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Well, NOAA said Friday would be 2-4 seas. Yeah right. Try 2+4 and getting bigger as the day went on. We were lucky we got invited to go on a 37' custom catamaran instead of my Cape Horn or else we would have got are butts kicked even worse than we did. On board was my friend and co-worker from Alaska (one of the best Capt's around) and two river pilots and one wife and deckhand / up and coming attorney. Decided to bottom fish for AJ's and deep drop for grouper in the snotty conditions. First stop and it was AJ after AJ, with the biggest around 55-60 pounds. We then finished up with those and went deep dropping with the kristal electric reel. Pulled up a nice red snapper (season closed) from 500' down. Every other drop we just couldn't get the grouper. At this point we took one wave over the transom but just barely. Few minutes later we took a good one over the transom and decided we might better start heading in. So we headed north with sore arms and a bumpy ride home. Most charter boats were in when we got there as well. I saw two come in after us.
Saturday we almost didn't go figuring the forecasted 1-3 wasn't gonna happen as it was still blowing 15-20 kts until about 10pm. Then the gnats came out! No wind at all. We made the run and it was 2 footers out about 40-45 nm from the pass and then 3-4 after that and it was windy way out there and building seas. We managed around 15 small blackfin tuna (didn't really count) and 2 more that were cut in half courtesy of a big cuda. We hooked two yellowfins, straightened the hook on one and broke the 60 lb flouro on the other. At this point we were a long ways out and with the wind and seas building we headed in a little closer to another floater and it was the same thing with only blackfins and one undersized yellowfin. Could have been better, but it was a great day on the water none the less.
See you out there next week!
-Rob
P.S. Conger I know your arms are still sore! haha!
P.S.S. This was my buddy's first warm water fishing EVER.
Re: Venice, LA offshore 2/29 and 3/1/2008 by Capt Rob
Yeah you right Boomer!
We stopped on the way out for some "tuna crack" (small live hardtails) but they just weren't there. We did pick up some mullet in the morning before we headed out. We also caught some ballyhoo and mackerel at the first floater we stopped at.
RE: Venice, LA offshore 2/29 and 3/1/2008 by Capt Rob
HAAAAAAAY Big Al! I don't know when I'll be back down there. I talked to Jim today and we may get together and go for a ride on his new boat pretty soon. Are you home?
RE: Venice, LA offshore 2/29 and 3/1/2008 by Capt Rob
I fished Friday with my friend Dave on Capt Hoops 26 Glacier Bay and we ran to chunk for tuna.......... By the time we got to the rig it was 6-8's with 10's. Tried chunking for a bit but the winds just would not allow us to get any line down so we changed gears and ran back in to some other rig to troll for some Wahoo. Don't ask me which we fished. We did troll up two nice Hooters. One gaffed and one un buttoned at the gaff. Not bad for a 26' boat and those conditions!!!
Seas were nuts!!!
We had a good day on Thursday but in hind sight I wish we did the amberjack on Friday....
Venice, LA offshore 2/29 and 3/1/2008 by Capt Rob 
