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Louisiana - Venice & the Gulf of Mexico
Capt. Damon McKnight
September 26, 2006
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report
Offshore Fishing Venice, La.
Offshore Fishing Venice, La.
The offshore
fishing out of Venice, La. has been on fire. This time of year we catch a
lot of Yellow fin Tuna, Black fin Tuna, Snapper, and Cobia. It has been a
while since our last post so I am going to give it a recap. This past July
and August was incredible as far as tuna, dolphin, and the wahoo catch went.
There were more wahoo caught this summer than in a long time. The tuna
fishing was outstanding also with plenty of 100+lbers. caught in some of what
are supposed to be the hardest months to catch fish this size. Our largest
went 193lbs., caught by John Potts, on a live herring. The Bull dolphin
(mahi-mahi) fishing started out strong and ended strong. One day we smoked
them and the next they seemed to disappear. There were a few days we
managed to get a few pairs and singles in the boat but towards the end of July
it got slow for dolphin. Right now we are catching as many snapper as you
want. One day it is nothing but 10-15lbers. the next all 5-6lbers. all
depends on the day. Any day now the 100+lb. yellow fin will start to move
back in to eat the mullets that will start moving out of the passes. This
is a very exciting time of the year. Along with the Tuna you get the big
Wahoo as well. It is very common to catch huge wahoo in close during
October and November. They will eat just about anything but live bait is
definitely the best. We will be out fishing the next few days and our
report will follow shortly after. Venice is back in business and has been
for a while since Katrina hit. Plenty of lodging in cabins, hotels, and
houseboats. If your looking to get in on an exciting charter check out or
Website Pics to see what you can possibly have a shot at catching down here.
Capt. Damon McKnight/Super
Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720
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