What to Expect
FAQ
We are located on the Cabo Marina at Marina Cabo Plaza, in front of our boats on the A dock.
If you are taking a taxi, you can tell them to drop you off past the Marina Fiesta Hotel, there is a drop off and an entrance onto the Marina walkway. Turn the corner right after Dock A and you will see our shop lit up with a “Mar Vida” and “The Porch” sign out front.
If you are driving a car, the easiest place to park is the Puerto Paraiso shopping mall. For about $2.00 – $3.00 you can park there all day.
We ask that you come to the office between 6:15-6:30AM, our office opens at 6:00AM. At that time we’ll take care of your balance, get you your fishing licenses and introduce you to the crew. Your boat will be ready to go at 6:30AM.
Half Day
A Half Day charter is 5 hours.
The charter leaves at 6:30 am and returns at 11:30 am
Full Day
A Full day charter is 8 hours.
The Charter leaves at 6:30 am and returns at 2:30 pm
We do offer extended day trips
Mexican law requires a valid Mexican fishing license for every person on the boat.
We provide fishing licenses in our office, daily Licenses are $25 per person, weekly licenses are $35 per person..
As of November 1st 2025 fishing licenses now require passport number and ZIP code per FONMAR regulation.
If you want your licenses ready before you show up to the office, send us an email with the full names of all anglers to info@redrumcabo.com and we’ll take care of it.
Kids 12 and under do not need licenses.
Bait is included with every charter.
Every boat is equipped with custom rods and high quality reels.
All charters include:
- Breakfast burritos and coffee at check in
- Water, soda, beer and cooler filled with ice
- Turkey sandwich, chips, granola bars, cookies and fruit
Bring comfortable shoes and clothing, sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses and a good attitude!
Your balance can be paid with cash (USD/MX) or debit card and credit card(Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover) on the morning of your charter. Credit cards are processed in MX pesos at the current bank exchange rate.
If you need to make a cancellation, well, that’s a bummer. Please send an email to info@redrumcabo.com and we’ll get it taken care of.
100% refund of your deposit if we are notified of cancellation 14 days or more before your scheduled charter date(s).
50% refund of your deposit if we are notified of cancellation 8-13 days before your scheduled charter date(s).
0% refund of your deposit if we are notified of cancellation 7 days or less before your scheduled charter date(s), or if we are not notified at all.
All tournament deposits are non-refundable and will be charged in full.
Depending on the conditions, or what you’re looking to target, we have a few different spots where we go to fish.
Take a look at our usual fishing grounds below:

If you caught some fish and you would like to bring it with you, no problemo!
The boat crew will take it (and you) to the Marina Fillet Station. The cost is between $3-$5 USD a fish. You can take the fish with you and bring it to the restaurant of your choice or cook it up yourself.
If you want to bring the fish back to the States, you bring the fish back to our office and we vacuum seal and freeze it at no additional cost. To bring the fish on the airplane, it has to be fully frozen and in an airline approved box or a cooler.
A good starting point for a Fishing Charter is 10%, however in many cases, with multiple fish caught, the average effort is higher and deserving of more.
There is always something to catch here in Cabo, it just depends on what you’re looking for.
Take a look at our Fishing Calendar below to see what is in season throughout the year.

We do not have a program to match anglers that are looking to share a boat. If you would like to find someone to split the cost, our recommendation would be to ask around where you are staying.
Yes, we recommend booking a half day. You will depart when you get here, usually around 8:30 am. You will be back at the marina at around 1:30 pm. You can come back earlier depending on the time you have to be back.
If you would like to talk to a member of Team Mar Vida, we would be happy to answer any questions you have. You can reach us from the US at 760-481-7667 or while in Cabo San Lucas at our local number 624-172-0085. You can also send us an email to info@redrumcabo.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Reviews
- S435TYmikes
Just back from second trip fishing with RedRum since July, and we had an excellent experience in all aspects. Great boats, crew, equipment, beverages and lunch. Newish owner... read more Toby (+/- 2 years) has ramped up the experience.
All 8 were CCA folks on 2 boats, and regulars with RedRum. Total catch was 35 Dorado, 13 striped Marlin, 14 yellowfin tuna, and one really nice sailfish.
