With morning glories blooming across the canal, Capt. Cody Obiol was pushing away from the dock as I waited for his boss, Capt. Ryan Lambert to launch his Skeeter bay boat. Obiol was after bull reds that morning, but he knew my mission involved something much different, so his gracious salutation stoked my optimism.[…]
The 20th Annual Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo is set to kickoff Thursday morning out of Venice Marina, but if you’re not registered yet, unfortunately you’re out of luck: Registration is closed for this year.[…]
Summer is in full swing, and that means rip lines and red snapper.[…]
Offshore, Venice fishing got off to a slow start in 2018, but almost halfway through the year things are finally turning around. […]
Red snapper management has been a fisheries football kicked back and forth between federal and state managers, snapper fishermen and environmental groups since 1990, when the first serious regulations were imposed on recreational fishermen.[…]
Inshore fishermen making their first foray offshore for shallow water red snappers should be aware that simple Basic and Saltwater Recreational Fishing Licenses are not enough to bring red snapper back to the dock.[…]
For one thing, the modern and comfortable facility set in the middle of the world’s most fertile fishing grounds is not simply Port Eads. It’s now called the Port Eads Marina.[…]
Everyone appreciates a packed livewell, but minding the details of kingfish bait collection can advance your trip’s success. […]
Lean, mean biting machines, king mackerel pack a mouthful of sharp teeth that’ll make short work of monofilament or even fluorocarbon line. These fish are also notorious for snipping baits in half and missing single hook-rigs.[…]
They say it’s better to be lucky than good.
That was the case for four captains with Mexican Gulf Fishing Company in Venice on May 3 while they were wrapping up another successful yellowfin tuna trip about 35 miles south of Port Eads. […]
This week the Sportsman TV crew gets twisted with Fin Twisters Guide Service in Venice, where Capt. Walter Heathcock took host Greg Hackney and Bowie Outfitters’ Lee Benoit on a grand tour of the coast. […]
The body of a Baton Rouge man missing after a May 2 fatal accident near South Pass was recovered Saturday morning, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
One man is dead and another is missing after a 27-foot boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning about a half-mile from South Pass in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Without oil platforms or reefs, wrecks and rock piles on the bottom, see how this Venice guide locates red snapper in open water.[…]
Fishing out of Venice usually depends on what the Mississippi River is doing — and May is no exception. […]
Like lots of days recently, Monday’s steady winds kept Capt. Brandon Carter from heading to some of his typical springtime trout hotpots out of Venice.[…]