Mangroves
Has anyone been catching and mangrove snapper out of grand isle yet?

Grouper
Can anyone point me in the right direction to a couple of rigs that hold grouper? Or maybe a water depth range to look for? Any input is greatly appreciated.

May 18th RUN-OFF fishing report
Five friends and I from Mebane NC chartered an offshore trip aboard the RUN-OFF with Capt. Brian Harrington. It was a beautiful day off shore and we ended up with 6 Wahoo (2 citations), 11 Mahi and 5 Black Fin Tuna.

Mahi Mahi
Trolling in blue water produced some pretty Bull Dolphin.

Cobia Bar Fishing, May's Good
Cobia Bar Fishing, May's Good!!!! 05-21-2013

The Biloxi, Ms. based charter boat Whipasnapa, has been chumming them bars for sure!!! As most know we like chumming. Especially for the brown fish, aka ling, cobia, and lemon fish.
Since the second week of May each trip has been fortunate enough to boat a nice cobia some up to five. Most 2 or 3 with the biggest being a 57lber. Hard to mention everyone's name and where they were from but a big THANK YOU, to all who helped this years bar season to be one of the very best!!! It really does take a large amount of hard work, patience and team work to boat these fish chumming on the bar. With 10 to 12 poles out and couple chum chompers (that ..... Read More

Amberjack
Anyone knows when amberjack season close

Charter Needed for June 14th
I am needing a reasonably priced offshore charter fisherman that would be available for June 14th for my girlfriends birthday. Looking to catch some amberjack/lemonfish/snapper/dauphin (fish of that nature). Please email me with price/information if you are available that day. I will try to get back with you as soon as possible. I will be offshore for 7 days.


Please email: tylerdupre@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Sail Shark Fishing Happy Day Today
Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

With perfect weather in Fort Lauderdale for fishing, the GE Corporation held their convention here and chartered the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team to do some sport fishing in Fort Lauderdale. Winds were northeast at 10 mph, seas running 3-4 ft. Our guests on board the boat were Larry Dodd, Daniel Tarr, Adam Luthman, Carol Hafner and her daughter Amy.

We stopped to pick up a dozen live Goggle Eyes from T & T Bait in the inlet in Fort Lauderdale, and headed out to the drop off, which is 1.8 miles from shore, 120 ft. deep. We set up two kites with four Goggle Eyes from each kite. Our first fish was a ..... Read More

Cobia
I was wondering if anybody has seen any Cobia show up offshore yet (near coast)? I have a new bay boat and am really wanting to take it out to try and catch one. Thanks.

Louisiana Deep Sea Fishing with Clark Trosclair
www.seacreaturecharters.com
Clark has had a very busy fishing season. He has been fishing inshore for big speckled trout and offshore for the big amberjack. Give us a call to book your fishing trip 985-563-2531 or visit our website. Good Luck in your fishing adventures Angie Trosclair!

Louisiana Offshore Rig Fishing with Clark Trosclair
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Louisiana offshore rig fishing with Capt. Clark Trosclair has been great this season. Clark has been catching some nice amberjack and mangrove snapper. To book your fishing trip call Angie at 985-563-2531 or visit our website.

Tuna time!
May 14th, Sportsman TV host Greg
Hackney, Bowie Outfitters’ David Reynerson and Capt.
Trey Pique of VooDoo Sportfishing Charters in Venice
landed four tuna averaging 80 pounds each.
The day started slowly for the crew, with the fish ignoring live
hard tails and live pogies drifted behind the boat or sent down
were tuna were spotted on the depth sounder.
Pique marked numerous tuna on the depth sounder in the
150- to 200-foot range, and with the patience born from experience he switched tactics.
A small, frozen blackfin was pulled from the ice and cut up
into chum-sized pieces, and five lines with hooks concealed
within tuna chunks were ..... Read More

Louisiana Offshore Rig Fishing with Clark Trosclair
www.seacreaturecharters.com
Louisiana offshore rig fishing with Capt. Clark Trosclair has been great this season. Clark has been catching some nice amberjack and mangrove snapper. To book your fishing trip call Angie at 985-563-2531 or visit our website.

Louisiana Offshore Rig Fishing with Clark Trosclair
www.seacreaturecharters.com
Louisiana offshore rig fishing with Capt. Clark Trosclair has been great this season. Clark has been catching some nice amberjack and mangrove snapper. To book your fishing trip call 985-563-2531 or visit our website. Tight Lines Angie Trosclair

Sail Fishing Happy Day Today
Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

Steve Meek and David Johnson, co-founders of Fulcrum Group from Keller, TX, and associates were in Fort Lauderdale FL attending the VentureTech Network convention and decided to do some deep sea sport fishing in Fort Lauderdale aboard the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team. We had winds out of the east at 7 mph and indigo blue waters on the 2nd reef with 1-2 ft seas.

