Venice Offshore Report

Tuna are still pretty much everywhere. No matter which direction we have been travelling we have been seeing a lot of fish. Some days they chew better than others but they are definitely out there in full force. We are catching our tuna on live pogies, hardtails and discos with some fish coming off red meat and Angry Poppers. The Mahi have definitely showed up in good numbers and are eating poppers and live bait as well as cut bait. Always have a spinning reel rigged and ready to throw a piece of cut pogie to those big dolphin that follow your popper or just show up at around the boat. They rarely can resist it. The Red Snapper are still thick and hungry and limits have been easy to come by along with a few grouper. With the arrival of the dolphin the Blue Marlin have really showed up as well. In the past 2 days I saw 6 different fish crashing bait. Saturday, we had one eat our tuna bait and it took 3 hours before I ever got my hands on the 80lb leader. We estimated that awesome fish around 400lbs. Capt. Josh has been at it for the last couple of days and the results have been similar. Lots of tuna, dolphin and snapper. Give us a call to get in on the action!

Capt. Gray Long
Go Long Charters LLC
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