I seem to have lost more trips than I ran
this last week,but I still managed to make it out this past Saturday and the
fishing is still OFF THE CHAIN in Venice!!!
The shrimp boats are still in place,
but because of the big blow last week most of them are justing getting back
offshore which means most of them have no fish on them yet, and that was the
case with the ones we hit on the way to the lump. I think we hit two or three
boats in clean green water, but no fish under them. Capt Michael Gray was lucky
enopugh to find a shrimp boat with fish on it and did very well so wont be long
and all the shrimpers should be loaded up again.
Anyway, on to the lump we
go and nada, zip, zero! Darn I hate it when that happens! We pointed Poco Loco
South and off we went. I elected to go long and don't mind telling you I was a
little hesitant because of this spots "hit or miss" tendency as of late, but
when we got there we were greated by "skying" Tuna. Gotta love that! The guys we had were all
from NY were all very good anglers. Most of them owned there own boats back home
and did a lot of Bluefin fishing so it was great to hear of the big fish they
get up that way. As I said these guys were great anglers and they wasted no time
throwing poppers, and jigging. Both tactics worked well. Once we knew exactly
where the fish were located we set up and started chunking. I was confident we
were about to sink the boat with fish, but one drift, two drifts, and three
drifts later we had no takers. With lots of fish still in the area we swiched
top pulling baits, two shacky baits close and two daisy chains with birds on
them long and two guys in the front of the boat armed with poppers for the
unlucky fish that came too close. We started picking fish up and then sveral
other boats showed up and things really slowed so my guys voted to try and make
live bait. We spent about 30 minutes trying to make bait and got one. We set
back up and sent the live bait out and were going to start chunking as well, but
about 45 seconds after the livie hit the water the line satrted screaming! This
was a nice solid Yellow, but the guys made short work of him, and in no time he
was in the ice hole and we were back trying for more bait. Picked up one more
bait and fed him to a hungry Cuda. Darn it I hate that.
We finished up the
day with 8 Yellows and headed for the barn feeling pretty good about the day and
actually thinking we may be among the top boats of the day, but then I get back
to find out Capt Josh Howard had 12, and Eddy Burger had 12 or 13. Way to go
guys! Best news is that the fish seem to be pretty much everywhere. Eddy was in
close, and several other guys were in close and were oppisite sides of the
river, but all did well. Josh and I both went long and the fish were there
also.
I can't help but think this is going to be a VERY GOOD year for us in
Vnice as things just keep looking better.
Capt Jerry Allen
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