A Whale of a Day in the Gulf

Headed deep into the Gulf of Mexico in search of Yellowfin Tuna and some BIGFISH TV. We drifted the floater oil rigs and drill ships found about 60 miles south of the Mississippi River.

On board with me, Capt. Hunter Caballero, David Montz, Louie Harris, Denis Bechac, Glenn Bohne, and Woody the deckhand. We fished hard catching some beautiful yellowfin. Perhaps the water's cool temperatures affected the fish, none of them had a lot of fight to them, they all came to the boat pretty easily.

After the Yellowfin fun, we headed back to the Venice Marina only to run up on a pod of about 20 Sperm Whales. These guys were relatively small (30+ feet) but not too skittish and allowed us close enough to get a good look a few photos and a little video. Really exciting!

 Back at the dock Capt. Devlin Roussel brought in a freak of a fish. Not knowing what he had landed we brought the photos to Biologist and chief of the BIGFISH family Danica Williams. She  identified the fish as a very rare Longnose Lancet

Great day on the water, fantastic fishing, amazing sights and always something unexpected.

Thanks to Capt. Hunter Caballero and Paradise Outfitters. Today's Tuna were his first of 2010 our first for Team BIGFISH and a great start to the offshore season.

Causeway Slabs

BIGFISH TV on the Causeway
Bounced pilings on the Causeway with Capt. Eric Dumas for a great BIGFISH TV show. Chad Manuel from Ray Brandt met us in the morning at the Bonnabel boat launch and the three of us ran MAYBE two miles to start fishing. The action was steady with Baychovie Deadly Dudleys and Pearl White 3" Gulp Alive Shrimp. We caught 3, 4, and 5 pound Speckled Trout along with some schoolies.

We were back at the launch before noon with a box of fish, a lot of laughs, and a great show. This one will air this Saturday on WDSU at 5:30am and a week later on CST on Sunday at 8am.

Thanks to Capt Eric and Chad Manuel.

Fishing Reports

Looks like this forum will work for this year's fishing reports. You can subscribe to it and get notices of new reports or check back regularly to see what's going on. The focus this summer will also be to provide some maps in the BIGFISH University section of the web site.

I think you will see a lot of improvements, information, and activity on the BIGFISH web site, please make it one of your favorites and let's go fishing.