Capt. Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

We just finished up a few trips after the last blow we had, and I'm happy to report the Tuna fishing is still CRAZY good. The first day back on the water was a little tough to get dialed back in due to the fact that the Tuna changed the pattern they had been in for the last several weeks. They had been in on the shelf, but with about a zillion sharks on those rigs I guess the Tuna decided to push on to deeper water. We finally figured out they had really pushed pretty far out, but when we found them there were still plenty of them to go around. Live bait continues to be sketchy at best,so we're still trying to get live Poggies because the Tuna seem to really like them..... that is when we can find them. Somedays, we get one net full and we're gone, on other days, it's 1 hour of throwing the net and 4 Poggs in the live well. The good news is that the Tuna seem to really like red meat. The last day was the best day we had as we wound up with 12 Yellows in the ice hole, and all but a handfull were taken chunking with red meat while the others fell for poppers. I really lucked out with the last two crews. Both crews brought so much gear that I just took all my stuff off the boat. I felt like a kid in a candy store with all of this high dollar stuff on the boat. Some of the reels I still don't know how to pronounce the name of, but really cool stuff. What's even better is that they all really knew how to use it. I pretty much kicked back and watched. The crew never stopped working. Jigging, popping, chunking, and live baiting, and several times all of this was going on at the same time!!! CRAZY!! The Marlin are still trying to steal the show. Several were caught, and again, I feel like the only one that didn't get the visit from the man in the Blue suit. Capt Lee had two... in the same day!? Capt Eddy had one that they did the Palm Beach release on, and Capt Will Wall had about a 300lb one that I'm sure you'll be seeing pics of as he said he had about a 10 minute photo shoot with the fish. If you have the itch, load up and get to Venice. Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765

Capt Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

The Tuna fishing out of Venice remains solid most days and stellar on others. Last Wednesday the Tuna were knee deep around the cleaning tables. I didn't get to fish that day, but heard tale of several of the boats getting 15 or more. Gotta love that! Thursday through Sunday the wind cranked up again and I think by Monday everyone had thrown in the towel. Thursday through Sunday we continued to get lots of yellows although nothing like Wednesday. Five to seven Yellows seemed to be the norm, but all's good because it seemed to be an early morning bite, so while they were on the chew it was pretty fast and fun. Once they would go down we'd move inshore a bit and play with the AJ's and the random Cobia or two so the fish box's were pretty full when we'd hit the dock. Most of us stayed in close due to the rough seas and prolific numbers of Yellow that were on the shelf. Most of the fish on the shelf are still of the smaller variety, although a few of them went over 100lb. Capt Josh Howard chose to make the long run several days in a row and was rewarded with some REALLY nice fish. Several were over 100lbs, and all the rest were 80-90lbs. Only problem is that poor Josh seems to be several inches shorter than when he started this little Gulf walk about. Don't know how he was able to find willing particapants for the saes we were in, but more power to him!! LOL. Keep your eyes peeled for the picks as I'm sure he'll be posting them soon. Really NICE fish. Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765

Capt Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

We were able to fish two days last week and I am pleased to report that the fishing in Venice is still CRAZY GOOD! I was a bit worried after the first front blew out as it left some pretty chilly air behind, but it didn't matter because the fish were still on the chew! My first day was a little tuff as we spent a too long making bait and the Tuna bite was about over when we finally found the fish. Not a problem, as we were still were able to manage some Yellows and a few Blacks. The guys I had were not really Tuna addicts and were more interested in a mixed bag, so we headed inshore and wore out the AJ's and managed a few Cobia to sweeten the pot. The second day was really good! Made bait early,so we got to the spot early and the Tuna were HUNGRY! They gobbled up the livies at first, but then started going down. When they got about 150 ft. deep, we couldn't get them up any more, but Capt Eddie Burger came to the rescue by throwing us a couple of Bonita. The first couple of drifts "chunking" we were doubling up!!! GOTTA LOVE IT!! It was about then I began thinking about getting in early with everyone's limit, right? WRONG!, cause not long after we started chunking, the sharks moved in! Dog gone it. Oh well, this crew was also interseted in a mixed bag, so we headed back for AJ's and Cobia. The CRAZIEST thing about whats going on this year has to be the incredible number of Blue Marlin terrorizing the boats. I think we were the only boat that was not visited by the "man in the blue suit" the past couple of days. As I said earlier, the fishing is still VERY GOOD and we still have some days left in May, as well as, this Sunday so if you want in on some of the fun just LOAD UP!! Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765

