Offshore Venice La

CaptEddie · 02-22-2008, 09:08 AM

Ran a crazy trip last week. It started out slow and we were heading over to another group of rigs to wahoo fish when we saw a bunch of birds. We veered off to the birds and saw some busts so we got ready. We werent prepared for what it was though. blackfin, yellowfin, bonito and sharks had a few pods of pogies balled up. We couldnt get a popper past the bonito so while trying to figure out how to catch the tuna the fish pushed the pod against the side of the boat and the pogies started jumping into the transom. I used a 5 gallon bucket and dipped it into the water and got 30 pogies on the first dip. We put one of them on a hook and it was an automatic blackfin. We were cane poling tuna. It was insane. We would dip the bait in the water and if a bonito came up we would lift it out and drop it in and wait for a blackfin. Of course we werent always fast enough to get out the way of the bonito. The fish were so crazy on fire I was tieing 12/0 silver mustad hooks straight to 130 pound jerry brown spectra and it had no effect on teh bite. Instant hookups. By the time the fish went down we had 10 blacks and one small yf in the box.

Bill Fisher · 02-22-2008, 12:05 PM

Man I have to take a trip up there to Venice to those oil rigs. The fishing is incredible there. Nice job Capt.

LedgeCrawler · 02-22-2008, 01:19 PM

Awesome pictures Capt.

Ever throw a cast net on them offshore like that?

If so, what size/weight do you use?

Thanks.

sharkyispy · 02-23-2008, 04:44 AM

Nice post and great pics. I hear/read so much about the fishing out of this area and contniue to see great stories like yours. Need to get there and experience it for myself some day,

02-22-2008, 09:08 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: 120	Offshore Venice La Ran a crazy trip last week. It started out slow and we were heading over to another group of rigs to wahoo fish when we saw a bunch of birds. We veered off to the birds and saw some busts so we got ready. We werent prepared for what it was though. blackfin, yellowfin, bonito and sharks had a few pods of pogies balled up. We couldnt get a popper past the bonito so while trying to figure out how to catch the tuna the fish pushed the pod against the side of the boat and the pogies started jumping into the transom. I used a 5 gallon bucket and dipped it into the water and got 30 pogies on the first dip. We put one of them on a hook and it was an automatic blackfin. We were cane poling tuna. It was insane. We would dip the bait in the water and if a bonito came up we would lift it out and drop it in and wait for a blackfin. Of course we werent always fast enough to get out the way of the bonito. The fish were so crazy on fire I was tieing 12/0 silver mustad hooks straight to 130 pound jerry brown spectra and it had no effect on teh bite. Instant hookups. By the time the fish went down we had 10 blacks and one small yf in the box. __________________ Swordfishing off Venice, La

02-23-2008, 04:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
sharkyispy Grunt Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8	Great story Nice post and great pics. I hear/read so much about the fishing out of this area and contniue to see great stories like yours. Need to get there and experience it for myself some day,

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02-22-2008, 12:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bill Fisher Hooked Up Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Miami Boat: 61 Viking Occupation: E-commerce Posts: 237	Man I have to take a trip up there to Venice to those oil rigs. The fishing is incredible there. Nice job Capt.

02-22-2008, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
LedgeCrawler Lines In Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Louisiana Best Catch: 135 lb Yellwofin Occupation: Analyst Posts: 47	Awesome pictures Capt. Ever throw a cast net on them offshore like that? If so, what size/weight do you use? Thanks.

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