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Capt. Scott Avanzino (Paradiseout)
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 12:35 pm: | |
Thought I had made an early June post but it looks like the post didnt make it up..we had 2 more days with 2 blue marlin releases then the avg swung toward the favor of the fish..we have missed 2 shots at hungry billfish and pulled hooks on 3 others..Plenty plenty dolphin and wahoo to make up for the lack of action on marlin but who is complaining..never thought we would have 4 days with 2 billfish releases this early in the season..Lately, we have been running a mix of bottomfishing, bluewater trolling and day and overnight tuna trips with great success..even made a fun trip with SW Sportsman reginal editor Pete Cooper Jr.before the Tropical Storm ruined last weekend..goal was to put Capt. Sonny on a marlin and Pete and I on a state record mahi on fly none of us got our wish that's fishing..ended up with two 70 and 60 pound wahoo for the effort.....Long week for me already and after 3 days I am placing myself on IR for the next week..ran an overnighter Monday and had great success with tuna..never really got great conditions for trolling but caught a 38 pound blackfin and a 30 pound cow dolphin dragging ballyhoo during the day..about 2 hours before sunset we put away the trolling gear and broke out the lighter live bait gear..and it was on, as fast as we could launch baits, singles and doubles til dark and then the porpouses moved in and made attemps to eat 60 pound tuna off the line..effectively put the bite to full stop..plenty flying fish about but nothing hitting them but porpouses so we came in early Tuesday morning..Wednesday I had the Geaux fish TV crew along with LA Sportsman Publisher Tony Taylor, Tyler Neely and David Montz as guest anglers..trolled skirted ballyhoo in scattered grass south of Medusa..non stop action on fish and non stop grass removal going on in the cockpit..ended the day with 2 thirty five pound wahoo and 8 legitimate bull dolphin..Sonny and Lance will be doing the boat driving this weekend while I recoup..looking forward to fishing one day in the UVI with my family this Monday..Enjoy the great weather..Other news..we just launched the 36 ft twin vee catamaran which from sea trial cruises at 33 knots and tops out at 40 knots - will have her in service the last week of June..Paradise Outfitters- 985-845-8006
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 1-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 5:16 am: | |
Yesterday we had Mr. Chuck Whitfield and his son C.J. Bluewater fishing was the plan. The morning started out slick calm with a little roller and stayed that way all day which made for very easy running. Our first stop was to catch some live bait, we pulled up to the can and two big bull dolphin swam out. All it took was one cast with the gurgler and we got one on. The other one wouldn't touch the second bait we pitched to him. But he spit the hooks five minutes into the fight. After catching some live bait we headed 60 miles out to one of the floaters. 1st bait out we hooked into another bull dolphin that thru the hook on his second jump. That was two fish gone. Started to think it was going to be one of those days. Well, in the end we caught another bull dolphin and got him in the boat, Next two fish were yellowfin tuna about 65-70lbs. which we got in the boat as well. After that it went cold. We headed back north to find the rip which had been building up good in the afternoon, but when we got there it was scattered all over the place. Sometimes you can pull thru the scattered stuff and still pull out some decent fish. Yesterday it didn't happen, so we called it a day. Looks like the weather is shutting us down for a few days. Back out on the next calm day. By the way the new boat is an incredible fishing machine and very fast for a cat boat. So far the new Evinrude E Tecs are everything Bombardier said they would be. www.superstrikecharters.com
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Post Number: 15
Registered: 7-2004
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 2:44 pm: | |
Burnin em up!
Burned em up this morning down the river!!! One stop is all it took.
Today was my first trip down the river in a while. I have been fishing out in Breton Sound and givig the trout a break down river. Well today there butt! I needed to see some different terrain so down the river we went. Came right out into the bay and stopped. Right there, no further. BAM! Fish on! FOr next couple hours it was a fish on EVERY CAST. Redfish and trout flying all around the boat. These guys from Mississippi had never before caught trout and reds this fast. We had our limit of reds in like 20 minutes and then began throwing them back culling out the trout. Throwing into the same hole we kept 60 trout and EASILY threw back 50+ redfish. All our reds were 17-20 inches, just perfect for grilling or frying. The trout werent beast, but solid keepers. OUr smallest trout was about 13 inches and the alrgest about 20 inches.
Everything was caught on Venice marina live shrimp under a OLDBAYSIDE PARADISE POPPER. This is the BEST cork EVER made. I cant tell you how good it is, you need to find some and try them.
Not real sure about this weekend, looks like its gonna be a wash down here. Already cancelled Saturdays trip and probably will pull the plug on Sundays as well. When all this passes, you can bet we'll be right back at it. This is the best action we've seen in 5 years. I've already logged over 4,000 speckled trout on my boat alone. Dont miss out. FOr those of you who are looking at Fall trips, you need to book them now. October and November are begining to fill up quick. I've even got a bunch of bookings for next year already! Dont wait and get left out. Venice is the place you want, need, to fish!
