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9 Aug 2004 - Summer fishing in Venice Louisiana
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Had another bang up trip to the deep blue aboard the 93'Finatic this weekend. Roger Swims and the rest of Atlanta's captain's of industry came down to try thier luck amid a questionable forecast. Left Cypress Cove on Thursday afternoon arriving too late to make bait, but it didn't matter..we caught 8 yellowfin on glow braid slammer jigs and blackfin chunks the first evening amid a surprising 2-3 ft sea. At daybreak the boys picked up 6 more schoolsized yellowfin on poppers releasing 5 of them. Darkness gave way to light around 5:45am and out went the 8 line trolling spread..first strike came around 9am yielding a 110 pound yellowfin..then the front hit with 20 knot winds which soon delivered 6-8 ft seas..spent the remainder of the day bouncing between platforms with only one other 100 pound tuna to show by 4pm..As the bodies began to disapear below, we explained to the last few hold-outs, that the action could pick up in one second, one minute, one hour or not at all..as it turned out it would only take ten minutes to restore the excitement to the usual fever pitch..the next hour yielded 4 bull dolphin another 80 pound yellowfin and one white marlin T/R..by dark everyman on board was again pacing the cockpit deck awaiting his turn..Not exactly sure what happened after fresh grilled tuna dinner because I went to bed but I know 5 more yellowfin went into the box with the rest released..the pilot wasn't sure if he could get the King ir 200 off the ground if anymore fish were brought to the dock so we headed in early..final tally was 17 yellowfin from 50-110 pounds, 4 bull dolphin - 20-30 pounds and a 60 pound white marlin...have two more trips scheduled for next week to complete this year's season...the 32 Albemarle and 35 Cabo have been fishing mixed trips between the tuna and bottom fishing..not limits of either but quality fish..the tuna have been running 60-120 pounds and the snapper and grouper between 15-20 pounds..hope to have the website photo's to reflect the last few weeks..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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