Texas Fishing Reports - - Daytiming in Venice report - I had Butch Cardanes and Travis onboard on Sunday for a tuna a swordfish trip. This is the rundown of a perfect trip. This may be the first daytime fish caught on purpose. The weather was perfect the

Relentless_Sportfishing · ****ROOKIE**** Joined: Aug 28, 2009 Posts: 8

I had Butch Cardanes and Travis onboard on Sunday for a tuna a swordfish trip. This is the rundown of a perfect trip. This may be the first daytime fish caught on purpose. The weather was perfect the bait was perfect and the fishing was perfect. We discussed getting a couple of tuna and then spending the rest of the day daytime swordfishing. When we were a half mile from the rig we could see the yellowfin going nuts chasing bait. I put out baits and had a triple of two yellowfin and a dolphin on the popper. We lost one of the yellows but at least we got the other one and the dolphin. We picked away at them for awhile to only put another yellow and a blackfin in the boat along with another nice dolphin. We had plenty of shots but our hookup ratio was not the best. That would all change later in the day as the one fish we needed to catch we did. I was kind of getting antsy to go and search for a sword but we tried one more rig to only find short yellows and cudas. Finaly the word was given to go hit the swords. The JL audio system was turned up and off we went. After getting rigged up the first drop was a immediate swing and a miss on a sword. We repositioned and droped again only to catch a green eyed shark. But the third drop was the charm. As soon as the bait hit the bottom a sword was whacking the bait. After a couple of whacks with his bill the line just went slack. Butch caught up with the sword about four hundred feet off the bottom and the fight was on. It took a little over a hour to get the swordfish to the surface. It wasn’t a monster but it weighed out at 112lbs on the scale at Crypress Cove. But with it being the first daytime sword for me in the Gulf it was more than sufficient. It caused such a stir that the tuna and dolphin were almost left on the dock and forgotten about. Here are some pictures from that trip minus the tuna and dolphin. We tried the daytime thing the following day and had one confirmed swordfish bite but we couldn’t come tight to it. Now for the pictures.

Can anyone guess what’s in the 32oz cup in my hand. We did 8 drops in two days and had three sword bites missing two and landing one. Anyway that’s a wrap up of the last several days down in Venice.

ChaseThis · Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject:

BOOM!!! Badass. Well done, Capt.

Brandon
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Wacker · ****STUNTER**** Joined: Jan 14, 2009 Posts: 284

Way to go Capt.

SavageRods · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

Nice sword. Boom!!
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Capt_Dan · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject:

Mike that is awesome! Hell ya! Congrats on making history!
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AJL · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject:

That is right ! Congrats and here's to the next...... Twisted Evil

Always-Gone-Fishing · ****STUNTER**** Joined: Apr 07, 2009 Posts: 232

Dayyyyyyytime!!
Congrats,
AGF

Capt_Dan · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:02 pm Post subject:

Dude, how big is your fish box, I always want to bring them in with the bill for pictures but we always have to saw it off. I thought about sticking the bill in a rod holder hole....
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Relentless_Sportfishing · ****ROOKIE**** Joined: Aug 28, 2009 Posts: 8

The box is 6'X3'X3' but on most swords I just pile them in the back of the boat and put several 40lb bags of ice on them and wrap a old blanket around them.

Capt_Dan · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject:


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