Mandeville, LA USA

Venice Fishing Trip

A friend whom I've taken many times fishing in my boat treated me to a charter fishing trip out Venice with Delta Blue Sport Fishing.  I've never been to Venice before so this was a treat.  We drove Saturday and spent the night in Venice and left Sunday morning aboard the 47 foot "Cougar".  We headed to a rig about six miles south of Southwest Pass.  At that rig, I reeled in more than my fair share of mangrove snappers as did everybody on board.  Two hard fighting Jack Crevalles were also caught and a small shark as well.  After getting our limits of mangrove snappers, we then headed to another rig for red snappers east of Southwest Pass.  As soon as we stopped and tied up to the rig, red snappers were biting right as the cut up pogie bait sunk to about 20-25 feet of water.  I lost count of how many red snappers I reeled in since we were looking to get the biggest and best red snappers for our two fish limit per person.  After snappers, we headed to the rock jetties at Southwest pass.  The boat anchored in about 25 feet of water close to the jetties and after about fives minutes somebody reeled in their first bull red using shrimp on the bottom.  The current was very strong there even with heavy egg sinkers that seem to weigh almost a pound.  I reeled in the second fish which was a black drum.  I ended up catching four drums and three bull reds at this spot.  After our limits for reds, we headed back to Venice marina. The weather was nice but hot!!!  We had a brief shower in the morning as we left the marina but it cleared before we made it to the Jump.

It was a fun trip and we are already discussing booking another trip for next year and include more family.

Monday, June 29, 2009 @ 1:05:13 PM

venice, LA USA

Fished on the Cougar out of Venice. It is the only boat that can take more than 6 people. It can take up to 20 passengers fishing at a time. When tuna fishing we generaly fish from noon one day overnight till about noon the next day. We started out about noon with 8 men the first trip and tried to troll for wahoo. The water was good but the wahoo did not like our offerings. On route to our next destination the party cooked up some great steaks. Love the luxury of cooking and eating great food while fishing.

As darkness approached we entered the area to set up for the night. It was not long before the blackfin came to visit us. After some good catching the sharks came to visit us.
We moved to another rig and after a good effort with no results we returned to the area we had blackfin and jaws. This time we set up further from the rig and the sharks did not bother us. The blackfin were slow but stready. Made for a good night of fishing. As daylight approached Capt John made 2 pots of fresh perked coffee. This went well with the coffee rolls the customers brought.
We were already at the fishing grounds so we started looking for yellowfin. The kings and sharks started hitting us but some big blackfin to almost 30 pounds were also there. One of the sharks was a 6 foot long blacktip the customer wanted to take. Being a legal fish we added it to our box. We got a yellow about 35 pounds an more good blackfin. Soon a line goes off and I know it is a good fish. It is not long before I stick a 65 pound yellow.
About 11:00 am the head of the party elects to head in. Tired from fishing all night and morning and with a box of fish we head for the barn. Our total for the trip was 46 blackfin, 2 yellowfin, a blacktip, a beeliner, and a big white trout we jigged up along with the blackfin at night.

After a shower and getting some sleep we were off again for a Sat. - Sun. trip. Most of the customers backed out due to St. Patricks commitments. We had 4 guys meet us about 3:00 pm and off we went. Once we set up We had 2 of the 4 go down leaving only 2 to fish all night. The other 2 got up occasionaly to get a fish and go back down. Just before sunrise we had coffee, cheese burgers, grilled deer sausage, and fresh grilled tuna.

We scouted the tuna grounds and had the same results as the previous trip. Kings and sharks hitting us hard. Nice blackfin and some yellowfin. About 11:45 we hookup to a good fish. We had to back down and chase this horse just to keep from getting the 50 spooled. It beat up on all 4 of the men. At 1:15 we see this fish for the first time. It is a 180 pound class fish. It is now doing the death circle about 20 feet under the boat. 5 minutes later the fisherman does not anticipate the tuna's move and the line gets fouled in the stbd. wheel. Before I could get the rod or freespool the reel the line breaks. There was complete silence from me as I tried to figure what I could have done to prevent this major mistake. When something like this happens I have to get a learning experience out of it and not let it happen again.
We ended with 23 blackfin, one of which was grilled for breakfast, 2 yellowfin, 1 nice cobia, and 2 vermillion snapper.

Captain John can be contacted at 504-912-8907 to book a trip for your group.

Life is Good!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 @ 8:08:52 AM

Empire, LA USA

For those that do not one of my many jobs is a deckhand on the Cougar. The government is regulating us out of the fishing business. Our business was built on red snapper fishing. Our customer base is mostly red snapper fishermen. We have been regulated down to a 65 day season June 1 thru August 4 with a 2 fish at 16 inches minimum limit. The captain and crew are not allowed any red snapper. We had to work with a 6 month season last year and still did well. Due to the excellent fishery we have here we have been able to make great trips with the many other fish in this area to add to a 2 red snapper limit.

We are now looking at other types of trips and so far the results have been good. The Cougar is now making extended trips offshore for tuna, wahoo, amberjack, grouper, etc. During the 65 day season we are also considering half day trips allowing us to get in 2 trips per day. The 2 trips will put a longer day on us but we hope to be able to accommodate our many followers.

So far our extended trips have been doing well. Some of our notable catches have been a 283 pound warsaw grouper on one trip and about 65 blackfin on another. One of our latest produced 5 wahoo, 23 blackfin, and 4 vermillion snapper.


On this trip we grilled one blackfin at midnight and used another to produce the 2 jacks and the grouper.


Still using the brace for a few days but hoisting good sized fish is no problem.

Our latest trip started out slow. We trolled around 5 rigs and could not produce a single wahoo. As daylight ended we set up for the tuna bite. That was also not looking good. About an hour into darkness the tuna came around and so did the vermilion snapper. Once the bite slowed down there we moved to another one. Nobody home.


