Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fish Report for Tuesday June 28th

Hey guys,

Yesterday's fishing was good. I had a group who was a little bit hesitant about fishing but in the end realized it was well worth it.

Seas have still been 5 ft high which is average here in cabo. No one came back because of seasickness.

All our groups had a great time, especially those who were doing a full day charter. Half Day charter are good but I would personally go for a full day instead, chances of catching fish are much higher.

On RumRunnin we had Todd and Tanner Smith who fished with Captain Javier and Mate Jesus for a full day. After their 8 hour trip they came back with 2 Striped Marlin and 1 40 Lb Dorado. Dorado's are coming in and like I've been saying over the past days, the numbers are low, but they're almost reaching the right time.

From Las Vegas Nick and Vander Poel and mel Meier fished on our 33' Nuevo with Captain Juan and mate Manuel for a half day. They had an awesome time catching a nice 140 Lbs Striped Marlin. It's the first one they've caught and they were thrilled about it. Glad they decided to look us up and charter one of our boats. Hope they send in their pics soon so we can post them on this site.

Thanks
Nick

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tiny Hands, Tiny feet, there's someone new for you to meet!


Ryan and Brooke Donovan have expanded their house by two feet. They're Dalton Bruin's!

We know this is not a fish report but it will top any fish report we have done in the past or future.

On Monday June 27th, 2011, we welcomed Dalton Bruin Donovan in this wonderful world of fishermen and women. He was born in Cabo San Lucas to the very proud parents.

Both Mom and Bruin (as he will go by) are doing great. Our plans are to get him out fishing soon and setting some world records.

Bruin definitely beats Ryan's Huge Black Marlin landed in 2008 and the jackpot winning Yellowfin of 2009! This is Ryan's biggest "Catch" ever.

We thank all our RedRum friends and family for all there help the past nine months


John(Grampy), Ryan, Brooke, Bruin, Nick
Team RedRum

Monday, June 27, 2011

San Franciscans and the mighty Sword fish!

You probably already found out through facebook, twitter and what not, that on Friday we had a group of guys from San Francisco fighting a sword for more than 9 hours?? No? Well here's the scoop!

On Friday, I received a call from Captain Omar and first Mate Americo telling me that they would arrive a bit late because they were fighting a BIG FISH. I right away thought it was a Marlin, little did I know they were talking about a Sword Fish, who's weight was 320+ Lbs.

It's been 3 years 3 months since RedRum fought and landed this kind of fish. The one caught a while back weighed 260 Lbs. After so long and patiently waiting for the next big catch on Friday that wait came to an end. Michael Black, Shawn Meroni, Mark Roberts, Brendan Morris, Conrad Castor and Sameer Advani where at the airport Thursday about to catch their flight to Cabo San Lucas when they called asking for prices on fishing charter. The information was given and they were going to decide which boat they wanted to take, if any.

A few minutes later I was back on the phone with Mike and they had decided to book the 31' RedRum. Friday Morning came and it was almost 7 AM...no sign of this group, I started dialing the number provided to remind them of the charter, when in Cabo you know it's normal to party out a night before and I just wasn't sure if this was the case. As soon as I hung up the phone, they walked into the office ready for their trip.

These awesome, down to earth guys, were ready for their trip. Omar and Americo walked them down to the boat and off they went into the unexpected. By 11 AM, they had a sword fish on the line, which was caught on live bait with a 50 Lb fishing line and 80 Lb test leader, Custom made fishing pools and shimano reel.

By 6:30 PM, every member of the RedRum family was at the dock waiting patiently to know if the fish had been defeated during the fight, we weren't sure if they were going to land it since it had been over 7 hours of fighting and Mike and team were a bit tired and ready to give up....All of the sudden Omar contacts us and says "It's gone to a better life" The cheering started, everyone was stoaked and you can just feel the great vibe at the dock, beers on RedRum, said Ryan.

At 8:30, after a couple of beers and talking with the security dock manager (who wanted to kick us out), RedRum's headlights start coming in, everyone received Mike Black and his team members with claps, high fives and cheers.

