March 31st Fish Report

Redrum hosted a great group of anglers today! We were lucky enough to be part of the Hansen-McMillan wedding group that Redrum friend Kent Hansen brought down this past week. 20 of the now, McMillans closest friends and family came aboard the Redrum fleet today.

Each boat headed out with 4 anglers, filling El Nuevo, Rum Runnin, Red Beam, Reel Rum, and Tantrum.

Tantrum was the first boat back and Cesar had one heck of a day. It had been a few days that Cesar was unable to captain his boat due to fighting the flu. One day this past week his fever hit 102 degrees and if you know Cesar, you are going to hear about it from him all day/night! Cesar did not miss a beat though as him and Americo were able to catch and release 5 Stripe Marlin as well as 2 Yellowfin Tuna.

Alex took his 4 anglers and hooked them into 8 Yellowfin Tuna, 1 Dorado, and 1 Stripe Marlin. Looking towards the month of April, El Nuevo is going to be one of the busiest boats in the Marina. Alex and Jua are catching a lot of peoples' eyes down here with the way the have been fishing together since Juan came on board.

Red Beam continues to impress all of her anglers. Kent Hansen has been fishing with owner John Donovan for years now. He wanted to test out Red Beam and her crew. Both the crew and the boat passed Mr. Hansens standards, 11 Yellowfin Tuna and a Stripe Marlin. Not a bad day!!

Jesus captained ReelRum today as Omar took his day off today. These boys work 6 days out of the week and with the way it's been there has not been much down time. If they could fish 7 days out of the week they probably would! None the less, Jesus did a great job putting his group on 6 Yellowfin and 1 Dorado!

Rum Runnin was the last boat in today because a late Stripe Marlin hook up delayed their arrival just a little. The boys have been trolling high speed trolling lures on their way in and their way out of the Marina now a days. On the way in the lure slowed up a Marlin just enough to give Manuel a chance to pitch a live bait to it. As soon as the bait hit the water the fish was on it and running Manuel told me. They were able to get it to the boat for some quick photos before the realse. Javier and Manuel also caught 6 Yellowfin and a Dorado!

It was a pleasure working with you guys and we wish the best of luck to the new Mr. and Mrs. McMillan. We hope you had a great time and look foward to working with all of you again!

If anyone is interested in bringing a large group down to Cabo to fish please let me know. We organize trips for groups all the time and we think it is a great way to get together and spend a day in Cabo. You can reach me on my email at info@redrumcabo.com. If you mention that you read the fish report I will give you a good deal!!

Saludos,

Luis

March 29th Fish Report

Reel Rum and El Nuevo both had anglers comming off of cruise ships today. We enjoy accomodating cruise ship passengers and think it is great that they want to spend the short time that they are in Cabo on one of our boats!! Thanks guys!

Reel Rum was back just right after noon time. Omar and Jesus had taken Mr. Todd Norwood and his son out for a half-day trip and caught more Sierra and Yellowtain than they could count!! They were also able to hook into the infamous squid!

Alex took Tim Davis and his group of friends out on El Nuevo for a half-day. They were able to fight a Stripe Marlin up to the boat in the 5 hours they were out. They caught and released a 101" Stripe Marlin and we set for the day. The guys may have had a better time than the girls as they were busy feeling the effects of being on the open water!

Rum Runnin was the third boat back today. Jason Davidson and his gang from the DFW Metroplex headed out with Javier and Manuel. The boys got hooked into a mess of Yellowfin Tuna on their full day trip. Although they wanted to land a Marlin there wasn't one to be landed. They spotted several but could not get them to bite. It was nice meeting you guys.

Tantrum had a long day on the water with Rene and Americo. The boys tried their hardest to land fish and were in the right spots all day. They were able to grab 1 Tuna on their day out with the boys.

Tight Lines,

Luis

March 28th Fish Report

A Happy Birthday goes out to Donny McWhiter from California. On his 19th Birthday he headed out on Tantrum with Americo and Ramon. He hooked into a nice 102" Stripe Marlin. The fight took well over 45 minutes he said and that he was "already feeling sore". Being an athlete and about to take his football carrer to the NCAA level you think a fish wouldn't be able to slow this kid down!! I wonder how his arms are feeling today. Best of Luck next year Donny.

