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gimmedeal · 01-13-2008, 10:16 PM

We had a great time. Friday was sporty to say the least. A cold front had blown in at 1 am and we had low pressure, wind, and sloppy seas. We would have got skunked but late in the day Louis fought and landed the mako.
Saturday we had a decision to make. Capt Delabar said he could take us deep to floaters but he thought we might be okay at the lump. We opted for fishing the Lump and Delabar made some passes checking the area for fish and set us on anchor. We ended up on anchor with maybe 30 other boats. We chunked in the traditional manner and Delabar put a Frenzy kite up for live mullet. Chunking accounted for two of the YF and the kite got Louis' fish. We had a great time and both Louis and I got personal bests on YF and I got my biggest wahoo.
The Lump season has started, it wasn't red hot yet but the YF are there. A weirdness, we didn't catch a single blackfin all day.
If you ever get a chance to fish with Bill Delabar, give him a try. He was hard working, personable, and knowledgeable. I think we had the hot Capt on Saturday, other boats came in and didn't do near as well.
Wayne and I both got a chance to fish our new BarBar Super Seekers and they performed great.
We stayed at the trailers and Venice Marina and Nick and my cabin didn't have hot water ( even in south Louisiana this was poor), but we ate like kings and drank too much. It was a good trip with pics to follow.
I was bound and determined to fight my YF without a harness and did so. I got SPANKED in the process.

Fred

01-13-2008, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
gimmedeal Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 232	We had a great time. Friday was sporty to say the least. A cold front had blown in at 1 am and we had low pressure, wind, and sloppy seas. We would have got skunked but late in the day Louis fought and landed the mako. Saturday we had a decision to make. Capt Delabar said he could take us deep to floaters but he thought we might be okay at the lump. We opted for fishing the Lump and Delabar made some passes checking the area for fish and set us on anchor. We ended up on anchor with maybe 30 other boats. We chunked in the traditional manner and Delabar put a Frenzy kite up for live mullet. Chunking accounted for two of the YF and the kite got Louis' fish. We had a great time and both Louis and I got personal bests on YF and I got my biggest wahoo. The Lump season has started, it wasn't red hot yet but the YF are there. A weirdness, we didn't catch a single blackfin all day. If you ever get a chance to fish with Bill Delabar, give him a try. He was hard working, personable, and knowledgeable. I think we had the hot Capt on Saturday, other boats came in and didn't do near as well. Wayne and I both got a chance to fish our new BarBar Super Seekers and they performed great. We stayed at the trailers and Venice Marina and Nick and my cabin didn't have hot water ( even in south Louisiana this was poor), but we ate like kings and drank too much. It was a good trip with pics to follow. I was bound and determined to fight my YF without a harness and did so. I got SPANKED in the process. Fred __________________ Tuna fishermen "STAND UP AND FIGHT"