John Donovan had been on the phone with us most part of the day waiting for updated news, I bet he wished he had been here with everyone, it was a fun night. They guys told us how many turns it took each to fight the fish, how they were about to give up on it and how happy and excited they were.

A small interview, thousands of pictures and 6 tired guys was the outcome of this amazing fishing experience. Enjoy one of the many pictures taken and let us know what you think!

Thanks for reading
Nick

Friday, June 24, 2011

220 Lbs Yellowfin Tuna caught by James Wade



Hey All,






Wow, TGIF! so many things going on this week and many many more in the upcoming one! So many changes as well. Just a few more days 'til Ryan and Brooke can hold their firstborn baby in their arms...future heir of RedRum sportfishing is a few days away from waking up in beautiful Cabo!






On Another note, yesterday's fishing was SUPERB! Ranger Magers and his buddy James Wade fished twice this week. Their first trip took place on June 22nd with their total catch consisting of 12 yellowfin tunas. 20-25 each NOT BAD for day 1 and for a little sharpy sea. Yesterday June 23rd they also fished same crew Omar and Americo from our 31' RedRum. Their final number of fish caught on day 2 was only 3 Yellowfin tuna a smaller number compared to a day before.






The only difference was that during yesterday's fishing, one of the Tuna's they caught weighed 220 Lbs, was caught by James Wade from Dallas Texas! the other two tunas were an average of 20-25 Lbs, but this huge tuna definitely breaks the record so far for this year.



Congratulations to Randy and James for their outstanding performance.






You can check out a picture of the Tuna at the end of the fish report.






From Houston Texas we also had Jon olson and Chad fisihing on a hald day trip with Alex and Manuel on our 33' Nuevo. Their catch consisted of 2 Dorados.






Michael and Crystal McFarlen fished on tantrum with Ramon and Jesus and caught a nice striped marlin 8 ft 140 Lbs. They had a blast out there. Congratulations you two!






And Jeffery Dietz also fished on Wednesday on Tantrum with ramon and Juan and he caught a total of 6 yellowfin tuna and 1 Dorado.






Thanks for Reading and enjoy the pics!

Jacob and the big Rooster!











On June 7th, 8th and 9th we had Jacob Denison fishing with us. Out of these 3 days, on June 8th Jacob decided to go on a panga with Captain Edgar. This time he was doing a solo trip.



During this 5 hour trip Jacob's mission was to try and catch a Rooster fish, a little bit doubtful it would happen since it's really not the best time of the year for Rooster fish, even though they're here year round, June is "ok" not great.

This did not stop Jacob from taking this trip, he wen't out and by the time he came back in, he had a really nice size Rooster fish. Check out the picture for yourself.








During these 3 days he also caught a nice size Marlin, basically everything Jacob was after he can now scratch off his list!














This is really a nice size Rooster fish and in Jacbo's words: "The marlin is truly a bucket list scratcher, but that rooster is epic"




You can see that the Rooster fish looks way bigger than Captain Edgar!




I hope you enjoy these pixs





Thanks

Nick

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Tropical Storm Beatriz is gone, but she left her mark...

**Warning, first big Blue Marlin of the season is mentioned in this post!!**

I guess the Tropical Storm season is upon us now. While Beatriz was nearly 400 miles away, those tropical storms have a way of really moving things around in the surrounding waters. A week ago we were stoked with 80 degree water, and Marlin, Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo less than 10 miles from the Marina. Things changed with Beatriz. The winds picked up, water temps dropeed and the fish scattered.

Sunday was really the first day we felt the effects. Steve Selby and his boys, Patrick, Evan, and Kelly along with family friend Gary Holbrook were our lone fishermen on Sunday. They worked the Herradura Bank towards the 95 and couldn't get into the fish. Finally, they got word of some Tuna a few miles further out and got into 4 nice Tuna, the largest being 35lbs.

Monday was just a mess, winds made the water super choppy and the cold water moved in. Derrick Thrappas and his crew hooked into a Marlin that they lost and came back with 1 Yellowfin, but they said it was a rough ride.

