Offshore Venice La

CaptEddie · 12-22-2006, 10:27 AM

Finally got through all the bad weather down here to make it offshore again. I had an overnighter on the contender and a daytrip. They were both quite productive. I had Tim Hanus and his friends on the boat on sat night. We left out around 9 am to head to the floaters with the hope to finish up early enough to go swordfishing. The bite was slow at first though. Although we were steadily picking up blackfin and undersized yellowfin on williamson jigs we werent getting any legal fish. In the three hours we put in at this rig we caught two 35 pound yellowfin on live bait. I decided to move south a drillship and thats where we hit paydirt. Between 415 and 530 we caught another 10 yellowfin on chum and at one point 8 straight chunkbaits in teh water hooked up on yellowfin. We were using all frenzy 7/0 circle hooks and frenzy 80 pound flourocarbon, I liked it better then a lot of bigger brands I have used.

At dark the bite slowed here so we moved to another rig. In the next hour here we picked up another 6 yellows before we headed to the house with a full 6 man llimit of 18 yellowfin. We headed in and made a couple drifts for swords with one hit and miss.

On monday I had a day trip with Pat Bourque who now lives in Malaysia and all his old friends from Slidell. We headed back out to the drillship and made bait pretty easy with our frenzy sabiki rigs. We put the first two out and had two 100 pound plus yellows on before we even got the baits set. One broke off on his first run but the 2nd stayed on. It was a three man fight on this fish before we put him in a little over an hour after hooking him. It was a solid 130 pound class fish. We went back over to the spot and started picking away at the fish. Around 130 we had put 6-7 yellows in the boat. We made the decision to see what chum would do and in the next hour we added 7-8 more fish to the box to end up with 14 yellowfin on the day. Two of which were over 100 pounds. We caught all these fish on frenzy hooks and flouro as well.

LIGHTS OUT · 12-22-2006, 12:00 PM

Way to go Cap. You definately got er done. Sweet fish.

sworddoc · 12-22-2006, 04:59 PM

Well done, Cap.

JahMussa · 12-22-2006, 09:12 PM

Great report E! The Frenzy Fluorocarbon has been a hit here as well. Just wish we could have the qty of YF's that you guys have.

Oh but wait.. we have the Swords so it's ok

-Tek

Gaitor · 12-22-2006, 11:54 PM

Why do some of those pics have a 2004 date?

LIGHTS OUT · 12-23-2006, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaitor

Why do some of those pics have a 2004 date?

Good eye Grasshopper.

You need a raise. I hadn't even noticed that.

What's up with that Cap.?

Jared Chasteen · 12-23-2006, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LIGHTS OUT

Good eye Grasshopper.

You need a raise. I hadn't even noticed that.

What's up with that Cap.?

I am sure the date is just wrong on the camera. That fish rack was built after hurricane katrina, if you look at the post they are fallen trees.

Disco Lady · 12-23-2006, 03:12 PM

CHEERS, Capt.

12-22-2006, 10:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
CaptEddie Charter Captain Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Venice La Boat: 36 palmetto Best Catch: 198 pound yf, 83 inch sword, 95 pound wahoo Occupation: Charter boat captain Posts: 141	Offshore Venice La Finally got through all the bad weather down here to make it offshore again. I had an overnighter on the contender and a daytrip. They were both quite productive. I had Tim Hanus and his friends on the boat on sat night. We left out around 9 am to head to the floaters with the hope to finish up early enough to go swordfishing. The bite was slow at first though. Although we were steadily picking up blackfin and undersized yellowfin on williamson jigs we werent getting any legal fish. In the three hours we put in at this rig we caught two 35 pound yellowfin on live bait. I decided to move south a drillship and thats where we hit paydirt. Between 415 and 530 we caught another 10 yellowfin on chum and at one point 8 straight chunkbaits in teh water hooked up on yellowfin. We were using all frenzy 7/0 circle hooks and frenzy 80 pound flourocarbon, I liked it better then a lot of bigger brands I have used. At dark the bite slowed here so we moved to another rig. In the next hour here we picked up another 6 yellows before we headed to the house with a full 6 man llimit of 18 yellowfin. We headed in and made a couple drifts for swords with one hit and miss. On monday I had a day trip with Pat Bourque who now lives in Malaysia and all his old friends from Slidell. We headed back out to the drillship and made bait pretty easy with our frenzy sabiki rigs. We put the first two out and had two 100 pound plus yellows on before we even got the baits set. One broke off on his first run but the 2nd stayed on. It was a three man fight on this fish before we put him in a little over an hour after hooking him. It was a solid 130 pound class fish. We went back over to the spot and started picking away at the fish. Around 130 we had put 6-7 yellows in the boat. We made the decision to see what chum would do and in the next hour we added 7-8 more fish to the box to end up with 14 yellowfin on the day. Two of which were over 100 pounds. We caught all these fish on frenzy hooks and flouro as well. __________________ Swordfishing off Venice, La

12-22-2006, 04:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
sworddoc Hooked Up Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Vero Beach Best Catch: 848lb Mako Occupation: Eye surgeon Posts: 135	Well done, Cap. __________________ Dave O.

12-22-2006, 09:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
JahMussa Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lighthouse Point, FLA Boat: Contender 31 Best Catch: 96" x 64" Occupation: Tackle Ho! Posts: 570	Great report E! The Frenzy Fluorocarbon has been a hit here as well. Just wish we could have the qty of YF's that you guys have. Oh but wait.. we have the Swords so it's ok -Tek __________________ www.ILoveSwordfishing.com

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12-22-2006, 12:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
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