Leave College Station with my boat Friday morning. Fish fri night, sat, sun, mon, tues, if the weather cooperates and the coolers arent full. Share cost of gas, lodging, ice, bait. $800-$1000 range for everything. Currently have me and one buddy committed. Room for 1-2 more. Need to find a 3rd person that can commit to the whole time.

Specifically going after tuna in the 150lbs+ size. Do not need gear but do need some offshore experience. cwscott at tamu d0t edu

Not available, although it sounds like fun, but what kinda boat are you dragging from CS all the way to venice, just curious? Good luck and go get them big girls.

edit to add,, and anyone who can make it, you are paying pennies on the dollar for venice offshore tuna, especially if it ends up being in the 1k range per.

26 glacier bay. Routinely trailer to the Texas coast. I try to stay on top of trailer maintenance. Knock on wood, no issues to date.

Yeah, the guides are going to run you about $800 per person for 8 hours of fishing. Then add on lodging and gas to get there. While I do know where I'm going and what Im doing, my success rate isnt going to be like theirs. But we don't have to be back to the dock at 4pm either.

Wish I was going down to Texas. Would like to go with you. Wife and I had a 26 Regulator and use to make that trip from SA to Venice once a year. Good times.
Good luck and for goodness sakes be careful my friend.
We will be expecting some pics.

In other words….. not barfing all day.

Gunny456 said:

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In other words….. not barfing all day.

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A little chum never hurts.

I have tuna gear, don't get seasick, and can go.

Man... if I didn't have a wife and kid and general responsibilities...

Me and my son Aiden are the two Saturday' to Tuesday anglers. Ready to go get the deck bloody!

It all has to do with the "frequency" of the waves or distances between tops of swells. Gulf of America, East Coast around the Carolinas, Southern Pacific, Atlantic, etc. etc. are all different tidal frequencies. Have been around offshore racing for years and it takes a developed skill set to learn to race in each of those conditions as each location has its own tidal nuances.

Milwaukees Best Light said:

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We hammered the bluefin today. Hope yall have the same luck we did.

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Your pictures didn't post for some reason.

We regularly go out 50 miles from Port Mansfield in 1-2's in a 24' shallow sport. If we miss the window, coming home in 3-4's sucks big donkey dick. But that usually means we have a box full of tuna.