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

Panga Spotlight

It was a quiet thursday but we're still catching fish. The family scheduled to go out on our 33' El Nuevo unfortunately slept in today but we had a nice couple fish on one of our partner Panga boats. Ben and Monica from Brooklyn, NY and Santa Rosa, CA fished on the Pacific side close to shore and caught 3 twenty to twenty five pound Dorado and caught 1 hundred and twenty pound Striped Marlin. Not a bad day for a Panga.

Slow Day but not emptyhanded

Gary, Thomas, John, Charles and Kenneth went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex. It was quiet out but they caught a fifteen pound Dorado that they had for lunch. They fished the Lighthouse about four miles from shore.

Dave went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Omar. They fished Los Arcos about five miles from shore and caught and released a hundred and twenty pound Sailfish. Water was at seventy eight degrees.

2 boats, 8 Marlin

Jake and Kris from Idaho went out on our 32’ RumRunnin. Jake fished Cabo six years ago and described it as being more of a long boat ride. He was hesitant to book but in the end was glad he did and promised to tell all his friends about us and come back soon. Jake and Kris caught and released 6 Striped Marlin weighing between a hundred and thirty and a hundred and fifty pounds.

Stacie, Patrick and Tim from Arvada, Co went out on our 28’ Tantrum with Captain Ramon and Mate Juan. They fished Los Arcos, three miles from shore and caught and released 2 Striped Marlin weighing around a hundred and fifty pounds, each fight lasting close to forty minutes.

Bills Today

Jim, John, Beth and Barbara went out on our 32' RumRunnin with Captain Javier. They fished the Lighthouse on the Pacific side, two to three miles from shore and caught a hundred and fifty pound Striped Marlin.

Ross and wife Susie from Houston, Texas went out on our 28' Tantrum with Captain Ramon and Mate Juan. They fished on the sea of Cortez, five miles from shore and caught and released a hundred and ninety pound Striped Marlin.

Jolene and friend went out on our 33' El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Omar. They fished the Lighthouse about four miles from shore and caught and released an eighty to ninety pound Sailfish.

Mucha Tuna y Dorado

Peter and David from New Jersey and California went out for the second time this week, this time on one of our 28’ partner boats. They fished the Pacific side, seventeen miles out and caught 8 Dorado weighing up to forty pounds as well as 2 Tuna that weighed up to forty pounds as well. They fought a big Tuna but it got away. They also fought a Striped Marlin but it broke the line.

Todd and Chris from Texas went out for the second time this week, this time on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Manuel. They fished Jimmy banks on the Pacific side, 22 miles from Cabo and 13 miles from shore. Using live bait as well as feather lures, Todd and Chris caught 9 Tuna, each weighing up to thirty five pounds. They hooked up a Blue Marlin but it got away. They hit a Sail but it wasn’t hungry and they also side casted a Striped Marlin without luck. Todd and Chris loved their Captain and Mate, saying that “they were very nice, talkative and overall, an excellent crew”.

Danny, Tom, Tom and Mike went out for the third time this week, this time on a 32’ partner boat. After catching lots of Dorado the past two days they went out looking for the bills but fought and unfortunately lost 2 Stripers as well as a Blue. They brought back 2 more Dorado which they will be taking home with them.

Clayton, Richard and Scott went out on a 31’ partner boat with Captain Francisco and Mate Oscar. They headed west to the Pacific and by Migri~no caught Tuna and Dorado. Clayton caught one of each as did Scott; Richard caught 2 Dorado and a Tuna. They caught the Dorado about a half a mile from the shore and the Tuna at about five miles from the shore. Using feather lures to catch all the fish, the Dorado came in at 15-25 pounds and the Tuna up to twenty pounds.

Sean, Robby and Parker from San Antonio, Texas went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian. Sean caught and released a hundred and thirty five pound Striped Marlin, Robby caught 2 Dorado and Parker caught a Dorado, all three weighing between twenty and thirty pounds. They fished the Pacific in an area called San Cristobal just fifteen miles out of Cabo and three miles from shore using feather lures.

Daren, Brady, Melvina and Joey went out for the second time this week, this time on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Americo. They fished San Jaime in the Pacific, fifteen miles from shore and caught a twenty pound Tuna as well as a fifteen pound Dorado. They’re going back out tomorrow; this group is serious about the fishing!

Ryan Donovan says “Wear that purple every Saturday people!”

Belated Fishing Report

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH

Kodi and Kurt shared our 32’ RumRunnin. They were both looking to fish but their ladies weren’t having it. Not wanting to battle the bills and fins alone, they requested our help to find a suitable fighting partner and we were able to set this up. The new friends headed to the Pacific side and with the help of Captain Javier and Mate Manuel, Kodi and Kurt caught 5 Dorado and caught and released a Marlin.

