We headed out of Grand Isle yesterday morning. The seas were a little rough but we managed to make it out to the tuna grounds. We tried chuming for a while, no surface action, marked fish really deep. I decided to head up North for some wahoo fishing. We ended up going 4 for 5 with 1 wahoo weighing close to 80 lbs. We also mangaed to pick up a few blackfin tuna, then stopped at another rig, caught a few amberjack. We tried for grouper, but only caught snapper. After releasing the snapper, the seas were building, so we decided to call it a day.
The fishing has been great the last few weeks. I just got finished breaking in a brand new set of yamaha 300 four strokes, the twin vee tops out at over 50 mph now. The yellowfin tuna are showing up in large numbers. We're catching plenty of tuna when the weather lets us get out.. The wahoo fishing has been hit or miss, some days we are doing well with lots of big fish other days the wahoo are nowhere to be found. The amberjack fishing has been good when you can find live bait. I stopped on the way in earlier this week and caught a bunch of mangrove snapper. It shouldn't be long before the cobia show up and with grouper season back open I can't wait to fish some of my favorite spots. This should be a great year to go on a charter fishing trip. The Gulf of Mexico did not get much fishing pressure last year and the big fish are everywhere. I still have several days available in April and May, but the summer calendar is filling up fast, so book your trip now and don't miss out on a fishing trip of a lifetime . Check out some of the Yellow fin tuna fishing videos on our website.
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Capt. Lance Walker
