Late November Recap

Sorry about the delay folks. With all the fish being caught lately I've been too busy with our vacuum sealer getting everyones catch frozen!! That's a good thing!

So here it goes..

November is shaping up well with the Marlin bite still being the best we have seen it all year. I was able to spend a few days out on the water myself with Ryan and his cousin Josh. We saw more Marlin than you could imagine and we were able to hook into quite a few tiring Josh out! I had never seen Golden Gate more lively than it was these days last week and the weeks prior.

Most fish are being caught by chasing a school of live bait or catching up to the birds. The birds are almost a sure sign that there are Marlin, Tuna, or bait under them. This style, known as "run and gun", can make it pretty interesting for clients who have never experienced this type of fishing before. With this technique our anglers get to see the kind of chemistry our captains and mate share. For example, for the folks like the Fitch party, the Garcia group or Roger Jump and his friend they got to see how Javier and Manuel can work all day without really having to shout at eachother. "They seem to be on the same exact page all the time", Jay Fitch told me after his day out with the crew. Cesar and Raymond on Tantrum are a little more lively in the way they catch their fish. Just ask Kandee Baird, Mike Matthews, the Narrods, and Joey Minieville who caught heaps of Marlin while running around Golden Gate.

Whatever your method may be you could almost be guranteed to come down here and hook into some Stripe Marlin. If Marlin is not your fortay and you want to head out for Dorado.

There has been plenty of Dorado near by, up towards the Lighthouse all the way to Golden Gate. Yesterdays performance by Javier proved this to be true. Jim Montagna and his friends were very interested in catching some Dorado for a large dinner. They also thought it would be fun for the 3 of them to "at least catch a Marlin a piece" like Jim told me in the morning. Sure as heck, Javier picked up quite a few Dorado on the way up to Golden Gate on the troll. Once they arrived to Golden Gate Manuel went to work and hooked them into 1, 2, and 3 Stripe Marlin.

How about Tuna?? Kandee Baird and Mike Matthews are long time Redrum anglers. They love to head out with Cesar as they have grown a friendship over the years. Yesterday I had them on Reel Rum as Cesar was occupied. Although they weren't very happy with this they agreed to it and the fish gods took care of the rest! Because they were understanding of the whole situation Reel Rum was the first boat to land on a school of Porpoise that had plenty of Tuna under them. After all was said and done they landed 11 Yellowfin Tuna all over 30 pounds! Mike had to leave some meat behind as he had filled his cooler to the brim! Great job guys!

Back to Cesar on Tantrum. Joey Minieville from Lousiana came down to do some "Marlin Fishing". "That is all I want, the more the better, I am going to release each one of them but Marlin Marlin Marlin" he told me. I knew he came to the right place and especially on the right boat. Cesar headed out with Joey yesterday and they caught and released 8 Stripe Marlin. Mr. Minieville could not believe his day and was extremely happy with the outcome. Cesar just radioed me a little while ago and said that his clients were comming back and were very disappointed. He told me I should get ready for an a** chewing when they returned. When I began to ask him why he began to laugh with Joey in the back ground saying "'cause we only caught and released 16 Marlin" in his LA. accent! Needless to say I hung up on them. Cesar is always a good time!

With Omar on Reel Rum and Alex out on El Nuevo I will have a full report later this afternoon but some people like Jorge Flores just can't wait for of our boats to get back before a report! HAHA enjoy my friends!!

Adios,

Luis
Team Redrum