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The Yellowfin tuna fishing has come back down to Earth now that we’ve reached mid summer. It’s still good, just not as easy as it was. When you go to the right place with the right bait, it’s awesome. When you don’t, it can be a long day. We had a nice push of blue water in June and w

The corona virus couldn’t have hit us at a worse time. We were in the middle of the best giant tuna bite we have ever seen. I’m pretty sure more 200+ pound yellowfin tuna were caught in a 2 week stretch than in the past 5 years combined. The state never actually shut down the ability

Its been great start to the year. Tuna fishing is on fire. The big yellowfin tuna are on the lump just like they are supposed to be this time of year. Most of these fish are over 100 lbs. We’re catching them on chunks of pogies, bonita, and kingfish. On the days that the big fis

This past year was a good one for fishing in Venice. Even though it was a little bit slow for the tuna, all the other species really made up for it. It was a great year for Mahi Mahi. We caught tons of Mahi and they were usually not that far out and they hung around our area until Nov

I’ve had some computer issues and got busy fishing so I’ve slacked off on the reports. Last year was definitely a slower than normal year for us down in Venice. The tuna were around but not in the numbers that were used to. The size was better than normal. We caught a lot of fish over

With all the rough days we had this October, the large number of calm days we’ve had in November has been a very nice surprise. Some days I was in shorts and flip flops feeling like summertime. The bad news was that the yellowfin tuna really slowed down close in behind the shrim

I walked outside today and felt the first strong north wind of the year. The first real cool front has arrived and that means transition time for offshore fishing down in Venice. That means less live baiting around oil rigs and more chasing around shrimp boats and chumming. To recap t

Its been a while since I’ve posted so I have a lot of catching up to do. The great tuna fishing from last Summer continued into the Fall. The shrimp boats gave up plenty 100 plus pound yellowfins. Some days you had to have live bait to get them to bite and other days they would

What a year this has been for yellowfin tuna fishing in Venice. The fish have generally been all over the place. Now some days they didn’t feel like biting but overall it’s been good for fish of all sizes, from barely keepers to 200 pounders. The only downfall has been the

It’s been a great winter so far for big yellowfins. Every trip so far this year has resulted in at least one yellowfin tuna over 100 lbs. We’re also catching plenty huge blackfin tuna(25-30lbs). Some days we’re able to catch as many as you want. All fish have been ca