Pic of the Day: Ken Root and his group of buddies pose for a picture outside the Redrum office after having a couple of cold ones. They spent the rest of their afternoon talking about the 103", 165 pound Stripe Marlin that Dennis Walkes (in red shirt) pulled in on Rum Runnin!
Todays Fish Report:
Today was the day for Marlin. After over a week of catching Yellowfin Tuna and more Yellowfin Tuna the boys pulled in the Billfish!
Rum Runnin fished a half day with Ken Root and his buddies. They were able to land a monster Stripe Marlin that took 2 people to reel in! The fight lasted quite a while for Dennis Walkes handed the rod over to Mr. Root to finish the fish off! It was the first for Mr. Walkes and he swears next time that he will be better prepared for the fight! Great job, nice group of guys!
Mr. Mike Knipfer fished his first of 3 days on Tantrum with Cesar. The guys on Tantrum were having tough luck trying to land fish with the live bait that were given to them in the morning so Cesar and Americo got to work and "made bait" in the deep waters of the 1150 mark. They pulled up enough Green-Back Mackeral to fill the live well and were ready to go. As soon as those macks hit the water near the Marlin the fish were chomping at them! After the bait change they were able to land 2 pretty much back to back and they were set for the day! They still have 2 more days with Cesar and don't want to get too warn out on the first go 'round!
El Nuevo took out Stacey and Mario Lozina for a day of fishing. Today Stacey is celebrating a birthday and we want to wish her a very happy birthday from everyone here at Redrum!! They had a great time with Alex and Juan who at the beginning had the same problems as Cesar with the bait. Than all of a sudden " Bam, the 2 lines went off and sure enough, double hook up". Mario explained to me that his "Marlin took off so fast it almost spooled him within 40 seconds". Stacey was fighting hers heading one direction while Mario was busy with his going the opposite way! Eventually Mario decided to let his Marlin off the line so Stacey can battle her fish with more attention from the crew. They tightened the line on Marios rod and snapped the line off, freeing up some room to manuever for Alex and Juan to get Staceys fish to the boat. After a good 45 minute fight Stacey had her beauty up to the boat with Mario snapping away! Hope that you had a great birthday. Mario, you're a gentlemen for letting your wife take the Marlin. You will be rewarded next time you fish!! Karma you know!!!
The McArthy group headed out on 2 Redrum boats today. The group of 7 split up: 3 with Omar and Jesus on ReelRum and 4 with Sal and Tili on Red Beam. They youngsters on Reel Rum slightly outshined the adults on the Beam. Omar and Jesus were able to help the kids catch and release 2 nice Stripe Marlin while Sal managed to hook one long enough to get it to the boat for the pictures. Great job guys, and sorry about the loss Mr. McArthy!! See you guys next time.
It is great to see the Marlin bite continue to pick up and we hope it sticks around a while. I'm itching to get out on a boat, this office stuff isn't quite for me!!
Next time,
Luis
