Offshore Report

The Tuna fishing remains very good in Venice. I wasn't sure what to expect after the tropical storm kept us off the water for about a week, but what we found was GOOD! The Tuna were still hungry and seemed to have gotten bigger. Most of the fish that were hitting the dock were over 80lbs. with several over 100lbs. The last day wer fished we had two over 100lb, and the others were all over 80lb. The only other thing that was a little crazy was the way the fish were fighting. Almost every fish we caught took off straight away from the boat and stayed high in the water? We would take off after the fish trying to run it down, fully expecting to see a Marlin jump only to wind up a big Tuna at the end of the fight. Different but fun!!

The last day we fished we had another crazy thing happen. We had a Mako a couple hundred yards from the boat just lose his mind and start free jumping!? He must have made a dozen or more jumps? CRAZY!

Looking forward to getting back on the water as we have some old freinds coming for a few days, and I can't wait to get them on the BIG fish that are areound now.

I am also excited by a report that Catain Eric gave me. Seems that Sunday he found a spot COVERED up with Grouper and no Red Snapper to fight through!! He said he had Snowy, Yellow Edge, and a Warsaw. Can't wait!!

Capt Jerry Allen