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 1-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 5:10 am: | |
Short on reports lately but definately fishing. This past Saturday we had the Lee Withers gang down for some rig fishing. We managed to pull out 20 red snappers most of them about 10lbs. with the exception of 4 or 5 around the 18lb. mark. But that was it. No other rig fish were caught. Red Snappes only. Sunday we opted to go west because of the strong southeast wind with the Howard Mabry group. They also wanted to fish the rigs but it was one of the slowest days I have seen in a while. We only caught a handful of fish in somewhat nasty conditions. Yesterday we took out Todd Oliver and crew from Jackson Miss. After some radar watching and weather figuring we left the dock hoping that the weather off of our coast yesterday morning wouldn't mess up the condition to bad. Well, right out the pass it was a steep 4ft. but nothing we couldn't handle. Once we hit blue water it laid down nicely and the rest of the day turned out to be beautiful. First stop of the day was for tuna, but none were to be had. We had the perfect live bait, which was very easy to catch, perfect water conditions, a few small ones busting around us, but we couldn't get one in the boat. Left there and headed south to find a neverending perfect rip. We trolled the rip for most of the day which resulted in 6 Dolphin. 1 big bull, a couple of near bulls, and some cows. Plenty of dolphin on the rip but most were on the smaller size. We din't really see much activity on the surface other than dolphin. Headed back out tomorrow to the rip. Looks like the weather is turning very bad this weekend, first time in a while. Will report tomorrow. Check out the pics.
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Jerry LaBella (Agl01)
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Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 5:39 pm: | |
Breton Is/Sound Reports,
Sat. afternoon Nolan Franz and I left out of Delta Marina in Empire and head to Quarantine Bay and onto Breton Sound. The weather was picture perfect with calm winds and partly cloudy skies. Water at the Island upon arriving was clean but low. Speckled trout were obliging but fishing was slow. That night we headed to one of the lighted rigs and could see feeding fish on the subsurface, but the weren’t striking our baits. We used lived cocahoes and various artificials. After an hour of fishing, we headed to another rig and began slowly catching large speckled trout and several bull redfish. Fish were mostly caught on live cocahoes freelineded with a small split shot weight. The tide was low and dead. Sunday morning we wadefished the island on a high incoming tide. Speckled trout were obliging and we limited out using Speculizers and various other artificial cocahoe minnow lures. The weather throughout the trip was perfect and very few other anglers were seen.
SEE PICS: http://www.jerrylabella.com/captains_log1.htm
Good fishin’
Jerry LaBella
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Jerry LaBella (Agl01)
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Post Number: 19
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 7:19 am: | |
Breton Sound/Island Report,
Friday afternoon Michael Jones, Arthur Wilamouseski and I left out of Venice Marina to fish Breton Island under partly cloudy skies and breezy winds. After making it to the island, the water was clean but the winds were a bit higher than what was forecasted. Fishing was slow but we had arrived late due to a steering repair that had to be made at the last moment. That evening we headed to one of the lighted rigs and the water was rough but fish were obliging at this particular rig. We started to catch speckled trout and a few bull reds with the use of live cocahoe minnows and different artificial minnow lure with ¼ oz. jig heads. The fish were not in a frenzy and seemed to be particular about how the bait was retrieved and presented. A popping cork with a live cocahoe fished 3 ft down on a ¼ oz. jig head seemed to work well for Michael Jones but it was still slow fishing and rough seas. Some of the trout went 4 pounds and the reds were all over 27 inches. The next morning we fished the island and many charter anglers were in the area. No fish were observed being caught early that morning but action picked up as the tide moved in around 10:30 am. The inside areas of the island yielded best catches and I observed 2 anglers doing well right before we decided to head in.
SEE PICS: http://www.jerrylabella.com/captains_log1.htm
Good fishin’,
Jerry LaBella
May 13/14, ‘05
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Post Number: 9
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 4:49 am: | |
Sorry for the lack of reports lately but I have been busy trying to get our new boat ready for the season.
This past Friday we took out Dana Coleman and friends. Although the weather wasn't exactly what it was supposed to be the fishing was still very good. We pulled up to our spot and right off the bat we picked up two yellowfin tuna and 1 blackfin tuna. After that it slowed down quick. We stayed around for about another hour and headed in to some closer rigs to fish for snapper and cobia. They did manage to get a few red snapper and mangrove snapper, 1 undersize cobia, and that was it for the day. The offshore fishing is really picking up since the last couple of weeks. The big yellowfin tuna are moving back in and yesterday a private boat caught a 525lb. bluefin. The Marlin and Dolphin are starting to move in on the rip lines and floaters. Around the rigs the cobia, snapper, and grouper are all over the place. It is that time of year again. You never know what your going to catch next. The weather has been nice, sunny almost every day, with a little more wind than expected, but still not bad. We have openings if anyone wants to see what real fishing is all about.
Capt. Damon Mcknight/Super Strike Charters
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Post Number: 14
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 6:23 am: | |
How could you fish anywhere else!?!?!?!?
I am so lucky to wake up in Venice every morning! The lower delta is ALIVE with Speckled trout despite the river pumping mud everywhere. Dont get me wrong, its not easy to stay on the fish down here, but fishing every day has kept me on the pattern. And when your on it, your ON IT!
Yesterday I was ON IT! BIG TIME! Picked my guys up at about 6:30am and headed down the river. Talked to a couple of other Captains on the radio and decided to fish another lcoation. Right about that time I really felt like I needed to stop at this point in front of me that I havent caught fish on in a while. I pulled the throttle back at about 7:15 am and lines went out. At 7:16 four speckled trout where in the ice! At 7:30 am I got on the radio and told a few other guides, 'guys get over here!!!' I already had 25 trout in the box. At 8am when the armada arived I had 75 fine trout cooling on ice in the big CHAMPION. I was done at 8am!!! After my first cast I never picked up a rod, allowing my customers to catch all the fish while I baited lines, un hooked fish and kept the frenzy in FAST FORWARD! The knats where horrendous, so we got out quick and let the other guys have it. They didnt want to mess with the reds, but said lets just try one spot and catch a couple. Went over to one of my redfish holes and caught the biggest trout of the day! About a 5 pounder. I wish you all could ahve heard Hunter when he saw that fish! No reds so they said lets go!