Capt Jerry Allen	Venice, LA USA
I seem to have lost more trips than I ran this last week,but I still managed to make it out this past Saturday and the fishing is still OFF THE CHAIN in Venice!!! The shrimp boats are still in place, but because of the big blow last week most of them are justing getting back offshore which means most of them have no fish on them yet, and that was the case with the ones we hit on the way to the lump. I think we hit two or three boats in clean green water, but no fish under them. Capt Michael Gray was lucky enopugh to find a shrimp boat with fish on it and did very well so wont be long and  all the shrimpers should be loaded up again. Anyway, on to the lump we go and nada, zip, zero! Darn I hate it when that happens! We pointed Poco Loco South and off we went. I elected to go long and don't mind telling you I was a little hesitant because of this spots "hit or miss" tendency as of late, but when we got there we were greated by "skying" Tuna. Gotta love that! The guys we had were all from NY were all very good anglers. Most of them owned there own boats back home and did a lot of Bluefin fishing so it was great to hear of the big fish they get up that way. As I said these guys were great anglers and they wasted no time throwing poppers, and jigging. Both tactics worked well. Once we knew exactly where the fish were located we set up and started chunking. I was confident we were about to sink the boat with fish, but one drift, two drifts, and three drifts later we had no takers. With lots of fish still in the area we swiched top pulling baits, two shacky baits close and two daisy chains with birds on them long and two guys in the front of the boat armed with poppers for the unlucky fish that came too close. We started picking fish up and then sveral other boats showed up and things really slowed so my guys voted to try and make live bait. We spent about 30 minutes trying to make bait and got one. We set back up and sent the live bait out and were going to start chunking as well, but about 45 seconds after the livie hit the water the line satrted screaming! This was a nice solid Yellow, but the guys made short work of him, and in no time he was in the ice hole and we were back trying for more bait. Picked up one more bait and fed him to a hungry Cuda. Darn it I hate that. We finished up the day with 8 Yellows and headed for the barn feeling pretty good about the day and actually thinking we may be among the top boats of the day, but then I get back to find out Capt Josh Howard had 12, and Eddy Burger had 12 or 13. Way to go guys! Best news is that the fish seem to be pretty much everywhere. Eddy was in close, and several other guys were in close and were oppisite sides of the river, but all did well. Josh and I both went long and the fish were there also. I can't help but think this is going to be a VERY GOOD year for us in Vnice as things just keep looking better. Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765
Monday, March 26, 2012 @ 12:58:57 PM

Just finished up three days in Venice and the fishing continues to be CRAZY GOOD!!
Friday we had a mixed crew, but most of them were from Miss. These guys were a ball and have fished in Venice lot's, but they were amazed when we got to the lump to see the fishing better than any time they had been before. The lines never stopped screaming and it was always something different pulling on them. We wound up with a limit of big AJ's, a mess of bee-liners, three Yellows 40-80lbs and too many Blackfin to count. Crazy thing is that during most of the day we had a school of chicken dolphin and ballyhoo around us?

Saturday we had a young man with his dad and grand dad with him. This family has also fished with us before so they were used to what Venice has to offer. Or at least they thought they new what to expect that is untill we pulled up to a shrimp boat?
Yep, shrimp boats this time of year? At any rate these guys went to work on the insane numbers of Blackfin in the water, and in no time the boat looked like a slaughter house!
At one point two lines got cut off and I was thinking it's kind of weird with Kings behind a shrimp boat then Paul, the young man hooked one of the culprits. A BIG FAT Wahoo!!!
We finished the day with 27 Blacks, a few peanut Yellows and a nice Hooter.

