On the 18^th, Joe and Steve Milone and group fished aboard the ANTICIPATION. They arrived the day before and had a pre-charter adventure.  Their younger brother was lost in the Vallarta Airport so they abandoned him in disgust and headed to the beautiful Krystal Hotel.    We assume that little brother was not sure what hotel they were registered in so he was in a bit of a jam.  By the time we contacted the group, we got the impression that one or two of the brothers could be used as live-bait.  But the next day, with everyone accounted for, they had a successful fishing charter.  Peter Schuster had the lucky number and landed a fabulous 350-pound Blue Marlin.  Congratulations Peter. 

The following day on the ANTICIPATION, Selena and Bob Cyrer and Martha and Ronnie Sims had a charter and they were not very happy with Phil, to say the least. The boat left early and Phil missed it so the group did not have Phil's secret seasickness remedy aboard.  (Who actually leaves early in Mexico?)  Kim and Ed Moore have a different remedy, nibbling crackers but this did not do the trick and one of the ladies was sea sick, so it was obviously Phil's fault.  To top it off, Kim Moore called in the afternoon to say that the boat was heading in and would arrive in half an hour.  Seems that they made it a bit quicker than that so Phil missed them again and was unable to take photos and deliver the fish to the El Dorado.  The Moores, Americans who speak perfect English saved the day and handled the situation but the Cryer/Sims group still felt that Phil had fallen short and had taken advantage of them.  They did catch 2 big Sails and a Dorado and enjoyed themselves but referred to Phil as something similar to street scum, actually a pretty good description physically, especially after a 12 hour charter.  We try our best but I guess you cannot win them all.  Sorry folks.