Yesterday wasnt quite as fast, but did result in 100 trout by 10am! I had fished one spot and hadnt caught much. I was about to run over to another area when i got a radio call, 'GET OVER HERE!' I didnt wait around. I got over there! Instantly began picking up trout and it just heated up into a frenzy. Nothing huge, but all nice fish. Forgot my camera so i didnt get any pics.
Venice fishing can not be beat.....ANY TIME, ANY PLACE! Its not the most friendly place to fish for first timers though. I'm seeing more and more people down at the marina who have never fished Venice before and they have no idea what its like down here. It can be dangerous and TOUGH. Fishing here is a little different than in other areas. The river influence will through you for a loop as well as the way these fish move. You need to fish with somebody who has experience down here. That could be a friend, or a guide. Just be safe.
I cant gaurantee suicidal trout like the last few days, but I gaurantee a REEL SHOT at the fishing trip of a lifetime.
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:31 am: | |
The fishing has been up and down the past week and a half. Lots of wind to slick calm and then Lots of wind again. Capt. Bob K. has been running f the boat for me while I prepare our new boat which should be ready in about a week. I forgot what that was like. On Monday we had Mr. Kris Thomas and family back out after the tuna. They caught a couple of Blackfin, some mackerel, sharks, and a bunch of creole fish. The tuna fishing was slow but everything else kept them busy. Yesterday, Mr. Jeff and friend drove down from Chicago to get in on all the tuna action we've had going on but the weather would not permit that. They decided on rig fishing instead and it turned out to be a good idea although it was very rough. They caught plenty of snapper (released) and other miscellaneous rig fish but the day ended with a bang. Jeff caught an 83lb. cobia and about a 20lber. in the last hour of fishing then they called it a day. He was caught on 20lb. test and took over an hour to get in; of course he was finessed, since it was the fish of the day. The weather has kept us from getting out today and tomorrow, but we will be back out on Friday. Will post then.
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2005 - 5:02 am: | |
This past week was another good one. The weather was nice, I was able to leave in the morning just wearing a long sleeve shirt and not get cold. It was a little foggy on Friday morn. but not the worse I have ever seen. The fish bit all last week. except Fri. We sat out Wed. because of the forecasted weather and 22 knots of wind in the morning but on Thurs. we were back at with Mr. Steve Ackley and friends. The bite was immediate. First fish hooked up was a black fin tuna. After that it was every time. The guys finished the day at 11:30 a.m. keeping 2 yellowfin (90lbs. and 150.3lbs), 12 blackfin, and 2 amberjack. More meat than you know what to do with right here. Friday was a completely different day. All that was to be had was 2 black fin tuna. The group had to be back in early so we called it a day at 11:30. The boats that did stay out late said the bite never got going. That's Fishing. The wind has got us at the dock today. It is blowing hard down here right now. Most likely be back out on Wed. The tuna fishing will remain good, start looking for some huge catches of wahoo and grouper. People call all the time and say now that the tuna bite is just about done what else can we fish for. Well, the tuna bite is not just about over. April and May are just as good as the rest of the months for tuna, but we can also catch a variety of other fish besides tuna, not only that the weather is usually as good as it gets. Our new boat will be ready in about a week.
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Jerry LaBella (Agl01)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 5:47 am: | |
Breton Island Report,
Arthor, Marius, and I left out of Venice Marina Friday afternoon to fish Breton Island. This was our first visit to the island since last year’s hurricane. The weather was calm under partly cloudy skies. After making it to Baptistte Collette, fog was locked in solid. Jeff at the marina told us one boat came back due to foggy conditions. Anyways, we made it out to the island and the fog cleared after about a mile out into Breton Sound. The island for the most part is intact. We only had to fish the portion at the south section. New cuts and deep holes have been formed due rushing tides from the hurricane. Sections on either end are washed out. This makes for great fishing, however. Places we once could wade fish are now too deep to walk. Water at the island was clean and about 66 degrees. We caught 36 nice specks that evening and the next morning the fog was locked in solid from the island all the way back to the pass. Nonetheless, we limited out on nice speckled trout that morning. Early Friday night, we limited out on big redfish, throwing back many. Reds are literally swarming under the lighted rigs this time of year, but you need heavy tackle to pull them from the rig structures. They hit any thing moving. This time of year if you head out from Venice to the island, make sure you have radar and are familiar with the area. See pics: http://www.jerrylabella.com/captains_log1.htm
Good fishin’
Jerry LaBella
March 26/
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2005 - 7:37 am: | |
This past week down here in Venice has been nothing short of absolutely amazing. There weren't a whole lot of fish caught but the ones that were caught were, well are now records. Congrats. to Scott L., Hunter, and the angler who caught the #1 yellowfin in the state, and to Dr. Henry for catching the number 4 yellow fin tuna in the state. This is no easy task guys.
