Offshore Venice LA
 

Got a nice stretch of weather where Michael and I were both able to get out and whack some tunas. Been fishing the mid to far floaters most days as there are not many fish in close. The early summer bait is starting to show up as we got plenty of pogies a few days to feed to the tuna. That was the general pattern the last few days I fished. Get a few on pogies in the morning and as the pogie bite died off then switch to chum to finish off our day. The beginnning of the week all I used was chum and it did work pretty well for me.

Getting bites on both 60 and 80 but it seems like they are hitting 80 better early then as the sun gets higher the bites would shift to mostly 60 pound flouro.

The topwater bite is not too good right now although we did hook 2-3 on top we didnt put any in the boat on top.

One day michael and I both went jigging for grouper and they werent too cooperative we each picked up a couple scamps. The cobia and amberjack made up for it though and they were chewing the paint off of my anteater jigs.

I even got a bearded brotula on a jig. That was a first for us on a jig.

Gonna get back at it this week for a few days hopefully the fish are still chewing.

Michael did a deep drop fun trip with Capt Lee Mclean and they got on the tiles pretty well. Ended up with 11 tiles to 30 pounds and a couple grouper.







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Nice report!

I ate Tile fish a few months ago for the first time at Ruffino's.

It was VERY good!
I read up on them amd learned that they are an ultra-deep water fish.
I didnt know that they could be caught in the gulf.

How deep do you have to go to catch this species? Thanks

Michael got those in around 700 feet of water

That sounds like a blast!
Except when you miss a bite and have to reel up to change your bait!!!

:)

That's what electrics are for

Yeah have fun reeling up 800-1300 feet of line with 3-5 pounds of weight w a conventional reel. Electric reels are where it's at

So even when you catch something you just push a button and an electric motor reels in the fish???

Hmmm....

Yep some of em are automatic, don't een have to sit there and hold the button down. Set the hook, make sure the fish is on, and cut you another piece of bait. Ready to drop again when the fish gets to the boat. Doesn't sound too sporty, but it is fun. It's more about setting up your drift right to be able to drop right where you need to.

Most people fish with more than one hook, it's common to catch multiple tiles/grouper on one drop

All I know is that tile fish that I ate was awesome!

Very flaky texture and buttery flavor.

Yeah if you're gonna go all the way out there, might as well catch as many as you can, that's another advantage to electric reels, you can get the job done much faster. I have some I need to cook soon.

they also have something called a reel crankie, lets you pull up your weights after your bait is gone with a drill hooked to your reel

http://www.innovativefishingtackle.c...l_Crankie.html

How far out do you have to go to get to 700' of water?

Deepest we have found, which was out of Grand Isle, was around 400' and that was 45 miles out.

110 miles give or take a few out of pecan island. Much closer farther to the east.

Out of Venice it's about 12 miles to 700 feet