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Louisiana - Venice & the Gulf of Mexico
Capt. Damon McKnight
October 27, 2006
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report
Offshore Fishing Venice, La.
We managed to get out the past couple of days. On Tuesday we took out part of the Crescent Coatings and Service crew. We left out in a little windier conditions than I was hoping for but once we got out there it wasn't bad. This time of year the big tuna should be in close. Well, that was our plan to stick close and wait out the big fish. All the right bait was in the boat, the water looked like it needed to, and our confidence was high. It started out very slow, but when your fishing for big tuna, don't expect to pull up and start catching them right away. Sometimes you can get away with it but for the most part, patience is the key. Our patience started wearing thin about the first hour into it with no sign of life anywhere. We stuck it out and finally we saw some big fish feeding about a 100 yds. from us. A little boat maneuvering and we got the baits on top of the area where they were but nothing. They were feeding on a school of mullets and these were some big fish, probably 150+ and that is guessing on the low end. After another 30 minutes of not a strike we decided to run. This next spot was a little further out but I knew they had fish there, straight into the solid 4 footers we ran. Upon arrival it looked great, flying fish everywhere, a little current and plenty of fish on the fish finder. Well it took about 3 seconds for those fish to come up and it was about 15 porpoises. We put the baits out hoping that they were just passing thru but, NOPE, they decided to hang next to the boat and play with us and tease our bait. There wasn't another fish coming close to the bait we had out. We pulled in close to the rig, hoping the tuna may be hanging in there, and Mr. Barracuda smoked both of our baits. Needless to say, we headed out to another spot with our tail between our legs. Next spot worked out. We put three yellow fin in the boat about 20-25lbs. This spot also had some huge tuna working the area but we could not get the big ones to eat. After spending most of the day fishing for tuna we went snapper fishing and put 14 5-8lb. snapper in the boat. Not a bad day in the end. Yesterday we had the Dr. Cliff Mayasaka crew. We went back to where we saw the big fish the day before but didn't see them again. The conditions were perfect, the mullet were moving thru, but no big tuna anywhere. However, we did put 8 yellow fin in the boat, most were on the smaller side, with a nice 70lber in the mix. Headed in for some more snapper and put about 10 in the boat. There were a lot of bull reds and undersize snapper mixed in. The mullets are definitely moving out of the passes and are in all the right spots for catching the big tuna, but the big ones just don't seem to be in there in any numbers yet. At least not from what I saw. A few busting here and there is not what I call a lot. They should start to show up more and more, could be tomorrow, could be a week from now. Looks like the weather is going to keep us in again for the next several days. It is going to be a wait and see scenario. Open days are still available in November. I will bet that the fishing in November, if we get the right conditions, will be one to remember. If you were to come down and get weathered out for offshore, the trout are biting like crazy, and if your a duck hunter the season opens Nov. 11th.
Capt. Damon McKnight/Super Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720
WWW.SUPERSTRIKECHARTERS.COM
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