Our past week started out Tuesday with Jerry McNeil and family. We went to the rigs on Tuesday because of the wind. Plenty of red snapper, lane snapper, and red fish. The weather was horrible but they still made a day out of it. When you drive from North Dakota, it is hard to sit at the Marina all day. We were suppose to fish the next three days, but the weather would not permit. They fished inshore on Wed. and smoked the trout and redfish. Another weather day on Thursday, and we were back to the lump on Friday. Slick calm, beautiful day. It started out Hot and Heavy, first line out resulted in a blackfin tuna, then a small yellowfin, and then about 10 more blackfin. Then the beast hit. We had a huge yellow fin on that just about spooled us. After gaining all the line back I decided to chase him down since we couldn't budge him against the current. We were an hour into the fight and he started to come to the surface. The first time I saw him we were riding along side while he was swimming about 7-8ft. below. Out of gaff range. The first look I got at him my heart started thumping and my mouth dried out. Biggest tuna I had ever seen. 20 more minutes into the fight with his big head turning towards the boat, gaff in hand, the fish did one roll back and the floro. broke. There went that and a few more choice words to myself. This was no doubt the biggest yellow fin tuna I have ever seen. The big boys definately rolled through on Friday. On Saturday we were back at it again with Dr. Tom Mahan and friends. The action started out slow. We moved positions three times, it was rough, not much happening. With some hard work we finally got a good fish on. The drag was burning out and I thought to myself here we go again. With the big fish the day before and all the lines that were broke we played it safe and kept just enough drag on him to wear him out. Well, he didn't wear out very fast. Once I got a good look at him and saw he wasn't as big as I wanted him to be, we cranked down the drag and finally got him in. This one was a 110lb. yellow fin. That was the only fish of the day. It looks like the weather has got us in for a couple of days, but we will be back out on Wed.
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 5:23 pm: | |
Not even the cold front could cool off the action in Venice!!
When I walked outside this morning and found ICE on my boat, I was kinda worried that my streak of GREAT fishing might end. Not to worry though!!
Took off and went in a different direction than I have been fishing for some reason this morning. It paid off though as we nailed the reds, finishing up a limit QUICKLY. With an entire morning still left I figured I might as well go catch some trout while I was at it. Made one quick stop to check a spot I havent fished in a while, and went to the trout MECCA!
Pulled in and started catching some nice trout. AS we worked around they got bigger, and bigger. Before we knew it, we were throwing 5 lbs trout in the boat! It wasnt fast and furious, but really steady. All four of my guys were in on the action, with occasional doubles and triples. We finished out day with 100 of the finest trout i have seen this season! What a day! LImits of both Redfish and Trout.
All our fish were caught on plastics under a cork. Opening night Mud Minnows(old Bayside) and Fearless Frank Deadly Dudely's did the damage. Today I worked a little closer to the shore, but not on the shore....about 30 yards out. the further out we got the smaller the fish were.
Venice is as hot as it can get. I can only imagine how its going to be latter this spring when the fishing is SUPPOSED to be good. DONT MISS OUT!!!!
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 7:56 pm: | |
And the fine fishing continues down in Venice! This is the best March fishing in a very long time and it shows no sign of slowing down.
The morning started off a little shaky as the river was socked in. It was bad, but not quite too bad, so we went. I dont think Capt. Jeff really wanted to, but we did. Its much safer running in packs so thats what we did. I led the way and thought several times I should have just waited, but we made it too our destination without any hitches. Capt. Shane and Bobby ran together and made it safely as well. All of the Venice guides are FINE boatsmen.
We all began in roughly the same area and began catching some nice trout. For some reason my boat was having trouble landing the fish. We were getting the bites, more than anybody, just couldnt ice the fish! Dont feel too sorry though, we ended our day with 65 trout. Nothing huge, but a couple of nice 4 pounders and NO thow backs.
All our fish were caught off the shorelines under a cork. Deadly Dudely's in Bloom moon and Fearless Frank did the trick. In the fog the bit was reall good, but once the sun came out and got bright the fish turned off. Then when the front came through and it got foggy again, the fish turned back on. IN fact thats when we caught our 10 biggest trout. Interesting. Again, the fish seemed to be holding just down currrent from the crab traps. I think the bait in the traps are creating a food chain. Water clarity is fair in several areas down the river. It should keep getting better as the river continues to fall.
On another note......I'm seeing allot of people down here that has never fished here before. They are coming here with their own boats, and no idea where to go and what to do. Everybody has to start somwhere, but please be carful and use some sense. I pleaded with a boat not to go down Pass a Loutre on Sunday. What did he do? He ran up on a flat and some friends of mine had to ruin their day of fishing to pull him off. Venice is a VERY TRECHEROUS place. Use caution, take things slow and go with somebody who knows about the area.
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 5:20 am: | |
Ah, the crazy weather forecasters. I am thinking someone paid them to forecast winds for this past week and weekend so everyone would go to the sportsman show. But, then again they give a wrong forecast for free every now and then too. On Friday we had Justin Hanes and friends down. With the expected forecast we chose to go grouper fishing and headed out to the hole. Plenty of grouper were caught, only three good keepers. The snapper on the other hand were thicker than ever with plenty of 10-15lbers. We were only fishing in 50ft. of water and they were biting on the surface so none of them were killed. They were in the exact same place we left them last snapper season. Hopefully they stick around. After wearing out plenty of fish we moved back into state waters and caught a lot of bull reds. Not sure how many.
We cancelled yesterday because of the weather forecast and saved 10 hours of driving for the group. We felt it was safer this way. Turned out to be calm offshore anyway. We will be back out on Tuesday and fishing for the next two weeks, weather permitting of course. Right now the weather forecasts have been inaccurate. Although the wind blew 20 knots on shore yesterday offshore was a different story. This happens a lot this time of year with the transition from Winter to Spring. The best way to figure out the weather right now is to wake up, if it isn't blowing, jump in the boat and go. I have tried a few different forecast companies lately and one of them is wilkens weather. It is expensive but somedays I would think worth it. Their biggest clients are the oil companies. I find the 48 hour forecast to be right on the money but so is NOAA's usually. The only difference is they can give you the forecasted wave height for any block in the Gulf. We still have some open days in April, mainly during the week. We are expecting our new 32ft. Twin-Vee Boat at the end of the month. It will be powered with twin 250 H.P. Evinrude E-Tecs. These boats are the ultimate charter boat for our area. I have fished in just about every boat you can think of, well you can see what boat I chose. Back at it Tuesday.