Our group from Fort Worth, TX headed out on RedBeam with Rene and Juan for the day. With high winds that blew in from the North some larger than normal swells followed. They were able to find a school of Porpoise and tear up the Yellowfin Tuna for about half-an-hour before having Rene head back in. They had a great time and a fabulous fresh fish dinner at Misiones de Kino later that night!

Helen Tierney from New York headed out with her family for their second day with Redrum. Her first day was not exactly what she expected when the manifold on Red Beam went out! She was understanding enough to give us another shot and we were able to get them out on Rum Runnin with Javier and Manuel. Javier knew of thier situation and wanted them to have a great day on the water. He stayed connected to Rene on RedBeam and was hitting on the same school of Tuna within minutes of finding the fish. After the kids had reeled in about 5 Yellowfin, Manuel spotted a Stripe Marlin. A live bait was pitched and within seconds a 99" Stripe Marlin was hooked to the end of the line! The fish put up a heck of a fight but was no match for the Tierney Family! Great Job Guys and thanks for being so understanding.

Larry Powell headed out the hottest captain in town. Omar who was the captain that caught the Swordfish a few days ago has been walking around, chest out, head high for the past couple of days!! Jesus spotted a Marlin about 3 hours into their charter and the show was on from there. Bait pitched, boat back down, rod bending, hook set! Just like clock work the boys got to work and landed that Stripe! Mr. Powell was in the seat and after several minutes the fish was brought up to the boat for pictures.

March 27th Fish Report

After a couple of great days of fishing for Redrum the boys are going to have to "go back to the charts". The fish drastically moved from yesterday and the day before as that is where the boats headed out today with little to no success. Tomorrow is another day and we will make up for it!

Todays report:

The Hooten party went out on their 2nd day on El Nuevo and caught a Tuna for dinner!

Javier and Manuel had a late take off, at 11:00 John Erickson and his party of 6 decided they were going to head out on Rum Runnin. They were back by 2:00pm and had a nice sized Stripe Marlin for a catch and release. Good job guys!

Reel Rum and Tantrum both had slower days as they saw a lot of fish today but had tough luck bringing anything to the boat.

The temperature charts show promising water around the 95 spot which is where the boys headed today. Obviously we are going to have to figure a new plan of attack to get on the fish tomorrow!

Tight Lines,

Luis

March 26th Fish Report

Another great day on the water for Redrum boats and anglers. The 1150 spot and a little outside 95 is where we have had some great fishing lately. Warm waters have kept the Tuna around for a couple of weeks now and the squid that were in last week have taken off and given room for Marlin!

Todays Report:

Alex had Mr. Doug Rubino out for the day on El Nuevo. They had a variety of fish as they reeled in 2 Dorado, 2 Yellowfin Tuna, and 2 Stripe Marlin.

Ramon took out Rum Runnin with Manuel for the day. Jeremy Gilliam had the time of his life with his wife and children. They also hooked into 2 Dorado, pulled up in front of a school of porpoise and caught 8 Yellowfin and Jeremy had the chance to reel in a 95" Stripe Marlin which he will have put up in his house! Congrats and enjoy the mount buddy.

Omar continued his hot streak on ReelRum as he was able to take Tuna seekers Tina Blum and her husband. Tuna is what they wanted and definately is what they got. They brought 10 Yellowfin to the boat and released another handful before heading back in! Enjoy the fish.

Mike & Brent from TX we at it again this morning. Brent told me he had never been so sore in his life! That's what a 3 hour fight with a 260 Swordfish will do to a grown man, and not a tiny man either! The two headed out on Tantrum for Marlin. Cesar - a little under the weather with a fever- was able to put them into 3 nice Stripe Marlin before bringing in the tired out gang!

Lets hope the fishing stays solid for all those comming down to fish with us in April!!!

Saludos,

Luis

March 25th Fish Report

What a great day for fishing. The Tuna bite has continued to be over the top lately with each boat landing at least 15 Tuna.

El Nuevo brought back 7 nice Yellowfin Tuna and were able to land 10 more. Kirk Hooten and his group are going to test there hands again with Alex and Juan and hopefully land a Stripe Marlin!