Sunday we had another experienced crew from NY and Washington.
Same deal, head out to the secret spot and run across another shrimp boat. Lines in then water and lines start screaming. Then we saw some BIG Yellows in or slick and managed to hook one of them. fought him for the best part of an hour. everyone on the boat had a turn with him at least once, and I think the rod made it's way around twice. Anyway we finally stick a nice Yellow about 130lb. The shrimp boat is out of site, but the fish are still under us!! Crazy! We put more lines in the water and can't seem to manage anything but Blacks so we decide to make or way to the lump. We made one drift and picked up another nice Yellow and during the fight a small Marlin just starts swimming around our boat. We tried to feed him some chunks, but he just wasn't interested. With no room in the ice holes for fish we headed for a Wahoo spot to top off the day. Capt Eddie Burger had beaten us to the spot and was already hooked up so out go the shacky baits and round and round we go, and nada. About 30 minutes later Capt Eddy calls and says you gota come see this. Turns out the fish Eddy hooked was no Wahoo. it was a 176 lb Yellow he had hooked on an X-Rap!?! The only thing crazier than that was that he had only hooked it with one hook through the upper lip?!?! I don't know how he gets through airport security with all those horse shoes stuck up his A#@.
We pointed Poco Loco North and headed for home.
The fishing has REALLY been CRAZY GOOD lately. If you want in on some of the action give us a call.

Capt Jerry Allen
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Capt Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

Monday and Tuesday the Tuna fishing was about as good as it gets, but then came Wednesday and it went OFF THE CHAIN!!! The only problem I have is that I did not get to participate in the action Tuesday or Wednesday as I had no trips! Wednesday the fish were behind the shrimp boats like they should have been for the last several days,and they were there with a vengience. Most every boat came back with lots of fish and congrats to Capt Eddie Burger for his 198lb. Yellow. The fishing the past several days has really been good. An example of that is Capt Will Wall left the dock at noon Monday, and ran six miles out and in no time had a 150lb Yellow in the boat. He said he was in site of the light house the whole time they were fighting the fish. Seems like the shrimpers have finally been able to stay offshore long enough for all the Tuna to find them and with this next front only lasting a couple of days, and not getting too awfull rough I think the shrimpers will stay in place and keep attracting more Tuna!! I am way excited to get back on the water for a little pay back as I said earlier I misseed out on all but one of the best days. We fished Friday through Monday with mixed results. We had a couple good days with Blacks ready to eat anything we fed them and we wound up with a couple of Yellows, although we never had one go over a 100lb. All in all throw in a couple of AJ's and some Scamp and all is good. This front should be out of here and hopefully we will be back on the water by Wednesday. I have Friday open so if anyone wants a shot at a really big Yellow give me a call. Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765

Capt Jerry Allen

Venice, LA USA

Crazy weather!!! Man has it been tough trying to pick the gaps between these fronts! It looks like from Friday on we should have REALLY GOOD weather, and the fishing has still been good when we have been able to go. The shrimp boats are still in place with Blackfin and Yellowfin on them, and the Cobia are beginning to play. I would bet after this next front the Cobia will be in full swing! If you want to get in on some of the fun I have a few days left In October so give us a call! Capt Jerry Allen www.pocolococharters.com 409-651-0765

Gotta LOVE shrimp boat season!!!

The shrimp boats are here and the BIG Yellows are starting to show up.
So far the largest one was brought to the dock by Capt Eric Newman this past Monday and weighed in at 219lb wich is probably 100lbs more than the angler, Monique!! Congrats to Eric and Monique. Several other big fish have hit the dock this last week. Capt Scott came in with a 190 something followed by Capt Mike Gray with a 160 something and Captain Eddie had a 170 something Tuesday.
Lots of Balcks in the mixs well. Tuesday we had 23 Blackfin and had a STUD of a Yellow on ourselves but lost him due to a frayed leader. The action had been so fast I forgot to remind our anglers to check there leaders before sending them back out for another fish. You can BET that will be the last time I forget that!!
With the next cold front coming I can't help but think more and more BIG Yellows will be showing up so if you want a shot at a REALLY BIG Yellow give us a call. Now is the time!!!

