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Summer Redfishing in Venice louisiana
Capt. Shawn Lanier
July 6, 2015
Venice - Saltwater Fishing Report
July 4, 2015 report.
I hope everyone is doing well on this fourth of July holiday. I am off the water for a couple of days and doing some chores, so I had time to give a report on the Red Fish fishing here in Venice. For the last week and a half I have had some good folks from Texas, north Louisiana, and Delaware fishing multiple days. We have caught some nice big Redfish down off the passes of the Mississippi River. We have been watching the weather reports to determine where we don't want to fish, so we can determine where we can fish comfortably. At this point, we go to an area and begin the hunt of finding the fish. It is always good when we find the fish early, but half the time we have to move around some to find where the big Reds are roaming around and are biting. Sometimes, I know they are around, but not biting. This time of year the Sharks can move into the area you are fishing and tear up your tackle and run off the Bull Redfish. When it comes to my specialty: targeting 20 plus pound Redfish, you have to move around an area a good bit to find them, because they roam around a lot. Here lately, we have had some days when we caught (boated) 8 or 10 Reds and some days we boated 40 of them. We missed plenty as well. It causes some confusion when we hook a big Redfish and it swims rapidly right at the boat and you have to catch up to the fish to set the hook. We miss many fish because of this. By the end of the first day of fishing my clients get more used to this happening, so their hook up ratio goes up, which is a good thing.
The Mississippi River stage in New Orleans is at 13.3 feet today and is expected to crest at 14.5 feet on July 19th at 14.5 feet. It is raining up north, so they keep changing the river stage prediction. They will probably change that again.
If the wind lies down we should have some good fishing trips. So, come on down for some good Redfish action, and have a good time.
Target Species:
redfish, red fish, bullred, red drum
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