2007 Sailfish - Cancun - With new pics

Well I just got back from my wedding in Cancun.
While there, I managed to catch my first sailfish. We hooked 11 and had 9 in the boat. It was a heck of a day!

Mine was 87" long. I am still waiting to hear a weight back on it.

Sweet, congrats on the fish...........the weddin, well :rolleyes :rollin :rollin

Just kiddin, I wish we would have gone somewhere to get hitched, would have been cheaper. LOL Congrats and good luck.

x 2 on the congrats for both fish and wedding. looks like it was a good time. Do you end up eating it?

Thanks guys.

I never got to taste him. The fish was shipped to Gray's Taxidermy in Florida.
Now just weather I spend the rest of the money to get him mounted.

Thats awesome rocky, get married and catch a fish of a lifetime, probably a week or two that your never gonna forget.Congrats on the fish and marriage.

Here is some of the color of the fish. They really get darker when the come out of the water. The color of them in the water in unbelievable.

Nice Pics Rocky. Thanks for posting 'em.

I have eaten sailfish a couple of times.The meat is a deep red and looks kinda like beef,not quite the same in looks as say Yellowfin tuna.As for flavour?Its not bad but not the greatest eating.For billfish nothing beats striped marlin or shortbill spearfish on the table!!!

Man i want to catch on of those beats!!! Those are some awesome pics congrats once again.

What was the average fight time on one of those beats??

I would have to say an average of 15 minutes. My first one was about 20 mins and last one was about 10 minutes.
It seemed like 2 minutes. Any longer and I think my left arm would have fell off. lol

Hey great catch fella! when and where was that you look like you guys had a wicked time im happy for you can you share the time to go and place secret pleeeaaasee! why does the mexican look so worried?lol

We were just of the coast from Cancun. Feb 21st was the day we were fishing.
I think Mexican may have been worried about us running out of celebration beers. lol

Thanks very much for the reply I hope all your fishing gooes great give e a shout if you ever wanna go and get some jumbo walleye in this spring!

Awsome Walleye!
I can hardly wait for the open water to arrive.

i just got back from the Haciendia on the Mayan Riveria the 4th of this month, and man it was hot there 89 degrees F. so i know it was hot on the ocean, with all the heat and water you must have roasted. that is an awsome fish, congratulations...... i had to cancell my fishing trip, cause "i never burn" had a face that looked like bubble wrap. again congrat's on the fish of a lifetime.

Thanks ME
I returned back the same day as you. Were you on the late night flight home?