Cesar had an awesome day with Mr. Saucier and his buddy. They were able to catch and release a Stripe Marlin, the first for Cesar in over a few weeks. They also caught 2 Dorado and 10 Yellowfin. I ran into them at dinner and they seemed to have been enjoying life very much!!
It was great meeting them and we hope to see them back soon!

Rum Runnin caught 15 Yellowfin as well as 4 Dorado with the Closkey family.

ReelRum, well we all know about ReelRum's day!! If not please reder to the story below!

First Swordfish in Redrum History!

We are excited to say that Redrum Sport Fishing boated their first ever Swordfish yesterday on what better boat than the one that has been in the fleet since the beginning... REEL RUM!!!!

Mike Fritchie and Brent Bottinger from Georgetown, TX headed out with ReelRum in search for Tuna. Omar spotted a school of Porpoise about a mile in size! Sure enough all 4 rods went off at once, tuna, tuna, tuna, for about half an hour. All of a sudden Jesus spotted what he thought was a Marlin feeding behind the school of Tuna. Omar whipped the boat around to give Jesus the best position to cast the live bait.

The first pitch was unsuccesful and the boys thought they may have blown their chance at the so called Marlin. Until Jesus spotted the fish again, this time a little closer and yelled to Omar "Pez Espada" which means Swordfish. He pitched the bait again and BAM the Swordfish slammed on the bait and took off almost taking the rod, reel, and Jesus with him.

Omar backed the boat down and Jesus made sure the fish was securely hooked before handing the pole over to Brent. Being that this was Mr. Bottinger's first time ever deepsea fishing he had no idea what to expect. The only thing he had caught prior to this trip was a piece of drift wood while fishing with his buddies for Striper Bass (sorry Brent, had to say it!!).

Brent got the fish to the boat 3 or 4 times and each time the fish would take off again full of energy and strnght. Straight down for 100's of yards and than out. Omar said he ran the boat in circles, backing down and positioning ReelRum as well as he could. About 2 hours into the fight the boys thought the had a chance to gaff the fish, as Jesus went for the gaff he noticed the fish was still very tense and did not want to mess up their chances of landing this fish. He let the liter loose and the fish took off again - straight down! One hour later they got the fish to liter, and were finally able to gaff the Swordfish. "Brent was so exhausted I thought he was going to faint" Mike told me later.

After it was all said and done, the Swordfish weighed a monster 260 lbs and measure 116" long. We are very proud of Omar and Jesus and of course Brent and Mike for doing such a great job with the fish. We are happy to share this accomplishment with them and can't wait to see pictures of that very special mount!

Brent, I know your son has got to be the proudest boy in the world! CONGRATS!

March 21st Redrum Sport Fishing

Not a lot has changed since last report! The YellowTail and Yellowfin bite has continued to be very good up and around the Jimmy Bank area.

Giant squid have moved in again which has kind of slowed down the Marlin bite. The Redrum Anglers catching 3 or 4 of them per boat per day. You would be suprised how strong, heavy and quick these squid are to reel in.

Nuevo 18 Yellowfin Tuna today with Mr. Sherman and his group. Javier and Rum Runnin also caught 18 Yellowfin with Mr. Johnson and his family. Tantrum wasn't too far behind after catching 17 Yellowfin.

Reel Rum had a half-day from a cruise ship and we able to find the squid as well as a Sierra.

Shouldn't be long for the Marlin bite to pick up again. Can't wait.

Saludos,

Luis
Team Redrum

Tuna up to our ears... and another Swordfish sighting

El Nuevo had 10, TantRum 16, Rum Runnin 7, and "Muerte Blanca" for the Spring Breakers on ReelRum. That translates to, too many tequila shots last night and throwing up on the boat all morning. Our new partner boat, The Red Beam caught 10 Tuna and sighted some billfish, finally.

The boys chased a few Marlin, and saw a nice Swordfish. None of the billfish were hungry, unfortunately.

Keep your fingers crossed though. Luis and I are heading out in the morning, going to chase some Tuna and hopefully finding another of those Swordfish.

Yellow Fin Tuna Frenzy!!

Utpoia headed out for a half day trip with Mr. Mark Zitzewitz and his friend "Pedro". They brought along their wives and kids and had a great time with Captain Rene. They were able to reel in 9 Yellow fin Tuna on their 5 hour trip. All the children were excellent fishermen and had a blast on the 54' boat! It was nice meeting you and we hope to see you soon.