Our third rig had some amberjack on it and some more snapper. This went on for a while and once it ended we went back to our first stop to see if the tuna decided to turn on again. It was breakfast time for them and we picked up a few more. As the sun started to show we set up for some wahoo trolling again. The only thing hungry was a barracuda.


It was time to head in for some quick pictures and a fish cleaning party.

As you can see we are making some changes and it is looking good for us so far. Would like to see them give us our red snapper fishing back. We never had a shortage of them. They are getting in the way of other rig / reef fish we are trying to target. NMFS has admitted their data is flawed but are still following the flawed data to set limits and regulate us into bankruptcy.

We will survive.

Life is Good!

Monday, March 31, 2008 @ 4:59:36 PM

empire, LA USA

NOAA Fisheries Service estimates there is a 75-percent probability the 2.45 MP recreational quota will not be exceeded during the 2008 fishing year if the federal fishery is closed on August 5, 2008.  NOAA Fisheries Service believes the timing of the closure is necessary to adequately account for anticipated but unquantifiable shifts in effort into state waters once the federal fishery closes.

What are they talking about??? There is no fishing for red snapper in state waters once the season is closed.

The only way I look at it is we fish for red snapper 65 days this year and the other 300 days of the year they expect us to apply for food stamps as we can not support our family. This new closure has all but put charter red snapper fishing out of sight and although we pay for our own license and also the guide license we can not keep one of them for ourselves.

We are being regulated out of business. I wish they would follow the striped bass and redfish rebuilding programs where each state was regulated as to the abundance of the fish stocks. Both stocks are above all expectations at this point.  That being said this state may have a 10 snapper limit. The local area is over run with snapper as to not allow us to get to other fish. I know there are problems in other areas but it should be addressed locally. We should not be forced out of a living because of the over regulating by an incompetent fisheries management counsel.

Capt Hoop
Our Freedom

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 @ 9:19:49 PM

Mandeville, LA USA

   Went on a very memoriable overnight blue water fishing trip with Delta Blue Sport Fishing out of Venice Marina 3/1/08 and 3/2/08. We left the dock around 3 PM on Saturday on our way out to the 93s to find some tuna. The trip out was very nice and gave the 10 of us on board time to grill and have a Texas Hold 'Em tournament (I won!!!!). The first rig we stopped at produced alot of Black Fin Tuna. We were jigging for them around 150 feet down. The tuna would occasionally come up to the top and myself and a few others were casting to them with a variety of different lures. I hooked up on one that broke the rod I was using and then snapped the 80 lb. braid!!!!!

   The action slowed at the first rig and Capt. John Coulon moved us on to another.On the way to the next stop we had the deck hands cut us some sashimi to go with the rice,wasabi and terriaki. It was a nice snack! We were catching more Black Fin at this rig and Brent (one of the two deck hands)took a slab of Black Fin and put it on a giant rod n reel combo and dropped it to the bottom and handed it off to Jason Martin. After the bait sat for a while Jason hauled in the FISH OF A LIFETIME. It took Jason 45 minutes to bring in the 280lb. WARSAW GROUPER!!!!!! It took six of us to get into the boat!

  At about 3:30 AM Sunday morning we shut it down for a few hours so everyone could get a little rest. We all awoke at 6 AM and began fishing again. With daylight the fishing had slowed. We were able to bring in a 15lb. Scamp but it was not enough to stick around. We then began trolling with only one hook up, but the line snapped. We then went back to the first rig we began at with little luck. Then we moved into green water and pulled in a few undersized Amberjack, some Vermillion Snapper, Spanish Mackrel, and some fun fighting Jack Crevel.

   What a trip!!! With fifteen Black Fin Tuna, one 280lb. Warsaw Grouper, a nice Scamp and a few Vermillion Snapper we all went home with plenty of meat!

    I would like to thank Captain John Coulon and his crew Brent and Brian for a job well done on a fantastic trip!! Anyone looking for an Offshore Fishing trip they will not forget I highly recommend Delta Blue Sport Fishing Inc.!!!! Thanks again Capt. John!! CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 11:39:11 AM

st.bernard , LA USA

The Cougar and its crew on saturday afternoon pulled up to the Venice marina with a nice big fish. So what right? Well take a look at this big boy. 280lbs and about 7 feet tall GROUPER. Yes i said a GROUPER. I hope they like to eat grouper? Well take a look at the pics im sure you like them. Rachel Coulon.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 @ 11:59:54 PM

Metairie, LA USA

Went out on the Cougar yesterday (Fri 6/8/07) with Capt. John and Hoop. We left the dock around 7am, and started pulling in nice sized red snapper at the first rig we stopped at.
By the 4th rig, we were at our selective limit on red snapper with 14 of us. We were also able to land a bunch of mangroves, trigger fish, and few nice sized king mackeral with the help of Hoop. We started rig jumping in search of more mangrove .
As a group, we opted to leave the bull reds alone, and search for more mangrove.
Overall, it was a long, relaxing trip, and we all came home with plenty of dinner. Although, 3 out of the 14 of us got a little sick, it was a fun day.
As always, Capt. John and Hoop do everything they can to make the trip successful, and we will be joining them again next year for our 6th annual trip.

Saturday, June 9, 2007 @ 11:14:31 AM

Jefferson, La, LA USA

Made a trip with my 83 year old dad and 15 of his Bucktown friends on the Cougar this Sunday out of Venice La.  Thanks to Capt. John's rig hopping and great work by the deck hands, we limited out on Red Snapper and caught an assortment of King Mackerel, Cobia and Bull Reds (all reds were released) giving nearly everyone a chance to land at least one big fish.  Life doesn't get much better than this.  Many thanks to Capt Mike and crew for an unforgettable experience.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 @ 9:13:50 PM

Empire, LA USA

Bobbi Walker

Thanks for posting the Red Snapper information. I have printed it and will pass it on to Capt. John. This will really hurt the Cougar. We will have to make some major adjustments if these regulations are enforced.

