venice offshore fishing report

[Capt. Jerry]

Capt. Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

We just finished up a few trips after the last blow we had, and I'm happy to report the Tuna fishing is still CRAZY good. The first day back on the water was a little tough to get dialed back in due to the fact that the Tuna changed the pattern they had been in for the last several weeks. They had been in on the shelf, but with about a zillion sharks on those rigs I guess the Tuna decided to push on to deeper water. We finally figured out they had really pushed pretty far out, but when we found them there were still plenty of them to go around.
Live bait continues to be sketchy at best,so we're still trying to get live Poggies because the Tuna seem to really like them..... that is when we can find them. Somedays, we get one net full and we're gone, on other days, it's 1 hour of throwing the net and 4 Poggs in the live well. The good news is that the Tuna seem to really like red meat. The last day was the best day we had as we wound up with 12 Yellows in the ice hole, and all but a handfull were taken chunking with red meat while the others fell for poppers.

I really lucked out with the last two crews. Both crews brought so much gear that I just took all my stuff off the boat. I felt like a kid in a candy store with all of this high dollar stuff on the boat. Some of the reels I still don't know how to pronounce the name of, but really cool stuff. What's even better is that they all really knew how to use it. I pretty much kicked back and watched. The crew never stopped working. Jigging, popping, chunking, and live baiting, and several times all of this was going on at the same time!!! CRAZY!!

The Marlin are still trying to steal the show. Several were caught, and again, I feel like the only one that didn't get the visit from the man in the Blue suit. Capt Lee had two... in the same day!? Capt Eddy had one that they did the Palm Beach release on, and Capt Will Wall had about a 300lb one that I'm sure you'll be seeing pics of as he said he had about a 10 minute photo shoot with the fish.

If you have the itch, load up and get to Venice.

Capt Jerry Allen
www.pocolococharters.com
409-651-0765

Hey, I dont know if the pics came through. If they didn't make it you can see them on face book for Poco Loco Charters.

[TexasCub]

Guys, Jerry is a class act, I fished with him on Sunday, he and his deckhand Dean were great. Just plain had fun! I won't tell em about the kiss you gave me after I landed the first yellowfin of the day on a popper!!! Thanks for a great trip!

"the Alaskan"

[Capt. Jerry]

Thanks for the kind words!
Got new t-shirts, if you send me an address and size I'll send you a shirt.
You can e-mail me the info at pocolocovenice@aol.com
Hope you guys come back soon, You all were a BALL!!!
Capt Jerry Allen

[tokavi]

Originally Posted by TexasCub

Guys, Jerry is a class act, I fished with him on Sunday, he and his deckhand Dean were great. Just plain had fun! I won't tell em about the kiss you gave me after I landed the first yellowfin of the day on a popper!!! Thanks for a great trip!

"the Alaskan"

I'll second the class act! I fished with Jerry last year. When we got down there he told us the tuna bite was off and we should switch plans. Followed his lead and he put us on red snaps,mangroves, then went trolling and caught some dodo's. We had a marlin in the spead, just wouldn't eat. Great captain, give him a call.