Sunday, May 30, 2010

Hunter Carmouche: The Marlin Tamer!

Hi again,

Today's fishing was up and down again. It's rough out there and everybody said that the guys did their best, but fish decided not to bite. We did have 2 successful stories though, one of them includes a 17 yr old buddy who reeled in his first striped marlin. I will give details further ahead.

The marina has been very lonely today, not much action or activity going on, but hopefully it will start picking up by tomorrow. I am guessing it's because many people decided not to travel for this memorial day weekend???? who knows.

Any how, Our first group includes a party of 6 aboard Rum Runnin with Captain Javier and mate Americo. This was Shelby Posner, Ernest, Hunter, William, Harry, Andrew and Matt. These guys started off with some offshore fishing on the pacific side but decided to stick to doing some inshore fishing because someone on board got a bit seasick. But this did not stop the guys from continuing their search for big fish and by the end of their trip they came back with a 25 Lb. Yellowfin. Not too bad, considering the waves, winds and all! They decided to bring the fish back with them and get it cooked up later tonight and have a nice "cena" (dinner) Thank you guys for coming!

Our second group is the Carmouche Party. and the words that pop into my head when I think of them are 2: Awesome gentlemen. I met them yesterday while I was checking them into the Portofino Condo. They are all very down to earth and very nice guys. and today was a lucky day as they came back with Yellowfin and a 150 Lb. Marlin. But this Marlin has a story behind it....You see, the Carmouche's were accompanied by Jimbo's 17 yr old son and Jim's oldest grandson Hunter.
This buddy reeled in the 150 Lb Marlin all on his own and it only took him 30 mins! Great going!
Jim Carmouche, Jimbo, Charlie, Pete and Friend Lloyd Fisher witnessed Hunter catch the 150 Lb Striped Marlin all on his own and his very first!
Too bad they didn't do the old bucket trick! hunter, you have no idea how hard it is to reel in a bucket! That's what the guys did to me when I first worked here. You can say my Cherry was popped in the ocean! LOL
Anyhow, these guuys had a great time today and they are really looking forward to do this again on Tuesday!.

Let's see how they do then!

Thanks for reading!
nick

Dedicated to: Our Fallen Heroes

Happy Memorial day weekend to all!

Hope everyone is enjoying this 3 day weekend but lets keep in mind who we are actually remembering ...our fallen heroes. If you don't have anyone who has ever served in your family, it's still about respect for those who have lost someone. As you read this we have women and men making the ultimate sacrifice so that we can all enjoy the country today! Be with your families and enjoy their company this weekend, but keep it in perspective and take a moment to reflect for those who cannot be with us any longer. This is for all the brave women and men who are in the front lines...To you, the RedRum team says Thank you!!!

Fishing has been on and off these past few days and unfortunately we've had some boats coming back without any fish....It's fishing not catching guys!!

Jessica Fidrych and David Cooley fished with us yesterday on the 28' ReelRum. They went out for a full day but came back early as the waters were somewhat choppy and caused a minor seasick motion. Even though they came back early, they managed to reel in a 35 Lb. Yellowfin Tuna by the 95 Bank. These guys were very excited about their trip that they hardley caught any sleep!
Thanks guys for coming to fish with us!

On a half day we had Paul Marchesani and his family fishing about the 32' RedBeam for half a day. These folks had an awesome day out in the Pacific with Captain Cesar and Mate Ramon. They reeled in 3 yellowfin and a striped Marlin which was caught and released. Their tuna was going to get cooked at Misiones de Kino later that night, so hopefully they enjoyed their meal!

We had a CCA group from Louisianna with Blake Fouquier, Brant and Charles fishing aboard the 33' Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Manuel. These guys had a great day and reeled in more fish than what was really allowed!! They caught 16 yellowfin tuna all on their own! while the guys did the fishing, the girls decided to make it a day of their own as well and spent most of it doing some shopping! Maybe they'll decide to join their crew on their second trip tomorrow. We will let y'all know!