Being regulated out of work when you are one of the few still left does not sound right but it is happening.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 @ 8:16:40 AM

Empire , LA USA

Clayton Johnson

Thanks for the wonderfull report. Glad we got together and put fish in the box. See you next time down here. Wish you had mentioned my name and the fact that I also have my own charter boat.

I have worked on several boats to learn the waters and have incorperated northern methods along with what I have learned by mating on the Cougar and Strike Zone and with Eddie Burger to try to get my self started. I am looking forward to fishing with you again. I am not going enough yet  to get on this board but plan to be here by Lump season. Already starting to book some for this winter.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 @ 7:28:48 PM

Metairie, LA USA

Party Boat Back In Business - Delta Blue Sport Fishing, Inc. formerly Coulon's Sport Fishing is now back up and running.

Captain John has weathered Katrina and although it was a long road back, he is at it again.

He is fishing out of Venice Marina and can acomodate groups up to 20.

Give John a call at (985) 657-7687 New Orleans: (504) 393-5192 and tell him you are ready to Party, that's Party Boat Fish!

Monday, August 14, 2006 @ 2:24:34 PM

empire, LA USA

Back to work with the Cougar after my infected hand problem. We ran Fri, Sat, and Sun.

On Friday the fishing was good. We limited out on red snapper. The mangrove have slowed down but a few came aboard for the dinner plate. We brought back one black tipped shark just over the minimum. The sharks are getting bigger and a continuous pain. Some triggerfish and some nice redfish were added to the mix.

Saturday was a much different trip. The bite dropped off and it was a struggle all day in the same area as we fished the day before. We had some big fights on the lines with jack cravele and large sharks giving us action durring the day. A nice sized flounder hit the deck to the surprise of all.

This particular group books several trips per season so they are used to good and bad days. They hope to take revenge on the fish when they come back with us in October.

The Sunday bunch, and that it was with a capacity group, had a steady line of fish comming in all day. After the day before we went to an area that should be producing this time of year but we have not yet fished. The water was much deeper and they had to crank up a lot just to find out they got robbed of thier bait. Once they got the feel the fish started comming in and they were mostly a good size. We limited out on red snapper once again and had a mangrove that although not weighed I would guess at close to or just over 10 pounds. A large shark and a cobia were also put in the box for the dinner table. The spanish mackrel were out in force in one of the places we stopped.

2 out of 3 days of good fishing is a nice way to get back to work.

We spent Monday and Monday night working on the Early Bird. Tuesday we had a Coast Guard inspection on it and are planning to have it fishing next season. This will allow both boats to be available for the weekend trips. We did get all our permits for it and plan to do some upgrades on it this winter when things slow down.

Life is Good!  

Friday, August 26, 2005 @ 6:55:36 AM

Empire, LA USA

Yesterday we ran a trip with 9 people that are very knowledgable fishermen. As we were loading up I told them of several large mangroves in the area. They set up a large snapper pool instead of the traditional large fish pool.

It was overcast most of the time and we were able to back into the rigs allowing entire group to fish together and in the shade when the sun came out.

The red snapper started jumping in the boat with a lot less shorts than usual. The mangrove snappers showed up and were not to be out done by thier cousins. About noon we had our limit of keeper red snappers.

The group decided to try fishing for some more mangrove s to make it a full day. They had no intrest in getting any redfish. We went to an area that is more predominent with mangroves instead of red snappers. We added some more fish to the box and threw the red snappers that we caught back for another day. Most of the throw backs were well above the minimum size but we were already limited out with them. All swam away for another day and none floated away injured. The use of a flipper is key to releasing fish unharmed.

The top 6 snappers were all mangroves. The largest was well over 8 pounds with 5 more close enough to that to be singled out for the snapper weigh in.

The total in the box for the day was 44 red snappers, 55 mangrove snappers, 2 cobia, a 35 and a 60 pounder and 1 short that went back, 2 grouper, with 3 shorts that went back, some trigger fish and angle fish. We released several bull reds and also caught 2 bonita, several large ladyfish, and a lot of bluefish.

We did not go fishing yesterday; WE WENT CATCHING!

Took no pictures. Was too busy working the boat and due to the amount of fish we had no room to lay all of them out. We had 3 of our large gray barrels of snappers alone plus the cobia and groupers and other fish to clean.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 @ 11:47:19 AM

Empire, LA USA

We got in 3 trips between the storms. As far away as Emily is from us the offshore seas are not reasonable for us to be out. Once it hits land we can get back out.

On Friday we ran a trip with a group that did not bring a camera. That made for memories but nothing to back up thier pleasant stories. I will remind all that go fishing to remember a camera. You never know what will be worth a picture. The catch, friends, seas, sunrise/set, clouds, plane/boat accidents, fires, and landscape have all been in my pictures as well as other things.

The friday group had a young boy of about 12 years old and they lost a chance of some great pictures because nobody brought a camera. He kept me busy catching some good fish and even one of the largest ones of the day went to his credit.

The big fish of the day was a blacktip shark. We also put a few good sized redfish in the box and almost our limit of red snapper. Unfortunatly the mangrove snapper did not match the catch of reds. I think the clearity of the water has a lot to do with getting those cunning fish to take a hook. I actualy think the mangrove snapper and the yellowfin tuna go to the same hook and line finding school.

On the second and third day we had Rusell Reed along with his father and friends. We did 2 days in a row with them as they have done with the Early Bird or Cougar for the last 20 years.  

