Venice Tuna

Hot Reels · 11-20-2007, 12:59 PM

We fished with Capt. Devlin out of Venice this past Sunday. The weather was beautiful, but the water was a little rough.We ran about 75 miles offshore.We were fishing live mullet and hardtails. We caught one little football, changed rigs brought up a 75lb fish, then nothing for a while. Capt announced the 15 minute warning and started live chumming, we see a big fellow crash one of the baits behind the boat but it wasn not one with a hook. A few minutes later the drag is screaming. After about 5 minutes of fight the second rod goes off. We now have two people in pain. Since there were six of us we passed the rods off so everybody could get a chance at seeing what a big boy felt like. After a while the 2nd fish popped off. After everybody else had had a chance I took over the remainig fish when he was at 175' down. This guy has no intentions of coming to the boat, after about 30 min I won the fight and we pulled him over the edge, about 150lbs.

What a day.

Sky

Captain Woody Woods · 11-20-2007, 01:07 PM

good fish.

ratzila · 11-20-2007, 01:12 PM

Looks like you guys had a great day :toast

JOHNJOHN205 · 11-20-2007, 01:21 PM

nice.

mpmorr · 11-20-2007, 01:28 PM

Awesome report Sky, no doubt that fish did not know how big the guy on the other end of the rod was. Way to go, was that your first?

Telum Pisces · 11-20-2007, 01:37 PM

Nice fish Sky. Thanks for the report and pics. One day, I'll get over there and try my hand at some Tuna.

Ocean Man · 11-20-2007, 04:21 PM

Sounds like good teamwork. Congrats on the big Tuna.

11-20-2007, 12:59 PM	#1
Hot Reels Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Navy Point Posts: 849	Venice Tuna We fished with Capt. Devlin out of Venice this past Sunday. The weather was beautiful, but the water was a little rough.We ran about 75 miles offshore.We were fishing live mullet and hardtails. We caught one little football, changed rigs brought up a 75lb fish, then nothing for a while. Capt announced the 15 minute warning and started live chumming, we see a big fellow crash one of the baits behind the boat but it wasn not one with a hook. A few minutes later the drag is screaming. After about 5 minutes of fight the second rod goes off. We now have two people in pain. Since there were six of us we passed the rods off so everybody could get a chance at seeing what a big boy felt like. After a while the 2nd fish popped off. After everybody else had had a chance I took over the remainig fish when he was at 175' down. This guy has no intentions of coming to the boat, after about 30 min I won the fight and we pulled him over the edge, about 150lbs. What a day. Sky

11-20-2007, 01:07 PM	#2
Captain Woody Woods Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Na Kika Rig Posts: 3,248	RE: Venice Tuna good fish.

11-20-2007, 01:12 PM	#3
ratzila Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mobile,AL Posts: 322	RE: Venice Tuna Looks like you guys had a great day :toast

11-20-2007, 01:21 PM	#4
JOHNJOHN205 Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 623	RE: Venice Tuna nice.

11-20-2007, 01:28 PM	#5
mpmorr Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Rock Arkansas Posts: 2,077	RE: Venice Tuna Awesome report Sky, no doubt that fish did not know how big the guy on the other end of the rod was. Way to go, was that your first?

11-20-2007, 01:37 PM	#6
Telum Pisces Senior Member Blue Marlin Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,608	RE: Venice Tuna Nice fish Sky. Thanks for the report and pics. One day, I'll get over there and try my hand at some Tuna.

11-20-2007, 04:21 PM	#7
Ocean Man Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bagdad, FL Posts: 1,484	RE: Venice Tuna Sounds like good teamwork. Congrats on the big Tuna.

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