Omar and Jesus on ReelRum were not too far behind Utopia. Lori Miller and her friends caught and released 7 Yellowfin on their day out on the water. Lori made a last second reservation with me over the internet and was glad she did!

Tantrum and Jessica Brooks headed out along with family for a day out on the water. Americo led the boat today as Cesar took a day of rest. He handled the boat well with Juan and got the Brooks party plenty of Yellowfin on their day out on the water.

Javier on Rum Runnin had a chance at a few Marlin but none of them would take the bait for the McCorkell party today. They stil ended up with 6 Yellowfin Tuna and a heck of a lot of memories to add to their Spring Break '08!!

Unfortunately El Nuevo missed out on the Yellowfin Tuna bite today due to Maintenance work. Red Beam stepped up and took out John Ewaski and his group of buddies. They were very happy when they came back into the office to buy their shirts and flags after catching over 10 Yellow fin and 3 Dorado! I was told by John that the crew was very hard working and really excited to be part of the Redrum fleet!

There have been reports of several Swordfish being caught around the area lately as I have heard of 3 in the last week or so. This is very exciting to us since we do not always get to see Swordfish in our area anymore. There was one in particular that weighed over 500 pounds from what I heard around the Marina last week.


Tight Lines,

Luis

Introducing RED BEAM

We are happy to welcome Red Beam, a 33' Jersey to the Redrum fleet. Red Beam was purchased by Redrum Marina Manager Jorge Matzunaga- who is also Cesars father! Beam, as we call it in the office has already gone out for Redrum several times and done very well. Salvador the Captain of the boat is very knowledgeable about the waters in Cabo and handles the boat very very well.

This now makes 6 Redrum boats in our fleet!

Utopia, 54' Hatteras (Captain Rene)
El Nuevo Redrum 33' Bertram (Alex)
Red Beam 33' Jersey (Sal)
Rum Runnin 32' (Javier)
Tantrum and Reel Rum 28' (Cesar and Omar)

Shoot me an email for the details and I will get them over right away!

info@redrumcabo.com

"Redrum or Stay Home"

Check out Jeff Bergdorf as he brought in some nice Yellowfin aboard Tantrum with Cesar and Americo.

Now check him out as he enjoys some minute fresh sashimi!! Got Soy??

When his buddy asked who to fish with in Cabo, Jeff simply replied "Redrum or Stay Home"

Welcome Back Mr. Dorado!!

It is good to see those yellow flags flying again. All but one of Redrum boats reeled in at least 2 nice sized Dorado today. The only boat that didn't was too busy reeling in a 102", 180+ lb Stripe Marlin for an hour and a half!

The boys are still hitting up the Light House, a little closer than last report to test their hands at Tuna, Marlin and Dorado.

Cesar took Mr. Marlin Eikenberry out for the day and was able to hook them into 4 beautiful Yellowfin Tuna as well as 2 Dorado! Tantrum has been doing a great job this season and has consistently pulled in large fish!

Mr. Dukart went out on the first of his 2 trips planned on El Nuevo. Today he was able to get into 5 Yellowfin Tuna and 2 Dorado. We wish them the best of luck tomorrow on their 2nd trip out with Alex and Juan.

Javier took out Mr. Jim Robertson and his gang for their full day on Rum Runnin. They had a great day reeling in 2 nice Yellowfin and a pair of Dorado as well. It was a pleasure meeting you guys and Javier personally told me he had a great time with you!

Reel Rum apparently had no interest in hooking into Dorado today as they spent over an hour reeling in a 102" Stripe Marlin. The Burrow party had an excellent time with Omar especially with the unforgettable fight!!

For those of you heading down we look fot the fishing to stay on the up and up and we are beginning to see more species roaming around!! From what I can tell, the breaks in the water temperature look promising for days to come, hopefully months!!

'Til Next Time,

Luis
Team Redrum

Too Many TUNA to count

Feb. 28-29th, march 1st.

We are running about 30-35 miles off the light house for tuna - most boats each day are returning with 8-12 tuna. As big 45 lbs.

There are few marlin and dorado at golden gate, the inshore for yellowtail, sierra and roosterfish is excellent as well.

John

(Luis & Ryan are in the states for a few days)