Randy Harris and his family from the Los Angeles area also hooked into a Marlin and a Dorado but missed both fish. They too said it was a bumpy ride out there. Damn it Beatriz, you are messing with my customers! The Harris' were super cool and understood there was nothing we could do about the weather or the fishing conditions so that was nice. Nothing worse than angry customers who are mad about things completely out of our control.

Yesterday, things got a little better fishing wise but it was still rough out there. As Tropical Storm Beatriz was still 350 miles away and dissipating, we were still experiencing some of it's effects.

Carrie and Jerry Peck wanted a Marlin in the worst way and you know the the guys from Team RedRum always do their best to make that happen. Carrie was a trooper, getting sick all day, but sticking with it. It was all worth it in the end as they caught and released a 9', 150lb Stiped Marlin.

Steve Selby and his son Evan, along with Gary Holbrook were back at it for day 2 of 2 with the boys on RedRum. They knew fishing would be tough with the weather, but made the best of it and caught and released a nice 150lb Striped Marlin.

Finally, "Rob and the Philly Crew," had a phenominal day on the water. They had me worried when they still weren't back at 3:30, then 4:00, 4:30, and even 5:00pm... This usually means one of two things. A) They had a problem with the boat (which would not have been good since we couldn't get in touch with them as they were out of cell range, but we weren't hearing anything on the VHF either.) or B) They had a Big fish.
B) It was, and by "B" I mean Blue Marlin, Big, and Badass!
I finally talked to another Captain about 5pm that told me he saw "Rob and the Philly Crew" doing battle with a Big Blue Marlin near the 1150 bank and it was pulling them further offshore. Thus the reason we couldn't reach the cell phone of the Captain or Mate, and also the reason we didn't hear any radio (VHF) chatter. The Captain was busy manuevering the boat and the mate was working with the clients. I am intentionally not telling you which boat or crew because I don't want you guys picking any favorites.
Anyway, as luck would have it, the Big Blue, estimated by the boys at over 500lbs hit a rigged Ballyhoo on a Penn 30 loaded with 40 lb test line. A daunting task for even the most experienced angler. After 4 plus hours of passing the rod and reel back and forth and getting pulled a total of close to 40 miles offshore, the line finally reached it's breaking point. Rob said it was an awesome experience and they got to see the fish jump out of the water completely several times. They had it as close to 50 feet from the boat a few times, but this was just too much fish for the reel and line. They did manage to catch and release another small Striped Marlin and also caught a small Yellowfin.

The Blues are around and it shouldbe a great season if we are getting into them already!

-Ryan

Saturday, June 18, 2011

RedRum, we make it happen.

Really windy day in Cabo yesterday but that did not stop us from turning it around and making our customers have a time of their lives. Everyone came back fascinated with their fishing trip, a few were wet but in their own words: "Well worth it"

Ryan Socia and his crew fished on Marlin Too for a full day trip with Captain Pancho and Mate Jesus. The group had a blast and praised the work we do here at RedRum. This group from Ventura California caught a total of 7 Yellowfin tunas, all of them were a bit over 50 Lbs. We had 7 people on the boat so basically everyone caught fish. Thanks guys!

Joe Foster had a good day in the water as well, started off at 8 AM and was only able to land a Rooster fish, a bit slow for him, but during this past week he's been catching good fish. Marlin, Dorado, Tuna and now Rooster. On Monday he'll do another fishing trip, let's see how he does then.

Paul Dunlap fished on Nuevo for a full day with Paul Tobias Dunlap and Lance Simpson. Together they caught 2 Tuna, 1 Dorado and a Blue Marlin. This group also had a blast with Captain Alex and mate Juan. They were very pleased with their fishing trip and also praised the hard work Alex and Juan performed.

From Sacramento California Brian Bladow and Chris Eastburn fished on Tantrum for a full day. They too caught 3 yellowfin tunas and 1 striped Marlin. Captain Ramon and Mate Jesus did an excellent job on the boat.

Ryan Tucker and Seth McKinney fished with Captain Javier and mate Americo. They went out for a half day and only wanted to target Marlin. Well we made it happen. The guys came back after their trip and caught the Marlin they wanted so bad. Congrats!

