Since my last report, it’s been all about the Yellowfin here in Cabo San Lucas. That is if you can keep the Dorado off the Lures!
Finishing up the tournament season was the Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot. 107 teams this year made for some serious prize money and as always, the “fish hard, party harder” moniker was truly tested. With 11 teams fishing under the RedRum Sportfishing banner we had more than 10% of the teams in the tournament on our side. With nearly 30 Yellowfin over 100 lbs weighed in, this was one of the most successful hauls for tournament entrants that we have seen in years. As many of you readers know, Tuna can be around one day and gone the next. You can get into 15lb footballs or 100lb cows, you just never know. This years event was certainly unique in that every angler knew they needed something north of 100 and closer to 200 to get in the money. The eventual overall winner weighed in at 213lbs, and took home $36,720. Not bad for an $800 entry fee. The big winner was southern California’s own Brett Eller and his guys on True VII. Their 206lb Yellowfin took second place overall and more importantly all the jackpots on day 2 for a $158,520 pay day. With so many big fish hitting the scales it seemed like the amount of “the one that got away” stories rose exponentially as well. If I had a Nickel for everyone that lost a 250lber, we might have made our entry fee money back. Overall the RedRum teams did great highlighted by Randy Matz’s HillBilly Yacht Club team fishing aboard La Nueva RedRum for the 4th year in a row. They topped the leader board on day 2 for a short while, then slipped to 2nd, then 3rd and finally landed just out of the money. That being said, as you can see in the picture, their 172lber and 150lber were both beautiful Tuna! Congrats and thank you to all our teams this year.
After the tournaments were said and done, we could finally relax a little and get back to fishing for the bread and butter clientele that make up our wonderful family of anglers; the guys and gals that come down and want a great experience, a shot at catching some fish, and a bang for their buck. We’ve been slamming the Dorado, with nearly all the boats the last few weeks getting their limits early. Quite a few Blue Marlin haved moved in recently, with several RedRum boats releasing 200-300lb fish up the Pacific coast near Poza Cota. The Wahoo bite is also pretty good, with one of local boats catching 11 in 3 days. All the ‘hoos have been in the 30-40lb range, but we all know they eat nice at any size.
Outside weather temps have just dropped enough in the last week or so that a sweatshirt is needed in the mornings (at least for this Gringo that has been down south a while.) With that in mind, we should have at least two more months of warm sea surface temps and wonderful action on the Tuna, Wahoo, Dorado, and Marlin front.
Give us a shout at 760-481-7667 or shoot us an email at info@redrumcabo.com, we actually still have plenty of dates from now until New Years. While it isn’t often published December fishing in Cabo can be epic.
Best regards,
Ryan Donovan
Team RedRum
www.redrumcabo.com