I recently went to my nephews wedding in Dallas, and my Deck Hand /Captain ran the boat while I was gone. He did very well considering the fish totally disappeared from where they had been when we left them.
He regrouped after some head scratching, and found them in some of the spots we fished at the end of the summer. He said he ha great groups of people and found fish for all. The best one was a 163 lb. Yellowfin!!! The crazy thing about it was he hooked it on a popper and spinning rod. Even though the reel was a Stella..... that's too big a fish for a spinning rod..... well 31/2 hours after hooking it they put the beast on ice!!!
The wind has been blowing for about 5 days now , but looks like we can get back on the water tomorrow. More reports later.
Capt. Jerry
Poco Loco Chatrters
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
Fishing Report
We've been blown off the water since Monday, but prior to
us leaving, the tuna fishing
was still VERY GOOD, although lots of things have changed since my last report.
The first thing that changed is the location of the fish.... I wish we could
put fences up out there, and keep the fish in one spot, it would sure make
things easier. The other thing that's kind of weird is the insane number of
juvenal yellowfin that
have moved in. I guess its good to see that many little guys for the future,
but they get pretty annoying when they eat our live baits before the big boys
can get to them. The last day we fished was the worst. We must have caught 25
Yellofin, and only had 5 keepers. Another curve the Tuna added was that the big
boys have evidently improved there eye sight. We noticed that every time we
bucket tricked them they would eat all the free bees, but would not eat a hook
bait.....?? As soon as we dropped down to 30lb. leader we started hooking them.
As you can probably guess this is a pretty low percentage success game, but at
least we were hooking them. We still wound up landing 75-80% of them on light
leader, it just took a lot longer to land them cause we couldn't put much heat
on them.
I guess the best news I have to report is that the shrimp
boats are here and already have fish on them. I personally did not get to
participate in any of the shrimp boat action, because we had our own little
secret stash of fish on a floater, and had them to ourselves, but the guys that
did chase the boats were rewarded with plenty of Blackfin the first two days ,
and got on some nice Yellows the last day they did it. Capt. Peace told me when
he left them the last day, he still had a large school of them under his boat,
but he'd run out of willing anglers!
We have plenty of open days in September so if you'd like to
get in on some shrimp boat action or just regular Tuna fishing give us a shout.
I almost forgot... on the weird side.... we landed a
sailfish last week. We see plenty of Marlin,
but not many Sails in Venice,
I guess cause its so deep, and they tend to like a little shallower water. At
any rate it was a nice surprise, and we got some nice pics.
Capt. Jerry Allen
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Gotta Love Venice
Gotta love Venice!!
We just finished up with a few days of fishing, and the last day was truly insane!!
The first couple of days were good, as we were finding plenty of Blacks, AJ's, and the occasional Yellow, but Sunday just went off. We started the day off like usual, chasing the mobile FAD's, and finding plenty of Blacks. It didn't take too long before we had about all the Blacks we wanted, so we decided to take a lunch break. We were just drifting around, enjoying the day when I happened to look at the sounder. WOW!! We had fish all under the boat! We started feeding them, and the Blacks came up really fast, and then the Yellows showed. Lots of them, and all of them BIG!!! We put one bait out, and a Yellow swallowed it up. The crazy thing was that during the fight, all the other fish that had decided to live under our boat just followed us around. After putting the first one in the boat we started feeding the fish again, and yep, the Yellows were still there. Hooked another and followed him around , while all his buddies stayed with us. We put him in the boat and satrted the whole process over again, hooked another, and yep, the rest of them followed us. CRAZY!
About half way through the fight the XM weather alarm went off, telling us we had a front coming with 60 MPH winds, lightning, and hail so after getting our last little friend in the boat we headed North, leaving all our other new found freinds behind.
We wound up the day with 3 Yellows all over a 100lb, with the largest weighing in at 188lb. not to mention all the Blacks from earlier in the day.
The coolest thing came when we got back to the dock, only to find that everyone got on them. Capt Eddie had 2 over 100 lb with his largest going 224 lb, Capt Peace had one about 170lb, and Capt Bret had one about 150 lb!!
All in all we had 7 giant Yellows laying on the dock and it was 2:00 PM!!
Gotta love Venice.
