Redfish Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 We didn't see any oily birds or turtles, nor any oil slicks, tarballs or damaged marsh. We did however, catch and clean 48 yelllowfin tuna up to 125 lbs, ten beautiful wahoo (best eating fish on earth) up to 85 lbs and a few limits of mangrove snappers! The Gulf may never recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 We didn't see any oily birds or turtles, nor any oil slicks, tarballs or damaged marsh. We did however, catch and clean 48 yelllowfin tuna up to 125 lbs, ten beautiful wahoo (best eating fish on earth) up to 85 lbs and a few limits of mangrove snappers! The Gulf may never recover. Where exactly did you go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Where exactly did you go? We lodged and launched in Venice. Fished 18-81 miles out, including the dgps drillships that are just like the Deepwater Horizon. Caught most of our tuna in the South Pass blocks at established platforms between 35-45 miles out. The wahoo came out of the WD blocks a little closer to Southwest Pass. The mangroves were caught in nasty chocolate milk water in West Delta. Amazing they were active in that crappy water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 We lodged and launched in Venice. Fished 18-81 miles out, including the dgps drillships that are just like the Deepwater Horizon. Caught most of our tuna in the South Pass blocks at established platforms between 35-45 miles out. The wahoo came out of the WD blocks a little closer to Southwest Pass. The mangroves were caught in nasty chocolate milk water in West Delta. Amazing they were active in that crappy water. That crappy water is teaming with bait fish and is one of the main reasons our fishing grounds do so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 We didn't see any oily birds or turtles, nor any oil slicks, tarballs or damaged marsh. We did however, catch and clean 48 yelllowfin tuna up to 125 lbs, ten beautiful wahoo (best eating fish on earth) up to 85 lbs and a few limits of mangrove snappers! The Gulf may never recover. Glad to hear you all were lucky with the ladies and the fishing was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Only been Gulf fishing once and it was on a party boat that left out of Fort Walton, FL and didn't go out very far. But man, those waters were teeming with fish. We caught mostly red snapper and amberjack, and a few other types I don't remember. The mates filleted them for us and we ended up with more fish than we could eat in 6 months. Can't wait to get back down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 That crappy water is teaming with bait fish and is one of the main reasons our fishing grounds do so well. You know what I'm saying rajncajn. Usually the fish turn off when the river water or a dirty line passes through. I know the snapper and cobia, etc are more tolerant of offcolor water than the pelagics, but it is still rare to find a wide-open bite in water that discolored. We even caught two of our bigger wahoo in water I would call "chocolate milk" instead of blue, green or tuna green. Fishing was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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