I have personally fished with RedRum 8 or 9 times since 2014, and recommended RedRum to at least 4 groups that have all had an equally great experience.
14 de November de 2022sgthulka87
Excellent day, everything first class, no detail too small! Hot coffee and breakfast burrito upon arrival. Awesome crew: Juan, Chuy, and Rene were terrific! Hooked 4 marlin, landed 2 large... read more ones. Helluva fight from both! Lunch on board + plenty of water & beer. Good stories from and conversation with the crew. Highly recommend RedRum!!
19 de January de 2023
Best 4th of July ever! - A memorable day out in the water with family and the best crew in Cabo. Took a full day charter with Captain Erik and crew mates Jesus and Chuy (also... read more Jesus). These guys worked their asses off! Constantly communicating with the fleet and changing bait to ensure we got on fish and did we. We had a ton of bites and eventually brought in 5 Marlin to the deck. Saw a ton of sea life from dolphins to sharks. A memorable experience shared with family (3 generations). This one is up there and I’ll definitely be back.
A deserved shout out to Nicole (booking coordinator) - An absolute gem of a person. On top of the reservation as soon as I booked it and always responsive. I left my prescription glasses on the boat and didn’t notice until coming down off the high of the day. Nicole worked with me and was kind enough to do the leg work to deliver it to my resort. I’m extremely grateful for that extra attention to detail.
I can confidently say my experience with REDRUM will be one of many more to come. Thank you for a wonderful experience.
RickRVacay
7 de July de 2024 - Spiritof H
Cabo is 'the billfish capital of the world' and there is NO shortage of choices of folks hawking their skills to take you offshore to hook a few. This is... read more exactly the reason that you go with a trusted and reliable captain and company.
The RedRum group was highly recommended by a family friend and he could not have been more spot on.
Toby, one of the owners, is a joy to work with and he put us in the extremely capable hands of Captain Juan and 1st Mate Jesus on the Rumrunner.
The word in town was 'the bite had been slow' over the past few days, so we were privately concerned that our day would be something of a bust.
We were very wrong.
Capt. Juan knew right where to go and Jesus had all elements in place so we were trolling the moment the engines slowed.
When our first stop was not producing, lines came in and we were gunning to the next location, this time with dolphin escorting us off our bow for much of the way.
Lines hit the Rumrunner's wake a mile or more from where a dozen or more other craft were clustered up together. I admit that I was wondering to myself 'Why the hell aren't we over there'? Well, I will never know if any of those boats were successful, but Juan had a beautiful striped Martin on the line within 5 minutes. This fellow gave me a brilliant battle, complete with long runs and stunning aerials, for 45 tiring minutes. Adding to the scene, a pod of humpback whales frolicked a hundred or so yards off our starboard cheering one of us on. One of these behemoths seemed to take on the role of cheerleader as they rolled to the side several times and waved his massive pectoral fin in the air a dozen or more times.
The guys hoisted the tired marlin over the gunnel with care ... my first marlin and close to 9 feet .. a few pictures and she was back in the sea in under 4 minutes.
My wife was next in the chair less than 30 minutes later, fighting her own fish. Before Jesus could even pull in the remaining lines, 2 more marlin were on. I took one rod with a rod belt, while the circle hook rig allowed us to let the third fish to drop off on his own accord.
The skill and wisdom of the crew directed both of us in landing both our fish without tangling lines.
By the time I landed my third of the day, this one pushing well past 10', we were exhausted and blissfully happy.
In short, an amazing day with the finest crew thanks to an outstanding company that has been doing this for 30 years
I cannot recommend RedRum fishing charters highly enough.
8 de February de 2022293clayd
What a great time we had. Took my 2 boys and one of their friends on the half day fishing trip yesterday. What a great trip. The captain and crew... read more were great to work with.
3 de September de 2021kd_cturner
Tiffany went over and beyond to assist in the planning of our week long stay. From scheduling our request to fish with Alex to personally packing our fish for travel.
... read more /> We have had 6 other trips with Redrum and she has always been a familiar, loud, joyful, welcoming presence.
Alex and Omar are absolutely a joy to spend the day with. Everyone on the boat reeled in a Marlin and Dorado and they took time to make sure we got photos. Thank you to the staff for treating us like your only guest.
25 de November de 2021