I even fished the days that don was coming across the gulf and did well then as well in some actually large swells. Virtually all of the fish I caught arrived on live hardtails with a handful of on poppers and a couple of on chunks. I had to go as light as 40 pound leader with the boat targeted traffic a couple of days but largely stuck with 60 and 80. The hardtails have showed up largely everywhere with there currently being plenty in the desireable 4-5 inch range.

I did operate 1 overnighter and the night time bite was definitly slow although we caught a couple small yf jigging and some blackfins on the chunk at 1st light the bite went off though and we had a killer topwater bite among 630-730 in the early morning.

I didnt see too numerous dolphin close to and kinda left the amberjack by yourself as the tuna bite was powerful.

I am seeking ahead to another week straight of fishing in stunning venice la.

I have a lot of openings in september and hopefully this great summer operate continues into the fall.