Sunday, April 19, 2009

Monster Grouper

Today we had great weather in Cabo, high was in the 70's, light breeze and calm seas. Water temps on the Sea of Cortez were in the mid-70's. Two boats headed out today, ReelRum and RumRunnin.

Javier and Marshall headed out on Rum Runnin with John Bailey. John had set up a share before he came to Cabo but his partner never showed. Normally, that would mean more fish for John. The problem was, the Marlin just weren't biting. While the inshore bite is strong, the offshore bite as you know if you have been keeping up, has been slow. Javier said he saw more than a dozen Marlin. Just couldn't get any to get hungry at the right time.

On ReelRum we had Mike Westburg, Amanda and Deborah Rieken. Opting to try their luck inshore, Americo and Cesar headed towards Santa Maria bay on the Sea of Cortez. They started to meter some fish and decided to give it a shot. They certainly picked the right spot with 7 nice Yellowfin slamming their lures and bait over the next 2 hours or so. After a lull in the action, they felt a whopper of a fish take the bait and the battle was on. When it was said and done, a 70-80lb Grouper was on the boat. Check out the photos below. Thanks again guys for sending the photos in so fast.





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