On the first day the mangroves still were not cooperating as they did before the storms. The red snappers were pick through untill we got almost a limit. It was getting late so we gave the bull reds a shot. On our first stop the bite was slow. We only managed one BULL red. It was impressive. On our next stop we found the bull reds and soon limited out. Needless to say there was no compitition for the big fish pool.

The snapper made a good enough showing to almost fill a whole barrel alone.

The cleaning table once again was full. No question on the biggest fish. The first bull red we got in state waters was twice the size of all the others which ran 28 - 30 inches.

On thier second day they limited out on red snapper and the mangrove snapper decided to show up in force. We had some nice ones get away just prior to getting in the boat. We had some sharks, bonita, blues, triggerfish, and even a cow ray mixed in with the catch.

The heart breaker of the day was when a cobia took the line and after a long fight getting near enough to the boat to be well seen broke off. Both Capt John and I estimated it's weight around 45 pounds. The fish never got close enough for us to get at it.

Once in state waters the big fish winner from yesterday got a bull redfish. He was in untill about 15 minutes before the time limit set by the head of the party. One of the guys that caught almost nothing all day came in with a bull that weighed 5 ounces over the only other one landed that day. Only 2 caught but a limit of red snappers and an equal amount of Mangroves that would have taken the big fish pool if not for the 2 redfish that snuck in at the end.

Thursday, July 21, 2005 @ 7:30:57 AM

Empire, LA USA

Due to the storms we have not been fishing much. We did get in an anual trip with the group from RC Construction Company. Even 5 of thier group backed out due to fear of the seas being stired up. All I can say is they missed out on a great day.

We did not want to venture too far out because the fish have been cooperating in close lately. The Mangrove snapper have been taking up where the Red snapper have left off. I can say the largest ten snappers were all mangroves except one. It was a constant catch all day long. That combined with good seas and a friendly bunch that works together all the time made for a great trip.

Our keeper catch consisted of 36 red snappers, the same amount of mangroves, 13 redfish, some bluefish, bonita, and angel fish. We also had several black tipped sharks but none made the 54 inch fork length, 3 were close. Throughout the day we had to also release several bull reds in federal waters. All went back in good health. At the end of the day we picked up our 13 in state waters on the way in.

Due to 3 large barrels of fish we were not able to lay out the fish for a picture. They were stacked deep on the 4 x 8 cleaning table. We just wanted to get them cleaned before they warmed up. 2 of us made quick work of that job and the happy clients were on thier way with thier bounty.

Saturday, July 9, 2005 @ 11:38:27 PM

Empire, LA USA

Ran a trip 2 days ago with a Evette Wesley and her group. She actualy charters 5 - 8 trips per season. On this day the Essesence Fest was going on in New Orleans. A reporter, Kieth, from Black Outdoorsman magazine was along for the experience and a story.

We found the big mangrove snappers as thick as we left them the last time. The water was very clear and as good as we could see them they could see our hook and line. Even with very small hooks and florocarbon leaders about 50 of them would come out from the rig, take all our chumm and leave our baited hooks alone. This visual frustration was a good chance for our clients to see first hand what fishing is really like. We did get a few stupid enough or careless enough to take our hooks. When I cleaned one at the dock it had about the two full trays of chumm in it's stomach prior to taking the hook. Our bait trays are the diameter of a gallon bleach bottle cut about 2 inches high so you can see they are very aggressive feeders.

We lost a cobia about 30 pounds at the boat and also 2 large sharks. This was our first day we could take them and after 3 months of releasing them I wanted to get my revenge on them.

The red snappers are still pick through the just undersized ones to get some keepers and the mangroves are making up the better part of the catch at this time. I personaly feel the mangrove is a better fighter and worth the wait for a quality fish.

The trip yesterday was almost a carbon copy of the day before as far as the fishing went. We had another very hard day putting fish in the box. We did get some mangroves and red snappers worthy of pictures. Once again I have to say the mangroves are on steroids this season. I did get my revenge on a nice black tipped shark also. The bonita gave us some action on this trip. Every day is a different experience. On this trip we set a record for the most rays caught in a day. We actualy hooked and released 6 large cow rays. It was a tough fishing day and as hard as we worked to get fish we were also mentaly frustrated trying to find where the fish moved to.

At the end of the day the cloud formation over the high rise bridge was worthy of a picture. There is constant beauty in the sky around here. We are constantly blessed with rainbows and brilliant cloud formations and colorfull skys.

Monday, July 4, 2005 @ 8:31:18 AM

empire, LA USA

Ran a trip with the group from Bill's Auto & Salvage co. This group was with us last year. I have to say, They know how to fish and how to have fun making for an enjoyable day on the water. Had a great day with them.

The red snappers are still a pick through type of fishing but the mangroves are taking up the slack. I am amazed at the size of them this year. We also put about a dozen trigger fish in the box. I have never eaten them but the meat is whiter than any other fish I have seen. The customers tell me how good they are to eat. May have to try them some day.

The sharks are all over the place and tomorrow they are fair game. After 3 months of releasing them I wonder if some of the big ones will still be around so we can put them in the box.

We stopped in state waters and topped off the catch with some redfish and puppy drum.

Friday, July 1, 2005 @ 8:32:14 AM

Empire, LA USA

Ran Sunday and Monday on the Cougar. Once again we had to pick through the fish just under legal size but we managed a nice bunch of quality fish for the box. The group Sunday wanted nothing but snappers and they got a nice bunch to proove it. The Mangrove Snappers are real big this year and are making up a large amount of the take at this time. The gang Sunday came in with 48 snappers and a decient sized white trout. We saw a nice cobia but could not get him interested in taking anything we offered him. We also had a few grouper at 20 and 21 inches which went back to grow up.

