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Venice Revived!
Chris Woodward samples the contemporary bonanza of redfish and tuna offshore the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
By
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Updated: October 18, 2010
Venice Revived!
Offshore Day One: Mustad’s Jeff Pierce chums tuna behind a working shrimp trawler.
All photos by Chris Woodward
Venice Revived!
Pogies and fish scraps help tuna work up enough appetite for a hook bait.
Venice Revived!
Mustad’s Jeff Pierce hooked to a feisty blackfin tuna.
Venice Revived!
Blackfin tuna may not grow as big as their yellowfin cousins, but they fight well and eat well.
Venice Revived!
Clouds of tuna hang at mid-water depths.
Venice Revived!
Finally, a yellowfin breaks the surface after a long fight.
Venice Revived!
Mustad’s Jeff Pierce (left) and Capt. Kevin Beach celebrate their labor as another yellowfin comes aboard.
Venice Revived!
Almost spent from its deep, dogged fight, this tuna eyes the gaff.
Venice Revived!
If your game is tuna, the place to fish right now is offshore Venice.
Venice Revived!
Shrimp boats again populate the commercial docks at Venice Marina.
Venice Revived!
Condos have sprung up all around Venice Marina and the boat ramp is nonstop.
Venice Revived!
The Venice Marina main building, completely rebuilt after Katrina, houses a restaurant and store.
Venice Revived!
Inshore Day Two: Skeeter Boats’ Ken Ratley nets a redfish for Ben Jarrett.
Venice Revived!
Lush hyacinths and grasses offered the Venice redfish plenty of cover.
Venice Revived!
The first of more than 30 redfish arrives for photos before release.
Venice Revived!
Spinner baits tipped with plastic cocahoe minnows just seemed to make the redfish mad!
Venice Revived!
Skeeter’s Ben Jarrett admires one of several bull reds that came from the inshore marshes.
Venice Revived!
Where salt water mixes with fresh, even largemouth bass can thrive.
Venice Revived!
Nearshore Day Three: This sizeable cobia fell for a pink jig with a white curly tail.
Venice Revived!
Eddie Permenter shows off a 45-pound cobia caught in the choppy waters outside Red Pass.
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