Anymore Big Tuna out there?

After the Joyce boys from San Diego brought in that Big Yellowfin yesterday, everyone was eager to see if they could match the feat.

Unfortunately, Matt Lovecchio and Kevin Grier from New York who fished with Ramon and Juan on TantRum didn't have much luck out there today. They hooked into two different Marlin, but couldn't get anything to the boat.

Chris Rowe and his wife Angie hosted good friends Elizabeth Parker and Larry Harvath on Marlin Too today. Chris has fished with us many times, but this trip was all about Elizabeth. A co-worker of Chris', she was tired of hearing about all the fish he caught when he came to Cabo so Chris was nice enough to bring her along this time. She wanted to do battle with a Marlin and that she did. Elizabeth caught and released her first Striped Marlin, while the rest of the folks caught a few Dorado and nice 60+lb Wahoo.

Sean Music and his crew from Columbus, Ohio joined Alex and Manuel today with high hopes after yesterdays big Tuna on El Nuevo. Alex and Manuel didn't dissapoint, catching and releasing a nice Striped Marlin and also catching a 200+lb Blue Marlin. Unfortunately, the Blue couldn't be revived after the nearly 2 hour fight, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

Finally, we had long time friend and customer Frank Ratel and his crew aboard Rum Runnin with Captain Chivo and his mate Jesus. The guys headed for the Pacific after hearing about Captain Alex's big Tuna out there the day before and they got started quickly with a nice Wahoo. After a few hours the Dorado's popped up and they got 4 nice fish. Finally, nearing closing time so to speak, they saw a school of Tuna pop up and Jesus threw a live Caballito as Manuel had the day before and sure enough, they got another big one. After nearly 2 hours, the guys boated a beast of a Yellowfin that weighed in over 150lbs.

Big Tuna and Big Marlin in the water, gotta love Cabo in August!!!!

-Ryan

Sunday Tuna Session

Just your typical Sunday for a couple of buddies from San Diego, battling a cow Yellowfin Tuna for over 3 hours. Craig and Mike Joyce, and their buddies from Poway/Escondido came to Cabo and repped East County San Diego as best they could today. After a few small Dorado, Captain Alex found a school of Tuna. Unfortunately, the Tuna were finicky and not interested in any of the lures, plugs or feathers we were pulling through the school. Mate Manuel thought the fish were finicky because of the heavy line and leader on the lures. He live baited a Caballito onto one of the pitch bait rods and threw a Caballito out into the school and immediately got hooked up. Manuel knew the fish had some size to it as he handed the rod off and because the live bait rod and reel is set up with 40lb test and 100lb leader, he knew the guys might be in for a long fight. The long fight turned out to be 3.5 hours as the guys passed the rod back and forth a few times but finally landed the big Yellowfin. The guys were stoked on the 150+lb fish and had plenty of sashimi and filets to bring back to San Diego.