Fishing Venice, La

[Super Strike]

The offshore fishing has been about as steady as it gets. We have been at it since last thursday and every day has been a little different. The main catches right now are tuna, snapper, and amberjack with a few dolphin and wahoo mixed in. The tuna have really shown up in big numbers. Plenty of them. Last Saturday is the highlight of the week so far, although yesterday we did have a long fight with a big tuna. The old saying better to be lucky than good really proved its meaning. I took out the Brad Skoke crew and they easily caught their limit of snapper and fell 1 short on the A.J.'s. We then ran out to the the tuna grounds. First bait out, big tuna hits it and breaks the line. Second bait out, another big tuna and this one is hooked. Two and half hours later the guys who each took turns on the fish, reeled up a 170lb. Yellow Fin Tuna hooked in the tail. Along with him was another tuna in the same size class which immediately took off when we stuck his pal with the gaff and about a 6 foot shark which never touched the fish. Very lucky day. On Monday Capt. Bob and Myself both had rig trips we both limited on snapper and A.J.'s. Some of the the A.J.'s were 50+lbs. which we released to fight another day and kept the smaller ones for eating. The fishing is very good right now. Plenty of tuna, off and on dolphin, snapper, A.J.'s, a few wahoo, and of course possibly a shot at a billfish almost every day. Yesterday I took out the Colosino crew who wanted Tuna. We arrived at the tuna spot and it was a slow at first. We then got our first fish on and he came unbuttoned close to the boat. Second fish on just about dumped the reel. Two hours later a first time tuna angler got his first Yellow fin in the boat that weighed in right at 125lbs. We then hit the rip catching a few dolphin. Capt. Bob had the Benton crew and they fished the rip all day catching plenty of dolphin and several nice wahoo. Capt. Bob is out today so I should get a good report from him this evening. We will have all three boats out for the weekend. Should have some great reports. Back at it tomorrow. We've still got open days in July and the fishing will be excellent.

Damon McKnight
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[across777]

I posted this on 2cool...maybe you check this site more:

How does the full moon affect the daytime tuna fishing in Venice? I was thinking about a trip in July but one of the weekends involves a full moon. Thanks

Nice tuna!

[Super Strike]

across,

sorry for the late reply. I usually post and then out the door. We have been slammed lately. THe full moon I am sure affects the tuna bite but I don't know how. Usually with a full moon the fish will feed around noon instead of late in the morning or late in the evening. It is very inconsistent however. Tuna are an eating machine. They have to eat to stay alive. They have very fast metabolisms, especially this time of the year in warmer waters. As far as the moon is concerned, I have tried to fish it according to the moon phase and it just doesn't work. To many inconsistencies. I would go for most convenient date and not worry about the rest.

Thanks for your reply

Damon Mcknight