Keep the good advice coming guys...thanks Parker, Stam, RR, etc. I went there last year and booked a trip through the place I was staying at...I wanted to head out and "catch fish"...didn't care if it was marlin, durado, tuna, sharks, whatever...maybe even a stray chum or two...got to the Marina and to my suprise actually found myself sitting in the actual boat that was in the picture back at the resort in the fishing notebook they had...I figured we'd be in for a good day. About 5 minutes went by waiting for the captain and then all of a sudden the dock boy tells us to get out of the boat cuz we are going with a different guide in a different boat...OH BOY...Here we go...I knew from then on the trip was going to be sh$tty...captain jumped on the boat...didn't say hi...didn't introduce himself...didn't ask for our names...we head out of the marina without even knowing our guides name...I now have 20 bucks in my hand to give to bait boat who was supposed to come by with live bait (the resort said to have 20 bucks ready)...well we spent the next hour and half trying to catch 6 bait fish...we were the last boat to leave the area for the open ocean...got out there and the captain said nothing the entire time. I tried to ask questions but it was obvious he didn't want to talk. We drug big huge marlin lures around for a few hours without a bite...never even used the live bait we had spent so much time catching...and finally at about noon...I told him to take us in...he refused to...I told him again that we were done fishing and he just kept trolling...finally after the third time of me asking...we headed in. I was furious but being that it was in Mexico...I figured the best thing to do was just eat my words and live and learn. So to make a long story short...I just want to try and catch some fish from shore for free...low stress...no expensive cab rides to the marina...no guides...just the beach and me with a few all inclusive beers hanging out in my back pack...I've got a 4 piece rod that should work just fine for down there...any other advice...