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Louisiana - Venice & the Gulf of Mexico
Capt. Damon McKnight
October 10, 2006
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing Venice La.
Another good weekend of fishing down here in Venice, La. This past Friday we had the David Hyde Group. They had been down here before, they wanted tuna, and knew what to expect. Sometimes no matter how much you prepare for a day of fishing things don't always go as expected. The night before I changed all the line on the reels. 80lb. clear Momoi diamond line. This is some strong line. I knew the fishing was going to be good and the big boys were out there so I did not want to have any tackle issues. Our early morning started out slow, the first couple of spots we went to produced nothing. One thing you can always count on in Venice is that the fish are biting somewhere 90% of the time. You just have to be in the right place at the right time. Here is a very good example: About 20 miles from us another capt. fished all day with tuna all around him and could not buy a bite. He said they were rolling all over and just wouldn't eat. Right place, right time. Finally around 10:00 a.m. we found them and they were biting. First line out 65lber. No problems, got him in the boat. Then the unexpected started. 2nd fish on, fought him for a while and the line broke. The line looked like it was popped by tuna teeth. It is unusual to lose a tuna because his teeth(which are tiny) hit the line in just the right spot, but it does happen. 3rd fish on, fought him to the boat, about a 70lber. and the hook just came right out. Nice and easy, almost as if it was planned. 4th fish, ran drag, got him in the fighting belt, line broke. Lever drag was pushed to far forward. 5th fish, clobbered the bait and this was a big one. Had him on just long enough to break the line. Lever drag pushed to full again. We lost a few more fish but we did manage to get 3 more in the boat. One was about an 85lber. and the other about 70lbs. We ended the day going 4 for ? Some days this happens and it seems to be going around right now. I talked to two other capt.'s that had the same problem. One that day, and one two days before. Wasn't the first time and won't be the last. There was a lot of action, tuna busting everywhere and we didn't go very long without a bite. You can't ask for much more than that. On Saturday the wind was howling so we opted to go snapper fishing with the Benoit crew from New Orleans. The snapper bite was steady but there were a lot of throw backs. I think we managed to get 14 keepers in the boat and then concentrated on cobia fishing. The cobia weren't as thick as last week but they were there. We went three for five. Nothing real big, the big ones wouldn't bite although we did see them mixed in with the others. Looks like the wind will keep us in towards the middle of the week. We still have some days open in Oct. and Nov. The big tuna are here, not like they will be after this front though. This is the one we need to push the mullet out. The tuna should be on them very soon. The offshore fishing will remain very good for a while. Just need the right weather to get'em.
Capt. Damon McKnight/Super Strike Charters/1 800 318 1720
WWW.SUPERSTRIKECHARTERS.COM
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