Sunday was a beautiful day in Cabo and our anglers were ready to get out on the water in search of the Yellowfin that had been found on Saturday. Water temps are still anywhere from 70-75 degrees and more and more bait is starting to show up. There have even been reports out of the lower East Cape, Los Frailes area in particular that show tons of Marlin. Hopefully, they are making their way down to Cabo, because I know we have plenty of anglers that would love a shot at catching their first Marlin.
Today we had 4 boats on the docket, starting with my Uncle, James Donovan who is down with a few friends for 4 days of fishing. Uncle Jim, who normally fishes from his 29' Everglades out of Chatham, Massachusetts is looking to trade in a few of the Bluefin Tuna he usually catches for some Yellowfin and Marlin action. I have made sure to tell our Captains and Mates that at the end of the 4 days, I would at least like for him to be able to tie his own knot (any knot,) or learn how to rig a live Caballito. It amazes me that someone can catch 100+ lb Bluefin without knowing how to tie a basic fishing knot. Anyway, for his first day on the water Uncle Jim wanted to fish inshore from a Panga. We hooked him up with Carlos, our excellent Panga Captain, and they were able to bring in a dozen or so Sierra. They lost quite a few to the hungry sea lions, but had a blast in the meantime. And for those inquiring minds, after day one, still no knot tying ability.
Jeff Berman and his daughter Claire from Illinois, joined Juan and Ramon for a day aboard TantRum. Seems like they found the schools of Tuna, but were a bit late on the action. They did get one nice 30lb Yellowfin, but for the most part the bite had slowed by the time they got to the school.
Bruce Weaver, a multiple repeat customer of ours, and his family joined Cesar and Raymond for a day aboard RedBeam. They too were late to the action on the Tuna, but did get a nice Mako shark.
Finally, Jason Nieson along with his son Hunter and father Charles, headed out for a second day with us. After getting skunked on day 1, this three generation trio had to find some action and Javier and Americo were there to guide them along. These guys were the lucky ones that got into the Tuna early and were rewarded with 4 really nice Yellowfin. They were happy to have something to show for their two days on the water and friends and neighbors alike back home will be more than happy to share a few of those filets with the guys.
ps... Stay tuned for Part 2 of the knot tying chronicles tomorrow.
-Ryan
Monday, March 29, 2010
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