Capt Jerry Allen
We just finished up with a few days of fishing, and the last day was truly insane!!
The first couple of days were good, as we were finding plenty of Blacks, AJ's, and the occasional Yellow, but Sunday just went off. We started the day off like usual, chasing the mobile FAD's, and finding plenty of Blacks. It didn't take too long before we had about all the Blacks we wanted, so we decided to take a lunch break. We were just drifting around, enjoying the day when I happened to look at the sounder. WOW!! We had fish all under the boat! We started feeding them, and the Blacks came up really fast, and then the Yellows showed. Lots of them, and all of them BIG!!! We put one bait out, and a Yellow swallowed it up. The crazy thing was that during the fight, all the other fish that had decided to live under our boat just followed us around. After putting the first one in the boat we started feeding the fish again, and yep, the Yellows were still there. Hooked another and followed him around , while all his buddies stayed with us. We put him in the boat and satrted the whole process over again, hooked another, and yep, the rest of them followed us. CRAZY!
About half way through the fight the XM weather alarm went off, telling us we had a front coming with 60 MPH winds, lightning, and hail so after getting our last little friend in the boat we headed North, leaving all our other new found freinds behind.
We wound up the day with 3 Yellows all over a 100lb, with the largest weighing in at 188lb. not to mention all the Blacks from earlier in the day.
The coolest thing came when we got back to the dock, only to find that everyone got on them. Capt Eddie had 2 over 100 lb with his largest going 224 lb, Capt Peace had one about 170lb, and Capt Bret had one about 150 lb!!
All in all we had 7 giant Yellows laying on the dock and it was 2:00 PM!!
Gotta love Venice.
Capt Jerry Allen
Fishing Report
We're still alive and doing well. Our
boat's and camp are all good, and we finally got back on the water this past
weekend. The shrimp boats are in place and they are holding some fish.... just
not many Yellowfin. In two days of
fishing, Capt Lee's 150lb Yellowfin was the one and only Yellowfin caught!? The
boats seemed to have plenty of Bonita, Sharks, and a hand
full of Blackin, but the only ones that seemed to be hungry were the Sharks. I
hate it when that happens!
Saturday was so rough we really couldn't run farther than the boats , and after working them over for more than long enough we ran back into the relative safety of the West Delta and spent the rest of the day fishing for AJ's and Cobia. The AJ's were easy and hungry. Gotta love em!
The Cobia were around, but not in big numbers. I think we went 4 for 5 the first day, but those numbers should really improve, along with the shrimp boat fishing as soon as the coming cool fronts to drop the water temp.
Sunday the water was much better. We started the day off chasing the shrimp boats again (slow learners) with not much better luck than the day before. We had a couple of Blackfin in the box when we headed South. Not much better luck out that way either. I was on the radio with the other Captains , and it seemed like we were all trying to figure out where all the Yellowfin had gone to. We found out when we got back to the dock. Seemed like Capt. Willy B nailed them to the wall!! I was really glad to see them, just wished they would have been on my boat. I guess thats what happens when no ones been on the water for two weeks. The good news is that from here out we should be able to stay on them, and it wont be loing before the shrimp boats start paying off. Cant wait!!
Give us a call if you have the itch.
Capt Jerry Allen
Saturday was so rough we really couldn't run farther than the boats , and after working them over for more than long enough we ran back into the relative safety of the West Delta and spent the rest of the day fishing for AJ's and Cobia. The AJ's were easy and hungry. Gotta love em!
The Cobia were around, but not in big numbers. I think we went 4 for 5 the first day, but those numbers should really improve, along with the shrimp boat fishing as soon as the coming cool fronts to drop the water temp.
Sunday the water was much better. We started the day off chasing the shrimp boats again (slow learners) with not much better luck than the day before. We had a couple of Blackfin in the box when we headed South. Not much better luck out that way either. I was on the radio with the other Captains , and it seemed like we were all trying to figure out where all the Yellowfin had gone to. We found out when we got back to the dock. Seemed like Capt. Willy B nailed them to the wall!! I was really glad to see them, just wished they would have been on my boat. I guess thats what happens when no ones been on the water for two weeks. The good news is that from here out we should be able to stay on them, and it wont be loing before the shrimp boats start paying off. Cant wait!!