And last but not least we had Kimberly Rouleau and Christopher Calvillo fishing aboard the 28' with captain Omar and Mate Juan. These folks reeled in 3 yellowfin tuna and a Marlin that was caught and released. I heard they had a great time. Thank you guys for fishing with us. They were out by the sea of cortez and several hot spots that lead to this gigantic salt water pool =)

I will keep you updated with the latest 411 from RedRum!
Thanks for reading

Nick

Friday, May 28, 2010

Back to work.

I am ready and back to work! First off I want to say thank you to all of you who have congratulated me for my Graduation last Friday. I flew back to Mexico City to receive my Diploma for my Masters Degree in International Business Administration at Alliant International University (AIU) Came back to the office Yesterday and have been catching up on the job!
Luckily everything is ok, Ryan did a great job in my abscense...of course, he owns the place LOL!

So this is the reason why I did not post yesterday's fish report, had some catching up to do. But ok this is what happend yesterday.

We had 4 boats out 2 of them were half day trips while the other 2 were full day.

On the Panga we had Kurt Solomon, his kids Kurt and Emily and friend Evan fishing for 5 hours. Did some inshore fishing by the sea of cortez and came back with 1 Tuna and 3 Rooster fish. They decided to have their fish cooked up at Misiones de Kino. I made sure to tell the chef to do some Ceviche with the Tuna and Sushimi with the Rooster....So I hope they enjoyed their meal and hope to see these guys again real soon! Kurt fished with us last March.

On our 28' we had Lino Vitek and his crew fishing for a full day with Captain Cesar and Mate Omar. These guys had a blast out there and reeled in 2 Dorado, 1 Yellowtail Tuna and a 150Lbs Striped Marlin! awesome buddies! After their day ended they did not come back to the office, so we got all this information from our Crew. Hope to see you guys soon!

Roy Clark went fishing on his own aboard our 32' RumRunnin for 1/2 day. After a lot of hard work to find the fish, he was able to reel in 3 yellowtail. Captain Javier and mate Americo did their best to find the fish for Roy but the Marlin decided not to bite this time...Sorry Roy, maybe next time? Roy came back to the office and said he had a great time and that the guys tried very hard. We are glad to know and hear this. Thanks Roy, hope to see you soon.

And last but not least we had Javier Ranger and Marisol Gomez fishing on our 33' Nuevo along with Captain Alex and Mate Manuel. They first wanted to do a half day but in the end decided to go for a full day instead...which is always better! It's a good thing they did change their mind because who knows if they would've caught the 3 yellowfin tuna they did? They are flying out today but before they leave, they went to Misiones de Kino yesterday afternoon to get their fish fixed up for them in 6 different ways! yummy. Hope they enjoyed the meal!

Today we only have 2 boats out. I will let you know how we did later on today.

Thank for reading.
Nick

Monday, May 24, 2010

Sorry for the lapse folks....

Nick, our office manager extroidonaire, is back at home in Mexico City, accepting his diploma. We are super happy for Nick and want to send a big congratulations from everyone here at RedRum to recognize this accomplishment.

That being said, hurry back, fishing is picking up and the boats are booked.

Fishing has stayed strong the last few days and I will try to bundle a few days into one post just to save a few minutes. Roosters and Jack Crevalles, of awesome size, are still all over the inshore waters and folks are getting some great fish doing a little inshore in the morning. Offshore (which is only a few miles right now) has been busy with Wahoo and Marlin. Had a boat do a half-day today and they were back by 11:30am with 3 Roosters, a Jack Crevalle and a Marlin. Killer half-day!!!!

Let's head back to Friday and start there.

Michael and Jamie Kelly, the New Jersey brothers who fished with us 5 times over the last week had their 5th and final outing on Friday and they finished with a Marlin, just like they wanted to. We had talked about chasing Tuna, but the allure of the Marlin was too much to pass up. Michael and Jamie always fish the east coast and they don't see as many Marlin so it was nice to see them get one last Striper before they headed home. This duo has fished with us for several years now and it is nice to see the same brothers coming down here and spending this time together. We appreciate you guys supporting RedRum and look forward to seeing you next year. Good luck with the Bluefins this summer and fall guys!