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 7:09 pm: | |
Another day, another limit!! The trout fishing just doesnt get any better than this! Got an early start with my Georgia Boys and it wasnt long before they were MAUL DRAGGIN those trout just like ol louisiana boys! Had our 75 before 9am and went looking for some redfish. First spot yeilded several monsters, but only three keepers. Ran to an area I havent fished i while and BAM... OUr limit was done in les than 30 minutes. March fishing just cant get any better than this. This is some of the best early season action I have seen in several years. Hopefuly this is only a sign of things to come. Sorry for such a short report today. I'm dead tired after grilling bacon wrapped shrimp, tuna and grouper! YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! Back on the water tommorow with the same guys. BTW, Capt. JEff took the other half of the group for me and they also had a limit of trout and reds. Nice job Capt. Jeff.....
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 4:50 pm: | |
Somebody pour some water on these fish, they're on FIRE!!!
Had several clients call and try to book today, but I wouldnt book them because it was SUPPOSED to be a bad day. Well it was a bad day for the fish!
Spent last night at the Louisiana Sportsman Show in the Dome. While I was there Capt. Jeff and I decided to Make a little scouting run to see where we could find some fish in tough conditions. Eaves dropping on our conversation was the notorious Susan 'trout mauler' Gros. She promptly invited herself(well not really, but that makes the story sound better!). We got ourselves a LAZY start this morning, not even leaving Venice Marina until 8:30am. Ran down the river in relatively calm conditions. The weatherman was WRONG! It turned out NICE! First stop was all it took. WE made 2.5 drifts and we were done! Finished wiht 75 fine trout. The fish even ran slightly bigger today, but still no real sows.
Water conditions were fairly clear, decent movement, and mid 60's. Perfect conditions for some March Madness. Caught our fish in 3 feet of water drifting flats with Old Bayside Plastics under There new PARADISE POPPER. This is similar to the Cajun Thunder, but it has a TITANIUM wire that snaps back into position after being bent. THE FINEST CORK ON THE WATER!
We also got fancy and began trying some new Lures that we aquired from the show last night. Some really nice hard plastics that I'll tell everybody about real soon. VERY NICE LURES. I still need to fish them a little more though. We caught and released quite a few and then began moving around. Found some good concentrations of fish at several other locations as well. ITs as good as it can be right now in VENICE!!!
Dont miss out, book now, dates are going FAST! IN fact I'm already booking some FALL trips! For a REEL SHOT at the fishing trip of a lifetime, book a trip with REEL SHOT Guide Service.
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Another fine day of trout fishing down the river!!! Today brought the Tjulanders down for their annual trip. This year we had 6 total and had to inlist the services of Capy. Jeff Fuscia.
I told Jeff he would have his work cut out for him as this group has always had great trips with me. Well neither boat was dissappointed! I did my thang and Capt. Jeff did his as he usually does.
First thing this morning we were greated by a heavy fog as we hit the river. I pulled back and asked Jeff if he wanted to wait or make a run. I could barely see the other side of the river, so it wasnt totally socked in. About that time Capt. Shane came up the rear and we ran down in a three boat caravan. Nice team work. Its great to be able to work together like that. We made it to our location safely and began fishing..... I mean catching!
Right off the bat we began picking up trout, after trout after trout! If wasnt a every cast slam but a good steady pace that brought us to our 75 trout limit at about 11am. Nothing realy huge, but some good eaters for sure. They had a big fish fry planned and it looks like it worked out for them!
After the trout we caught about 10 reds and called it a day. Not too shaby! LIke yesterday we had a ton of fun. Both boats were within hollaring distance and you could tell! There was MUCH trash talking!!! Funny stuff!
Also like yesterday we fished flats and picked up our trout on plastics under a cork. Two interesting things I noticed..... First the fish wanted the cork popped really slow with long pauses. Second most fish were just down current of crab pots. Pay attention to the small things, thats what will change you from a good fisherman to a great fisherman.
Booked a bunch of trips this evening, so the books are getting even tighter. Dont wait around! For a REEL SHOT at the fishing trip of a lifetime, book a trip with REEL SHOT GUIDE SERVICE 985-969-0810
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Finally I got to go trout fishing!!! So far this year all my customers have wanted redfish so I have been catching redfihs, all thw while lusting for some trout action! Well today i scratched my itch.
We had 6 guys in this today, 2 from Louisiana and 4 of their friends from Oklahoma. I quized them and found the three that wanted to catch trout and gave the rest of them to Capt. Jeff! HAHA....
Made the ride down the river and to my little "secret" hole. Instantly began catching nice keeper trout, not spring sows, but good solid chunks. Drifting the flats off the points and pockets we plucked away at them. It was never every cast, but very steady. After a while we fine tuned our drift and I held us in the prime zone with the trolling motor. We quickly made our 100 trout and by 11am we were looking for some reds to throw on top.
MAde our way over to the shore line and began picking up some small 17-20 inch reds, perfect! We caught enough for the grill and made our way back to the dock.
Absolutly a GREAT bunch of guys to fish with. We laughed all day and had a fantastic time. Capt. Jeff came back to the dock with his guys smiling and stretching their arms out WIDE! Nothing like the pull of a redfish for a first timer!
As usual, we fished plastics under a cork. The trout seemed to want the pop a little slower and most of our bite were far from the boat. Seemed to be a little shy today.
The trout bite is HERE! Dont miss out. The fish arent everywhere, but they are here if you know where to look. The trout season is looking great if this keeps up. My days are filling fast so dont wait around.