Give us a call if you have the itch.
Capt Jerry Allen
Fishing Report
Its been a while since my last
report, but the fishing is still very good out of Venice. The fish seem to be getting bigger than
they were earlier in the year, and one place in particular has had some REALLY
BIG fish hanging around. The other day we were there, and had several in the
boat over 100lbs. when we hooked the a really big fish at 2:30 PM and finally
pulled the hook at 6:00 PM!! We never got more than half our spool back!!
Our bait situation is much better as the "crack" finally showed up as well as Threadfin, so thats all good.
The Tuna aren't nearly as predictable as they were earlier as they seem to be here today and somewhere else tommorow, but all in all we are still able to stay on them and make a good day. We can keep AJ's again so it's always nice to stop and add them to the ice hole.
The craziest thing that has happened to us since the last report was a very close encounter with a VERY LARGE shark. We were Tuna fishing when this shark decided he wanted one of the Tuna we were bringing along side the boat. We were in clean green water so visability was not the greatest, but we knew something was up when the Tuna we had been fighting decided he really wanted in the boat with us. He swam to the boat with enough speed that he actually breached the surface in easy gaffing range. Jimmy reached for him with the gaff, and out of the depths I saw a shark coming up that was so big that my first thought was "why would a whale shark want to eat our Tuna". The next thing I thought was " why does that whale shark have strips on it like a Tiger Shark!!!" Then I snapped. It was the biggest Tiger I have ever seen by far. Really cool.
I have some dates the last two weeks of August if you want to ride. Text message is always a good way to reach us.
Capt Jerry Allen
Our bait situation is much better as the "crack" finally showed up as well as Threadfin, so thats all good.
The Tuna aren't nearly as predictable as they were earlier as they seem to be here today and somewhere else tommorow, but all in all we are still able to stay on them and make a good day. We can keep AJ's again so it's always nice to stop and add them to the ice hole.
The craziest thing that has happened to us since the last report was a very close encounter with a VERY LARGE shark. We were Tuna fishing when this shark decided he wanted one of the Tuna we were bringing along side the boat. We were in clean green water so visability was not the greatest, but we knew something was up when the Tuna we had been fighting decided he really wanted in the boat with us. He swam to the boat with enough speed that he actually breached the surface in easy gaffing range. Jimmy reached for him with the gaff, and out of the depths I saw a shark coming up that was so big that my first thought was "why would a whale shark want to eat our Tuna". The next thing I thought was " why does that whale shark have strips on it like a Tiger Shark!!!" Then I snapped. It was the biggest Tiger I have ever seen by far. Really cool.
I have some dates the last two weeks of August if you want to ride. Text message is always a good way to reach us.
Capt Jerry Allen
Fishing Report
We just finished up with a few trips and
I'm glad to report the Tuna are still on the chew. The last day we fished
the fish relocated without telling us , but we still found them so it's all
good.
The craziest thing going on this summer seems to be the really big Tuna still running around. Most of the fish we are catching are the normal 40 - 70 lb fish, but there are more than a few studs running around out there. Capt. Eddie Burger put one in the boat that tipped the scale at 169lbs., and Captain Michael Pittman wound up with one that went 180lbs!!
The last day I fished we tossed the first two baits in the water only to have one of them inhaled seconds after hitting the water. I don't know how big this fish was because we never stopped it! It dumped a 30 wide on the first run!?!
The rip seems to be coming together every day and if you get on it in time there seems to be plenty of Dolphin and a Marlin amd Wahoo.
The Red Snappers are always willing to take a ride on the boat, and they are a good way to top off the fish box at the end of the day.
If you want to ride give us a call or text me.
Capt. Jerry Allen
The craziest thing going on this summer seems to be the really big Tuna still running around. Most of the fish we are catching are the normal 40 - 70 lb fish, but there are more than a few studs running around out there. Capt. Eddie Burger put one in the boat that tipped the scale at 169lbs., and Captain Michael Pittman wound up with one that went 180lbs!!
The last day I fished we tossed the first two baits in the water only to have one of them inhaled seconds after hitting the water. I don't know how big this fish was because we never stopped it! It dumped a 30 wide on the first run!?!
The rip seems to be coming together every day and if you get on it in time there seems to be plenty of Dolphin and a Marlin amd Wahoo.
