Josh simply can’t picture his life away from sport fishing, which is not only his passion, but also his job. Born with the hook in between his hands, today he devotes himself to the sport fishing industry, and he certainly knows how to deal with truly big fish: his business is to find the best locations in the world for this activity, and then attract celebrities and high-end clients that want to use his fleet and his services. “This isn’t just a game; it’s my life, but it’s also how I make a living. This year only, one famous basketball player spent over $300,000 USD to use my services”, he assures.
There is no doubt that Josh is an expert in his field, and when he says that Riviera Nayarit is one of his favorite places in the world to fish, he truly means it. He first visited Riviera Nayarit ten years ago, and has been coming back frequently since. He currently lives in Vancouver, but his company has three ships docked at Marina Riviera Nayarit, at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, and he declares that he’ll keep coming to fish here at least for the next 50 years.
“I’ve been to thousands of places around the world, and I can say that this is the best place to fish. The variety of fish is amazing, so you always end up with a catch – there just isn’t a day at sea when you come back empty-handed. There’s tuna and more than one variety of marlin, but also wahoo, red snapper, dolphin fish, swordfish, sawfish and a number of other species. Therefore, when you don’t catch tuna, you get a lot of marlin; when the marlin is low, there’s red snapper; and if there aren’t any red snappers, there’s always wahoo. Simply put: it’s always fishing season”, he explains.
Josh was born in Canada, and represents the third generation of a family of commercial fishermen. He’s spent his whole life on the ocean, and not even the fact that both his father and grandfather lost their lives on their ship when he was only four years old, has diverted him from his passion. When he turned 14, he left school and started making a living by fishing and then commercializing his catch. When he turned 16 he bought his first boat, then saved and bought a larger one, and an even larger third ship that followed. He then realized that he’d spent all of his life saving money to buy boats, and had spent over a couple million dollars on them, without being able to enjoy his fortune.
“I got married when I turned 19, I started a family and began looking for an activity that would allow me better financial security and to spend more time with them; but I didn’t want to stop fishing. Now I own this business where we manage and maintain boats and organize fishing expeditions all around the world. I really enjoy it; I do what I love all the time. This isn’t something I had to learn; it’s something I carry in my blood: I was born to be a fisherman”, he insists.
With all this experience, Josh’s word weighs heavily when he speaks of fishing in the open waters. He says, for example, that the feeling you get when you catch a record-breaking fish is a something that can’t be explained with words. “This is why we go to the end of the world, to remote and wild places where the catch is excellent, but the amenities are scarce”. And this is precisely the reason why he declares that Riviera Nayarit is the best place in the world to practice this sport, because even though he knows of other places that have excellent waters where you can find all the big game, they don’t have the infrastructure and specialized personnel to maintain the equipment, they’re far away from good infrastructure, or there is simply no nightlife there.
“Here we have it all: excellent marinas, people who know how to work with fiberglass, technicians that fix all the kinds of gadgets present in a two-million dollar vessel like the one we use, specialized shops for fishing goods, extraordinary restaurants and hotels, bars and nightlife to enjoy a good day of fishing. But mostly, we have extraordinary fishing all year-round, with record-breaking fish. Usually, other destinations have some of these things, but never a combination of all of them”, he concludes.
MAJOR FISHING TOURNAMENTS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER
2nd Riviera Nayarit Sport Fishing Tournament for Kids
Aims to promote the values and the passion of sport fishing in our region, though a one-day, activity-packed Sunday for the whole family, where the little ones that catch the largest game will receive prizes on the docks of Marina Riviera Nayarit, at la Cruz de Huanacaxtle.
June 6
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50th International Fishing Tournament at San Blas
Every year, amongst the celebrations for Navy Day, San Blas hosts one of the most important national fishing tournaments in the country. This year they’re expecting a special celebration, as they commemorate its 50thanniversary, and will have prizes in excess of $1,450,000 pesos.
June 9 – 13, 2010
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4th International Tuna and Marlin Fishing Tournament at Riviera Nayarit
This tournament specializes in catching the most representative game of the Mexican Pacific: tuna and marlin. It’ll offer prizes in excess of a million pesos, and aspires to become one of the most important tournaments in this country.
August 12 – 14, 2010