Friday, we also had the 3rd and final charter for Nick Rauber and his group who were in from Louisiana. After 8 Yellowfin on day one and 8 Roosters on day two, I thought the guys were going to come back with 8 Marlin flags flying. They certainly saw 8 Marlin in the short time they spent on the water, but after having a hard time getting the fish to bite, the guys decided to leave well enough alone and they headed in after only 2.5 hours on the water. Hope to see all you guys back down here next year.

Ryan Schmidt, Jason Rosell and Kurt Ceballas joined the boys on TantRum on Friday and they had a bit better luck getting the Marlin to bite. (Say that 5 times fast.) The guys put the time in on the water and finally got one to bite, catching and releasing a nice 8.5' Marlin.

Saturday we had an awesome weather day, with a slight breeze on the Pacific in the afternoon.
Atwell Goins along with his wife Lesa, and their friends Bobby and Suzanne Rolston came to visit us from Corsicana, Texas. They are good friends with Clint, Kenneth and Barbarra Arthur from Concan, and the Arthurs were nice enough to pass our name along. Well Atwell and his crew had a wonderful day out on the water and soon enough will have an awesome mount to show for it. The fish weren't biting offshore in the morning so they went inshore and the guys got them hooked up with 3 Roosters and a Jack Crevalle. After messing around inshore they decided to see if they could find a hungry Marlin and went back offshore and were lucky enough to find a beautiful 8'6'' Striped Marlin. This was Lesa's first Marlin so she decided to commemorate the event with a trophy! Congrats to Lesa, what a great accomplishment.

Saturday we also had the first of two charters for Eddie and Bonnie Rafanan. This was the first time that Eddie and Bonnie fished with us and they are scheduled for two days with Juan and Ramon on TantRum. They couldn't get anything to bite offshore so they headed in and landed 3 Spanish Mackeral and Roosterfish. Nice little inshore day and better than a skunk flag flying.

On Sunday we had Ryan and Richard Reid along with buddies Scot Nelson and Brad Gray. The guys headed out with Javier and Americo in search of some Roosters and maybe a Marlin or Wahoo in the afternoon. They got into the Roosters early but had a hard time hooking up, they did catch and release 1 nice Rooster, but several got away. Once they headed offshore, they saw tons of Marlin, but none were hungry. To salvage the day and dinner plans, they did hook and land a nice Yellowfin to provide tacos for a few days.

On Monday, Dale and Julia Vith joined the guys on ReelRum for a half-day charter. They did a few hours inshore and few hours offshore and came back before noon after releasing several nice Roosterfish.

John and Janice Oexeman along with Dan and Diane Perkins also fished a half-day today with Omar and Americo on Rum Runnin. These guys were back by 11:30am because someone wasn't feeling 100%. That being said, they still managed to bring in 3 Roosters, 1 Jack Crevalle, and a Marlin. That is an awesome half-day!

Craig and Barbara Eirich fished today aboard El Nuevo RedRum and Alex and Manuel headed offshore and while the Marlin weren't biting early, they found the Tuna. Alex was about 12 miles off the point here in Cabo when he found a nice little school of Yellowfin. They were able to stay with the school for an hour or so and they brought in 8 nice Yellowfin Tuna.

Finally, our new Amigos, Eddie and Bonnie Rafanan were back at it today with Juan and Ramon on TantRum and they had an awesome day. They headed offshore to try to get on the Marlin bite and Juan and Ramon had them dialed in. Eddie and Bonnie each brought in the first Marlin of their lives today! They spent a total of almost 2 hours fighting some really nice sized Stripers. Congrats to you guys and hopefully we see you again before too long.

-Ryan

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Thursday, back to non-stop action!

Today was a much better day than yesterday and everyone came back happy as clams! Another beautiful day on the water, but the Pacific did act up a bit at the end of the day.

Nick Rauber and his crew from Louisiana were aboard Nuevo today with Alex and Manuel for their first of 3 days on the water. Alex put them on a nice school of porpoise and Tuna and the guys brought in 8 nice Yellowfin. They will enjoy those filets at Missiones de Kino tonight and are having a chef come over to the "Play and Stay" Portofino condos tomorrow to cook them up a feast. Tomorrow they are going to chase Roosters in the morning.