Thanks for reading.

Nick

Friday, June 17, 2011

Good friends, good friends...

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Scott Deardorff, his son Briggs, and Briggs' buddy Tucker Atterbury. Scott is a partner of Deardorff Farms in Ventura, California and has been a mentor/boss to one of my very best friends, Geremy Olsen for several years now. Scott wanted to bring Briggs and Tucker down as a high school graduation present and Geremy told them they had to fish with RedRum! Briggs looked a little green when he got back, but Tucker and Scott had a blast. They fished with TantRum and had 2 really nice sized Yellowfin, 1 good size Dorado and a monster 150lb (estimated) Sailfish! Great day, awesome filets, and a great dinner at Misiones de Kino.

Joe Foster and Chris Turner spent day 3 of 5 with Alex and Juan on El Nuevo RedRum and they came back with 1 Marlin and 1 nice Yellowfin Tuna.

Susan Sieger and Mary Cavanaugh spent the day with Captain Omar on RedRum and they had an awesome day getting into multiple schools of Yellowfin. They finished the day with 5 really nice fish, all Yellowfin in the 20-30lb range.

A few bigger Tuna have been caught recently, meaning some of the bigger Yellowfin have finally caught word of the abundance of bait and warm water in Cabo. Hopefully, your reading this and realizing the same thing. Time to get to CABO!!!

-Ryan

June 15th, mixed bag fishing, beautiful weather.

Today was a little warm, but a really nice day on the water. Water temps have stayed up and the fish are hanging out anywhere from the shoreline to 8-10 miles offshore. Haven't had to run too far to get into the fish and that is always a plus. (Not like our "long runs" are all that long anyway.)

Jeff and Zack Muscat a father and son group were down celebrating Zack's high school graduation and Dad really wanted to celebrate with a Marlin. The boys did their best on TantRum and pitched bait to a few Marlin, but they just couldn't get hooked up. Zack's consolation present was a nice Yellowfin Tuna and 2 nice Dorado. Not too shabby.

Gloria Baca, David Staszewski, and their friend Mark George were out today for the final day of a 3 day fishing trip. Gloria and David first came down in December and had a few great days on the water. They also fell in love with Cabo and told me they were done fishing in Florida. Cabo only from now on! The way it should be. They had a great final day, after catching Sharks, and Marlin the first 2 days, they finished up by filling the cooler with 3 nice Yellowfin and 2 nice Dorado! See you guys in November!

Ryan Tucker and his wife Karla, (both former Horned Frogs, and therefore great people,) joined us today to fish aboard Rum Runnin'. Only problem was, we blew a piston on Rum Runnin' on Tuesday. Total bummer for the client to show up in the morning and not get what they expected, and we feel terrible as well. (The $1200 to fix the engine isn't a good time either.) Ryan and Karla were super cool about switching boats and they had a nice day on the water catching 4 Yellowfin between 20-30lbs. Ryan was looking for "bucket list" Marlin, but they couldn't get one to bite. Next time amigo, for sure. Go Frogs!

Finally, Joe Foster and Chris Turner decided to spend day 2 of 5 inshore focusing on light tackle fishing. They had a nice day with 2 Roosterfish and 1 Dorado.

-Ryan

Fish Reports: June 12th - 14th

Sorry guys, it seems like the fish reports I had written for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were not saved! I know it's weird??!,

So I'm going to do a quick recap of fishing for these 3 days.