Fifteen minutes after leaving the dock, lines were in the water at the sea buoy in Fort Lauderdale FL in 120 ft. water. We started trolling, and our first strike came very quickly, with a 15 lb. Black Fin Tuna, followed by a mixture of Bonitos ..... Read More

REEL LIFE FISHING
Pat Tarantino of Pet Express asked me to take his family and friends to catch some big fish. Well be careful of what you ask for because you just might get it. The first stop was the right hit because Pat had the first and largest amberjack on the line in short order. Just as that was going on Rob had the black fin tuna busting the surface right at the boat so it was all hands on a rod and watch the drag roll off the reels. Then it happens, the amberjacks came up and were eating anything they could find including trying to eat the 25 pound tunas. There were at lease 2 monster jacks in the bunch and they were hooked but we pulled the hooks on one and broke off the second. These were easy 80+ ..... Read More

WHEN IS RED SNAPPER SEASON
When does red snapper season start in Louisiana for 2013?

Gulf Stream 5/10/2013
Finally the weather decided to cooperate with the fishermen today! The Yeah Right II broke the Cape Fear Inlet this morning in time to capture the true beauty of nature as the sun came up! Joining us were Jeff and Brandon Peacock of Kernersville, NC alongside Denver Compton of Rustburg, VA and Mike Neighbors of Goode, Va and Todd Willis of Lynchburg, VA on a Gulf Stream expedition! It was mentioned on the way out that Denver would love to catch a Mahi-Mahi, well, shortly after the high speed lures were deployed, wouldn't you know it! Denver put his first Mahi in the boat!!!



With the football Blackfin Tuna jumping all around the boat I quickly switched up to a ballyhoo spread ..... Read More

Aj'S Thick around rig
Finally got a day that the seas were almost flat and decided to get the crew together for a trip outside. We wanted to go after Tuna, but the river water was everywhere. Went past Medusa and 'Green Water'. Decided to try a few rigs on the way out for King Mackeral and got sharks. Trolled the Midnight Lump, got one small Wahoo. In desperation, stopped at WD152 and limited out 5 AJ'S in 40 minutes on Amberjack Candy, 'Live Hardtails'. The AJ's saved the day.

sail King Fishing Happy Day Today
Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

Matt Cleveland and Darric Hawkins, together with four other co-workers from Genbev, a distributor of beverages, were in Fort Lauderdale FL for their annual convention and while here chartered the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team to do some deep sea sport fishing in Fort Lauderdale, FL. We had winds out of the east at 5 miles an hour, blue skies, with 2 ft. seas. We stopped and purchased a dozen live Goggle Eyes from T&T Bait on our way out to the fishing ground. Fifteen minutes after leaving the dock, lines were in the water at the sea buoy that sits in 120 ft. of water off of Fort Lauderdale, ..... Read More

REEL LIFE FISHING
Ran a trip this past Tuesday with Jerald Horst to do a story for Louisiana Sportsman's Mag. What a grreat day we had. Not going to give out the details of the story but it will be a good one. We fished some deep rocks and caught some of the fish that were on Jerald's hit list. Namely Queen triggers, black fin snapper and Sand Tiles. Also among the catch was red porgy, Knobbed porgy, scamp, almaco jack, amber jack, black fin tuna, and yellow eye snapper. Released fish also caught were red snapper and gag grouper. To catch these fish I use a fairly small hook. Its a 4/0 39942BLN Mustad hook. Just to say how tough these hooks are; they caught 40 to 50 pound amberjacks with no problem. Capt. ..... Read More

Sail Mahi Fishing Happy Day Today
Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

A gift to remember

Pat Gehring chartered the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team for an eight hour trip as a “Thank You” gift for her nephew, Louis, for helping her move. Lou was joined by five of his friends and family, Derek, Danny, Rickey, Billy, and Kiven on this fishing adventure.

On our way out, we stopped to pick up a dozen live Goggle Eyes from T&T Bait. Fifteen minutes after leaving the dock, lines were in the water, as I started to troll by the sea buoy in Fort Lauderdale FL. I headed north and trolled over some of our artificial wrecks located in Fort Lauderdale catching a total of 6 ..... Read More

Dulac Offshore Fishing
6-12-10 Dulac Offshore Report
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Clark fished with a great group yesterday catching nearly 500 pounds of fish. They ended up with 6 nice amberjack, a 40 pound grouper, 12 snapper, 2 lesser jacks, a trigger fish and a chicken dolphin. They saw a nice mess of blackfin tuna but couldn't get them to bite on anything. These guys are serious fisherman and decided to get out and fish even though the gulf had 3-4 foot seas. Thankfully the winds died down in the afternoon! Everyone had a great time and plan to fish with us again soon. Give us a call to book your fishing trip. Angela Trosclair 985-563-2531