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Does it ever stop! ITs been a red tide down in Venice every day this year. Redfish after redfish after redfish!
Had a group in today from Jackson Ms to experience some world class CATCHING. I had told them about all the redfish we had been catching and that was right up their alley. Ran down the river to our first spot and as soon as we pulled up could see the fish pushing, but just couldnt get them to eat. After a while we managed a few including one big bull which sent high fives around the boat. Moved a couple miles away to another spot that has been producing. PIcked up a few more here as well, but it never would really turn on. I knew as the day went on it would get better with the rising tide bringing in better water. And that it did. Went back to our first spot and BAM! Nailed em.... Kept a limit of small ones for the guys to bring home for supper and released quite a few big boys. BIggest of the day was 34 pounds and had several others over 20.
Those of you who know me, know how much I like catching BIG trout, but these redfish have made some customers happy lately! If the customers happy, then I'm happy! Although I am having some trout withdrawls. I think tommorow I might get to go catch some.
Most fish today were caught on plastic under a cork, but we did catch some tight lining jigs. Light tackle action at its best!
Dont miss out on Venice fishing. ITs only gonna get BETER and BETTER as we get into spring. A few more weeks the big girls will show up and you dont want to miss out on that!
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Brandon Carter (Captbrandon)
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Tough condions the past two days down in Venice. But when its tough, the tough get going!
On Friday I entertained LA Sportsman writer John McQueen. ANd entertain I think is waht we did. I brought along my dad, brother and cousin....not many dull moments with this group. Not many dull moments with the fish either!
From start to finish, it was NON STOP redfish action. Even though the SW Pass gauge was showing 21-26knt the entire morning, we caught fish after fish. Kept our limit of smaller ones and released no telling how many more. It was text book high river, late winter downriver fishing, but you'll have to wait until next March to get all the secrets when the Sportsman come out.
ON Saturday I had paying customers, so where do you thinkI went! Well the wind ws still 21 out of the NE even though the forcast was for FAR less. Undetered we took off with yesterdays catch in my mind.
We pulled up to my little whole and BAM fish on. Caught 4 in a row and then NOTHING! I MEAN NOTHING! ZILCH! At 12pm I had 6 reds in the box and my head was raw from all the scratching! Finally I anounced, 'I've got a wild hair'. I went back to my original location but moved about 100 yards around the point, and where I havent fished before. After 5 minutes nothing. After, 20 minutes, our limit was done!!! And it didnt stop. For the next hour we caught and released reds up to 36 pounds. 4 over 30 and 4 over 20. Total we released another 40 fish to fight again. As we were picking up, one of my guys looked up at me and said, 'DONT YOU EVER PLUCK THAT HAIR!!!'
Both days most fish were caught on plastics under a cork in about 2 feet of water. ON Firday I did some damage on a MANNS BABY -1. Thats fun! The best thing, is that I havent seen another boat in WEEKS! I really like that....All to myself. Lots of fish this time of year, but not many fisherman.
Spring and summer dates are filling FAST and almost gone. Dont miss out. Give yourself a REEL SHOT at the fishing trip of a lifetime, book a trip with REEL SHOT Guide Service
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Another excellent week of offshore fishing down here. The black fin tuna bite has been about the best as I have ever seen. The yellow fin tuna bite has picked back up and the wahoo have started to move back in again. On Tuesday and Wed. Capt. B. Kenney ran the Super Strike as I catered to Jason Cannon who has done some incredible fishing articles for us and I have fished with for about the past four years. He was the managing editor of Sport Fishing Mag. for about ten years and now he is on his own. He needed to get an article so we were glad to help him out. On Tuesday Capt. Bob had 25 blackfin for his group and yesterday he had several tuna and five wahoo. Great Job Bob K. Yesterday Jason C, two other capt.'s from the marina and myself went out to see if we could get a money shot(Huge Yellow fin tuna or Mako Picture) for Jason. The action started out hot and heavy with blackfin after blackfin and we needed some yellow fin action fast. Well we got it but not the right size. We had five yellow fin total which were all about 40-50lbs. We were looking for what we call the Hundo.(tuna over 100lbs.) We finally got him on and after about a five minute fight the hook pulled. We tried again but kept catching black fin. With the weather deteorating quickly with wind and rain and not really being able to get the right pics. anymore in this type of weather we called it a day. Jason got plenty of tuna pics and should get an article out of it. He is inshore today. For all of you Full Mooners that won't fish tuna on a full moon. The moon doesn't get any fuller than the past three days and the tuna fishing has been on fire. This year more than ever most people calling do not want to fish for tuna on a full moon. It sure is hard to follow when the fish are biting like they are right now. The best advice I can give no matter what the moon is and you think you know something, ask the capt. first. If he sais the fish are biting, don't worry about the moon or anything else.It looks like the weather is going downhill fast and looks bad for the next couple of days. We still have open days left the second week of March. The tuna and wahoo bite should still be good. www.superstrikecharters.com
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Where to start? I guess I will start with the fishing. Nothing to crazy or off the beaten path to report this week. Cancelled Thurs.-Sat. due to weather conditions and not a whole lotta fish being caught by those who were going no matter what. Yesterday we finally made it out with Warren Carro and friends. They caught 7 black fin, 1 A.J., 2 beeliners, and 2 kings. The big yella's seemed to have moved off the lump. There were a few caught but definately not like it had been. We should get a couple of more good runs with the big fish and then we will go back to our spring time techniques for tuna. The wahoo fishing is starting to pick back up again. We will be back out tommorow. The fog down here is very thick right now so if you are planning on fishing this week, make sure your radar is working. We still have open dates in March and April during the week. Don't forget Snapper season opens on April 21st. The grouper are already biting unbelievably good. But it is that time of year. Whatever you want to catch, we
'll put you on'em
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Jerry LaBella (Agl01)
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Offshore Venice:
Saturday afternoon Arthur, Joshua and I left out of Venice Marina to night fish tuna at BP 109. Winds were high that afternoon under partly cloudy skies and a river stage near 11 ft. We entered the blue-water zone around 2 miles before the rig. No fish were caught until sunset. Fishing was slow and the flare on the rig was not burning. Winds increased over 20 mph that night with roller over 8 ft. high. Blackfin tuna obliged throughout the night, with a total of 8 caught. All tuna hit the diamond jigs. See pics: http://www.jerrylabella.com/captains_log1.htm
Good fishin’,
Jerry LaBella
Feb. 19/20, ‘05
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DUE SOUTH FISHING (Unregistered Guest)
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More tuna in the box from the lump. Tuesday, Ken Comfort with World Cat was on board. Things were a little slow but we managed to land a few. We were working 2 lines when one starting screaming and running towards the other line. Both lines took off and the the fight was on. It did not take long to figure out that one fish hit both baits. We got the 90lb yellow to the boat "quickly" with 2 circle hooks perfectly in the corner of his mouth. The last hookup was a nice fish with a fight that lasted for 1 1/2 hours. We saw some color then all of a sudden the line went slack, the hook came out. This would have been the big fish of the day going well over 150lbs as we got a pretty good look at him. The final results were 2 yellowfin and 7 blackfin.