Customer: Carol Breazeale CCA
Boat: Nuevo
Fish Caught: 3 Yellofin Tuna and 1 Marlin (100 Lbs)
Crew: Alex and Juan

Customer:Blain Wiley
Boat: RedRum
Fish Caught: 2 Dorado (55") and 1 Marlin (150 Lbs)
Crew: Americo and Manuel

Customer: Albert Cascia
Boat: Tantrum
Fish Caught: 1 Tuna
Crew: Ramon and Jesus

MONDAY JUNE 13TH, 2011

Customer: Justin Lamb
Boat: Tantrum
Fish Caught: 1 Dorado and 1 Yellowfin Tuna
Crew: Ramon and Jesus

Customer: Ramsey Shuayto
Boat: RumRunnin
Fish Caught: 8 Yellowfin Tuna, 1 Marlin (120 Lbs, Caught by 13yr old Cole Shuayto)
Crew: Javier and Americo

Customer: Meagan Zepeda
Boat: Nuevo
Fish Caught: 2 Striped Marlin (160 and 140 Lbs)
Crew: Alex and Juan

Customer: Glora Baca Lucero
Boat: RedRum
Fish Caught: 1 shark (That's what she came for!)
Crew: Omar and Manuel

TUESDAY JUNE 14TH, 2011

Customer: Nick Cloud
Boat: Tantrum
Fish Caught: 1 Striped Marlin
Crew: Ramon and Jesus

Customer: Gloria Baca Lucero
Boat: RedRum
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin
Crew: Omar and Manuel

Customer: Meagan Zepeda
Boat: Nuevo
Fish Caught: 2 Striped Marlin
Crew: Jesus and Juan

Customer: Joe Foster
Boat: RumRunnin
Fish Caught: 2 Marlin (120 & 140 Lbs) and 1 Dorado (30 Lbs)
Crew: Javier and Americo
* So far Joe has fished 3 days, with today being his 4th. He's caught a total of 2 Dorado, 3 Striped Marlin, 2 Roosterfish and 1Yellowfin tuna. We're still missing information from today's fishing, but we'll keep you guys posted.

Thanks for Reading and again sorry for the lost fish reports.

Nick

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The warmer the water surely more fish.

As another week goes by we start seeing more wahoo's and Dorados arrive to Cabo San Lucas, that is because waters are warming up every day. Today for example we are almost reaching 80F in the sea temperature. A lot of people say it's not necessarily true since they've caught fish in Cabo during cold seasons and cooler waters and of course its true, especially for Marlin who are here year round but their prime season is from June to November when the waters are warmer. I'd like to see someone catch Dorado or Tuna during the low 60F water temp. It can happen, but the chances are a bit low.

Anyhow, these past two days have been great for fishing. We're still targeting tons of Marlin, Tuna some Dorado and Wahoo.

No signs of Hurrican Adrian, like I posted on our previous fish report it's dying and won't hit Cabo. Seas are 7 ft high with 13 seconds in between. The temperature is 97F and it's starts feeling a bit humid, reminds me of my first year here in Cabo...I sure did not see all that humidity coming.

On Friday June 10th it was still a busy day, we had 5 boats going out.

Mark Burkhart fished on RedRum for 8 hours with Omar and Americo, a day before his trip he came in to check out the place and see what had been biting in the past couple of days. He said he wanted edible fish. His trip turned out great as he and his buddies landed a total of eight 30 lb yellowfin Tunas. He did say it was sort of rought out there but not too bad. Took it like a pro.

Peter Wallace and his party of 4 fished on Tantrum with Ramon and Juan, they were basically out there looking for fish in general. By the end of the day they had caught a total of 4 Yellowfin Tuna and 1 striped Marlin that was 101" and weighed 170 Lbs. Got their trophy fish mounted and will be displaying it at his home in about 3 months! Congrats Pete.

Lori McCullough and her party of 8 fished on the 38' Marlin Too for a full day. They had an awesome time out in the water even though it was a bit slow for them, They only landed a total of 3 yellowfin tuna. Enough for a nice lunch!

Stuart Lin Poor and Margaret Munoz fished on RumRunnin on Friday and Saturday with Captain Javier and Jesus. On day one of their trip they caught a total of 1 striped Marlin around 160 Lbs and 1 Tuna 15 Lbs. On Saturday they caught 5 more tunas and a Wahoo. It was Margaret's first wahoo. Congratulations.

Saturday June 11th.

Another nice Saturday in Cabo and lots of happy customers. The morning started off as usual, greeting customers, getting licenses and walking them down to their boats. The rest was up to their strength and patience.

