Brian H, Thank you for going out with us. We are all super happy that you and your friends were able to catch one of the most prized fish in the sea for sportsfishing. I guess that was not enough to give us a 5 star. When you book a fishing trip with us that is what you are paying for-- for us to do the best job possible to land you a fish----there is no guarantee to that. I want to make clear a few of the points- The time that your friend was speaking the the fish and game agent- I was there translating and asking your friend what happened so that he could get the story from the people that were actually there. The time the fish was in the sun was because he--the agent had not yet arrived and i was arguing with the other agent in their office as to why they were going to keep the fish since the fish died during its struggle...You are not aware of this because you were outside. -1. we do not usually pick up or drop clients back to their friends homes, hotel or any other place unless you ask us. We are happy to do so. But we need to know before hand. I just picked up a client at his hotel this morning, offered to take him back--he said he was ok staying in town 2. You said to us that you wanted to do a few days fishing, the day after the first day of fishing. Since you had captured the best fish we have caught all year, i thought it would be appropriate to ask you if you wanted to go again. I did say to you that if you wanted to rebook that we would need a deposit as for all clients. 3. The fish was impounded by the authorities and we were given clearance by them that the fish drowned upon his. Unfortunately when i was going to managua(200 miles and all day roundtrip) I called the agent in charge to see if we could get the fish released--but he changed the dates to meet which was a day after you were leaving----SO -- not having the fish had nothing to do with you booking somewhere else. 4. We offer paypal for the convenience of our clients-so i do not understand your qualm for paying for the tour. Everytime i purchase something online I pay for the entire thing-not half now -half when i get it. We have gotten prepared many times and are left waiting at the docks fully fueled and prepared- to have a no show when we take partial deposits or no deposits. 5. Due to the fact that we strive for the very best we SPEND - $0 on advertising. Not even on google. Our guest do it for us and by the way 98 percent have never caught a 184 pound Marlin- that is why we have over 160 5 Star reviews We are all disappointed that the fish was confiscated but that was 100 percent out of our control as we always try to release these beautiful creature. Dario Obando the responsive owner