On Monday we once again picked through the snappers . The fishing was steady and I was releasing about 8 or 9 to 1 in the box. We had several sharks bothering us and if they were in season one of the black tipped sharks would have been table fare. It was one of the biggest I have seen yet. Several times the party thought they saw cobia but it could have very well been a shark mistaken for a cobia. We had bull reds and jack cravelle adding to the action throughout the day.

At the end of the day we stopped in state waters and picked up a limit of redfish along with a few puppy drum and sheepshead. Overall we had 2 good back to back trips. Today off and then 5 straight days.

Plenty of open dates durring the week in July. I do not have them available but Capt. John will be glad to let you know what is open. (985) 657-7687

Tuesday, June 28, 2005 @ 10:15:49 AM

Empire , LA USA

It just keeps getting better.

Sorry for not posting sooner but we have been fishing for the last 8 days and would have been fishing today if the party had not gotten scared by the weather forcast. Although not a picnic the day would have been doable. As the week progressed we got a good handle on the fish. All week long the fish were filling the box a little more each day.

The red snapper, although not all keepers, kept us jumping as we weeded through them for our box of meat. There were no real big (10 pounds plus) red snapper but we made our limit or close to it almost every day. The surprise was the amount and size of mangrove snapper in the area. By the end of the week we had them almost jumping in the box. Too bad the group for today canceled. I had high hopes of putting a lot in the box quick.

Our last three trips consisted of two days with Mr. "Who Dat's" from Bald Knob, Arkansas. Doug "Cajun" Stelly Along with his sons and friends had 2 days of catching. They went back to Arkansas with memories and fish. If the sandwiches they made for his party and the crew are any indication of his restaurant one must go out of thier way to eat in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Thier coolers were full of fish fillets and I threw in a few dozen crabs to boot. Looking forward to fishing with them in the future.

Yesterday was just another day of fishing as usual untill the King Mangrove (I did not say that wrong) paid us a visit. We had Alan Williams and his friends from the hotel business in N.O. along with Mr king and his son from Gonzales who joined the party at the last minute. The red snapper were pick and choose with a continuous bite to provide for constant action. We limited out by the end of the day. The big treat for the day came with 25 - 30 mangrove snapper in the box. About 20 of them were around 2 feet with a few going 30 inches or more.

Sorry for being so guestimate about this report but when we nail them again. I will try to get some actual measurements on these hogs. They were all big! Hope to find them in the same place once this wind stops. Through the week we had a lot of redfish, some trigger fish,white trout, angel fish,lost some cobia,and even though out of season, Some real big sharks.

Life is Good!

Friday, June 10, 2005 @ 10:42:29 PM

Empire , LA USA

Once again with the winds in the wrong direction and high seas all night we ran the river to the gulf in order to beat up on the fish not the clients. The winds dropped and the seas calmed down to end the day right.

In the mean time we got a limit of redfish almost at once with only 5 red snappers in the same time. As we moved to other rigs that usualy will cough up a few fish we were blessed with some mangrove snappers to about 8 pounds and lane snapper to about 4 pounds. Our largest red snapper went to about 10 pounds. We had a cobia between 35 and 40 pounds through the hook after a brief fight. He later came back to steal a red snapper about 15 inches from us as we released it. A very large sea turtle came by to visit us also.

We had 2 people on the back sick all day but they kept fishing and catching. For One of them it was his first time fishing and he ended the day with a 75% keeper rate. Not a bad way to start out fishing. Although sick all day he is looking forward to comming on the next trip with his group.

We are not fishing tomorrow (Thursday) and have a last minute cancelation for Sunday the 29th. Sunday is open as of now. Call 985-657-7687

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 @ 10:06:18 PM

Empire, LA USA

As the red snapper season is starting to stabalize ever so slowly the fronts rolling through are still keeping things a bit difficult. Two days ago we had to run down the river from Empire and use the shelter of the land to allow us to get to some good fishing grounds. Our usual trip has us fishing for snapper, grouper, cobia, kings, etc. If we have time or if we limit out on these fish we try for some redfish in state waters. The last 2 days things were backwards. We were forced to fish in state waters and we had the redfish limits rather quickly. Although limited to state waters for the rest of the day we still had enough options to find the targeted snappers and others. 2 days ago we had big bull reds. Yesterday we were able to pick through and release the few monsters we caught. We were able to get 5 under the 27 inch limit. The rest only went to around 30.

Our quest for red snapper was a struggle. About 12:30 we hit on thier hideing spot. The fishing was constant with a lot of shorts to pick through. At the end of the day all had at least 3 keepers of the 4 per person allowed plus a red fish or two to go along with them. We added some nice mangrove and a grouper to round off the day. No cobia like the day before but we got a nice 8 foot dusky shark that was photographed and released.

Monday, May 23, 2005 @ 9:10:03 AM

Empire, LA USA

Our next day we had the Hook, Line, & Sinker Club aboard. The current was not as bad and there was a lot of action. Once again the shorts were grabbing the bait before the larger ones could but we slowly built up the level of our fish box.

We managed a good amount of red snapper and some mangrove snapper. As the bite ended the winds and seas started building. We stuck our nose out into some rougher water that we were hoping would produce and the party was all for it. Being now in state waters we also had other options. The options (Redfish) did us well. In this area we also picked up 3 more large red snapper and a flounder.

Not a limit trip but another good day on the water and again we snuk in before the seas got too bad.

Life is Good!

Friday, April 29, 2005 @ 8:43:25 AM

Empire, LA USA

We ran the last 2 days on the west side. Our first trip after that tough trip I posted last. We had a group of cops from the city that work the French Quarter. The current was still running so it was going to be hard to fish again. Once behind the rig we had somewhat of an eddy to allow us to get our lines down.

The catching was steady and we had to pick away through the shorts but we did manage a nice bunch of red snapper any way. We had some fish come in with signs that a cobia had grabbed them. Near the end of the day we had a 47 pounder on board. A nice additition to our fish box.

