Cabo San Lucas Fishing

  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 moreexactly 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.

  This will sound fake, but it’s true. We booked a full day on Runnin with RedRum Sportsfishing. Myself and another couple were celebrating my wife’s 40th Bday.

After... read moreloading the boat with Mahi and Makerel, Capt. Juan asked if we wanted to hunt for Marlin. We were ready. My wife caught a 99” 130 lbs Striped Marlin on her 40th Bday!!!!! Words cannot describe how impressed everyone was with 1st-Mate Jesus & Capt. Juan.

So impressed, my buddy told me that he checked with Capt. Juan and they had a cancellation two days later. He said, “I don’t know what you’re doing on Sat, but I’m coming back to this boat!”

We did go back on that boat! My buddy hooked a 99” 130 lbs Striped Marlin! 3 minutes after he he sat in the chair, Juan hooked another off the bow, and Jesus was putting a belt on me! WE GOT A DOUBLE!!!! Mine was 101” 150 lbs. Jesus coached me through the whole thing!

This was literally 2 of the greatest days of our lives. We actually got emotional when we hugged Juan and Jesus goodbye!!! Those two dudes are at the TOP OF THEIR GAME.. and certified BAMFs!!!!!! We will be coming back with more friends!!!

  Toby was such a huge help. We hooked a decent dorado and wanted to bring it home. He vacuum sealed and deep froze the fish for us and held onto... read moreit until the day we left. Super friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend!

  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 moreJesus). 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.

  We hired Redrum for a full day of fishing the Monday before the recent storm. We set off early, eventually catching 9 mahi-mahi before 11:00 a.m. we then... read morewent out further, but got no bites on bigger fish. Regardless, Juan and Jesus were excellent and we had a great experience.

  4 of us booked a full day trip in mid-November. Had a great trip. Great crew and equipment. We caught some nice Dorado (Mahi-Mahi) and a Striped Marlin approx. 7'... read morelong and 100 lbs. (just an estimate as we were in hurry to release it unharmed).
Red Rum made arrangements for us to have a fabulous dinner prepared at a nearby restaurant from one of the Dorado.
We will be back!