Captain Rick's Sportfishing - Captain's Report

November 2011 - I think we are done with hurricane season for this year.

Last week we had a scare with Rina. That hurricane went from a category 3 to a tropical storm in six hours. Good for practice with hurricane preparedness. But we did get lucky. We were only without electric for about twelve hours and no real damage.

This has been a good fall season. Check out the pictures of the brown groupers caught on the Reel Screamer. We catch groupers when drift/bottom fishing. They like to hide in holes in the reef.

Wahoo have also been around in big numbers and the Manetto has been the leader of the pack in getting them.

Wahoo have also been around in big numbers and the Manetto has been the leader of the pack in getting them.

April 2011 - The Bite is on here in Puerto Aventuras

We are experiencing one of the best fishing seasons we have had here in years.  We are releasing record (for here) numbers of sailfish and white marlins and as of last week, even with a very bright full moon, we started pulling in a good number of mahi-mahi.

A little over a week ago we had the earliest grand slam we have ever had.  Saturday, April 9, Captain Miquello Nunez on the 46.6 foot Bertram Finatik released 3 sailfish, a white marlin and a blue marlin to win the title of first slam of the year.  Icing on the cake was that he also picked up a few mahi-mahi so we had something to eat with our celebration.

Also this year, we hosted our first all Finland tournament.  A large group of serious anglers from Finland decided to give the Riviera Maya region of Mexico a try for their annual fishing event.  Things could not have gone better.  Not only did the weather cooperate with 5 terrific days for fishing, the fishing was perfect , which made for a very hot competition.  Eventually, the crew of the 31’ Bertram Puffin came out on top having released the largest fish of the week as well as the most fish.  Congratulations to Captain Roque Koo and his band of anglers. 

Coming up next are two charity tournaments run by two outstanding individuals whose hard work toward the events not only insure a good time for participants, but also raise money for  great causes.  Let’s hope the bite stays as hot for them.  According to some fishing experts, this “superbite“ is caused by the migration of one of the largest swarms of sardines ever seen which is providing a concentrated food source to a great variety of fish.  

Keep your tips up and lines tight!
Bob

March 2010

What can we expect to catch today?

I am asked this question all the time while preparing our charter customers and our crews for the day’s activities. And, while I can certainly understand why people want to know what to expect…I’ve probably asked that question in the past myself…there is no good way to answer this question. I know what is possible to see, I know what we are equipped to catch and what we are trolling for, but I have no idea what the day will bring. So I usually answer this by telling that person to let me know once they come back from their trip and we will both wait to be surprised.

And it is often a surprise at this time of the year. It is truly amazing the variety of species that we find here, especially as we are not yet being covered up by bill fish or by mahi-mahi. This is the time of the year when we pull out all of our tools and toys and experiment to see what we can come up with.

An example of this “surprise” , a few weeks ago I was out with some people who just wanted to do some “deep drops” to get either a big snapper or grouper. We had a good morning and came back with more than enough fish to eat well for the next few days. As we tied off and I jumped off the boat, I noticed a crowd checking out the water right behind the Sea Phantom run by Captain Beto. As I was in a hurry to get back to my shop in order to get things ready for the afternoon charters, I didn’t take time to see what it was that people were looking at as I assumed they had spotted one of the rays or barracudas that often visit the marina. However, as I returned to the marina with our afternoon charters, my curiosity got to me and I took a look over the side. Holy smokes! There it was, a big bull shark…must have been over 250 lbs…tethered off the back of the boat. NICE! What a thrill for the clients and what a spectacle it made later that day as the fish was later processed and handed out to the local families.

Another example of the daily “surprise” came a few days later. The wahoo bite suddenly turned on and some of the boats reported in with multiple hookups…one of them, Wild Bill with Captain Caballo, hooking up with 4 at once. While not all got landed, there was a nice showing on the dock at the end of the day, including a beautiful 47 pounder. So, now it’s time to wrap this up and head over to the dock to see what’s up for today’s surprise. Enjoy the pictures of the surprises - 

Until the next time, keep your lines tight!
Bob
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