OAXACAN BEACHFRONT LIVING - SPRING / SUMMER 2022
HOOKED ON PUERTO ESCONDIDO BY: JEFFREY PANKEY
A full time resident of Florida and frequent traveler, Jeffrey loves the ocean and never misses an opportunity to go fishing. While the primary purpose of his visit to Vivo Resorts was to discuss marketing strategy, he made sure to schedule an extra day to experience one of Puerto Escondido’s attractions.
What does an “Authentic Fishing Trip” in Puerto Escondido look like? Fishing has been a part of my life since the young age of three. No matter where I go, I always try to find a local person to recommend some type of fishing, deep sea being my preference. My trip to Vivo was no different, I convinced my buddy Greg to go with me, and Luckily, Vivo Resorts introduced us to Jesus who put us with the right local captain. For those of you that are fisherman and have travelled to other “fishing spots”, you might be as ignorant as I was. I was expecting to roll up to the marina and jump on a nice 35-to-45-foot sport fisher, the mate will offer a nice cup of coffee...NOPE. Imagine my surprise when we parked on the beach, walked up to the shoreline, saw about 30 Panga boats anchored, and then Jesus waves one to come over. Ok, very cool I thought, they don’t have marinas, so this panga is going to taxi us out to the real boat, I’m digging this.
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