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Four days of calm weather and great tuna fishing was not what I had expected for mid-December, but that’s what we got and I’ll sure take it. Despite the heavy fog, we were able to put two more crews on great tuna action over the weekend. Ricky Pierce and his crew from Kansas City had a good trip on Sat. with several 50# yellowfin tunas and a few blackins. Andrew Staurter and his bachelor party crew from Slidell got to see an incredible tuna bite yesterday. It’s one thing to leave them biting, and another to catch 8 yellowfins to 128# and leave them still blowing up out of the water. Not seeing another boat all day was just icing on the cake. Check out Dustin’s pretty 128# yellowfin tuna.

After years of practice Lane Foil, a truly gristled veteran of Venice offshore fishing, finally broke the 150# mark on yellowfin tuna with this 155# stud. He was whipped enough after the fight that he didn’t even think to hide his lucky ant hat from the camera. The strike was spectacular, as the tuna came 15 feet out of the water with the mullet in its mouth. These guys had an awesome day, with 3 of their 4 tunas weighing over 130#. We’ll be back at ‘em this weekend, and then that will probably be it for 2006.

 Come check us out in 2007.    -Capt. Brett

I don’t know what Lance told this yellowfin tuna, but whatever it was certainly worked. He brought this 148# tuna to the boat in under 20 minutes! In my haste to get the baits back out, I forgot to wipe the fog off the lense, but you can still tell this fish was a goat. We were sure we had the big fish of the day….. until the next bite.

Offshore veteran Michael MicKelvin and tuna virgin Chris tag-teamed this 131# yellowfin. This tuna smashed the first bait we threw in the water as soon as it hit the water.  An awesome strike and a great way to start the day- especially after fighting the fog and the 6′ ground swell on the way out. I can’t believe Michael let us drift that far from the rig while fighting the tuna, but at least it’s in the boat.