Gordon and Gordon, the father-son duo, went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Americo. After catching a ton of fish on Tuesday they went looking for a big one. Father and son spent two hours fighting a 150-200 pound Tuna before the line broke…bummer. They still had a great day on the water though and lots of fish to take home with them. So much, they couldn’t even fit it into their cooler and had to leave lots behind. Don’t worry guys, we have plenty of mouths we can feed over here.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH

Danny, Jay, Mike, Mike and Tom went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon for the second time this week. They fished our pacific waters and caught 3 Dorado using live bait and a ninety pound Sailfish, catch and release, also using live bait. They caught the Dorado offshore from Los Arcos and the Sail off of the Lighthouse, just five miles offshore.

Amy and her husband Michael from Gainesville, Virginia went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Americo. They fished right outside of Golden Gate, just three miles offshore where water temperature was between 84-85 degrees. Using live bait, the couple caught 5 Dorado and 1 Marlin which they released.

Luke and friends went out on one of our 33’ partner boats but they had to come back early because four out of the six anglers got sea sick as unfortunately, sometimes happens.

Peter and friend David went out on a 31’ partner boat with Captain Ulises. They fished by the lighthouse, just two miles offshore and caught 6 Dorado using live bait.

Linda, Ed, Judy and Jerry from Colorado and Maryland went out on a 28’ partner boat and caught 3 Dorado on the Pacific side. Linda called ahead of time to make sure the proper equipment would be on the boat, iced and ready for consumption upon their arrival: 12 pack of BudLight and a case of Corona.

Jake, Brian, Brent, Dusty, David and Al from Louisiana went out on our 28’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They fished Jimmy banks on the Pacific and landed a quadruple hookup! They were thirteen miles offshore and twenty miles from Cabo where water temperature was at 84 degrees. Using lures the guys caught 18 Tuna weighing up to thirty pounds and a thirty pound Dorado as well.

AND IN CASE YOU FORGOT TO WISH JOHN, AKA "EL JEFE", A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HE TURNED 21 (FINALLY) LAST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH. FELIZ CUMPLEA~NOS JEFE!!!!

More Tuna and Dorado

Paul and his son Mark and Walter and his son James went out today on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial. They went up the Pacific to Los Arcos where the water was at eighty five degrees. Only three miles offshore they caught 3 fifteen to twenty pound Tuna and a thirty pound Dorado.

Dave, Brian and David from California went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They caught a thirty pound Dorado with a feather lure at Golden Gate on the Pacific side just twelve miles offshore.

Enough Tuna to Last Through the Winter

Leslie Jordan and her new husband Jerome went out with daughter Shelby and her friend Jillian on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial. Leslie and Jerome wed this past Tuesday on famous and beautiful Pedregal beach and decided to celebrate their amor fishing with us today and doing a great job at it! They fished Golden Gate on the Pacific side just thirteen miles offshore where the water was at eighty five degrees. They caught 8 Tuna ranging from twenty to forty pounds and on their way back caught 3 Dorado weighing up to twenty pounds.

Tom, Greg and Steven from Minnesota made me laugh more than usual this morning and even as they arrived back after an eight hour fishing trip they managed to keep the humor running high. Great anglers that they are, they didn’t pout after coming back with just one Tuna. “That’s why it’s called fishing” said Greg. Lucky for them they’ll also be going out on Saturday and get another try at reeling in a big Tuna. One thing is for sure, they won’t let anything get in their way when it comes to having a good time.

AJ and his wife from California went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They went off to Golden Gate, about twelve miles offshore and caught 5 Tuna. Three of the Tuna were quite large and took us forever to vacuum seal. The three largest Tuna weighed 120lbs, 95lbs and 45 pounds. They’ll be taking their fish home with them tomorrow once it gets all frozen and will have enough Tuna meat to get them through the winter.

10 Dorado and 3 Marlin!!!

What a beautiful Sunday to spend time with the family out fishing in Cabo San Lucas. The temperature seemed to drop, if even just a degree to help these friends and families have a good time today. Troy and his young daughter Taryn, Mike and his teenage son Hayden who brought along friend Jacob, and Larry fished on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. Out on the Pacific Ocean where the water was at eighty one degrees this group used a combination of live bait and lured to catch 10 Dorado and 3 Marlin! They kept 9 of the Dorado, the largest weighing thirty five pounds. Despite the wind they hooked up to three Marlin (Taryn said she caught two of them!), two of them weighing a hundred pounds and the third close to a hundred and thirty pounds. These anglers were serious, arriving even before I was there to open the office doors and staying out all day. Their enthusiasm and effort sure paid off, great job!

