Sorry for the lapse folks....

Nick, our office manager extroidonaire, is back at home in Mexico City, accepting his diploma. We are super happy for Nick and want to send a big congratulations from everyone here at RedRum to recognize this accomplishment.

That being said, hurry back, fishing is picking up and the boats are booked.

Fishing has stayed strong the last few days and I will try to bundle a few days into one post just to save a few minutes. Roosters and Jack Crevalles, of awesome size, are still all over the inshore waters and folks are getting some great fish doing a little inshore in the morning. Offshore (which is only a few miles right now) has been busy with Wahoo and Marlin. Had a boat do a half-day today and they were back by 11:30am with 3 Roosters, a Jack Crevalle and a Marlin. Killer half-day!!!!

Let's head back to Friday and start there.

Michael and Jamie Kelly, the New Jersey brothers who fished with us 5 times over the last week had their 5th and final outing on Friday and they finished with a Marlin, just like they wanted to. We had talked about chasing Tuna, but the allure of the Marlin was too much to pass up. Michael and Jamie always fish the east coast and they don't see as many Marlin so it was nice to see them get one last Striper before they headed home. This duo has fished with us for several years now and it is nice to see the same brothers coming down here and spending this time together. We appreciate you guys supporting RedRum and look forward to seeing you next year. Good luck with the Bluefins this summer and fall guys!

Friday, we also had the 3rd and final charter for Nick Rauber and his group who were in from Louisiana. After 8 Yellowfin on day one and 8 Roosters on day two, I thought the guys were going to come back with 8 Marlin flags flying. They certainly saw 8 Marlin in the short time they spent on the water, but after having a hard time getting the fish to bite, the guys decided to leave well enough alone and they headed in after only 2.5 hours on the water. Hope to see all you guys back down here next year.

Ryan Schmidt, Jason Rosell and Kurt Ceballas joined the boys on TantRum on Friday and they had a bit better luck getting the Marlin to bite. (Say that 5 times fast.) The guys put the time in on the water and finally got one to bite, catching and releasing a nice 8.5' Marlin.

Saturday we had an awesome weather day, with a slight breeze on the Pacific in the afternoon.
Atwell Goins along with his wife Lesa, and their friends Bobby and Suzanne Rolston came to visit us from Corsicana, Texas. They are good friends with Clint, Kenneth and Barbarra Arthur from Concan, and the Arthurs were nice enough to pass our name along. Well Atwell and his crew had a wonderful day out on the water and soon enough will have an awesome mount to show for it. The fish weren't biting offshore in the morning so they went inshore and the guys got them hooked up with 3 Roosters and a Jack Crevalle. After messing around inshore they decided to see if they could find a hungry Marlin and went back offshore and were lucky enough to find a beautiful 8'6'' Striped Marlin. This was Lesa's first Marlin so she decided to commemorate the event with a trophy! Congrats to Lesa, what a great accomplishment.

Saturday we also had the first of two charters for Eddie and Bonnie Rafanan. This was the first time that Eddie and Bonnie fished with us and they are scheduled for two days with Juan and Ramon on TantRum. They couldn't get anything to bite offshore so they headed in and landed 3 Spanish Mackeral and Roosterfish. Nice little inshore day and better than a skunk flag flying.

On Sunday we had Ryan and Richard Reid along with buddies Scot Nelson and Brad Gray. The guys headed out with Javier and Americo in search of some Roosters and maybe a Marlin or Wahoo in the afternoon. They got into the Roosters early but had a hard time hooking up, they did catch and release 1 nice Rooster, but several got away. Once they headed offshore, they saw tons of Marlin, but none were hungry. To salvage the day and dinner plans, they did hook and land a nice Yellowfin to provide tacos for a few days.

On Monday, Dale and Julia Vith joined the guys on ReelRum for a half-day charter. They did a few hours inshore and few hours offshore and came back before noon after releasing several nice Roosterfish.

John and Janice Oexeman along with Dan and Diane Perkins also fished a half-day today with Omar and Americo on Rum Runnin. These guys were back by 11:30am because someone wasn't feeling 100%. That being said, they still managed to bring in 3 Roosters, 1 Jack Crevalle, and a Marlin. That is an awesome half-day!

Craig and Barbara Eirich fished today aboard El Nuevo RedRum and Alex and Manuel headed offshore and while the Marlin weren't biting early, they found the Tuna. Alex was about 12 miles off the point here in Cabo when he found a nice little school of Yellowfin. They were able to stay with the school for an hour or so and they brought in 8 nice Yellowfin Tuna.

Finally, our new Amigos, Eddie and Bonnie Rafanan were back at it today with Juan and Ramon on TantRum and they had an awesome day. They headed offshore to try to get on the Marlin bite and Juan and Ramon had them dialed in. Eddie and Bonnie each brought in the first Marlin of their lives today! They spent a total of almost 2 hours fighting some really nice sized Stripers. Congrats to you guys and hopefully we see you again before too long.

-Ryan