My Morning and the October 29th Report

People may not believe me but today was ANOTHER great day of fishing!

We will start off with this morning...

Tantrum had a no show so Rene (our mechanic) decided it would be a good oppurtunity to change out the air filter on Cesars boat. Once I the McElligot showed up for Rum Runnin, the Kytes on Reel Rum and the Boden part that were fishing on Nuevo all got sent off the guys that stuck around got a little bored. Cesar decided he was going to make a test run with the new air filter. Myself, Jesus, and Raymond decided we would head out with him. We were not prepared to what would come next.

As soon as we made the turn past the Arch to head up the Pacific side we noticed about 25 boats all fishing around the Lighthouse. Needless to say, we couldn't resist! Without even having to communicate with the other, Cesar gunned the boat right toward the ball of boats. The Lighthouse isn't too far at all and maybe took us about 10 minutes to get out. We dropped one line to see if we would have any luck with bait... sure enough Raymond brought in about 8 mackerals! The 3 of us, minus Cesar all grabbed a rod, made sure the hook was still good and got ready to rock! At that time Cesar gunned the boat towards a group of birds that were crashing on top of a large bait ball just about 250 yards away. We waited for his word and once he placed the boat in the perfect spot we all casted the live bait out. This may seem not possible to you guys but I promise, within 25 seconds each one of us had a fish on! None of us could believe it.

Trying to maneuver a boat with 3 Stripe Marlin hooked on is not easy, unfortunately after a good 5 minutes of fishing my fish would be the one to get off - leave it to the rookie! I looked up at Cesar and all he could do was laugh and give me the "oh well" face. After about a half hour Jesus had to cut his line because it darted in the complete opposite direction than Raymonds Marlin. Being that Raymond is Cesar's full time mate, he had to help his boy out! About another 25 minutes Raymond got his to the boat. He passed me his camera phone and I snapped a few shots. We released the fish and all had a good laugh about what just happend. Not to forget that Jesus and I pushed Raymond in the water and tried to push Cesar but if you knew Cesar once he says no, its NO!

The rest of the day was great as well. Ramon on El Nuevo was back into the slip by 12:30pm with 5 Stripe Marlin all caught and released. Erin Boden and group were more than happy with Juan and Ramons performance.

Omar also had a great time with the Kytes party. The four of them were able to catch 5 Stripe Marlin as well!

MrElligots had another great day fishing on Rum Runnin. Today they caught and released 5 Stripe Marlin and were fortunate enough to catch a 93" Pacific Sailfish. One of the bigger Sails that I have seen in a while! Great job guys!

Well I hope you guys enjoyed reading about how terrible my job is!

Saludos.

-Luis-