September 30th Fish Report

Marlin Playground

Today was one of those days that Golden Gate is just filled with Stripe Marlin. Bait balls were boiling up all over the place as boats were running and gunning to get them hooked.

It's not hard to believe, Cesar and Tantrum lead the fleet with 4 Catch and Release Marlin as well as a few Dorado. He headed out with Cary and Jaime Parsons, this was their 2nd day fishing and had a blast with Cesar. So much that they decided they were going to fish again with him tomorrow! Just Cesar being Cesar!

Omar and Jesus had an excellent time with the Hooks party. The 3 ladies each got to catch and release a Stripe Marlin. The biggest one, probably the biggest one of the fleet was an estimated near 200 pounds! Luckily they were also able to catch some nice Dorado for a quick lunch at Soloman's Landing. Cheers!

Matt and Julie Crowl had an awesome time with Javier on Rum Runnin. They were able to land 3 Stripe Marlin. One was a single that Julie landed and the next 2 were brought up during a double hook-up! Of course Javier was able to get them into some Dorado. Matt was going to take it back to the hotel to get some "fresh California Rolls" made from his catch! Sounds good!

John Rolfes and his group headed out with Alex on El Nuevo and had a blast. Juan a.k.a "Slim" was able to hook into 3 Marlin which they were able to bring up to the boat for a quick photo session and back into the water for the relase. They will be enjoying fresh Dorado for dinner as they were able to bring in 6 nice Bulls to the boat.

Our good buddy from the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dave Pirie spent his last day on the water with us. He has fished with us for the last 4 days and was all set on catching Billfish. I must admit fishing 4 days can tire anyone down here, that's not including the nightlife!! Today they spent the better part of the morning chasing a school of Popoise around and catching Yellowfin Tuna. They were able to reel in about 6 nice ones, smallest being about 35 pounds and the biggest Dave estimated was about 45-50 pounds. By the looks of the steaks they are going to be enjoying Yellowfin for quite some time! Daves daughter caught her first yellowfin and was somehow convinced that she had to eat the heart of the fish since it was her first one! She did it! I'm sure Marshall (the captain) and her dad Dave had something to do with that. Great seeing you guys again and best of luck to you!

September 26th Fish Report

Friday Fishing Frenzy!

1/2 days seem to be productive today as two of the four charters we sent out today were half-day trips. Rum Runnin had one with my buddy Chris Steidinger from Misiones de Kino. He and his wife headed out and landed a few Dorado and were also able to catch a Stripe Marlin during there 5 hours with Ramon and Americo.

Ken and Adrianna Schaufelberger headed out with Cesar on Tantrum for their half-day. Although they really wanted to catch Tuna, Cesar explained to them that the Tuna are a little out of range for a half-day charter. Running about 15-25 miles out, a half-day charter will not give you enough time. They were still able to catch plent of Dorado to pack in our freezer to take back to Neenah, WI. with them!

Our buddy from TX, Chad Foster fished on Reel Rum today with Jesus and Mickey. They hooked into pleanty of Dorado during their trip and had a blast. They will be enjoying their fish tonight at Misiones de Kino restaurant. Maybe a cocktail or two?

Brandon Hoey and his group finally got to Cabo after having to wait for what seemed like an eternity for these guys. I have not seen a group be more excited to be on vacation and fishing down here. The gang had a killer day on their first run with El Nuevo. Alex put them on 4 Yellowfin Tuna, 6 Dorado and a Stripe Marlin catch and release. Not bad for day 1 of 3! Let's see if they can out do themselves the next couple of days. They let Alex know that the "bar has been set"! He didn't quite know what that meant but smiled and said "yes sir" anyways!

Jason Jacobs headed out with his buddies on Red Beam. The group will be fishing a second day but decided to get 5 out on the Beam to see how much table fish they can get. They loaded up on plenty of Dorado! On Sunday they will be heading out on 2 boats, ReelRum and Tantum. The're going to be looking for Billfish so we will see what happens.

TGIF!!!

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

GO FROGS!!!!

Saludos,

Luis

Cota and Briseno Fishing Trip 2008

Victor Cota and family came along with the Jesse Briseno and his family for one heck of a fishing trip. This is the email I recieved earlier today from Jesse along with some good photos!

Enjoy...