Texas takes Cabo once again!

The Zengerle group from Cuero, Texas, CCA supporters and first timers to Cabo went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon. They headed out to the sea of Cortez where the water was a steaming eighty four degrees. They used lures to catch 5 Tuna. The lucky crew took almost half of it home and the Texans from Cuero will be enjoying the rest for dinner tonight.

Jeff, Jakob, Zack, Debra and husband from East Bernard, Texas went out again for the second time this week on our 28’ RumRunnin with Javier and Juan. They had a horrible day on the water they said, catching a 50 pound Dorado using a lure, 2 twenty five pound Tuna and catch and releasing a 7 foot Sailfish. All of this only 15 miles south of our famous Arch where the water was eighty five degrees.

Sending a big Happy Birthday, or Feliz Cumplea~nos to George, our head Captain at RedRum who has been fishing these waters for the past thirty years. Muchas gracias for all of your heard work George!

CCA Texas takes on Cabo

Jeff, his sons Jakob and Zack, plus the Keller’s from East Bernard, Texas went out on our 32’ RumRunnin. They found out about RedRum through their CCA chapter and decided to come down to Cabo and give sportfishing a try with us. It’s their first time in Cabo and everyone was really excited to be here when they arrived at the office this morning. At a spot we call “Cabeza de Ballena”, or Whale’s Head on the sea of Cortez, the boys caught a forty five pound Dorado using live bait.

Jeannine, Fred, Ryan, Matt and Erica, also from Texas and CCA supporters, went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex, Mate Ramon and special guest Ryan Donovan. They used live bait to catch a large Sailfish at point 95 on the sea of Cortez and were back in time for happy hour. When I asked Ryan if he had anything he wanted to add to the report he insisted I let his readers know about his striking good looks. Being the honest girl that I am, I must insist that ya’ll decide for yourselves. Lucky for Ryan, Brooke likes his personality.

A great day for all...except maybe the fish (hehe)

Pete, Dustin and his son Ryan went out on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They caught and released a ninety pound Marlin using live bait about 10 miles offshore of our lighthouse. They also fought two Sailfish and two other Marlin but they managed to get away. It was a good fight for young Ryan who got a chance to get into some of the action.

Gary, James, Brandon, Deborah, Sylvina and Jesse from Arizona went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Ramon and caught 16 Tuna that weighed in between fifteen and twenty pounds. They also fished offshore from the lighthouse about twenty five miles out and used lures in the eighty three degree water. Now imagine how hot it was outside of the water…They’ll be making ceviche out of some of the fish tonight and taking the rest home since the only catching in Arizona is for snakes and scorpions.

Patrick and Juanita went out on our 28’ ReelRum with Captain Omar and Mate Americo. They used live bait to catch a Sailfish ten miles offshore and unfortunately struggled and lost a Marlin.

Doug, Carla and Jason from Dallas, Texas went out on our 32’ RedBeam with Captain Marcial and Mate Fabian. They caught 8 Tuna weighing in between fifteen and twenty pounds. They used lures to catch their Tuna and were fifteen miles offshore form the lighthouse where all the action went down today. The kind Texans took a few fillets for dinner, gave half of their catch to the crew and will be picking up the rest of their catch, vacuum sealed and frozen by RedRum, on the way to the airport upon their departure.

Another great day with RedRum!!!!

Mucho Tuna y Marlin Grande

Teri and Jerry Silva, their two teenage sons Jon and Jerry and their friend Robert from California fished on our 32’ RumRunnin with Captain Javier and Mate Manuel. They had a great day on the water catching 9 Tuna and a hundred and thirty pound striped Marlin. They spent their time on the sea of Cortez where the water reached eighty five degrees nd used lures for the Tuna and live bait for the Marlin. They’ll be taking home lots of Tuna and are going to have their Marlin mounted.

Robert, Chad, Brandon, Jordan, Chase and George from Austin, Texas went out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Captain Alex and Mate Juan. They used lures to catch 3 twenty pound Tuna on the sea of Cortez and also seemed to catch quite a buzz with plenty of beer leftover. Fish and fun mix well at RedRum.

Some to mount, some to eat, plenty of it all with RedRum!

Cory and his wife Magen from Salt Lake City, Utah were back at the Marina by 10am proudly displaying a Marlin and a catch and release flag. Being from Utah their fishing experience comprised of mostly Trout so they were thrilled to catch their first Marlin in Cabo. They fished with Marcial and Fabian on our 32’ RedBeam about four miles from the Marina on the sea of Cortez and caught their striper using live bait.