Brothers Michael and Jamie Kelly were back at again today for their 4th of 5 days on the water. Today they decided to do a half-day and chase some Roosterfish inshore. Javier and Americo on Rum Runnin were up to the challenge and after running up to Los Arcos, they heard some reports of some fish back closer to the Lighthouse. The guys had a blast, catching 8 Roosters up to 30lbs and several Jack Crevalle's as well. Tomorrow is their last day and they will be chasing Tuna with Alex on El Nuevo.

Finally, we had Steve Kratzner with his buddies Skeets and Derek Ellis. These guys joined Ramon and Juan aboard TantRum and were set on chasing some big fish. The boys found and pitched bait to several Marlin and were able to catch and release 2 nice Stripers.

-Ryan

Lull in the action? Well it wasn't a total lull, just not nonstop like it has been.

Today seemed to slow down a bit as the Yellowfin schools were a bit harder to find and the Marlin just didn't want to bite. The promising sign was that the Marlin were everywhere out there. Nice warm day on the water and seas were as smooth as silk.

Michael and Melissa Treeman joined us today from Salina, Oklahoma. What better place to come than Cabo when Tornado's and driving rain are hitting! Michael and Melissa joined Ramon and Juan on TantRum and came back with 1 Striped Marlin after pitching bait to a bunch of different Marlin.

Sid Siegal, Robert Jewfest, and David Bruce all from California, fished with Anzuelo and Captain Sal today. They had a real slow day up until the 8th and final hour when they got into a little school of Yellowfin. Sal saved the day late for them as each hooked up with a Yellowfin. They had some nice fish in the 20-25lb range.

Anthony and Cherice Reyes from Las Vegas were down today and they had a great day on the water with Javier and Americo. Americo and Javier were excited because Anthony spoke perfect Spanish! Unfortunately, they didn't get a chance to show off all they have learned with our office manager, Nick, who has been giving the guys English lessons. They finished the day with 1 Marlin and 1 Dorado.

-Ryan

Monday, May 17, 2010

Crazy Day

Hi Guys.
Hope you are having a fantastic Monday! It started off a bit crazy here in the Morning. We had 3 scheduled boats but 2 more reservations made in the last minute, so there I am looking for partner boats at 6:00 AM, good thing we were able to find them!
This morning started off a bit warm and then all of the sudden we had winds blowing 15 mph, it got very cloudy and we even though it was going to rain, but after a few minutes, sky was back to normal, no more winds and it turned out to be one hot, sort of humid, day!

So we had a total of 5 boats out today.

Michael Kelly and his brother Jaime wen't out on the 34' Topaz Ziggy with Captain Manuel and mate Alex. After a full day out in the water they hit 1 Marlin and 1 Dorado. Don't know the actual weight and size of them but customer said it was pretty big. After they came back to the office they decided to go out for the rest of the week so You will be reading more about Mike and Jaime throuout this week's fish reports. Hopefully they will catch tons of fish to bring back home!

Another great group were the Mathis. These folks went out on our 33' Nuevo and had an awesome day out by the different spots were fish are biting (Archs, Cabeza de Ballena, Jaime Bank, Golden Gate) They ended the day with 1 striped Marlin (150 Lbs) 2 yelllowfin and 1 wahoo.
Lately we've been striking a lot of wahoo, yellowfin and Marlin. Dorado has also been part of the menu but it has been hiding a bit.

Our first share group was Lupe Navarro along with Sandy Mattingly and Ruben Davies. These nice people wen't fishin on our 28' and came back with a nice Striped Marlin! This trip had been scheduled for quite a while now and Today was the day they were finally able to go out and catch some fish!!!

On our Parter boat Edith II we had Chris Vine along with his buddy Ken. These guys showed up this morning looking for a boat and fortunately I was able to find one for them!!!
They spent 8 hours out fishing on the pacific side and came back with 2 yellowfin and 2 dorado.
Thanks guys!

