Cabo 2010 - Fishing

Here's the story behind our fishing day. Well, actually, the story of how Mark got me to go fishing...


Mark had planned our trip to Cabo with the sole intention of getting some winter fishing in. He asked around, and got the name of a good boat captain, and sent his down payment money in a week before we left. I, on the other hand, had planned on a day at the spa and soaking up some sun by the pool while he fished.


A day before the fishing trip, we checked in at the guide service to double check the reservation and details for the trip. We were surprised to find out that Mark had actually reserved a whole boat for himself, and that it would cost no more for me to go along....if I wanted to.



Hmmm, now I had a dilemma. I definitely wasn't going to give up my trip to the spa (although that doesn't take more than 2 or 3 hours), but was I ready to commit to a whole day on the ocean? In the end, I decided to go with Mark and see what the fishing thing was all about.

We met up the the captain around 6:30am. Early for vacation, but we got some coffee, and the energy on the docks was pretty fun.

Heading out!

We were not the only ones heading out for a day of fishing :)

No fish yet, but enjoying the sun.

Our captain getting the pole ready for some live bate fishing.

For a while, I didn't think we were going to catch any fish. Soooo, next best thing, getting a little sun! (Ignore the extra tummy skin. It drives me crazy, but hey, I've had 3 kids and this is the unfortunate reality!)

Mark's first catch of the day, a beautiful yellow fin tuna.

Things are definitely looking up!

There's a BIG one on the other end....

It took a good 20 minutes of fighting the fish to get him in.

What a great catch!

My yellow fin tuna. I was in the middle of saying, "No! Don't make me hold it!" It was slimy and dripping blood on me :)

It was a super fun day, it was fun to do it together, and Mark was really happy to have me out there to get pictures and video of the trip. I had scheduled my massage and facial at the spa for 4pm. We got back to the dock just in time for me to RUN all the way back to our hotel to make it for my appointment. A bit crazy, but a great way to end a fun day.