Kevin and Michelle Krause fished on Tantrum, their trip was supposed to be shared but the other person did not show up. They started a bit late because we were waiting for the other person but 15 minutes past 6:30 and they were out fishing. They caught a total of 6 tunas 30 Lbs each, 1 Blue shark and a 130 Lbs Striped Marlin. Nice!

Justin Trahan from Houston Texas fished on Nuevo with Alex and Manuel. His trip was also cut short to bring back some of his crew but that didn't stop him from going back out and continue his fishing trip. All on his own he caught a total of 6 tuna and a Marlin that was caught early in the morning almost after leaving the dock. Not a bad day at all. He did say there was a time where it felt he was going to catch more fish but I guess they decided not to cooperate that much.

And last but not lease Blaine Wiley fished on RedRum with Omar and Americo for a full day trip with his party of 4 and during the day they landed a total of 2 striped Marlin, 1 Dorado and 2 tunas. Blaine will be fisihign again this Sunday and let's hope he can catch more fish than he did on day 1.

Thanks for Reading.

Nick

Friday, June 10, 2011

June 7th, 8th and 9th = Tons of Marlin.

It's been a fantastic week here in Cabo. A lot of questions regarding Hurricane Adrian, All I can say right now is that we are not expecting it to hit Cabo at all. It seems to be heading away from land. Hopefully!, for the next 10 days we're expecting mid 90F degrees and smooth seas.

Of course if anything were to change, we'd let you know, but as of now all trips are scheduled as normal.

Aside from this, it's been a busy week with emails and all, especially because I will be leaving the company soon and have been replying to a lot of emails for the job ad we posted a few days ago. We're in the process of screening resumes and calling people in for an interview. Let's look for the best person.

Fishing has been great, still Marlin, tuna and Dorado are in the lead. This is what we caught in the past few days.

June 7th

Customer: Julie Greiner
Boat: RedRum
Crew: Omar and Americo
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin 6 Tuna


Customer: Shared Boat (Jodie Rivera and Gordon Dreyfus)
Boat: Edith
Crew: -
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin


Customer: Jacob Dennison
Boat: Nuevo and a Panga
Crew: Alex and Manuel
Fish Caught: 2 Dorado, 1 Marlin and 1 Roosterfish (The biggest one we've seen 60")


Customer: Craig Chandler
Boat: Marlin Too
Crew: Felipe and Jesus
Fish Caught: 5 Marlin, 1 Tuna, 1 Dorado


Customer: Darren Melnar
Boat: Rosy
Crew: -
Fish Caught: 2 Marlin

Customer: David Jenkins
Boat: Tantrum
Crew: Ramon and Juan
Fish Caught: 3 tuna

JUNE 8TH


Customer: Wyane Rinker
Boat: RumRunnin
Crew: Javier and Jesus
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin, 3 Dorado


Customer: Bennett Blocker
Boat: Marlin Too
Crew: Felipe and Jesus
Fish Caught: 2 Marlin


Customer: Robert Shepard
Boat: Tantrum
Crew: Ramon and Juan
Fish Caught: 2 Tuna and 1 Wahoo


Customer: Lyle Laverty
Boat: Nuevo
Crew: Alex and Manuel
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin


Customer: Kelly Tanner
Boat: Fish Tails
Crew: Ricardo
Fish Caught: 1 Marlin

JUNE 9TH


Customer: Jimmy Hehir (Fished 5 days)
Boat: Rum Runnin and Marlin Too
Crew: Javier and Jesus, Felipe and Jesus
Fish Caught: 8 Marlin, 12 Tuna, 1 shark and 1 Dorado


Customer: Chandler Craig
Boat: Marlin Too
Crew: Felipe and Jesus
Fish Caught: 2 Marlin and 2 Dorado


Customer: Patrick Grimsley
Boat: RedRum, Rosy and Fish Tails
Crew: Omar and Americo, Ricardo
Fish Caught: 6 Tuna and 2 Marlin

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tuna still around?

They have to be gone by now right? It's been like 6 straight days!

Well, by 10am I thought I had my answer, by 2pm I had changed it, and then by the time I closed the shop I had no clue!

