Late MarchTuna report from Venice, LA

The tuna fishing is still strong in Venice, LA! We fished Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday!

Monday was a little slow but still managed to boat 7 yellowfin!

Friday we had Jerrid Petrys crew out of Lafayette fishing on the Looney Tuna! I actually had to work Friday because I didnt have a deck hand! I am spoiled and I am used to having help! I was able to rig everything on the way out, made it to the fishing grounds, caught plenty of bait on Frenzy sabikis (#4 and #6), first baits back, one got nailed, FISH ON!! The crew was a blast, they kept the boat in order while fishing, thanks for the help guys!! We ended the day with 12 yellowfin tuna, one in the 100 pound class, even stopped to grab a few aj's on the way back in!

Saturday, with Aaron back on the boat with me, the seas decided to not play nice! It was a slow ride out, even stopped to amberjack fish to break up the ride! After boating a few we pushed on to the tuna grounds! It was hard to catch bait in the rough water but we did get enough to start fishing! Nothing was fast but we got one here and there to finish the day with 7 yellowfin, 3 in the 100 pound class, and 3 amberjack! Not bad for the conditions, not bad at all! Great work guys! The best part about the trip was the guys had used Braid stand up harness before and knew how to use them, they landed the 100 pound fish very fast, nice work!

Sunday we had Neil's crew from Florida! These guys wanted tuna! Every charter boat in Venice canceled Sunday due to the rough sea predictions! I spoke to Neil at the dock Saturday night and told him it may be pretty rough but he wanted to go, after a little research, I told him to be at the dock at 6am! After making it down the river in the fog, we hit the mouth of southwest pass and the seas seemed to be ok, big rollers but not too bad! The fog stayed with us til we were about 15 miles offshore but the water was pretty calm!

We decided on where we would try to fish and pointed the Freeman South! After making bait, Aaron got the first two baits out to have them both inhailed by tuna! Pulled hooks on one but landed the other one, over 100 pounds! Next bait, FISH ON, all the way to the boat, huge fish, over 100, pulled hooks while we were looking at it! It happens! Next fish, over 100, Aaron and I looked at each other and said looks like its gonna be a good day!!! Fishing was awesome all day! Finished up at 2 pm with a full box, 11 yellowfin tuna, one was 107, had a 103 and a 97 and also caught a 70 pound Big Eye tuna which we will put in the record books at #2 state record! Since there is only one other Big Eye on the record books, it was pretty easy to get the #2 spot! ha ha!

We will be back at it Friday! April 23rd is the only saturday that I have open til August but we still have plenty other dates open on the two boats! Capt Gray is open Sunday April 10th if anyone wants it!

The tuna fishing continues to be off of the charts, if you want tuna then you want to fish now! Dolphin will be here soon as well!

New shirts will be here soon as well!

ps I may have this Sunday open to fish, still waiting on a customer to confirm but as of now, its open til I hear from him!

Lets go fishing!

Capt Josh Howard
225-572-7408
deepsouthcharters@cox.net
www.deepsouthcharters.com

Mid March report and Video

WOW, what a week of fishing!!! Over the last 10 days, I fished 8 of them and 7 of the 8 trips were AWESOME! I would like to think that all 8 would have been good if we wouldnt have spent all day Thursday looking for a 200 pounder but that is what the customer wanted to do! We fished hard but never found our 200 pound tuna!

Most days are close to being the same right now! We are getting an early start, looking for bait first thing, get as many as we can and start fishing! The fish are everywhere right now, you just have to feed them what they want! From one day to the next it changes!

I would have to say that the best two days were Friday 18th and Sunday 20th!

Friday, Travis (Trapper) Allred and his crew were fishing on the Looney Tuna! Travis had stuffed Robert and I pretty good with a huge steak the night before but we were able to make it to the boat and take off! After making it to the gulf, seas were flat calm! Made a couple of pulls for wahoo with nothing to show and then headed south to find the tuna! The bite was a little slow at first, ok, so the bite was dead at first, a friend called on the radio and said to be patient, they will eat! After about 2 hours, I had my doubts but in the end, he was right, Thanks Scott, they did indeed eat! We ended the day with 11 yellowfin tuna, one on a Frenzy Angry Popper and the rest on live bait!

Sunday, Fishing Junkie, Jake Verrett on the Looney Tuna for the 2nd time last week wanted to find big tuna! The wednesday before they put 8 yellowfin and a limit of amberjack in the box but none were over 50 pounds so I promised Jake a few over 50! More like prayed! ha ha! We started shooting video for this trip early that morning! Jake is a lucky s.o.b. when it comes to fish so I figured it would be a good trip! Robert and I made it to the boat a little early, got everything in place and we were out of the marina by 5:45! The plan was to run far, we didnt even stop to pull for wahoo, straight to the spot, Frenzy sabikis on 3 rods, plenty of bait in the live well, first bait in the water, FISH ON! Next bait in the water, FISH ON! Next two baits, DOUBLED UP! It went on like this til about 1 pm when we hooked into something a little bigger! Strap the Braid Power Play harness on and an hour later Robert stuck the gaff in a 120 pound yellowfin! this fish plus 11 more topped the box off in the Freeman and at 2 pm, we were headed for the barn! What an awesome trip! Check it out, you will see exactly what is going on right now, this video was shot Sunday March 20th, cant get any better than that!!





The fishing is amazing right now! If you want tuna, then you need to fish now! I cant promise you what the fish will be doing in a month but I think it will be as good or better, but I can say that now, the tuna are here and hungry! Its your call! The dolphin should start to show in the next few weeks (my opinion)! Amberjack are plentiful right now and blackfin are easy on the jig!

Capt Gray and I have dates open, we are ready to fish, waiting on your call! Check out the site, check out the videos! Also, we do not charge extra for fuel, one set price!

Capt Josh Howard
225-572-7408
deepsouthcharters@cox.net
www.deepsouthcharters.com

Early March Report

The wind has us down for a few days so I wanted to get a report out! Over the last few weeks, we have been able to put good fish in the box every day! Most of the tuna are not huge (30-50 pounds) but they are very plentiful!

Tuesday, March 1st, Steve Britt had a crew of 6 on the Looney Tuna! Tuna was the main target! A 6 man limit of tuna and a 6 man limit of amberjack is what they finished up with! Good day of fishing right there!

Wednesday we were honored to have champion duck caller Charles Petty along with Gary Bennett and Jim Ward with Garver engineers
also accompanied by Greg Dell fishing with us! These guys were a load of fun! The fishing started out a little slow but I figured we would get into them sooner or later, and we did! Everything from poppers to jigs, even live and cut bait! We put our 4 man limit of yellowfin tuna in the box and a limit of "hammer" amberjack as well! Charles has promised me a duck hunt to equal his fishing trip, I guess we will see! ha ha! Thanks Charles for a fun trip!

We got blown out for a few days and was back on the water the 7th! two guys on the boat! Again the trip started off slow! At about noon with only 2 jacks and 2 tuna in the box, these guys wanted to take chance at going find a few big fish! I really didnt want to leave a spot where I felt we would catch our limit but agreed to make the 40 mile run! Got set up on the new spot, nothing going on here! An hour later both lines go off and just like that, we are doubled up! One fish was 80 pounds and the other was 90 pounds! Put 4 stud blackfin in the box on top of that and we called it a day!

Now, more wind! I will be back on the water Sat, Sun, Monday ! Weather looks awesome this weekend! I still have Friday open to fish as well as Tuesday and Wednesday! Capt Gray may have an open spot for Monday as well!

Capt Josh Howard
225-572-7408
deepsouthcharters@cox.net
www.deepsouthcharters.com