You can also get a taxi and head to the beach just down from "Barceló Mismaloya Puerto Vallarta" hotel. I think the beach area can be found by either looking up the hotel, or by googling "Arcos Spa".
The locals have some beach front restaurants, and vendors selling carvings, shirts, jewelry, etc.
They will rent the 20 foot fiberglass boats for around $50 / hr and take yuou snorkeling, whale watching, sight seeing and of course fishing all in for the $50/hr for the boat regardless of how many people go. You can talk with them the day before and they can arrange beer, food, bait, fishing gear, snorkeling gear - anything you want to do.
From that beach, it is about a 5 minute boat ride to "Los Arcos National Park". There you will see stingrays and a wide variety of fish - take some bread and you'll be surrounded by so many fish (all small) that it will be an awesome experience for you and your family.
These same boat guys can also take you fishing and - I caught Mackerel, Roosterfish, Bonita and about 20 other species I didn't understand the translation of what the guides called them.
And then, if your into a longer day trip, you can again organize with these beach fellows to go approx. 25 km's offshore to the Marietas Islands - again, beautiful scenery and can bottom fish or troll around the islands. I think they charged approx. $350 for the day - that was 10 years ago or so and would therefore expect it to be a bit higher now.
Anyway, if you're in that area near the hotel - check out the locals guides and they will certainly provide you an excellent experience - bare minimum - I recommend Los Arcos National Park.
And lastly, if you do go fishing, bring a fish back to the local restaurants on the beach and get them to cook it up - they can do an open pit fire and grill the fish - if you're lucky to get one of the red snapper in the area - amazing grilled when fresh!!
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