Venice Fishing Report

We were able to fish two days last week and I am pleased to report that the fishing in Venice is still CRAZY GOOD! I was a bit worried after the first front blew out as it left some pretty chilly air behind, but it didn't matter because the fish were still on the chew! My first day was a little tuff as we spent a too long making bait and the Tuna bite was about over when we finally found the fish. Not a problem, as we were still were able to manage some Yellows and a few Blacks. The guys I had were not really Tuna addicts and were more interested in a mixed bag, so we headed inshore and wore out the AJ's and managed a few Cobia to sweeten the pot.

The second day was really good! Made bait early,so we got to the spot early and the Tuna were HUNGRY! They gobbled up the livies at first, but then started going down. When they got about 150 ft. deep, we couldn't get them up any more, but Capt Eddie Burger came to the rescue by throwing us a couple of Bonita. The first couple of drifts "chunking" we were doubling up!!! GOTTA LOVE IT!! It was about then I began thinking about getting in early with everyone's limit, right? WRONG!, cause not long after we started chunking, the sharks moved in! Dog gone it.

Oh well, this crew was also interseted in a mixed bag, so we headed back for AJ's and Cobia.

The CRAZIEST thing about whats going on this year has to be the incredible number of Blue Marlin terrorizing the boats. I think we were the only boat that was not visited by the "man in the blue suit" the past couple of days.

As I said earlier, the fishing is still VERY GOOD and we still have some days left in May, as well as, this Sunday so if you want in on some of the fun just LOAD UP!!

Capt Jerry Allen