Louisiana - Venice & the Gulf of Mexico

Capt. Damon McKnight
May 9, 2006
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report

Offshore Tunas!

The offshore fishing has been about average for us lately. The yellowfin tuna are out there but they have been somewhat finicky and a lot stronger than usual. Yesterday we fought a 97lb. yellowfin for 1.5 hours and went through 6 six anglers twice. I've talked about this before. When their stomachs are empty they fight 100 times harder than when they have a full belly. We cut the 97lber open and as I thought, nothing in it. A week ago we put a 120lber. in the boat in 10 minutes and you couldn't fit anymore in his stomach it was so blown out. The rip lines are starting to come together. On Friday we fished the almost perfect rip and pulled a few dolphin off of it. The weather is also starting to cooperate more and more. The rig fishing has been decent but there has been a little current problem. Shouldn't last but a couple of more days. The dolphin, marlin, small wahoo and tuna are definitely showing up in the usual places for this time of year and the snapper are at almost every rig you fish. Most of the snapper are 16-20 inches so you will have to search for the hogs if that is what you want. The Cobia fishing has been much better than average around the close in rigs. Back at it tomorrow.

Damon Mcknight/Super Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720

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