Friday, April 29, 2005 @ 8:36:51 AM

Empire, LA USA

To say the fishing trip today was for the birds is an understatement. As a matter of fact we had a visiter about 40 miles out and it was the only picture I took today.



Although the seas were calm in the morning the current was running so hard we were drifting out with 18 and 20 oz weights barely reaching the 150 ft. bottom then rapidly being carried up by the current. If somebody was lucky enough to get thier bait in the eddy of a rig pipe they may have picked up a small grouper or red snapper. This was very rare to say the least. We had to fish hard for the few we did put in the box. The day never warmed up and as the day progressed the winds picked up and it got colder.

We had a very poor day early in the season last year and I hope this was our one for this year. After a great start to the season we got our feet taken out from under us with this front comming in as it did.

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CAPT HOOP -- OUR FREEDOM

Monday, April 25, 2005 @ 10:10:15 PM

Empire , LA USA

We got blown off the water yesterday with 15-25 kt winds and 5-7 seas. Today started off a little bumpy and some of the people went down quickly. The bite was off so we had to work hard for our fish today and still keep out of the seas and current.

The head of the party was Boyd Bulot. Not only is he entertaining with his stories of his life experiences but he is one heck of a nice guy. I forgot to mention he is an "EATING MACHINE!" [[Eek!]]

He holds the worlds record for eating 52 dozen oysters in 30 minutes, also 172 or 177 jalapino peppers in I do not know how many minutes, and he also ate the 8 pound hamburg, that previously could not be eaten in 1 hour, in 17 minutes and 32 seconds.

In our quest for fish we hooked into what I believe was a mako that just about spooled us prior to straightening the hook and leaving teeth marks in it.   Boyd, did a great job putting the power on the fish for about 20 minutes prior to it remodeling the hook.


We did pull out a good day after all. The redfish ended up the day as we headed in. In the mean time we put several lane snapper, mangrove snapper, grouper, white trout, a croaker and the targeted red snapper in the box. We let several small sharks go after taking pictures. Our total catch ended up with around 200 pounds in the box and a lot of throw backs. Again we had some quality red snappers with a 14.5 pounder being the pool winner.



We had calm waters at the end of the day. Tomorrow is supposed to blow up again. Hope we can get into fish before it gets too rough.

Have to share this with you;
Boyd told us of the time he was at the Playboy mansion in California and met Bill Cosby. Bill asked who he was and Boyd explained he is the worlds record holder for eating 52 dozen oysters in 30 minutes. There was a pause and then Bill, with his hands in his pocket and in his slow casual tone said, "52 dozen oysters? (another pause)These girls have NO idea what is here tonight.

Life is Good!  

Sunday, April 24, 2005 @ 9:54:59 PM

Empire, LA USA

We Did not have a charter opening day of red snapper season. Today being the second day of the season we hit the water and the fish gods were looking down on us.The First red snapper on board was the undisputed pool winner at just under 20 pounds. We had several come on board close to that but nothing to beat it. A lot of quality fish. In short order we were approaching our limit of 64 keeper fish. The box was looking very good at this point with some grouper, beeliners,lanes,white trout and even a large croaker.

A A And then along came.



We had 2 fish left to catch when this 23 pound pool winning fish took our bait. Before it came aboard we landed 2 others and all quit fishing. The shortest of the last 2 went back at once.

We then proceded into state waters and quickly hit 10 redfish over 27 inches and 3 under. One of the guys landed a 27 pound jack cravele to add to our day. We managed to make it in before the wind got real nasty.



This is a tough prescident to set for this season. To summ it up we are off to a great start.

Life is Good! [[Big Grin]]
All our Saturdays are booked for the season and most of our Sundays are also booked. Fridays and Mondays are starting to book. We are hoping to add a second boat soon. Call us at 985-657-7687

Friday, April 22, 2005 @ 10:18:54 PM

Empire, LA USA

Went out on a scouting trip with a friend this weekend prior to the start of the Red Snapper season which is this Thursday. We had just hit our first rig and 2 DWF agents show up in a flats boat. We were 9 miles out of the Empire jetties and they came from Port Sulphur. After the DWF check we only found short snapper so we headed to deeper water for some grouper. 14 miles WSW of Southwest Pass we were boarded by the Coast Guard from Grand Isle. This one took 1/2 hour and was very interesting. As we scouted our way back we were stopped for a third time. This time it was 3 DWF agents out of Tiger Pass area. We were in the area of the Bridge rig just outside of the jetties by this time.

In spite of 3 checks in a day I still had time to gather the information I was looking for. Hoping to have a better season than last year.

This a first for us. Although we have a lot of bookings we have opening day Thursday open so our season will not start until Friday. Being fairly new to this sight I am looking forward to posting our trip reports. This is my second season with Capt. John.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 @ 10:30:51 PM

Empire , LA USA

The weather was to blow hard late in the day and with a front moving through the winds shifted and the seas laid down this morning. We headed out to West Delta Canyon area from Empire with 12 people aboard the Cougar for a Batchelor party trip. 1 person was from Washington D.C. and 2 were from Colorado. The rest were from various areas in the state.

We set up at the first rig with nothing happening. One good sized shadow jack in the box and a large red snapper that is out of season so back it went. We dropped back and nothing happened. Prior to leaving we choked up on the line and put it on the Stbd. bit.  This seemed to work for a while as we managed some grouper and amberjack. The current was running and the water was starting to clean up a little but after a flurry the bite went off.

We moved a bit further out and at the next rig we hit some action. A lot of fish ran into the rigs as large snapper, grouper, and amberjack do. We lost quite a few but at the end of the day we wound up with a decient catch of fish.

