Exactly this....stay in the hotel in Mazatl�n and all will be peachy...head out on the town in Mazatl�n, risk your life...that's how cut and dry it is. I believe the place is safe if you stay to your self on the way to El Salto and once you get back into Mazatl�n. I would go in a second...but I wouldn't be checking out any of the "attractions" in Mazatl�n.

...OK .....
so for all you guys that have been to El Salto (either camp) ..........
is there ANYTHING that you did not take that you wished you had or made sure you had the 2nd time you went back ?
????

,,,,OR,,,,
maybe there is something you took (that I am as well) that you never touched and you could have done without........
100 pounds of lures -- 3 bags ...... seems like an awful lot for 4 days of fishing,

Whoever you booked with should be able to give you up to the minute info on what's working and what's not.

The nice thing about Anglers Inn is that they do your laundry every day. You don't need to bring much clothing = more room for "what if" tackle.

I will say that while all of the standards (big Rico, 6" Senko, 8" lizard, 10" power worm, fat free shad, 10XD) have their time, the bite is always slightly different, even under the same conditions. We went in May of 2013 and absolutely WRECKED them on Chatterbaits. Of course we only had a handful of them and they got abused. The next year we returned the same time at a similar water level, with dozens of chatterbaits and caught a total of one fish on them.

Don't hesitate to try anything you want, but the guides are usually pretty dialed in.

Oh Yeah ,,,,,,, me and Tammi at AI are getting to know each other real well ,,,,,, even Billy Chapman's "MOM" knows who we are ....... she likes my nuts
---- Cinnamon Sugared Pecans.

Pete;
Thanks for all the info.......

Went a few years ago never really felt unsafe

More magnum watermelon red lizards!

Do they charge for transportation from airport to lodge and back?

Not Angler's Inn .... part of the package

It's an add on at Speed's lodges!

And unlike some others Anglers Inn does not require you to pay for a final night in Mazatlan. All lodging is included in the base price.

Been several times to Pichacos, Once with Speed, never understood the reason to take you into town the night before leaving, and you have to pay for the room. Anglers Inn will get you there most times to fish the first afternoon, no charge for trans, or a night stay in Mazatlan, their lodge at Pichacos and Salto are both really good, first class, Speed was very good also on food and lodging, just he last night stay and trans charges

No bass is worth my life i'll stay in the states.

with a bobber on the bank ?
j/k
to each his own --- but I think you would be missing out on the trip of a lifetime.
the odds are better that you will be killed driving down the road than being killed by a bad guy at a fishing camp.
what in the world would you have with you or be doing that would interest some bandito ?
airport--fishing lodge--airport ...... that ain't too dangerous.