Shark Fishing Happy Day Today
Dr. Burg and Julie Weaver reserved the charter boat “Happy Day Today” for an offshore fishing charter. When they arrived, we discussed what Dr. Burg and Julie would like to catch. Some eating fish, little action and if possible a larger game fish. Upon leaving the dock, we headed offshore for Mahi Mahi. We started out in 200’ of water and worked the areas offshore. We ended up catching 4 Mahi Mahi. After an hour offshore, we headed inshore to capture some King Mackerel and Bonito. Successfully we were able to capture another 4 Bonito.
After about two hours into the charter, we decided to target the larger game fish. So we headed to the deeper shark grounds in 375’ to 400’ of ..... Read More

Tuna Fishing Happy Day Today
Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak

Lori and Jim Jason Fuchs from Brookfield Wisconsin, where Spring did not appear yet and frigid weather was still present, decided to head south to sunny Fort Lauderdale FL for vacationing and to do some deep sea sport fishing aboard the Happy Day Today along with the Topshotfishing team. Winds were out of the east, northeast at 12-15 mph, 3-4 ft. seas, temperatures in the low 80’s.

We left the dock and I headed towards the third reef, which is located in 120 ft. of water 15 minutes after leaving the dock. We put down two plainers and four surface baits. I kept trolling the drop off from 300 ft. to 100 ft. of water, ..... Read More

Offshore Tuna Report - http://www.captaincookcharters.com
We ran 3 trips over the last weekend...
all pretty much similar results with a really strong tuna bite... adding in wahoo a couple of days over 60lbs... Sunday we started out for wahoo since Andy had pick up 2 nice ones hours prior..., but bailed quickly seeing tuna marks on the sounder. Set up and 1st drift we got into some nice black fin, drift after drift hooking up with singles, doubles, and a triple with yellow fin mixed in here and there... once the guys got the hang of it, it was on... then small spanish mackerel starting busting running from something... moments later the 50 wide dumps 1/2 of the spool... 45 minutes later pull the hook... set up again and keep catching medium size ..... Read More

Offshore Tuna Report - Venice, LA - http://www.captaincookcharters.com
We ran 3 trips over the last weekend...
all pretty much similar results with a really strong tuna bite... adding in wahoo a couple of days over 60lbs... Sunday we started out for wahoo since Andy had pick up 2 nice ones hours prior..., but bailed quickly seeing tuna marks on the sounder. Set up and 1st drift we got into some nice black fin, drift after drift hooking up with singles, doubles, and a triple with yellow fin mixed in here and there... once the guys got the hang of it, it was on... then small spanish mackerel starting busting running from something... moments later the 50 wide dumps 1/2 of the spool... 45 minutes later pull the hook... set up again and keep catching medium size ..... Read More

Offshore Tuna Report - Venice, LA - http://www.captaincookcharters.com
We ran 3 trips over the last weekend...
all pretty much similar results with a really strong tuna bite... adding in wahoo a couple of days over 60lbs... Sunday we started out for wahoo since Andy had pick up 2 nice ones hours prior..., but bailed quickly seeing tuna marks on the sounder. Set up and 1st drift we got into some nice black fin, drift after drift hooking up with singles, doubles, and a triple with yellow fin mixed in here and there... once the guys got the hang of it, it was on... then small spanish mackerel starting busting running from something... moments later the 50 wide dumps 1/2 of the spool... 45 minutes later pull the hook... set up again and keep catching medium size ..... Read More

Offshore Tuna Report - Venice, LA - http://www.captaincookcharters.com
We ran 3 trips over the last weekend...
all pretty much similar results with a really strong tuna bite... adding in wahoo a couple of days over 60lbs... Sunday we started out for wahoo since Andy had pick up 2 nice ones hours prior..., but bailed quickly seeing tuna marks on the sounder. Set up and 1st drift we got into some nice black fin, drift after drift hooking up with singles, doubles, and a triple with yellow fin mixed in here and there... once the guys got the hang of it, it was on... then small spanish mackerel starting busting running from something... moments later the 50 wide dumps 1/2 of the spool... 45 minutes later pull the hook... set up again and keep catching medium size ..... Read More

Shipshoal 26 (The Pickets)
I got word today that plans are already in motion to remove shipshoal 26 (The Pickets) and all surrounding structures. Because of the rig's structures, it has become a prime fishing spot for many local fishermen. If this is allowed to happen, the sportsman of this area will surely suffer. Does anyone know who we can contact to prevent this from occuring? Senators, representatives, CCA, etc.? If I am not mistaken, a few years ago the state took possesion of the enstar rig when it was scheduled for removal, preventing the rig from being destroyed. If this process is to be stopped, action must be taken quickly. The rig is currently shut down and the well heads are being plugged. Any help or ..... Read More