Trip: Feb 2005 - Continental GSO to Mazatlan through Houston Departed 6:30AM EST arrived at Anglers Inn 1:30PM to awaiting margaritas! 20 minutes later we had eaten a sandwich rigged our rods and were headed out to fish till dark.

Accommodations: Moderate at best but 5 star for fishing compound.

Service: Better and more personal than Ritz Carlton! And I'm not kidding! If you dirtied up your room floor it was clean, towel wet it was replaced, coffee at 5AM wake-up knock delivered with a smile the way you like it, even my Diet Coke - though with a number of chuckles daily. Power went out twice at night and generator came on until Main power back. If your drink needed refilling it was usually done before you noticed. Did I say the service was exceptional? It was!

Food: Hearty "manly" food three times a day whether you want it or not. Duck killed in the morning was served as an appetizer that night, Grilled tuna for lunch, steak for dinner if not ribs. I am not making up the menu, it wasn't gourmet but it was great!

Drink: Lots of tequila and cerveza (beer). I liked the Mexican Gin but the setting made the drinks and everything else perfect. Beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains only a few miles from the Pacific Ocean with lots of fisherman telling lies in a place where the truth about the fishing was all that was needed.

Fishing: We didn't do as well as the brochure but let me tell you how we did do! 2 fishermen caught 25 fish on first afternoon biggest 6 lbs smallest probably 2 pounds (this done in a driving rain storm).

Second day 50 plus fish with afternoon being the best with multiple fish over 5 pounds and under 8 (oh I forgot the 9 lb fish in the dark on top water to start the day). The third day we caught 50 plus, all small 1-4 pounds. Departure day we decided to go out for three hours and hit an hour and a half stretch where we caught ten fish between 8 and 10 pounds on top water plugs. In the end we caught 150 fish and lots of large ones. I think other people did better than we did but mine is the truth!!

Summary: A fabulous trip for large size and numbers of bass. Oct thru December is best top water time and Jan - March finishes the best part of their season. We are going back! Do keep in mind that it is a fishing trip. Nothing else to do but fish, eat and talk to lots of nice folks.

Ricky