Thump… thump… thump… I watched the bowed over rod tip bounce in slow motion thump… thump… thump… Billy Freeman pointed out last trip the thump on the tip was an indicator of how big of a yellowfin was hooked on the other end. The longer the interval, the bigger the fish.
I knew this was not monster but it was definitely bigger than anything we had hooked in 2 days of fishing. Chunky was to my left, Pross to my right, Haywood was looking over my shoulder, LnS was at the wheel, Brianh was prepping the deck for what he was hoping to come. It was kind of quite though. We all knew what was at stake, and no one wanted to jinx it. Thump… thump… thump… I was still losing line 10 mins into the fight… Chunky… get me the harness, this could be a while… The crew strapped me in as the sun began to set… My mind wondered back to just a few days before…
Pross met me at the house at lunch time Thursday afternoon and we were off to catch up with the crew as Brianh, Chunky, Haywood, and LnS Marine had a huge head start pulling Brianh’s 31 Cape Horn to Venice. Bully and a team of 5 were fishing the 40 FREEMAN and already had 2 days under their belt. Bite was strong, weather was nice, and 10.5 hours later we were sitting in the house boat ready to roll!
Day 1:
Met up with Bully and crew to head out into the Gulf of Mexico!
The 40 FREEMAN is unbelievable in person, FISHING MACHINE!
Followed them to the bait and in no time we were heading toward the rigs. Brianh jumped up on the bow of his custom 31 Cape Horn and the very first cast a yellowfin slams his popper!
It was on! This is why we came back to Venice, the proving grounds of the greatest captains, boats, and tackle in the US and we were not disappointed!
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Great pics and report. wRECKRELATED and the glass shop boys have finally put together our trip down there for mid sept.
Cant get here soon enough. Im not sure any of us have gotten any work done since we booked the trip!!
Hey Guys; Congrats on a fantastic trip!!Thanks for sharing your pictures and experience to Venice;Those are the trips you never forget and always makes you go back for more,it just doesn’t get any better.
Thanks Again!! I have got to find a way to go there!!!
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
Other than find new friends. Is there a way a single can work up a group or is bring your ownfriends kind of thing. Also most say xxx dollars plus fuel. On average how much is fuel?
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.”
Ernest Hemingway
Let me get home tonight and off this phone, I will give a total break down of everything. Lots of questions about it today.
Set the trap boys, we going to pass through them again!!
Other than find new friends. Is there a way a single can work up a group or is bring your ownfriends kind of thing. Also most say xxx dollars plus fuel. On average how much is fuel?
Y’all picked a good week to go, weather sucked all last week ! It 'll do says we going to punish some fish diving Fri, with all your kitchen passes gone reckon no need to call you! Glad y’all had a good trip we going in Feb