Yesterday we got a late start trying to let the fog lift a little. We arrived at the lump around 10am. The bite was back on. It did not take long for the action to begin. It was kind of funny to be around so many boats and not see any but you could hear reels screaming everywhere including ours! Melissa had the big fish and completed the fight solo. The fish weighed 144 lbs. The next biggest fish was 139 lbs. With 4 yellowfin and 6 blackfin in the box everyone had enough and was ready to head in.
The weather dont look promising over the next few days but lets hope there is a change for the better.
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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The weather gave us a little bit of a break last week. The fish are there when you can get out. On Friday we had Wade McDonald and friends. The morning started out Windy and I expected it to be at least 5's when we got out there but surprisingly it was only 2-3's and spread out some. Luckily the current was going with the wind. The bite started out slow and picked up at about 10:00 a.m. Our first black fin came into the boat, followed by two more. Then Mr. McDonald called it a day due to sea sickness at 11:00. Back to the dock for us. I found out later that day the bite really got hot at about 1:30 that afternoon. I was not surprised, usually the day after a front the fish are somewhat lock-jawed and don't bite until mid-late afternoon. Friday was definitely the coldest day I have fished all year.
Saturday was a completely different day. Mr. Lyle Russell and two close friends, that made fun of each other all day, finally got to come down and go fishing with us. The seas were slick calm and the weather had definitely warmed up from the day before. We got an earlier than usual start due to the expected crowd at the tuna fishing grounds. Our first yellow fin came in the boat 10 minutes after we started fishing. From there on it was slow but steady. We ended the day with 4 yellow fins and 2 black fins. The largest for the day was 114.0lbs. and the smallest was about 40lbs. It was a great day out on the water with perfect conditions. Mr. Russell will be back down to fish in two weeks.
One remarkable note about the fish on Saturday. We fought no fish longer than 7 minutes. Good thing too because of the amount of anchor ropes out there. The 114 came in the boat after 7 minutes of fighting this fish. On average this should take about 15-30 minutes depending on the angler and the stamina of the fish. This is very uncommon but I have seen days when the tuna just do not fight very hard. No drag was taken by any of the yellows, until I gaffed one in the gills and he took off with my gaff leaving the foam grips in each of my hands. But the gaff shot almost killed the fish instantly and the gaff and the fish were recovered. I do not know what would cause these fish not to fight at all. But in most cases when we happen to have these types of days the tuna are so full that when you clean them it looks like their stomach is about to explode. Do fish that eat more than they can handle in a short period of time fight less than one that is not very full, I do not know. This is the only visual thing I have seen that would differentiate the ones that give an all out battle to ones that barely fight at all. And I am just not talking about a stomach full; most tuna have a full stomach. I am talking about an unbelievable amount of undigested food. I talked to another Capt. that fished Sat. and he was telling me the exact same thing about the amount of time it took to get his 100lber for the day in the boat. I have noticed this over the past several years but only now my curiosity is starting to get the better of me. If anyone has the answer to this please let me know.
We cancelled yesterday and today due to the weather forecast, although yesterday the wind really didn't pick up until about 3:00 p.m. which means we should have fished yesterday. Back at it tomorrow.
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Damon McKnight (Super_strike)
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Incredible Tuna and Wahoo Fishing!
Once again it is that time of year when the big yellow fin tuna and wahoo move close to our shores to produce some incredible action. The wahoo so far have been averaging 50-85lbs. and the tuna have been in the 130lb. class with a few breaking the 180lb. mark. The weather has been beautiful with the exception of a few foggy days but so far this winter has been mild and great for getting offshore.
Most of our fish have been coming off of cut bonita but a fresh menhadden will work as well. Most of the wahoo have been eating just about any type of plug you put in front of their face. Rapala, Stretch 30, Mirro-lure, Braid, and Yozuri have been the bait of choice. If you want to try for a 100+lb. wahoo then live bait fished King Mackerel style will usually do the trick.