And our last group was with Ty and Carmichael, Don and Lynne Pammler who fished with Captain Ramon and Juan. This was our second share group and after 8 hours of being in the ocean, these nice people were able to reel in 2 wahoo! I wasn't really sure how they decided who would keep the fish, they drew some papers and got it figured out on their own.
What I do know is that they had an awesome time!!!

Thanks for reading guys!!!
Nick

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Fish Report. Have a great weekend!

How's everyone enjoying their Saturday? Cabo San Lucas is simply amazing, the weather could not be any better!!! It's a sunny hot day (not humid) very nice, almost want to get out of the office to head out to the beach!

Sorry I haven't posted the fish report these couple of days, busy has been very VERY busy, we can't complain though, by the time I want to begin with the fish report we have customers come in the office with lots of bags of fish for us to Vacuum Seal and freeze! Which of course this means that fishing in the last couple of days has been....AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

On May 13th we had 3 boats heading out by Cabeza de Ballena a.k.a Chileno Bay, most of you are probably familiar with this place as it's on the way to San Jose del Cabo, it's the Public Beach just between Tule and Las Viudas beach. Very nice place by the way.

So on May 13th and 14th we had Long time customer Joe and Karen Assenza fishing for two days on Rum Runnin. The 13th was a great day for them as they came back with 16 Yellowfin Tuna, they were out for a full day with Captain Javier and Mate Americo and they did everything, kite fishing, trolling, etc to make this trip unforgettable for the Assenzas!
The second day however wasn't the same, as they didn't have much luck out there. I guess it was becuase waves were a bit rough and of course that's never any good, right?
We will be seeing more of Joe in September and October. SO until then, see you soon buddy!

For a half day trip on the 13th Laura Aaron Raff were fishing with Captain Ramon and Mate Juan aboard our 28' Tantrum. These nice folks came back with a 180 Lbs Striped Marlin caught and released by CERRO LA PUNTA which is like 12 miles off the Marina. They were happy because the trip was very worth it! Half a day was a lucky day for these guys! Thanks and don't forget to send in some pics with that Marlin!!!

We also have William Minton and his buddies fishing with us since Thursday with Captain Alex aboard our 33' Nuevo. They are also staying at the Portofino Condos and all they've been doing since Day 1 of fishing is catch fish! on May 13th these guys reeled in 10 yellowfin and 1 Dorado at the Punta Ballena site, took some fish back but most of it was left to Vacuum Seal and Freeze. On May 14th they reeled in 11 Yellowfin as well and Today they are still out fishing so I don't know what their number is so far. I am pretty sure they will have more fish. Excellent guys!!!!! Thanks for enjoying the trip.

For a two day fishing trip and a stay at the Condo we had Family members Douglas Howerton and his kids fishing with us on the 14th and on the 15th.
On the 14th these guys reeled in only 2 Yellowfin the biggest one being 20 Lbs. 2 members of this party decided not to join their crew for a second day of fishing as the water was too rough. So the other two (Micah and John) had the task to bring back some food on day 2....and MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, these guys just came back from fishing and caught 17 yellowfin! they were out by the Golden Gate bank and evenly reeled in the fish...although 17 is a pretty hard number to even so, I am guessing one of them had an extra shot!
They leave tomorrow, glad you decided to fish with us guys and we're glad you enjoyed the trip!

We also had Eddie Machia and his crew members fish with us on the 12th and on the 14th. The Machias are Ryan's College budds so of course they had a blast! old friends getting back together to party out is always so awesome. On Day 1 they caught 12 Yellowfin Tuna about 15 Lbs each, on Day 3 they did 3 Striped Marlin (NICE!) and a beautiful 61', 70 Lbs Wahoo! Woot Woot! you know this is a big fish! they were happy to reel it in and happy they took this trip, I mean it's not like you see your friends everyday after you graduate right, and what is better than getting back together, go out fishin and actually catch something! 2 birds 1 stone! Thanks guys see you soon.

Thanks for Reading!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Tuna makes it to Cabo!