Danny and his son Josh from North Carolina went out for the fourth time this week, talk about some serious fishermen. They stayed inshore today on our 28’ ReelRum and caught 3 Red Snapper and 15 Triggerfish with the help of captain Omar and mate Americo. They used live bait to catch their dinner just off of the lighthouse on the Pacific side. It was their first time in Cabo and they said that they’ll definitely be back.

Out for the third time this week, our friends from Louisiana, Ed and Rob caught and released 2 Marlin and brought back 2 Dorado, all before noon. The first Marlin weighed 180 pounds and the second came in at 140 pounds. The Dorado’s were nice sized as well measuring 59” and 47”.

Robert from Fort Worth, Texas was the first one to arrive this morning and the last angler back. He’s been fishing in Cancun before but it was his first time in Cabo and he was after a Marlin. We set him up with Captain Javier and mate Manuel on our 32’ RumRunnin and Rob did not come back disappointed. They ventured over to point 95 on the sea of Cortez where they picked up a Hammerhead shark with our kite that ended up breaking the line. Then using live bait, Rob reeled in his Marlin and a Dorado as well. Nicely done!

Kite fishing (pics from May 28th fish report)

Marlin Hunting and Kite Fishing on our 33' El Nuevo with Alex and Ramon.

On May 28th Tammy caught and released a Marlin and a Dorado using our kite. Toby caught and released a Marlin as well.

Support/Spectators included: Chas (Tammy's husband), Larry (life of the party), John Donovan, aka "El Jefe".

A Good Friday

Joining us today from Surfside, California was Tish, Greg and their charming nine year-old Elizabeth. The serious anglers that they are, Tish stopped by the other day inquiring about the conditions out on the water. She was understandably hesitant given the wind and the full moon and didn’t want to go home empty-handed. Luckily they came to RedRum. We paired them up with Omar and Americo on our 28’ ReelRum and they came back bragging about the Marlin they caught, and released, young Elizabeth would add. A true conservationist even at nine years!

Out on our 33’ El Nuevo with Alex and Ramon was Denis, Alison and Harvey from Canada. Not wanting to be left in the dust by a nine year-old they caught a Marlin as well and just about brought back some Dorado for dinner; next time guys!

A wise man once said, “A bad day fishing still beats a good day working” and we’re all pretty confident that the folks on our 54’ Utopia had a great time though no bites. Luckily they had plenty of beer and friends to enjoy their fishing trip turned whale watching excursion.

Hasta ma~nana anglers!

Diana
Team RedRum

Yesterday's Fish Report (Thursday)

Sorry to everyone that checked in yesterday for our fishing report. We experienced some technical dificulties but not to worry, its all in the past and today we're making up for it with two reports, hooray!

Thursday April 9th, 2009 Fishing Report

Our first charter back today was our 28’ ReelRum led by Captain Omar and his mate Americo. Our champion crew from the 2008 Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot Tournament led our old friend Tom Plummer and new friend Tom Catlin over to the lighthouse for some inshore fishing. Tired of catching the beautiful Marlin Tom P. doesn’t care much for in a taco, they decided to focus on Sierra and Rooster fish. Both found themselves in Cabo this season without a partner to fish with so we added them to our shareboard and voila, a new friendship was forged. The partnership resulted in a successful catch of 27 Sierra and 1 Roosterfish.

Next back was our 32’ RumRunnin led by captain Javier and his mate Manuel. Also deciding to fish inshore were the Stritzke’s from Idaho. Water temperatures were between 72-73 degrees in the sea of Cortez, perfect environment for the 17 Sierra they caught.

And last but not least were Captain Alex and his mate Ramon on our 33’ El Nuevo, coming back with 3 Dorado’s for the Grenier party from Oregon and California.

6 MARLIN

Some took a look at the weather this morning and decided to stay in bed to sleep off the hangover; but the cold chill didn’t scare off our group from Ontario. The result? SIX MARLIN! Omar and Americo took the guys out an hour and a half from shore and led them right to the spot. Within ten minutes, two Marlin were hooked and that’s how it went the rest of the day. Poor guys barely got a chance to get to the beers. No worries, they’ll have plenty of time to celebrate their catch (and release) at their all-inclusive resort.

Detailed count:
Peter – 1 black and 1 striped
Rick – 2 striped
Red – 1 striped
Billy – the winner of the day, a 160 pound striped Marlin

Highlight (um, besides the Marlin): Captain Omar’s incredible ability to throw a mackerel right into the mouth of the Marlin. Had to be RedRum…

Enjoy the weekend!
Diana
Team RedRum