We are putting our heavy tackle to the test right now and it is doing good. Our fishing outfits consist of Duel 6/0 and 4/0 wide reels on Cape Fear 80-130lb. stand up rods. The reels are spooled with Suffix 80lb. and 60lb. mono. The 60 is lighter than I like to fish but some days the tuna are line shy and this helps with your hook-up ratio.
We will be fishing everyday that the weather allows so stay tuned for more reports. We will be doing a T.V. show with Americana Outdoors which will air on Fox Sports and OLN. I will post exact dates and times after we film.
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Capt. Scott Avanzino (Paradiseout)
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Great trips continue at the secret tuna spot..fished the last two weeks with great results..same story remains - the humans still hold the unfair advantage on the tuna and if you can get through the bonita, sharks and kings you will score..in the last 3 trips it didnt matter what time we started, where we anchored or how many other boats were out there...bonita are a problem - if memory serves me..we have been able to get baits through about 5-10% of the time and on 50% of those instances we got strikes on big fish..amberjacks, blacks and yellows..heck Darryl even got a gag grouper the other day with no more than 100 feet of line out,,lots of big fish seen and plenty brought home each afternoon..think our best yellowfin is in the neighborhood of 160 pounds though most fish are in the 100-130 pound class..but what I saw yesterday takes the cake....the bonita were so thick around the boat that they were eating everything we threw in the water..no matter what the size chunk, we couldnt get it through the swarm to the tuna..when a coke can baccidentally blew overboard the bonita went into frenzy mode..attacking it from below about 15 of them at a time..it sounded like popcorn popping as the can would get knocked clear out of the water for about 1-2 ft of air before the next multiple impacts microseconds later..this went on for about 30 seconds before a 150# class yellowfin took a swipe and missed..the swirl left behind filled the can partially with water..now the bonita couldn't knock it out of the water, and when Mr. Longfins came calling the second time he gulped it down..or at least we never saw it again....made us think to try putting a hook in one.tried to repeat with a Dr Pepper can, but had no takers...we were one of 4 boats yesterday and we had our slowest day of the week 2 yellows and 8 blacks..if this continues, the bonita will shift the unfair advantage back to the tuna side of the equation..Last Monday we had two boats go out and after searching high and low and all over the map for wahoo with no luck we made out way to the secret tuna spot to find a dozen boats..I got on anchor for about an hour before the waves took their toll on my crew and we headed in early with one tuna to show..Capt. Sonny stayed late and picked up 2 yellows and 2 blacks from in between the shark attacks he only had 2 anglers on his trio and they were staisfied..Tuesday we had Shane Mayfield and Tony Taylor out to shoot the newest instalment of Louisiana Sportsman's Geaux Fish Tv ..arrived at the secret tuna spot about 9am as the first boat..couldnt beleive it..we had fish in the chum from start to finish..I think we stayed for 3 hours fighting fish around the boat the entire time..final tally was 4 yelowfin in the 100 pound class and one balckfin which was released..probably had enough footage for a 2 hour show, feel sorry for the editor..at one point we had 5 fish working behnd the boat..we could have walked on them..its funny to watch the bonita scatter when the monsters come rolling through..Wednesday Sonny went out and clobberd them again..I stayed at home to do some maintenance and winter cleaning...I had planned to do a fun flyfishing trip out for dolphin, but the weather pushed us to Friday..I got a report from a friend at the Offshore drilling rig crew at Cajun Express that a school of bull dolphin was spotted around the platform ..several fish over forty pounds, but they would all have to wait for us a few more days as the crew decided weather would be a factor. Thursday we went back to the secret tuna spot and had a good day for tuna fishing and a stellar day for shark fishing..couldnt keep them off the line, the non-desireable species too..did get 3 jumps out of a mako before losing him for good..the spinners, sharpnosed and blacktips ate us up..we managed 2 yellows and 3 blacks before leaving early to go look for wahoo..and to no avail there either..Friday, I assembled the diehard fly fishers 10 plus crew of Gary Parish, Joe Cerise and Susan Gros..Delrio wimped out due to 4-5 ft seas and I didnt bother calling sneaky Pete due to the forecast..I was going no matter what..the thought of breaking the dolphin recored for fly being the main motivation..got to the Cajun Express only to find two 20 pound dolphin..guess someone had culled the herd or they moved off..managed to catch and release one on my 10 wt before we went into chum and drift mode..everone got to fight one blackfin and one football yellowfin before we decided to head closer in..at stop 2 we had nothing but large yellowfin in the chum..one fish well over 120 and as you would expect, Susan got him to take a fly on 16 pound tippet..think she survived the first run, but nothing else..Gary and Susan also got two other takes on big fish only to break the tippet..I stayed on the controls awaiting the surprise visit from another dolphin but it wouldnt be..with time running off the clock, Susan was able to get another fish on, surviving not only the first run, but two encouters with running gear, she wouldn't let me keep the engines running, so we did the majority of her 2 hour and 20 minute fight from a dead boat..with the sun setting we finally gaffed her fish..it weighed 40 pounds on her boga, but since I had to help get the line out of the snag by hand it will not count for record consideration..while we were out playing with our fly rods, Sonny had Cliff Laborde and famuily on the Albemarle..they had 6 yellowfin early in the day..Both boats went out again on Saturday with great results..more blackfin than yellwofn although Willy and Jeff Fuscia had a yellowfin in the 150 pound class..bluewater has moved out of the 93 block again early in the week and it was 25 miles out of South Pass..it was cobalt blue and 75 degrees at the Lump but with this noth wind it will probably move further south agaion ..still a might bit rough in the clean water, about solid 8 ft the last 2 days..like we'll get back out on this Wednesday..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006 |
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