Nice weather here in Cabo San Lucas today but the Marina seems so lonely today though, It's a nice day out there people!!!!
We had an awesome day people! We had 4 boats out today. Tantrum, RumURnnin, Nuevo and Anzuelo and they all had a wonderful day out there. Tuna are back in business! That is what's on the menu this week or so it seems.

We had a shared party aboard out 28' Tantrum. Captain Ramon and mate Juan did a fine job fishing out by the Pacific side today. We had Steve Munnell and Dave Burgin sharing turns in reeling in those 16 yellowfin these guys caught. The biggest one was 25 Lbs. Some where smaller but they were still a lot of fun catching!

Seriously people, Tuna this week have been all up in the Pacific just waiting to be caught! Nice job Steve and Dave. Glad you decided to join the fun today.

On our 33' Nuevo we had William Salvinski, Jody Riley, Todd and Lynne Krueger and Paul Korhonen fishing for a full day out by the Pacific and these guys reeled in 19 Yellowfin!!! there was one point where they had 5 Yellowfins on the lines and only 3 guys reelign in so they couldn't let the other 2 get away. What they did was have the ladies come to the rescue!
These guys had an awesome time out there, brought back the fish to get it vacuumed sealed and frozen up. Thanks for fishing with us!

On Anzuelo, the biggest tuna caught was 110 Lbs!! surely a prize winning fish for today. The guys decided not to mount it. Barbara Costelly was the lucky angler who got to reel in this huge fish! Congratulations Barbara!!!! She came fishing with her family Bryan, Jill and Bret.
They had a great time out there. Captain Salvador did an amazing job and has been doing so for a long time now! Thanks guys.

And last but not least we had Bert Telles and his crew members fish aboard the 32' RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Americo. These guys practically caught and released most of their fish. Just wanted to have some fun, but not really looking into keeping them. They caught a total of 15 Yellowfin and released 10 of them. I think they took those 5 to some restaurant to get it cooked up. I really don't know as they didn't come back to the office but Captain says they had a great time out there! Thank you guys so much for doing this =)

So Tuna are in da house, they decided to come back to give Cabo another try. Let's see how we do tomorrow! don't miss out on the 411!

Thank you all for reading.
Nick

Dia de los Madres... and IGFA

While yesterday was Mother's Day in the states, here in Mexico they celebrate on the 10th of May. Entonces, Feliz dia de las madres a todo las madres!!

Also welcome Tournament Anglers from the International Game Fish Association or IGFA. Today was the start of the invitation only Rolex IGFA World Championships. Good luck to all the anglers and especially those on RedRum Sportfishing's Pescado III.

John Matteson, Art Davis, and Michael Marks were back at on TantRum again today. After catching their weight in Yellowfin yesterday, they really wanted to try some inshore fishing, and Roostertail's were the prime target. They headed up the Sea of Cortez to chase some reports of some really nice sized Roosters and it didn't take Ramon long to find the spot. They had 4 huge Roosters in the 35-40lb range and a few Jack Crevalle's of the same size.

Next up we had Travis Knott and his buddies who hailed from all over the US. They fished with Omar and Jesus on Rum Runnin today. The guys were looking for a recommendation and like I said, while the Tuna are running, get out there and hammer them. Well hammer them they did, the guys caught their limit catching 16 Yellowfin.

Today we also had the Platt Family from Virginia down and they had a great day on the water as well. Gary and his son Michael, Daughter Kendra and her husband John had a blast bringing in 8 Yellowfin.

Pescado III had one Marlin during IGFA fishing, only 7 Marlin were caught throughout the fishing day. Congrats to Captain Marshall. If he can get one or two more in the coming days he should be able to crack the Top 10.

Explain to me why they have a Marlin tournament in May again?

-Ryan

Tuna, TUna, TUNa, TUNA!!!!!!

Tuna are still all over the place, the boys found 4 huge schools all over the Pacific from San Jaime to North of Golden Gate. Water temps were in the high 60's, low 70's and when I asked what the Tuna were eating the boys laughed at me. Whatever they put on the water was getting bit, from Cedar Plugs, to Spreader Bars, to Hoochies.


