Venice LA Fishing Report and Photo Essay
Some readers undoudtedly want to know what happened to last week’s report. I wrote it and never posted it, since Mike Conneen and I rolled out of central Florida at 4 am last Saturday morning. Since I did not fish that week there waren’t a whole lot to report anyhoo!
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Mike did the driving, aiming his Nissan towards Empire, Louisiana. Besides the two of us, the truck carried two kayaks and accessories, assorted fishing tackle, a variety of cameras, camping and cooking gear, a smattering of food, some clothing and personal items, a computer, a smartphone (not mine!), and odds and ends.
We got to Empire about four in the PM. Capt. Carol LeCompte at Reelivin Fishing Charters was our unbelievably gracious host. He had told me over the phone he would take care of us. He was more than true to his word, going way beyond what was needed, feeding us oysters, crabs, fish, gumbo, jambalaya, and other Cajun specialties the names of which escape me. It was all very delicious! The lodge was elegant yet comfortable, really nice, five stars from this reporter.
We kayak fished two days out of Venice with Capt. Brian Sherman at kayakvenicela.com. I wanted to fly fish. The water was way too dirty for sightfishing, so the first morning I just chucked it. Mike used spin tackle with a variety of lures. The catching started almost immediately and really just kept getting better. I foolishly brought my old computer with me. It doesn’t talk to my new camera so the best pics aren’t even here. Let the pictures do the talking!
Captain Vudu, Carol LeCompte. Vudu, bay-bee!
Capt. Brian Sherman, Kayak Venice LA
Mike Conneen with his first Louisiana redfish. He’d get a few more!
Mike has another fat redfish.
Same fish…
Fish in hand…
…and posing for the photeaux!
I got into the act too, with a DOA CAL jig.
Not a release shot, the fish is still hooked!
It doesn’t matter where they are, reds love the DOA CAL shad tail.
After two days of fishing in Venice, we went to Cocodrie. Our arrival coincided closely to the arrival of a strong cold front. We got in a few hours of fishing on our own, close to Coco Marina, our base during our stay here. We got a couple reds, a few trout, and one black drum. All but one were caught on soft plastics.
We did not fish the following day due to strong winds, rain, and lightning. It looks like the next couple days might get blown out too, so I am going to post this now.
That is this week’s Venice LA Fishing Report and Photo Essay.
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Life is short. Go Fishing!
John Kumiski
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