Love Rum Hate Sharks A trip to Rum Cay ( great shark video)

A short clip of shark wrangling at Rum Cay.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm6MwCzZ_uY     Fishing out of San Sal Has been hit or miss. We fished the first day the boss arrived and went one for three on Blue marlin. We had catastrophic tackle failure on the first blue then the second fish just pulled the hooks. But the third blue stayed hooked. It was a good day for us, but there were no other fish caught in the fleet fishing out of San Sal.  We decided that we would fish our way to Rum Cay to try something different the next day and spend the night anchored out there the next day. 

Rum Cay is about 25 miles south of San Sal. Rum Cay use to be a happening little marina years back. Unfortunately a few hurricanes filled in the entrance to the marina at Sumner point marina and destroyed the dock. On top of that there is some outstanding litigation that has kept the marina close for the last year.  We fished our way to Rum and had a few Tuna bites but only caught one nice 50 lb Yellowfin tuna. Late in the day we did have a nice blue marlin come crashing into the spread. But after pouncing on three different lures, It shook the third hook and left. 

I spoke to a boat that was fishing there in Rum that had actually tied up at the marina the night before while we were fishing. He informed me that the draft into the marina had been improved and that he had spent the night tied up there. So with my butt puckered I followed the old buoys into rum. Yes it is still well marked and all the buoys are still in place. We went in at max full moon low tide . We slowly made our way across the shallows and never saw less that 1.8 feet under the keel.  for those of you that have been before to rum, The last turn is shallow to the right side. I tied up at one of the long docks at the beginning of the marina. The other boat I spoke to was all the way inside. The docks are in a poor state of repair. Many pilings are broken from the hurricanes and the docks are leaning a bit in places. There is no water or power. Bobby Little came out to meet the boat and told us there is no charge for dockage till the marina is back up and going. He thinks he should start repairs by fall. I can safely say that if any boat drawing 6 foot or less wanted to stop there for a night , You are perfectly safe in doing so.  The shark wrangling is still epic at Sumner point marina. Each afternoon the sharks filter into the marina and wait for meals. The second you drop a piece of fish into the water the sharks are in a frenzy. We attached a rope to the tuna head after we filleted it and threw it in the water. The goal of shark wrangling is to have the shark bite onto the fish head and then you try to lift the sharks head out of the water before it lets go. Its crazy.

The next day, we fished our way north and back to San Sal. The marlin were non existent. so we did some deep dropping. We did real well on yellow eye snappers till the sharks moved in on us and they started eating us up. 

Today we are going to snorkel and dive a bit. Then back at the marlin fishing tomorrow. 

Little blue marlin

Nice shot

Tyler wanting to know where the fish be????

Nice box of 3- 8 lb yellow eye snappers

Its not just about the hand rolled tuna rolls we made.... Its about presentation!!!!!

Beautiful sunset

Blue Heaven at the dock in Rum

Docks are just a tad rough

One other boat at the marina

" Out of the Blue " bar is a shell of what it was

Ok so this part always looked like this

A sign from the past

Blue heaven at the dock 

Inside Out of the blue not to bad

Rickety docks

The old fire pit/ smoker

The office has seen better days

One of the many sharks at the docks

Tyler and I with a nice Tuna fish

Panoramic of the marina 

Tyler making her look pretty