This may sound like a broken record, but
the Tuna fishing out of Venice is as good as I have ever seen it!! The
weather has temporarily put a halt to the slaughter fest we have been
experiencing, but we should be back on the water Wednesday. The trips we got in
before the weather went south were a BALL! We had some old, and new freinds
aboard the Poco Loco. It's always great to see our old freinds and the new ones
were special in that they were young familys complete with Mom, Dad, and
children. Some of the children were 9- 10 years old, and they were really fun to have on the boat.
Back to the Tuna.
The bite is the most insane thing I have ever seen!!!
Lots of live bait and
being at the spot early in the morning are still key, but when it all comes
together the bite is so crazy we don't even put baits in the water till after we
live chum for a minute. After the live chum has been in the water for about 30
seconds it looks like a bomber just dropped a load of bombs 20 fteet behind the
boat!! When the bombs start going off we start throwing baits with hooks into
the carnage, and hook up as fast as they hit the water. We continue hooking up
till we run out of anglers, and then start the dance of over, under, front,
back. In general trying to do whatever it takes to keep the fish from tangeling
up. I know our guests think we have lost our minds because we throw the fish
staright into the ice holes or even on the deck without ever getting pics
because as fast as we get the hook out we throw it back in the water with
another bait on it because the fact is the bit ends pretty quick, and when it's
over it's over. The good news is we normally have 8 - 12 Tuna in the boat before
its over. Then we slow down a bit get some pics.
TheSnapper are obviously easy to get, and are good
size. Most of them are running 10-15 lbs, but a few have come in pushing
30lbs.
The Marlin are still on the rampage, and it seems like
even if your not trying to get one you still have a good shot at tangling with
one on any given day.
The only player that seems to be missing is the
Dolphin. Maybe they will show after this blow.
I still have a few days during
June and more in July. If you want to ride give us a call or text as the
computer service in Venice is still poor, and I check voice mail and texts every
day on the way back up the river.
Almost forgot!! Check face book for Jerry
Allen. My youngest son / deck hand, Hunter just finished a pretty cool video.
You can find it on my face book page or go to u-tube and search for "a day
aboard Poco Loco"
Hope you like it, we got some video of a "sun" fish AKA
mola mola.
Capt Jerry Allen
Great fishing
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