Venice-MGFC Offshore Report

[skitterwalkin]

Capt. Scott Sullivan
Venice Offshore Report
M G F C
We were scheduled to fish this past Monday and Tuesday with the Richard Boyes crew. A good group of friends from the panhandle and vancleve,ms. The game plan was to fish for Yellow-fin and Wahoo but the weather man had other plans. We woke to the wind cranking a stiff 20+ knots. After getting fuel and ice we decided to delay the trip for a while and wait for the wind to die down a bit. Several hours later and no change to the breeze we called it and decided to fish Tuesday and Wednesday instead. It turned out to be the right decision.

We were able to get offshore early Tuesday morning and fish in some of the best water that we have seen on the shelf in 3 months. It didnt take long to locate a large school of hungry Wahoo. After about a dozen wraps and just as many misses we ended up with 4 nice wahoo. Two of which were pushing 80+lbs. As soon as the moon went down the bite turned off so we set our sights on some Yella Fellas. It took about two long drifts before they made a showing but when they did it was just like old times. Seeing large sickles cruising back and forth ten feet from your gunwale will get just about anyone fired up. It takes a second for it to click that you need to put a hook in a piece of bait and not just watch them eat "freebies".
After a while of "you go under", "you go over", "get the gaff" and "lets do it again" we called it quits. We headed to the barn with 5 Yellow fin. The biggest going around 140lbs. Smallest around 60.
Wednesday morning we set out with the same crew minus two. As we cleared the pass it was just like the weather man said it was going to be, Rough! We made it to the Wahoo spot only to find the pickings very slim. We did manage to pick up 2 wahoo in the 30 -50lbs range. After a little discussion we pointed the SEA VEE dead into it and made the trek to the Tuna grounds. Unlike the Wahoo the Tuna had stayed around the same area as the previous day. We were on our second or third drift when Capt. Rimmer yelled out Mako! Awesome! Put the mako rig on and fed him a nice king mackerel for lunch. He ate it and in no less then 30 mins we had him in the boat. On the very next drift we hooked up with our largest Yellow fin of the day. He was around 130--140lbs. Good start. It didnt take long before we had on a triple header. Lots of high fives and congratulations later we were pointing the boat home. We finished the day with 2 Wahoo, 5 Yellow fin and 1 Mako.
We had a great two day with them and at the end of the trip they had to go up the road to buy more ice chests and zip locks. The gulf is really heating up as the winter rolls on. It won’t be long before the 200lbs monsters start to move in. Call today and book your trip. www.mgfishing.com 504.343.7372

[Capt Josh]

Jesus...nice work guys!

[Agitated88]

Damn...that's how you fill up a freezer!!! Thanks for sharing!