I had a little incentive program in the works today, any Captain that was able to land a Tuna more than 50lbs got a $50 tip from me. Let's see how they did....


The ever pleasent Monks group was back for their final day on the water with Javier and Americo on Rum Runnin and Alex and Manuel on El Nuevo RedRum. The folks on Rum Runnin had 13 Yellowfin and the guys on El Nuevo had 11. These 9 guys had nearly 70 Yellowfin Tuna over the last 3 days. I know the folks who fished last week would have really liked to have seen those fish a few days earlier. Just goes to show how quickly the ocean can wake up.


Ray Laurie and his crew fished with Lupe and Ricardo on Cabo Chica and had a great day as well. They weren't able to get quite as many as the other guys, but they did manage to haul in 7 Yellowfin Tuna and a nice Dorado. A phenominal day by anyone's standard.


John Matteson, Art Davis, and Michael Marks joined Ramon and Juan aboard TantRum today to and they got out there and chased the Tuna as well. They told me they wanted to do a little inshore fishing, but I suggested they wait until tomorrow for that. When the Tuna are biting, you have to get out there and make a go of it. They finished the day with 13 Yellowfin.


And for everyone worried about who got my $50 for the biggest Tuna... no one. Nobody was able to catch one over 50lbs. They tried to throw live bait, tried to get some bigger bait down deep, tried some spreader bars way back, but couldn't make it happen.


Maybe next time boys!


Happy Mothers Day to all the Mom's out there!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Yellowfin are back in business!

Wow another great fishing day and an awesome hot sunny day in Cabo San Lucas. Fishing seems to be getting better every day. We started off with a slow week but it began picking up by Wednesday.

We only had 2 boats out hauling the Monks' party.
RumRunnin was the first one to come back in after a full day of fishing and as we thought...they did beat their own score from yesterday. Instead of coming back to the office with only 7 yellowfin, they decided to bring in 20 yellowfin caught during their fishing trip. You should see the amount of bags in our sink ready to be vacuumed sealed and frozen up for them! It's going to be one loooong afternoon!

On Nuevo, Mike Monks and his crew reeled in a total of 14 yellowfin! awesome guys. Lets see how they do tomorrow.

Thanks
Nick

May 7th Fish Report.

Good Morning everyone. Hope y'all are enjoying a fantastic Saturday and have all your mothers' day gifts ready and wrapped up for tomorrow! How will you guys celebrate mother's day? All I know is that I will call my mom who's in Oceanside California!! (760) Rules!

I came accross this post:

"I traded eyeliner for dark circles, salon hair cuts for ponytails, bubble baths for short showers, late nights for early mornings, designer purses for diaper bags & awesome shoes for flip flops. Great Moms will always give up ANYTHING for their kids because they are worth it!! "

HAPPY (EARLY) MOTHER'S DAY


Ok, now after my 2 minutes of "momma's boy phase" let's get on with the fishing report from yesterday May 7th.

So we had 5 boats out yesterday, with one of them being a little hard to find after a last minute boat switch, you should've seen us looking for a bigger boat...it was hard, but not impossible! we managed it just right!
We had long time customer and friend Chris Rowe with his crew on the 50' Fearless. Chris was very pleased with the whole trip. Him and his buddies reeled in 22 Yellowfin, 2 Striped Marlin, 4 Dorado and 2 Mako Shark! AWESOME!!!!

We are now in one of the Best months for many of the fish here in Cabo San Lucas. And I am talking about Dorado, Snapper, Roosterfish, Wahoo and Striped Marlin among others! so Kudos for that people!!!

Thanks Chris, see you in November buddy!

A couple of nice folks, Daniel and William Shattuc, also fished with us for the first time. They got off a cruiser at 8AM and hopped on Tantrum with Captain Ramon and Mate Juan who were already waiting for them at the main dock. These guys went out fishing near Cerro Blanco and spotted a Wahoo which in the end decided to bite afterall! Great job guys. Glad you decided to make this trip possible!!! See you soon.