Capt Jerry Allen
www.pocolococharters.com
409-651-0765

The Tuna fishing remains very good in Venice. I wasn't sure what to expect after the tropical storm kept us off the water for about a week, but what we found was GOOD! The Tuna were still hungry and seemed to have gotten bigger. Most of the fish that were hitting the dock were over 80lbs. with several over 100lbs. The last day wer fished we had two over 100lb, and the others were all over 80lb. The only other thing that was a little crazy was the way the fish were fighting. Almost every fish we caught took off straight away from the boat and stayed high in the water? We would take off after the fish trying to run it down, fully expecting to see a Marlin jump only to wind up a big Tuna at the end of the fight. Different but fun!!
The last day we fished we had another crazy thing happen. We had a Mako a couple hundred yards from the boat just lose his mind and start free jumping!? He must have made a dozen or more jumps? CRAZY!
Looking forward to getting back on the water as we have some old freinds coming for a few days, and I can't wait to get them on the BIG fish that are areound now.
I am also excited by a report that Catain Eric gave me. Seems that Sunday he found a spot COVERED up with Grouper and no Red Snapper to fight through!! He said he had Snowy, Yellow Edge, and a Warsaw. Can't wait!!
Capt Jerry Allen
www.pocolococharters.com
409-651-0765

WHAT A DAY!!!!
After getting blown out Saturday and thinking
Sunday was going to be the same way we left the
dock a little later than normal praying that the
seas would lay just a little.
I had the pleasure of having Capt "One Eye"
crewing for me, and we decided that we should
get our AJ's first hoping for the seas to lay.
We made bait in no time and rolled into AJ land.
"One Eye" put the first live one on, sent it down
about 150 ft, and about 30 seconds later we were
on!!
After putting this AJ in the boat we reset and 30
seconds later we were on again!!
Things are looking good for sure especially when
we were not sure we would even get off shore.
With our limit of AJ's on the boat we headed
offshore in search of Tuna. We had our plans on
where we were going to go but they when we ran
into wall of Frigates it was pretty obvious
something was up. We hung out under the
Frigates with a live well full of baits and waited. It
didn't take long and Tuna were all around us
busting "crack". One Eye and I both put baits in
the water, and they both got CREAMED! One
pulled loose and the other went in the ice hole!
GOTTA LOVE OPEN WATER TUNA!!!
We stayed with the Frigates and the Tuna till it
was time to go.
We wound up with 5 Yellows and 3 -4 Blacks.
Lots of fun and a great ride home. The seas finally
laid down and we were able to run home at 45
MPH.
GOTTA LOVE VENICE!!!
Picks will come later!

Capt Jerry Allen
www.pocolococharters.com
409-651-0765
 

The fishing in Venice this past week remains VERY GOOD!!

The Tuna have moved back in close so we don't have the long runs to make anymore so that's nice. The only problem is that even though they are close they tend to move around a lot. The rig that was hot yesterday is barren today, but if you keep moving around you can find them. Some days the problem was not finding them, but trying to figure out what they wanted to eat. We would try to make sure we had "crack", threads, and chunk before we got on them because some days they were VERY particular.

Something that is kind of neat is the LARGE number of peanuts that are around. Lot's of peanuts, and lot's of Bonito can always equate to fast and fun top water action. After everyone gets enough of that early top water action we will pull farther off the rig and put the live baits out for the big boys. Most of the bigger fish are still 50-70 lbs, but the last day we fished we put five big fatty's in the boat by noon with the biggest going over 100lb and the other four were over 70lbs.

The past couple of days we would quit Tuna fishing by noon because our guest's had all they wanted, and then we would go get on the Mangroves getting extremely fast limits. I guess we laid off of them some time back and they have short memories because they are fast and furious with no need for chumming.

The only down side to what's going on in Venice is the AJ's have been tough. Seem's like the commercial boys cleaned them out while the AJ season was closed for recreational fisherman, but with the Mangrove 's and Tuna on the chew all boats are coming back with nice box's of fish.

If you want in on the fun I have Friday and Sunday open.

Capt Jerry Allen
www.pocolococharters.com
409-651-0765

The Tuna fishing in Venice continues to be very good, although it's still Tuna fishing and far from automatic. Some days they are absent from places that we killed them at the day before. Other days we roll into a spot that is covered up with Tuna only to have them swim by our baits and show us there middle fin on the way by, but it seems like if you keep changing spots and techniques you can eventually crack the code for that day.