We are excited to say that Redrum Sport Fishing boated their first ever Swordfish yesterday on what better boat than the one that has been in the fleet since the beginning... REEL RUM!!!!
Mike Fritchie and Brent Bottinger from Georgetown, TX headed out with ReelRum in search for Tuna. Omar spotted a school of Porpoise about a mile in size! Sure enough all 4 rods went off at once, tuna, tuna, tuna, for about half an hour. All of a sudden Jesus spotted what he thought was a Marlin feeding behind the school of Tuna. Omar whipped the boat around to give Jesus the best position to cast the live bait.
The first pitch was unsuccesful and the boys thought they may have blown their chance at the so called Marlin. Until Jesus spotted the fish again, this time a little closer and yelled to Omar "Pez Espada" which means Swordfish. He pitched the bait again and BAM the Swordfish slammed on the bait and took off almost taking the rod, reel, and Jesus with him.
Omar backed the boat down and Jesus made sure the fish was securely hooked before handing the pole over to Brent. Being that this was Mr. Bottinger's first time ever deepsea fishing he had no idea what to expect. The only thing he had caught prior to this trip was a piece of drift wood while fishing with his buddies for Striper Bass (sorry Brent, had to say it!!).
Brent got the fish to the boat 3 or 4 times and each time the fish would take off again full of energy and strnght. Straight down for 100's of yards and than out. Omar said he ran the boat in circles, backing down and positioning ReelRum as well as he could. About 2 hours into the fight the boys thought the had a chance to gaff the fish, as Jesus went for the gaff he noticed the fish was still very tense and did not want to mess up their chances of landing this fish. He let the liter loose and the fish took off again - straight down! One hour later they got the fish to liter, and were finally able to gaff the Swordfish. "Brent was so exhausted I thought he was going to faint" Mike told me later.
After it was all said and done, the Swordfish weighed a monster 260 lbs and measure 116" long. We are very proud of Omar and Jesus and of course Brent and Mike for doing such a great job with the fish. We are happy to share this accomplishment with them and can't wait to see pictures of that very special mount!
Brent, I know your son has got to be the proudest boy in the world! CONGRATS!
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