Johnny Warren and his party of 6 also fished with us aboard the 33' Ziggy along with Captain Manuel and Mate Alex. These guys decided to switch sites, instead of going to Cerro Blanco or the light house they stuck by the Archs and after a wild chase of Marlin, they caught and released 2 of them. NICELY DONE BOYS!

And last but not least aboard our 32' RumRunnin and 33' partner boat Cabo Chica, was Mike Monks and his party of 9. These guys of course decided to do a little "let's see who catches more fish" type of game and in the end they both came back as winners. On RumRunnin with Captain Omar and mate Americo the guys reeled in 7 Yellowfin tuna, while in Cabo Chica the guys also did very good. They caught and released a 150 Lb Marlin, caught and kept 3 Yellowfin and 1 Dorado. They fished by the 190 bank.

These guys -Monks- are fishing again with us today and Sunday will be their last day. Hope they beat yesterday's record!! Come back for today's fish report later on!!!

Thanks for Reading.

Nick



Thursday, May 6, 2010

Happy Birthday Brooke!

Hey people, I want to begin off by wishing Brooke a Happy Birthday! She took the day off and wen't with Hubby Ryan to chill out at the beach today, what a cool way to spend the day! So let's all wish her a huge Happy B-Day!

Lucky day for some, not too good for others. We had 6 boats out today going to several "hot spots" but same ol' same ol' fish are not biting. They just love to swim around the boat and teasing but they don't bite. Our guys spotted Marlin, Yellowfin and Wahoo but these little suckers are playin' around with us!

Out of the 6 boats we had only 3 were able to catch fish. On the 28' Tantrum Captain Ramon and Mate Omar went out fishing for half a day with Sharon and Carl Carley. They got off the cruise ship just to get on another boat. They struck 1 Marlin and 1 Dorado in the end. Great guys! so glad ya'll caught fish. These folks were awesome people and very friendly, it's their second time fishing with RedRum. Hope they decide to do it again in the near future.

On the 42' Pescado III Lloyd Yancey and his crew were having a blast reeling in the 25 Lbs Wahoo they caught and the Dorado. Not sure on the weight of the Dorado but at least it's something right?
Thanks you guys!

and last but not least for their second day of fishing Ryan and Hilary Lifheit along with Andrew wen't out on RumRunnin' with Captain Javier and Mate Americo. Andrew came in the morning and just got his stash of RedRum Gear! He will be rockin those shirts back home. Cool buddy!
These guys had a great time out there and even though it was a bit rough in the morning they had a blast as waters calmed a bit once hiting the afternoon hours. They reeled in a 30 Lb Wahoo. They were fishing 20 miles off Cerro Blanco.

Our targets today were Cerro Blanco, Light House and the Pacific side, that's where all the warm waters are right now and that's where fish have been biting these last couple of days!

Thank you all for reading.
Nick

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Sorry for the delay!

Hey guys,
Sorry for the late posts but we've been having some trouble posting our fish reports. But it seems like this time it's working fine.
Not much has been going on these past few days, we've been catching Yellowfin, Dorado and a couple of Marlin from Sunday up to Yesterday.

Yesterday we had 5 boats out but not all of them were lucky enough to catch fish. On Fish Tails we had Champ Hollingshad and his team out for a full day of fishing and after 8 hours of fishing they came back with a 30Lb yellowfin. They also came accross some squid but we all know what this means right?
They did a great job and had fun out there. Hope to see them soon.

On Cabo Chica Jay Bocci and his crew were fishing 10 miles off by Water Prieto a nice hot spot where they reeled in 3 yellowfin tuna. Not sure what size they were but I am assuming they were between 15 -25 Lbs since this is the average size of yellowfin for these past days.

Fishing is slow again. Weather has been nice and the waves are smoother than last week. It's not even choppy out there. We blame El Nino! Our guys try very hard to catch fish and we do our best but fishing is fishing we can't guarantee catching anything and it's hard sometimes to try to make people understand or be aware of this, not trying to sound harsh or rude, just wanting to let you know our point of view on this.

I will let you know how fishing went today.
and I'll keep you posted.

Thanks guys!
Nick