Waymon Wong fished with his Mom and Father-in-law. Unfortunately, Rose didn't do too well with the seas and they had to cut their trip short. I was actually still at the gym when Rene the Mechanic/Dock Manager/Carpenter/Shop Keeper/etc called and said the Wong's were back and he was....packaging their fish? But it was 9:30am? 30 minutes out, 30 minutes back, that puts them at about an hour and forty five minutes of fishing. They caught and released a Striped Marlin, actually it was 68 year old Wing Tsang. Wing was probably the most excited I have seen someone this year about catching a Marlin. Helps you remember why we do what we do. He told me Tequilla and Cigarettes have kept him strong all these years. They also caught 3 Yellowfin and a Dorado in that time frame. Amazing.

So it's 9:30am and they got 3 Tuna right off the bat. Tuna are still arond.

Next back was RedRum, Steve Stivaly and his crew were back and no White (Yellowfin) flags were flying?? They caught 3 nice Dorado, but Captain Omar told me that the Yellowfin bite had slowed down. 3 Dorado is nothing to complain about though, and they enjoyed the fish over at Misiones de Kino which is always a treat.

Ok, now I am confused, Damon Petta and his friend from Pasadena, California (same city that the Rose Bowl is played, pretty sure TCU won that bowl last year) just got back and they had a killer day...and hammered 6 Yellowfin Tuna, as well as 1 Dorado and 1 Striped Marlin.

Jimmy Hehir and his family didn't help me figure anything out as far as the Yellowfin bite because they wanted to focus on Billfish and Dorado. And that they did, fishing on Marlin Too, 3 Striped Marlin and a Mako Shark were caught and released. They also lost a few Dorado and a Wahoo. Another great day for the Hehir family.

Now it's 3pm and TantRum just got back. My decision is done, Yellowfin are gone. Jeremy Thompson and his buddies Alan and Anthony Osborne from Tucson, Arizona couldn't find any Tuna, but did manage to catch and release a nice Striped Marlin!

3:30pm, and Alex and Manuel just got back on El Nuevo... As you might imagine, 7 Yellowfin Tuna and 1 Marlin. Unbelievable.

No clue what to expect or what to tell you, you've heard it a million times, but that's why they call it fishing!

-Ryan

Sunday, typical Tuna action with some mixed bag mixed in

Tuna are still around, and still plentiful, and still super close. Cabo never ceases to amaze me! 4 miles offshore, slamming rods and Tuna all over the place! So cool!

My good buddy Jimmy Glover over at http://www.bajainsider.com/ has some friends in town right now and he wanted to get them out for a half day while the fishing was red hot. Destin Brockner, Jason Johnson and Pete Nyiri joined Jesus and Americo aboard RedRum and they managed to pull in 8 Yellowfin and a nice 30 lb Dorado all before 11:30am! Enjoy those Tuna steaks amigos!

Luis Romero and his wife Kristina are visiting from mainland Mexico and he caught word that RedRum was the fleet to fish with. (Thanks to Ty for the recommendation.) Luis was interested in Billfish, and while a lot of customers have been enamored with the Yellowfin bite, the Striped Marlin action has been really hot as well. Luis and his wife caught and released 3 Striped Marlin, and also caught a nice Yellowfin and nice Dorado for dinner.

-Ryan

An apology of sorts...

Hola amigos,





Have to apologize for missing a few posts back on the 1st and 2nd of June. Things have been a little crazy around the Team RedRum household with the Wife in her 9th month of pregnancy. Still trying to pull my weight around the office and covering office duties when Nick has his days off but slacked on the Fish Reports. To sum up the 1st and 2nd, as well as the 3rd, 4th and 5th; TUNA, Yellowfin Tuna and tons of them. Usually, when we see the Yellowfin runs they are 2-3 days long and then the school moves on and we don't see them for another few weeks or so.





