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Mike Beals and his wife Michelle had heard so much about the fishing in Venice, LA that after a full summer season of running their fishing lodge in Alaska, they had to come give Venice a try. In a day and a half, we managed to catch everything from redfish to yellowfin tuna, and even gave them a look at a swordfish that we didn’t end up catching. Our final species count was somewhere around 18 and I’m sure these guys will be back. Here’s Mike with his first ever yellowfin tuna and yes, he did eat the heart.

Even without their fearless leader, the injured crew from Meridian was able to put together a fine tuna catch. Here’s a shot of their 10 tunas from their second late October day. Gigi, Charles, and John claimed that it was an accident that they all wore the same color. Despite our best efforts with live mullets, all our tunas succumbed to live hardtails and pogies.

Don and his crew from Meridian, MS have been on a roll this year. Not only did they luck out with the weather, but they lucked out with the tunas too. We had two great days tuna fishing,  and even threw in a few big amberjacks for good measure.

Inga maxes out with a big AJ caught by Dr. Harry. While the tunas snubbed out live mullets, the big AJ’s couldn’t help themselves. Don and his crew added several big jacks to their fine late October yellowfin tuna catch.

Well it’s about time. It’s no secret that I’ve wanted to catch my own swordfish for a while now, and it looks like preparation may have finally met opportunity. We put lots of people on some great fish, but we don’t get to catch very many on our own. Mrs. Inga and I snuck out last night and had this one on by 7:45PM. The swordfish she caught last year is definitely bigger than mine, but at least I’m on the board. Looks like there’ll be swordfish steaks in Braithwaite this week.

October is go time for the cobia specialists in Venice, LA. While you can catch cobias in Venice just about all year long, the best time to target them is definitely early fall. I’m not saying we caught all these on fishing rods, but I am saying our 4 person limit of 8 was less than a tenth of what we saw.

Kenneth and Kenny Campo made their way back to Venice Louisiana this past weekend for a yellowfin tuna refresher along with their construction buddies from Ponchatoula. The tunas didn’t snap liked I’d hoped, but we tricked 3 decent ones into biting. Kenneth did an excellent job on his tuna, considering he put a nail through his hand with a nail gun the day before. I still can’t get him to stop holding the stand-up rod like a trout pole, but meat in the boat is exactly that. We were able to pick up a few snappers and a lost cobia on the way in.