Mar 12, 2010
Capt. Devlin-Reel Peace Charters - Venice, LA USA
After a real lack luster weekend and early week,the Tuna finally decided to bite yesterday. We
started out the morning trolling for wahoo and
managed several bites but could not keep them
on the hook. Sporadicaly, we would pick up a
nice blackfin but the wahoo must have been
smarter than us. At about noon, we spotted a
bait ball and we switched gears. We threw a net
on some pogies and it was game on from there!
We bumped from ball to ball as they popped up
live baiting and throwing poppers. When the
smoke cleared, we had a full fish box and worn
out anglers. We had one 70 pound yellowfin on
a popper and lost another. We also had a 150
class yellow knock a pogey out of the water but
as luch would have it, a 30 pound black ate it
before the yellow could hit the water. We also
had a box full of big blacks up to 30 pounds.
The action didn't stay on for long but we made
the most of it.
Reel Peace Charters
(504)481-1327
Feb 26, 2010
Brad/ Matt / Doug - Solomon, KS USA
We just got home from a great Bull Redfish trip on March 24th, 2010 with Captain Andy Cook. The weather could not have been much worse; a front moving through with cold rain, winds 10 - 20 mph and about 38 degrees when we left the dock. We had this one day to fish and Capt. Andy took us out despite the poor conditions and it couldn't have turned out much better as fas as we're concerned. It started a little slow but it didn't stay that way for long and by the end of the day we had boated 50+ fish. Big Redfish was our target and we caught 4 fish under 27" (keepers + our 1 each over 27") all the rest were bigger and it was a blast! We did catch some snapper and Capt. Andy offered to put us on smaller fish for the cooler but we wanted to stay on the Bulls so we did. By the time we were done fishing is wasn't a question of if the fish were going to bite but how big would they be as we boated 2 at a time!At the end of the day we had fish for the cooler, tired bodies, a lot of fun, a new friend, cold beer and were greatful for the opportunity!
Thanks to Reel Peace Charter and Captain Andy Cook for a great time. Some guys on the dock didn't think we had a prayer...but we did and it worked - ask Capt. Andy!
Jan 29, 2010
Bo Rasmussen - Prattville, AL USA
On Jan. 27th we fished out of Venice on a charter with reel peace charter and capt delvin. I have fished for forty years in saltwater and never have been so disapointed. We left the dock with only one box of frozen bait no way enough for a all day tuna trip. We were told that had only three jigs on the boat and we lost two of them in the first stops. The fish were at 100ft down and the current was a little strong and we free line without any weights to get down to the fish and his idea chum was to cut up two or three fish and broadcast. I ask the capt aruond 1:30 could we try to do something else to catch anything from the rigs and he said I'm a sportfisherman and I don't do bottom fishing. Well it was then very clear that this guy was not out to back up ReelPeace Charters Logo " Only Serice in Venice To Offer A Customer Satisfaction Guarantee" We work for the Bass Pro Shops and our customer are well taken care of and we go out of way to make them happy sorry that you don't feel that way.
From Mike Lane:
Go figure... I checked and out the 186,779 reports on RodnReel, this is Bo Rasmussen's first report.
Your complaint is wrought with a lack of fishing knowledge. Case in point...
You do not catch tuna on a box or boxes of frozen baits. When fishing tuna with cut bait the process is to let the bait drift naturally with the chum... hence no sinkers!
Devlin is one of the best and hardest working Tuna captains in the gulf. If you didn't catch as much as you expected, that's fishing!
Your complaint is with God, not Devlin. Good luck on lambasting God! Be a man, suck it up and get on with you life.
I am sometimes disappointed in humanity. A little heavy I know, but Bo you disappoint all hard working honest fishermen out there!
Capt. Devlin-reel peace charters -
Venice,
LA
USA
Jan 19, 2010
the pleasure of fishing with Lenny Eng and crew
from Jersey. We started out the day with a bit of
a run but it payed off big. We set up for our first
drift on top of some great marks but didn't get
bit. We reset and caught a blackfin. The third
started good with a 40 pound yellowfin. It was
on from there. We doubled up on a 70 and 85
pounder on the next drift and following that it
was much of the same. We even caught a 70
pounder on on both lines at one point. It doesn't
pay to be greedy. We finished the day with 10
yellowfin and a few blackfin. All fish were
caught on chunks. The gulf is on right now! Give
us a call to get in on the action.
Reel Peace Charters
(504) 481-1327
