TUNA

[jbhunter]

Anybody got any info on TUNA? Not looking for coordinates just general area of depth of water? Looking to make an overnight trip tomorrow and thought I would give this a shot! Currents showing SW PASS is holding bait! ANy info would be greatly appreciated and hope you guys enjoy talking some fishing!

[Dink]

Blue water was in close not long ago......not sure bout now tho, good luck!!

[Ray]

Tuesday thru Saturday, they were thick around Ursa, Mars, Bully 1 and ATP Titan.
During the day, if you looked across the water, you would see one or two hit here and there, but around 3:30, the schools of Tuna would be busting the water about 1 to 1.5 miles from the platforms, and all the boats were fishing at the platforms.
Oblivious to all the Tuna hitting the water behind them.
The frenzy would last a couple hours, then stop, every evening.
Since the winds turned E to ESE, I haven't seen many hitting the top. But when the winds were North and seas flat, they were like Pirana in the evenings.

[jbhunter]

Thanks for the update! We were looking into heading that direction. I think now we are going to go out South Pass. Did the fish out of SW have any size? Reports are out that out of South pass the fish are thick just small which is ok with me!

[jchief]

Ray, how far a run is it to those platforms?

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by jbhunter

Thanks for the update! We were looking into heading that direction. I think now we are going to go out South Pass. Did the fish out of SW have any size? Reports are out that out of South pass the fish are thick just small which is ok with me!

as in venice?? if so i found pretty water 2 weeks ago in my bay boat SE of SW pass

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by jchief

Ray, how far a run is it to those platforms?

Jude, I think they are 50-60 miles out.

[shaggy]

hey man i work in green canyon 338 murphy front runner they full of them, just to let u know they been haveing about 8 of then close to spar around 200 lbs monster

[shellman]

Originally Posted by jchief

Ray, how far a run is it to those platforms?

Aprox. 85 miles se of venice. Check w/ charter capt.,s out of Venice.....

[Ray]

About 45 to 50 miles out of SW Pass.

[jbhunter]

Just a follow up report to my trip last week. We went to Elf out of South Pass. We caught 9 black fin and 2 yellow fin! All were caught on a diamond jig and a few on a live hardtail. The water reports showed that ELF and LENA were in some blue water but when we arrived that was not the case. IT looked like the blue water was underneath some dingy looking water on top. Oh well that is how it goes at times! We also caught 3AJ's and 3 Tile fish(according to my buddy these are some fine eating!)

[capt hoop]

Good catch. Those yellows have been shutting off early at Elf. Any pictures?

[cmdrost]

Originally Posted by Ray

Tuesday thru Saturday, they were thick around Ursa, Mars, Bully 1 and ATP Titan.
During the day, if you looked across the water, you would see one or two hit here and there, but around 3:30, the schools of Tuna would be busting the water about 1 to 1.5 miles from the platforms, and all the boats were fishing at the platforms.
Oblivious to all the Tuna hitting the water behind them.
The frenzy would last a couple hours, then stop, every evening.
Since the winds turned E to ESE, I haven't seen many hitting the top. But when the winds were North and seas flat, they were like Pirana in the evenings.

Ray have you seen any blue fin tuna? I've heard reports that several large schools have been spotted in the area of one of the rigs you mention.

[Ray]

The Tuna are a mile or two away from the platform in the evenings. I can't tell what they are. I do see them coming out the water, but they are not huge like most of the Blues we see now and then. I would suspect they were YF's, cause they are too big to be Blackfins.
I came home Tues. evening. Not sure how it looks now. But the 2 weeks we were there, they were in a feeding frenzy in the evenings.

[deepsouthcharters]

Originally Posted by jchief

Ray, how far a run is it to those platforms?

About 60 miles from the mouth of South pass

[RigRatNoMeaux]

We'll hopefully have a good report in a few days for yall. And a bunch of cool pics and video.we have two camera guys,a photographer, and an under water camera guy also. We had to delay our departure because of some electronics issues.hopefully a will be heading out soon.

Then once we are in and get a Lil rest we will be shooting stone inshore footage. Hopefully the top water bite is still on.

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