I was waiting to post this until a few IDs were settled (mostly damselfish... they suck), but it's taking longer than expected, so here it is.
Last Saturday my friend Ryan and I finished a week-long road trip from Mexico City to Guadalajara and back. Saw a lot of cool (albeit very small) freshwater fish, and I'll put up a post about that later. There were a lot of uncertainties about whether or not we would get to hook & line fish during the trip, so we added 2 days at the end so we could have some guaranteed saltwater fishing in Acapulco.
$200 gets you 6 hours on a really nice boat with a captain and first mate. Hotels are decently priced, so if you can find a cheap flight to Acapulco, it might come out being less expensive than paying for a charter in the states. The scenery isn't bad either.
Day #1 - species whoring with sabikis
Longnose Puffer
Chameleon Wrasse
Longspined Porcupinefish
Panama Graysby
Finescale Triggerfish
Pacific Red Snapper
Bullseye Jawfish
Orangeside Triggerfish
Spottail Grunt
After the boat we had a few hours to kill before heading to the hotel so we microfished a dock in the marina.
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse
Damselfish #1
Damselfish #2
Short break at the hotel, then we fished the rocks a bit as the sun went down.
Damselfish #3 - orange color is from the sunset, might be same species as one of the two above
Mexican Night Sergeant
Tinsel Squirrelfish
Ryan picked up these species that I didn't. We pretty much went back and forth on who had the highest species count for the day. Made for a fun day.
Banded Wrasse
Calico Lizardfish
Spotted Cabrillo
Panamic Sergeant Major