Not the case with these Yellowfin, never saw a single Frigate bird working, and never saw a single porpoise cruising through the area. If it wasn't for the electronics telling us we had great temp breaks, and good bait below, most boats would have cruised right past the area. We have been fishing this school straight out of Cabo anywhere from 3-6 miles offshore. Most fish have been in the 20-35 lb range, but I did throw live bait when we had a quadruple hook-up on artificials Saturday, and landed a fish in the 40-45lb range. You'd have to think that a few of the bigger boys are under those 20-40lb fish, but your bait never even gets to em. As soon as my bait hit the water I was bit, I actually got spooled up a bit as it happened even faster than I expected. Out of 11 knockdowns from 7am to 11am, we caught 6 Yellowfin and kept 4. One for the crew, one for myself, and one each for my buddies who came along. Just because you catch 20 doesn't mean it is right, or legal, to keep them all.





That being said, yesterday was the first day we didn't have all our boats come back with Yellowfin. It will be interesting to see what today brings and if the boys can find the school or if they have finally moved on. If they have, I guess we'll just have to fish for the Marlin and Dorado that have been all over the shoreline the past week.





Awesome fishing, really glad the waters warmed up so quickly this year and the fish arrived!!





-Ryan

Saturday, June 4, 2011

AWESOME WEEKEND!!!!

Another weekend guys, first weekend of the month and these past couple of days has been fantastic for fishing. Lot's of fish, our freezers are once again filled with fish and waiting for their owners to come pick them up!

Nice warm weather here in Cabo, perfect to be at the beach chillin with your fambam / friends.

Ramiro Duran and his group of 5 fished yesterday on RedRum with Omar and Americo. This time they decided to fish on the Pacific side about 11 miles out. The group ended up catching a total of 13 yellowfin tuna. The guys were excited and just amazed with the wonderful day they had out in the water.

Michael Collins, Thomas Collins and Linda Collins fished on Nuevo with Alex and Manuel. This was a birthday gift from Michael and Linda to Thomas. Thomas had no idea he was flying to Cabo, they tricked him to the airport and while he was there they told him the whole plan! This was, in my opinion, an awesome birthday gift. This group fished for a full day and they landed a total of 14 Yellowfin Tuna and caught and released 2 Striped Marlin. They were glad, had a blast and were happy that the birthday trip has been going so well. All we can say here at RedRum is that we're glad you had a great trip and once again Thomas...Happy Birthday buddy!

Last but not least we had April Bonds and her mom and dad fishing for a half day on our 28' tantrum with Ramon and Juan. Their trip was also fun but there was some seasickness going on for a bit. These strong people did not let that get in the way with their fishing trip and they fished the entire time. They caught a total of 9 Yellowfin tunas between 25-30 Lbs.

AWESOME!

Today's fishing (June 4th) was also amazing. The morning started off a bit crazy and wild but ended in praises and happy customers. Comments going from the best trip of their lives or all the money was well worth it to even what they had been waiting for their entire lives. All comments are well accepted and I do have to be honest it feels great when you know customers had a blast and they come back into the office and brag about their trip. The expression on your faces are priceless.

We had a wedding group today that seemed as though they came from the party straight to the office! This fun group made this fishing trip to join Amber Flores and Scott Hamrick on their first trip as newly weds. Now you can imagine why I say it was a WILD morning! LOL. 13 people total but it seemed like more hahaha. Anyhow, they fished on 3 boats:

On RumRunnin the group of 4 who fished caught a total of 10 Tuna and 1 Striped Marlin
RedRum: The boat Amber and Scott were on caught a total of 2 Striped Marlin and 12 Tuna
and Mucho Loco the remaining boat caught a total of 1 Dorado, 9 Yellowfin tuna and 1 Striped Marlin.

The bite took place early in the morning and as soon as they started fishing, they started catching fish. A bit unusual for this time of year, but it keeps getting better.

Shannon Bartkowiak and her family fished on the 38' blackfin Marlin Too and they also caught a lot of fish, especially Tuna around 12-15 (they lost track)! That's a great sign.

Last but not least loyal Customer Jeff Massengill and his family fished on Nuevo with Alex and Manuel and caught a total of 8 yellowfin tuna tha were about 20-25 Lbs. Thank you Jeff for the words.

And thank you for reading.