| If you have never been to Mexico for a fishing | | | | restaurants, but nothing pretentious. The local |
| trip you are missing a treat. With the Pacific | | | | natives are very friendly to tourists unlike a lot of |
| Ocean and the Sea of Cortez on the west and | | | | areas that you may travel to. |
| the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean on the east, | | | | As far as the fishing goes, Huatulco is an incredible |
| Mexico offers something for almost every type | | | | fishing ground for sailfish and marlin. We focused |
| of fisherman, unless you are a lover of ice fishing! | | | | on fishing for sailfish the least time I was there |
| Mexico offers some of the best fishing in the | | | | and in seven days of fishing we saw probably a |
| world and has some interesting areas to explore | | | | dozen or so world record class fish and of those |
| as well. | | | | we caught and released four and landed two and |
| The latest "secret" spot of globe trotting anglers | | | | that's not even mentioning the fact that overall |
| is the Pacific coastal town of Huatulco in the area | | | | we raised over a hundred fish while trolling! We |
| called the Oaxacan coast. This area is more off | | | | even got the attention of a couple of large blue |
| the beaten path and is not a tourist trap like | | | | marlin but couldn't get them to take a bait. |
| many other areas of Mexico such as Cancun and | | | | Another hot spot on Mexico's west coast is Cabo |
| Cozumel. If you are like most anglers, myself | | | | San Lucas, the destination of many Hollywood |
| included, you are looking for a place to get away | | | | movie stars. This area which is located on the |
| from it all and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors. | | | | Baja Peninsula is the quintessential fishing vacation |
| Huatulco offers exactly that with clear turquoise | | | | for all sport fishermen and in particular those |
| waters loaded with pelagic game fish such as | | | | seeking the elusive Marlin as the waters off of |
| Sailfish. | | | | Cabo are known as the Marlin Capital of the |
| Huatulco is kind of in between the categories of | | | | World. |
| primitive and luxury with nice hotels and | | | | |