Mid March, Venice Tuna

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It has been a bit windy.....windy enough for us to cancel last week...the whole week, haha

The week before was good to us though. Well, minus the day that everyone fished in the rain storm the entire day....that kinda sucked, but the fish were eating. Roughly 40 yellowfin were caught on the triple threat in 6 days...not too bad at all.

Gray had been off from fishing for a few weeks and I had been clowning on him pretty bad about not being able to find fish....his first day he had three yellowfin, a couple of blacks, couple jacks and somehow managed a wahoo so I couldn't mess with him too much....the next day he goes and catches 11 yellowfin and the 7 the day after that....guess that will keep me quiet for a little while. I had planned on going show him up last week but got blown out so now I have to listen to him for a while.....

Both Capt Gray and Capt Nick caught almost every fish on live bait....still a good bit of livies out there if you look.

Even have a few fish eating top water poppers.

Capt Mitch had the Party Crew that weekend....The guys had hit it hard all night and then tried to fish....after making it out to Mars area, Mitch landed three tuna in the 70 pound range and then the guys told him to take it to the barn, they had enough.....with most of the crew sea sick, they called it a day. Lesson.....always get good sleep before fishing an offshore trip...no partying, haha

Next couple of months should be pretty good. Dolphin will start to show up....this is the time of year we see live pogies offshore and can net them for bait. Its almost go time....bill fish have already started to show....still some wahoo around...April and May are good months...should be able to find good fish. TIP....when throwing live bait for a dolphin you can see... make sure to let him swim away from you for a little before coming tight....when sight fishing with circle hooks, we all get trigger happy and think since we see the fish eat that we can set the hook but most times the hook will come out because the fish is facing you. Pitch the bait, let the fish eat, may even swim around, once the fish feels the pressure, most times will take off away from the boat, let it run a few seconds and then apply drag easy....come to strike, fish on....enjoy yourselves out there and please be careful

I have decided to show the pic of the Bluefin caught a couple of years ago. Even though fish was never brought to land, I do have a boat shot of it. Been through enough bs over it, you may as well enjoy it.



Capt Josh Howard

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pics

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that is a big one!