Venice Tournament

[Southshore Marine Svcs.]

Anyone headed this way for the tournament? I just got off of I-10 and could not believe the Yellowfins and Contenders on the road! It was like a very expensive parade.

[James Howell]

I would guess that team Papotanic and Lured Away are already over there prefishing. 100+ pro boats in the FLW will be scouring the delta this weekend.

[flieman]

I am headed over there tommorrow to fish with Eddie for Yellowfins fri nite and sat nite, I am hauling my boat there, does anybody have a clue how far from Houston it is to Venice hauling a 28 ft boat at 65-70 mph.

Flieman

[Marlintini]

from houston to new orleans it's 5 hours barring no major traffic delays. from new orleans to venice its aobut 1 hour and 45 minutes.

[Southshore Marine Svcs.]

Originally Posted by Marlintini

from houston to new orleans it's 5 hours barring no major traffic delays. from new orleans to venice its aobut 1 hour and 45 minutes.

you got it! I am in Kenner, La and it takes almost 2 hours. Road construction on I-10 is a killer right now though.

Be careful comming over.
Good luck on the yellows!

[Mizpah]

Originally Posted by flieman

I am headed over there tommorrow to fish with Eddie for Yellowfins fri nite and sat nite, I am hauling my boat there, does anybody have a clue how far from Houston it is to Venice hauling a 28 ft boat at 65-70 mph.

Flieman

Figure on about 8 h with a tow. We trailered a 31 Jupiter from Lake Charles to Venice in about 6 h. Just got back Sunday. Report is over on the Tarpon Board. Jim

[DavidG]

Its 442 miles from the Hwy 290/1960 intersection to Venice. Driving nonstop from the PHI heliport in Boothville, I've made it back in under 6 hrs running 75mph. Biggest slowdowns are construction from Vidor to Orange, running the Atchafalay bridge legal @ 60 mph, NOLA rush hour traffic from Kenner to the bridge and the forever 30 mph zone around Port Sulphur on 23.

David