Harary Fishing

I just wanted to thank you for such a wonderful 2 days of fishing last week. Im lucky if I get to go out deep sea even once a year- so to come home with a cooler full of fish and great memories was definitely worth the trip from NYC. As I mentioned, this was our 4th trip down to Cabo in order to fish and I am sorry that we waited so long to give you guys a shot. Omar and Amerigo on the Reel Rum were absolutely fantastic. They listened to all of our requests regarding the types of fish that we wanted to catch, and they made it happen (sans Marlin- although we saw some, just couldn’t hook them). I wrote the following emails out to my family while I was on the boat during my days fishing- enjoy…..


Tuesday August 18th
Beautiful 100 degrees and sunny...

We went out this AM on the ReelRum to the Pacific side of Cabo to an area called the Golden Gate. At 8:30 am we hooked up with and landed a 65# sailfish. Went until 10:30 before we got a Mahi. It wad pretty small so we released it. At 12:30 all hell broke loose. Frigate birds circling low overhead and diving. There were tons of dolphins and seals swimming in the water a long side our boat. We were sure we were gonna get tuna there. Next thing we know is one of the rods gets a hit and starts losing line fast. Soon we get a closer look at this monster fish. None other than your good old warm blooded friend mr dolphin (no, not the fish). Very sad to say the least. The mate worked for 40 min in order to free it. It is very unusual to hook a porpoise, and to my surprise it took a Marlin plug that we were trolling- not even live bait. In all the mayhem I managed to hook up with and release a 2nd sailfish weighing in slightly over 100#. Leah ended up catching 1 more 20lb mahi. After that we had a few more marlin sightings, but couldn't get them to bite. Total tally for the day 2 sailfish released, 1 mahi released, 1 mahi kept for dinner. The elusive marlin continues to school me- at least until tomorrow


Wednesday August 19th
Time to fire up the grill....

. I am currently writing this on the boat racing back to the dock. What a fantastic adventure!
We decided to try our luck in a completely different part of the fishing grounds. We took a 30 mile trip offshore in search of some pelagics (tuna, mahi, marlin). After the 1.5 hour ride up to the grounds, the scene was dead. No marine life or bird life like we had experienced yesterday. There was 1 other boat on the horizon. After 3.5 grueling hours of waiting and melting in the hellish rays of the sun our luck took a turn for the better. We saw marine life in all directions as far as the eye can see. They were dolphins playing and putting on a show for us. I was hoping that the pods of dolphins that we were trolling with would have a pack of hungry tuna traveling with them. At 12pm we got our first bite. It was a double header with leah fighting a 20lb class tuna in the chair and I was fighting a slightly larger fish on standup gear. Amerigo our mate turns to me and in a heavily accented english says "its tuna time!!". Now I don't care if you are an avid fisherman or a novice, but those words will wake any angler out of a slumber. Suddenly the water was on fire again. 100# tuna were launching out of the water like missiles chasing after bait fleeing for their lives. Amerigo pitched a live sardine out to the mayhem and we were on with a 35 pounder. I struggled to get this fish to the boat, and when I finally did, we were on with another fish. Leah was in the seat for this one which turned out to be a beautiful 35lb. Bull Mahi. We trolled for a few minutes and saw some fish busting bait on the surface so Amerigo pitched another sardine. There was an immediate hookup with a locomotive that headed for the depths. It took 20 min to get her in, but when I did, I was face to face with the 50lber that is pictured here. I would have been scared to see what her big poppa would have fought like. Total tally for the day 5 tuna and 1 Dorado (mahi). The still elusive marlin is out there somewhere, and will continue to haunt my dreams.

~Andrew Harary