"Wow, what an experience with Redrum and its crew. We (Cota & Briseno) family spent three days fishing and had an amazing time. The first day out Victor was a little sick but still managed to bring in his first dorado. My son (Chris) and I (Jess Jr) managed to land 23 dorado. Yes, 23 dorado in one day. Even Manual and Cesar got into the action, landing the biggest dorado of the day.
The second day Vicotor Sr. was able to land many dorado including a marlin; that truely made his day. Chris also landed many dorado and even landed a 200lb marlin. Awesome, Awesome experience. On the third day we strictly set out to catch some marlin. My Dad (Jess Sr.) landed numerous amount of dorado including a sailfish. In the three days fishing with redrum we probably cought a total of thirty-five dorado, 2 marlin, 1 sailfish. We could not have asked for a better experience. Thanks, to all of the redrum rum crew. You guys were all great."

September 24th Fish Report

Reel Rum headed out for a half-day of fishing with Mr. Denotter and his buddies. Today Americo and Ramon took reins of the boat and they brought some luck with them. In 4 hours the group of 4 was able to bring four 40+ pound Yellowfin Tuna to the boat as well as 6 Dorado! They were back to the Marina by a 1/4 past 11:00 am! Don't you wish every day was like that?? I know it would make our job a little easier!

CCA member of the Lousianna chapter, Mr. Larry Bloomquist and his group fished again with Alex on El Nuevo. Slim was on it today as the group really wanted a couple of Marlin. Slim was able to hook the group into two nice size Stripe Marlin, both brought to the boat and released. Of course, a couple of Dorado were caught along the way during the troll from The Old Lighthouse to Golden Gate where they spotted the Marlin.

Our good buddy Joe T. is fishing with his good buddy Capt. Alex tomorrow on Nuevo, the 2 have been fishing Nuevo ever since Alex came to Redrum nearly 2 years ago. Keep you guys posted..

Saludos,

Luis

September 23rd Fish Report

Kevin and Amanda Kosik had a good day fishing with Cesar. He wasn't able to put them on any Marlin like we expected but that's fishing. The Marlin were phinicky today, only one was caught and it was caught by Slim on El Nuevo. The Kosiks spent the day reeling in Dorado. That's nothing to complain about!

Not only did Slim, the mate on El Nuevo put the Bloomquist party on a nice Stripe Marlin he also hooked them into a YellowFin Footy Tuna and 4 Dorado. They will be heading out one more day with Alex and Slim, hoping for.. of course, more Marlin!

Javier a.k.a El Chivo (Goat) fished with our buddy Keith Spencer from California. Rum Runnin spent the day on the prowl for Marlin but to no avail. They still had a great time catching Dorado, seems to be the norm! But hey, no one's crying!!

I can feel the town starting to prepare itself for the Tourney season starting next month! Pretty exciting!

Saludos!

September 22nd Fish Report

While most of the boats in the fleet stayed back today to get a little TLC from the crew, Rum Runnin was out doing what she does best!

Javier took care of business as usual representing the only Redrum boat out on the water today! He and Mickey did a great job with Kevin Kosik and his wife. At the end of the day the tallied 3 Catch and release Stripe Marlin. The biggest of the day was slightly over 105" and weighed nearly 200 pounds according to Mickey, it was caught by Mrs. Kosik (not that it matters, right Kevin)!!! They were also able to catch a couple (4 ) nice Dorado for the freezer.

The couple heads out tomorrow with Cesar on Tantrum. With the Marlin bite picking up again Im sure Cesar can pull something out of his sleeves. He always does!

'Til Tomorrow.

Luis

September 19th Fish Report- Different Day, Same Results

Ryan, Brooke and I met Steve Boeckman at Misiones de Kino, a great local restaurant back in Febuary. We had just got done with a long day of fishing and had plenty of food to share. We sent a plate of fresh ceviche to his table. He had just gotten engaged and he and his fiance were celebrating with a good meal. After some small talk about the fish we sent over we brought out the tequila and the good times rolled after that. We have been in contact with Steve and tomorrow he gets married!!

Today we sent him and his buddies out to of course have a good time but more importantly to catch enought fish for a 40+ person dinner at Misiones tonight! I am happy to say that they did both! Steves group on his boat caught 11 Dorado while the other boat fishing wtih Javier on Rum Runnin caught plenty of Dorado as well as a nice Tuna and a Squid for some calamari appetizer! We are glad everything worked out and wish you 2 the best of luck!

Victor Cota and his friends headed out on El Nuevo today. Cabo night life may have gotten the best of them last night! They had some pretty interesting stories this morning when they showed up to the Redrum office. They cut their day a little short but were still able to catch plenty of Dorado! Victor and the gang have a couple of more days fishing with us, we'll keep you posted on their success!

Larry Schwarz and his sons fished on Reel Rum today and had a great time. Each of the guys were able to catch at least 5 Dorado. The larger ones were kept and Jesus was able to release the ones that looked like they still needed some time to grow! Great job guys and thanks for the releases.

TGIF!! Have a good weekend everyone!