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Fishing the Lump in Venice – short report |
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Captain Bill Delabar Jan 11 & 12 We just arrived back in Austin but here’s a short report with pics to follow tomorrow. We canceled last week due to high seas but managed to get two days offshore this week. Gimmedeal, Safisher, Drifter, Johss, and Wayne. Day one – rough seas, no blue water at the lump and no fish. We headed further out until we found better water. We hook up with a small YFT and a Mako takes him right at the boat! We rig up with wire and the fight is on! Took about 45 minutes but the Mako was ours. We estimate it weighed about 125 pounds. At least we didn’t get skunked! Day two – seas were calm and the lump had blue/green water. It didn’t take long for the bite to get hot! Gimmedeal – 115 lb YFT Drifter – 105 lb YFT Wayne – 80 lb YFT Wayne caught 3 Amberjack to about 70 lbs and I caught a fourth. Nick fought a fish for over 30 minutes that turned out to be a huge shark – well over 100lbs. After that, we kept catching Bonito and sharks so we left in search of Wahoo. We’re trolling and Wayne gets a hookup. As we’re reeling in the other two lines, Gimmedeal gets hit while bringing in the lure and the fight is on! Turned out to be a 75lb Wahoo. 3 YFT 4 Amberjack 2 Wahoo 1 Mako It was a good trip! We enjoyed fishing with Bill and hope to charter with him again. |
01-14-2008, 03:28 PM
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One more thing, and it wasn't a small thing. Another Capt named Josh decked for us on Saturday. In the past I've seen LA hands gaff all over the place. Our hand didn't make one bad gaff all day that I was aware of. Always in the head, never in the meat. It made a big difference in the quality of the fish.
Spoke to Scott this morning and he said Sunday turned into 6 foot seas. He got 5 YF around 80 and was top boat at the dock two days running. Fred
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01-14-2008, 10:16 PM
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Did any of your party enter the Venice Tuna Kahuna Rodeo? I think it runs from Jan 1st to the end of March. I believe it's $20. You have to be fishing with a registered guide to win. I bet you were hustled by your Capt. The winning fish has to give the guide 25% of the winnings.
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01-14-2008, 10:47 PM
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Yeah, Bill mentioned it but didn't push it. Top prize was $30,000 or so I think. I'd guess that they'll start pushing it as the lump turns on, kinda hard sell with the numbers that've been coming in so far.
Yeah, Sat night after our fishing was done, we figured we'd go over and be good neighbors and try and keep Brian and his crew up as late as possible knowing that they had to get on their boat at 5:30. Nick brought a bottle of wine and him and I ended up drinking it. I spoke with him on Sunday night and he said that the seas built on them during they day and got pretty rough. Eddie took them to the Lump and I think they did okay, catching YF and wahoo but I can't remember the numbers. Fred
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01-15-2008, 09:36 AM
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It was interesting/sporty to say the least! posted w/ pics over on Eddie's thread. it was nice to fight an AJ w/out worries of a break-off.
It sure was nice to meet Fred, Nick(SAfisher), & Juan(gigabyte) great pics by the way.. We''ll fish together soon I hope.. tight lines -Brian |
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