Our total take home was 1 nice Warsaw grouper, 3 good sized amberjack, 4 yellowfin grouper, 1 gag grouper, 4 scamp grouper, and 1 shadow jack. We caught and released 3 very large red snappers in the 15 - 20 pound class. It is fare to say that the 3 Red Snappers were a combined weight of over 50 pounds. Only caught 2 Black tipped sharks that although a decient size were short of the 54 inch min fork length.

The weather held out with hardley any wind and nice  sunny temps. in the low 70's. The wind startwe blowing hard as we approached the dock. Although a slow start the fish were cooperative. I would rate this trip as a very successful one with some nice fish to show for it.

Life is Good!  

Saturday, March 12, 2005 @ 8:18:33 PM

Abita Springs, LA USA

Does anybody know how to condition dried out cork rod grips? I'm trying to bring some old inshore rods back to life.

Thanks in advance.

Thursday, February 24, 2005 @ 3:03:32 PM

Empire, LA USA

We had the best behaved youngsters I have ever had on a boat today. I can not say enough about how well they acted on the boat and they also listened and learned, better than any bunch of guys we have had. Maybe I got them before they got set in thier ways. The parents of these boys have to be commended for the way these young men are being brought up.

The wind was blowing from the north at 16 kts at Grand Isle and 18 kts at SW pass. I gave the boys and fathers the safety drill about the no titanic playing on the bow and rails not being monkey bars. I also had time to show them how to use the boat rods and properly stow them. By the end of the day I had 17 seasoned fishermen on board.

Problem #1!!!!!!
Nobody brought a camera. The kids are camping out at Fort Jackson for the weekend and never thought to bring one. I took what I could and will be posting them. This post may not be finished till tomorrow but I will try my best to finish tonight.
This young man was told he would get a fish as big as him. Here is his first keeper and you can tell by the look on his face alone the whole trip was worth it. As his dad was calling his mom and she was on the cell phone he did it again. Mom heard her son nail the second one as dad correographed the fight and she listened to his moans and screams.
Here is another happy camper with one of his trophys. The fishing was steady but the keeper fish were hard to come by today. Maybe the front moving in or high wind conditions.

Here is a nice red snapper caught by another father's son that went back as the season was closed Oct. 31. This is smaller than another one of the kids caught but as I was going to take a picture it bit through the line and went overboard. As you can see we were into quality fish but due to the closed season we had to pick through our catch. This picture is natural. No "Blainerizng" here. This boy's father John has a boat just down the road from our house and has been to our house before.

We wound up limiting out on redfish and we also picked up some black drum, white trout, mangrove snapper, grouper, vermillion snapper, sail catfish, croakers, and golden croakers. Today was the first time I have seen a golden croaker.

Here is a shot of the (once again) Well behaved and best listening and learning kids I have had on the boat yet. They are on the boat in front of thier 3 barrels of fish. I had just woke them up as we approached the dock. All were sleeping. Fished too hard.

As you can see it got colder as the day went on but we missed the Courier and Ives moment you had. Hope some of you can make it out for some of those monster togs I left up there for you.

I had a great, very memorable day with Troop 12 today. Thanks kids and once again, Parents, Be proud of what you have created. I am impressed.

Saturday, November 13, 2004 @ 9:51:53 PM

Empire, LA USA

Was too tired to post yesterday and todays trip was canceled due to winds and seas. We had a very long day and the fish had lock jaw. We extended the trip as we frequently do just to get some fish in the boat when things get tough. Kind of like the "One last cast" thing.

Knowing we would be back to the dock after dark and had fish cleaning plus get the boat ready for the morning we still pushed it to the end. About 5 minutes after the time we set I had a hit on the drift line. As I set the hook the fish let go [[Cry]] Having an idea of what kind and knowing his eating habits I instantly free lined the rig and kept feeling for life on the other side. Once sure he picked it up again I let him take it to the buffet table. Only the people on the back had any idea what was going on. After setting the hook I yelled the war cry, "Big Brown". The head of the party put up his rod and came for the hook up. Once I released the fish to him we disconnected from the rig and after all rods were up we enjoyed the action. After a good battle we had a very nice 49 pound cobia on board. Although taking 4 22 rifle shots it soon came alive again once it hit the deck. We introduced it to our aluminum bat and it rested very well. BTW the catfish bait it ate and the hook were in it's gut along with another catfish and another fish. We cut the wire leader 5 inches from the hook just to get the pole back. That was about the best hook set I can remember. It was dark when we got in but here is the victor with his prize.

Today and tomorrow are canceled due to weather but I will be working from then till the end of the month. After that we change target fish and the reports will be different.

Thursday, October 21, 2004 @ 9:08:56 PM

Abita Springs, LA USA

Does anyone have any experience hunting in the Bogue Chitto NWR?  If so, please tell us a story about it.  

Tuesday, October 5, 2004 @ 1:00:51 AM

Empire, LA USA

This will take a while due to the pictures involved.
The Day started before sunrise and we headed out into the gulf. As the sun rose I had to get this shot of the sun rising behind a thunder head cloud. The picture does not display the beauty of this sight. Wish we were closer so the detail would be better.
As the day progressed we had nothing but "beyond" flat seas and quality fish. The quantity of fish were not there (except for the damn black tipped sharks) [[Bang Head]] [[Bang Head]] [[Bang Head]] .

We picked through the day getting good fish. We limited out on Red Snapper which I had tonight for supper and enjoyed very well. We also got the biggest Mangrove snapper I have yet to see and a very large white trout.

I may have mentioned pulling fish out of rigs before but today had to be one of the best. As a fish takes the bait it heads for the rig. If it gets into the baranacles on the rig it is home free. I have been keeping score on my "Pull Outs". Today was my 14th and 15th of the year. Here is the 15th of the year.
This 14.7 red snapper took me about 7 minutes to fool it out of the rig today and was the pool winner. Getting this fish was my highlite of the day. I realised the sizr of the fish and would not give uo the fish toll it was away from the rig and about 50 feet up to the boat. The guy who's line it was on was still drunk from last night and two days of fishing in the area and after landing that was the best fisherman god ever created. [[Eek!]]

