Thursday, February 19, 2009

Dorado and more dorado!

Beautiful sunny weather and lots and lots of dorado!

A fun bunch down for Eric’s post wedding bachelor party headed out on ReelRum, RumRunnin and El Nuevo while leaving Lisa at home. All the while this lovely new wife was busy booking the reservations for this group. All from California, they had a lot of fun. ReelRum reeled in 7 dorado, El Nuevo reeled in 1 catch and release marlin and RumRunnin came home with the cake for 8 dorado and 1 catch and release marlin.

Scott and the crew from Toyota had a phenomenal day on the water. They were looking for something new so they headed out with RedRum for the first time. The fishing took place at Los Arcos, in front of the Pedregal on the Pacific side. They were content with Marcial and the crew on RedBeam and happy about the 4 dorado they pulled aboard. Scott mentioned there was a rookie on the rod when a marlin was fighting his way, they lost it in the end. Nice job you guys, we hope to see you back here soon!

Anzuelo II, one of our partner boats headed out again today with some RedRum clients. Dennis and his crew came back and said, “Rafa is fantastic, thank you so much for sending us out with him.” Rafa has had a lot of RedRum clients on his boat this week and as always shows quality in his charters, which is why we trust him to put our clients on his boat. They reeled in one catch and release marlin, 3 dorado and some bonitos a.k.a skip jacks.

Warren, Mary-Jo, Brad, Cindy, Jim and Alane headed out for a half day trip aboard another partner boat, Pescado III. They didn’t have as much luck for the dorado, but were able to get into some inshore fish, sierra a.k.a king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. They had a good ole time though!

Until tomorrow… Brooke

Lots of marlin, but they aren't as hungry...more dorado!

Apologies for a few days late fish report, it’s been a busy last few days, and well the power went out yesterday mid morning, so I’m a bit behind.

We’ve had a lot of boats going out on Tuesday and Wednesday and the fishing has changed a bit. No longer is Golden Gate the hot spot for marlin, the bite has actually been non-existent there, they are still out there, but they just aren't hungry, which our anglers quickly learned on Tuesday the 17th.

Mark and Jeff from Idaho headed out first on the 17th aboard a Panga and then on the 18th aboard one of our partner boats Sol Mar 7. Aboard the Panga they reeled in 1 dorado and 2 amberjack. They enjoyed the different type of fishing the inshore bite is. With their newly caught dorado, they headed over to the Early Bird, the place where you all buy coffee in the morning, and they had some nice fresh dorado ceviche for lunch. On day two, they saw a lot of dolphin while out near the lighthouse but didn’t run into anything, not even tuna. As Mark, a.k.a Clark W. Griswald, nicknamed by his son said, “it’s fishing not catching”. These two were headed back to the cold of Idaho on the 19th but look back to heading back to Cabo for that marlin they dreamed of. We wish we could have made them bit for you guys.

Another two day fishing crew was John from Florida and Ken from Illinois, two perfect gentleman that headed out with Omar on ReelRum for 2 half days. They had 2 phenomenal days on the water. Heading out to the lighthouse on the 17th they reeled in 5 dorado and on the 18th they were very near the arch reeling in 4 dorado. They’ve got two ice chests sitting at our office waiting to be picked up with nicely fresh frozen fish to take back to the states with them. It was a pleasure meeting you two, we look forward to the pictures.

The dynamic trio of Jerry, Billy and Brad headed out for 3 days on the water. The 17th and 18th being their two final days at sea. On the 17th heading out on RumRunnin again, they were able to get 1 dorado aboard. With the fishing slowing down at Golden Gate, we haven’t seen as many marlin. Which in my opinion I prefer, who doesn’t like fresh dorado cooked up the day you catch it? Anywho, day three for the trio was aboard the RedBeam with Marshall, and a bit slow compared to Monday they were able to reel in another dorado. They were all happy campers as they each got a fish reeled in at the tip of the Baja. Great to meet you three, we look forward to your return!

A big group from Onatario headed down to Cabo, all six, Brad, Kyle, April, Barb, Michelle and Kevin had a good time on El Nuevo with Alex on the 17th. However, the fishing god weren’t in their favor. The biggest change we’ve seen this year with migration of fish you could say was Feb. 17th, it was the day the fish stopped biting at Golden Gate. They saw tons of marlin jumping but couldn’t get one on board. A good day on the water with family beats a good day working any day.

RedBeam headed out with Chris, Jana, Mike and Kristine a fun group that was rearing to go fishing bright and early. While out of the cold of Colorado they were ready to have a good time! While having a lot of fun on the boat, they reeled in 1 catch and release marlin as well as one dorado.

The big group aboard Utopia was down for a wedding and was ready to have a blast on board on the 17th. With 12 people, its hard not to, pretty much a party at that point. They came from all over the U.S. to meet up in Cabo. All aboard were, Dusty, Blake, Ronald, Krystal, Dale, Shannon, Laird, Sandy, Bill, Donna, Brayton and Krysta. Although the marlin were swirling around them, they had no luck getting one on board. However, being aboard a 54’ Hatteras is hardly anything to complain about. It sounds like they had a good time, reeling one in or not.

Barbara and Bob from Sacramento headed out on the 17th with another of our partner boats, Anzuelo II with Captain Rafa. They had a great time on the water reeling in 2 dorado.

Out on the 17th was Chuck hailing from the cold of South Dakota conquered the waters of Baja solo aboard another partner boat Sol Mar I. He had a great time with Freddy and reeled in 5 dorado. Nice job Chuck!

A fun group of four, Edward, Sue, Deborah and Ray headed out on RumRunnin with Javier aka Chivo. Getting out of the Seattle and Michigan cold they were glad to be in the sunny skies of Cabo, you could tell by their tans! Edward was the lucky one, reeling in the estimated 190 lb. striped marlin. He was so proud of his catch he’s bringing home a trophy to put on his wall!

The Volkmann group was out on day 2, on El Nuevo. Compared with the fishing they had on Monday, the seas had drastically changed in 24 short hours. They came back in a bit early but were able to reel in a dorado and a hammerhead shark! Great to meet all of you guys, we look forward to seeing you back down again, and thanks for telling everyone you know about RedRum!

Las but not least was William, Douglas and Lee aboard our partner boat Anzuelo II. Now these guys I think are my favorites, partly because they are great guys and partly because they are from Nebraska! Hailing from around Kearney they left their ladies at the Riu Hotel and headed out fishing. They reeled in 2 dorado and had one striper on the line for a ling while but lost it in the end. Apparently there was a rookie angler at the other end of the rod. Ha! Great to meet you guys and Go Huskers!

That’s all for now…
Brooke