I fished out of Salinas several years ago.

Me too-Knut Holst's organisation http://www.pescatours.com.ec/

It was OK the crew weren't overly energetic or honest but that didn't surprise me after having spent a lot of time in Latin America.

Certainly there are lots of fish but there's also a huge commercial effort going on around you all day long, expect the crew to kill everything they can.

I 'accidentally' messed up gaffing one fish (small Marlin) for a quick release the crew almost cried, I tipped the Cook in private an extra $20 for my 'mistake' he was OK the other two were slackers.

[frankypettolina]

Check with Pete Santini on this site- he is out of the Galapagos, but I am sure he has some knowledge about the "mainland" too.

If it is 1/4th as good as the galapagos you will have a great trip

[Robja]

I believe we fished on Luis Gomez's boat his website is www.bluemarlinmanta.com

[Ace1st]

ROBJA.....well arent you the WORLD TRAVLER. I dint know you had it in ya.

[Pete Santini]

In regards to salinas yes theres marlin there fished there and theres blues balcks and stripes down there as wellas huge bigeye tuna especially in march i fished withh eduardo gomez igfa rep out of the salinas yacht club he runs bluemarlinlodge he would be the guy tto talk to about mainland pete

[ChumSlickRick]

Thanks for the info everyone. Hopefully i will have some pics to post when i return!!

[whalebreath]

I saw two of those giant Bigeye, one was tied to the swim grid the back of a sport boat and was well over 100kg, the other looked to be the size of my living room couch.

It slowly came up/looked at the lures we had and sunk down.......