The Red Snappers are always willing to take a ride on the boat, and they are a good way to top off the fish box at the end of the day.
If you want to ride give us a call or text me.
Capt. Jerry Allen
Fishing Report
The Tuna are still on the chew,
Snapper season has been
extended, the Marlin are still on an all
out asault, and the Dolphin have finally made their appearance!!
The Tuna fishing might not be as fast and furious as it was prior to the storm, but what we may be lacking in total numbers we are way more making up for in SIZE! In the last five days we fished, we have caught at least one yellowfin over 100 lbs., not to mention the regular 50 to 70 lb fish.
The last two days we fished, the rip really got going good. As a matter of fact, the first day that it really went off big time, we came to a small section of it that was loaded with just about every species of fish you could think of. This spot on the rip was maybe only 300 yards long, but it had Tuna busting all over it, and Marlin knocking Dolphin into the sky just about everywhere you looked!! While we were making bait as fast as possible, a VERY LARGE Marlin started chasing a 30 lb Dolphin around, and the dolphin decided to use our boat to hide under. What a show!! With bait made, we pulled off the rip a way, and tossed a couple of baits out, A big bait for the Marlin, and a small bait for a Tuna. Both baits got creamed about the same time with a Tuna on the Tuna bait, and A giant Wahoo on the Marlin bait!?!?
The Wahoo turned out to be about 80lbs and the Tuna was about 60 lbs. The biggest Tuna we pulled off this spot was about 140lb.
Capt Mike Gray and Capt Beach were in the same spot with us, and Capt Mike wound up releasing a nice Blue and his biggest Tuna was 147lb. Beach got dumped by one VERY LARGE Tuna, but managed to put several BIG Yellows in the box as well as a 62lb Dolphin!!!
The only problem with this place was we all got to it toward the end of the day, and we had to leave it while it was still going off in order to get back to the fuel docks before they closed so we could refuel and ice up for the next morning.
We will be able to keep Snapper through July 17th, and I am open July 10th - 12, and 16th - 20th so if you want in on some of the fun, give us a call.
Check out the face book page for Jerry Allen for more pics from the last few trips as well as our web site www.pocolococharters.com
Text message and voice messages work well to contact me as I check them both on the way up the river every day.
Capt Jerry Allen
The Tuna fishing might not be as fast and furious as it was prior to the storm, but what we may be lacking in total numbers we are way more making up for in SIZE! In the last five days we fished, we have caught at least one yellowfin over 100 lbs., not to mention the regular 50 to 70 lb fish.
The last two days we fished, the rip really got going good. As a matter of fact, the first day that it really went off big time, we came to a small section of it that was loaded with just about every species of fish you could think of. This spot on the rip was maybe only 300 yards long, but it had Tuna busting all over it, and Marlin knocking Dolphin into the sky just about everywhere you looked!! While we were making bait as fast as possible, a VERY LARGE Marlin started chasing a 30 lb Dolphin around, and the dolphin decided to use our boat to hide under. What a show!! With bait made, we pulled off the rip a way, and tossed a couple of baits out, A big bait for the Marlin, and a small bait for a Tuna. Both baits got creamed about the same time with a Tuna on the Tuna bait, and A giant Wahoo on the Marlin bait!?!?
The Wahoo turned out to be about 80lbs and the Tuna was about 60 lbs. The biggest Tuna we pulled off this spot was about 140lb.
Capt Mike Gray and Capt Beach were in the same spot with us, and Capt Mike wound up releasing a nice Blue and his biggest Tuna was 147lb. Beach got dumped by one VERY LARGE Tuna, but managed to put several BIG Yellows in the box as well as a 62lb Dolphin!!!
The only problem with this place was we all got to it toward the end of the day, and we had to leave it while it was still going off in order to get back to the fuel docks before they closed so we could refuel and ice up for the next morning.
We will be able to keep Snapper through July 17th, and I am open July 10th - 12, and 16th - 20th so if you want in on some of the fun, give us a call.
Check out the face book page for Jerry Allen for more pics from the last few trips as well as our web site www.pocolococharters.com
Text message and voice messages work well to contact me as I check them both on the way up the river every day.
Capt Jerry Allen
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