Venice Offshore Report

CRAZY GOOD!!! That pretty much describes the Tuna fishing out of Venice this past week. The fish still seem to be just about any direction you go, but each spot seems to have their differences. Some spot are absolutley covered up with 30 to 40 lb. fish while other spots have fewer fish, but the fish seem to be bigger.

It's still fishing and some days you'll be talking to yourself before finally cracking the code for the day.

Live bait continues to be frustrating as some days all it takes is 10 minutes and the bait wells are overflowing with bait, while other days 30 minutes work yeilds bait wells that are still empty.
The only common thread to whats going on with the Tuna fishing is the time you make it to your favorite spot. The earlier the better!!!

The last day we fished we elected to go to one of the big fish spots and were the second boat there, and the baits lasted about 30 seconds before being crushed by really big fish.

The next bait out got crushed before we could even get a second bait in the water, and so it went untill we hooked the last fish that took us two hours to finally get in the boat.

The Marlin are still doing their best to terrorize evry boat in sight. While we were hooked up to the last fish of the day, Capt Hunter happened to be bringing two 80 lb fish to the boat when a REALLY BIG Marlin decided he wanted a snack. With one of the Tuna at boatside, and just about to be gaffed the Marlin came out from under the boat and swallowed the 80 lb fish like it was an M&M. Then it swam over to the second fish and swallowed that one too. Capt. Will Wall was in the process of making laps around the rig pulling a 5 lb. Hardtail trying to catch this brute, when Hunter called to tell him he needed a BIGGER bait!!!

Upon returning to the dock, Capt Bill Butler returned from a day of fun fishing. He had released two of the guys in blue suits and jumped two more off. All of the fish were from the same spot!!

I don'e see how it can get any better except for the fact that Snapper season opens this Friday!!

If you want in on some of the action give us a call. I still have Sunday the 10th, and 30th open and a few more week days during the month.

My internet service is really poor in Venice so cell phone is the best way to make contact. I check for text messages and voiuce mail every day on the way back to the dock.

Capt. Jerry Allen

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