At the end of the day we had a good amount of quality fish as seen in this first barrel of fish off the boat. We had 2 of these to barrels to clean and in this picture you see 3 of about the best fish of the day. A very large White trout amoungst a Pair if snappers. The big red and a 11.7 mangrove , The trout is well above 3 pounds also.
At the end of the day we had this to show.
We had 4 blue fish and some angel fish and trigger fish to go along with our 51 red snapper and 7 mangrove and 8 white trout

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 @ 11:53:02 PM

Empire, LA USA

Delta Blue Sportfishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore during the month of October, 2004, to raise money for Victoria Kellis to attend the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C.

Victoria Kellis is a junior at Archbishop Blenk High School in Gretna, LA.  She was one of only two students from her school selected for this honor. This raffle will assist her in paying for the cost of the entire trip.

Food for the trip will also be donated.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his/her party and their fishing licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided by the winner and Captain John Coulon.

Chances for this outstanding raffle are $5.00 per chance or 3 chances for $10.00.  The raffle will be held on August 18, 2004.

If you are interested in supporting  this wonderful cause, please contact (504)394-2914 or e-mail deltablueinc@aol.com for raffle ticket information.

Sunday, July 18, 2004 @ 6:38:41 PM

Belle Chasse, LA USA

Coulon's Sport Fishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore to raise money for the Parents and Friends Club of Metropolitan Developmental Center.  This non-profit organization raises money to provide Christmas gifts, birthday parties, Easter baskets, and much more, to over 260 mentally retarded, developmentally disabled people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.  Many of these people have limited family contact and some have no family contact.  The member of the Parents and Friends Club do an outstanding job supporting these people.

Delta Food Store, Buras, Louisiana, has also donated food for this trip.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his/her party and their fishing Licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided with the winner and Captain John Colon.

Chances for this outstanding event is $5.00.  The raffle will be held on October 6, 2002.

If you are interested in supporting this wonderful group and all the people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center, please e-mail me at deltablueinc@aol.com and I will e-mail you an entry form which can be completed and mailed to the Parents & Friends Club.  All entries must be received by Saturday, October 5, 2002.

Tuesday, October 1, 2002 @ 9:54:20 AM

Belle Chasse, LA USA

Coulon's Sport Fishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore to raise money for the Parents and Friends Club of Metropolitan Developmental Center.  This non-profit organization raises money to provide Christmas gifts, birthday parties, Easter baskets, and much more, to over 260 mentally retarded, developmentally disabled people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.  Many of these people have limited family contact and some have no family contact.  The member of the Parents and Friends Club do an outstanding job supporting these people.

Delta Food Store, Buras, Louisiana, has also donated food for this trip.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his/her party and their fishing Licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided with the winner and Captain John Colon.

Chances for this outstanding event is $5.00.  The raffle will be held on October 6, 2002.

If you are interested in supporting this wonderful group and all the people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center, please e-mail me at deltablueinc@aol.com and I will e-mail you an entry form which can be completed and mailed to the Parents & Friends Club.  All entries must be received by Saturday, October 5, 2002.

Monday, September 30, 2002 @ 11:00:57 AM

Belle Chasse, LA USA

Coulon's Sport Fishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore to raise money for the Parents and Friends Club of Metropolitan Developmental Center.  This non-profit organization raises money to provide Christmas gifts, birthday parties, Easter baskets, and much more, to over 260 mentally retarded, developmentally disabled people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.  Many of these people have limited family contact and some have no family contact.  The member of the Parents and Friends Club do an outstanding job supporting these people.

Delta Food Store, Buras, Louisiana, has also donated food for this trip.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his/her party and their fishing Licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided with the winner and Captain John Colon.

Chances for this outstanding event is $5.00.  The raffle will be held on October 6, 2002.

If you are interested in supporting this wonderful group and all the people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center, please e-mail me at deltablueinc@aol.com and I will e-mail you an entry form which can be completed and mailed to the Parents & Friends Club.  All entries must be received by Saturday, October 5, 2002.

Saturday, September 28, 2002 @ 11:00:09 AM

Belle Chasse, LA USA

Coulon's Sport fishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore to raise money for the Parents and Friends Club of Metropolitan Developmental Center.  This non-profit organization raises money to provide Christmas gifts, birthday parties, Easter Baskets, and much more, to over 260 mentally retarded, developmentally disabled people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.  Many of these people have limited family contact and some have no family contact.  The members of the Parents and Friends Club do an  outstanding job supporting these people.  

Delta Food Store, Buras, Louisiana, has also donated food for this trip.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his/her party and their  fishing licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided with the winner and Captain John Coulon.

Chances for this outstanding event is $5.00.  The raffle will be held on October 6, 2002, at Metropolitan Developmental Center, winner need not be present.

If you are interested in supporting this wonderful group and all the people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center, please e-mail me at deltablueinc@aol.com and I will e-mail you back an entry form which can be completed and mailed to the Parents & Friends Club.

Monday, September 23, 2002 @ 3:30:17 PM

Belle Chase, LA USA

Coulon's Sport Fishing has donated a week-day offshore charter trip for one winner to take up-to 12 people fishing offshore to raise money for the Parents and Friends Club of Metropolitan Developmental Center.  This non-profit organization raises money to provide Christmas gifts, birthday  parties, Easter Baskets, and much more, to over 260 mentally retarded, developmentally disabled people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.  Many of these people have limted family contact and some have no family contact.  The members of the Parents and Friends Club do an outstanding job supporting these people.  

Delta Food Store, Buras, Louisiana, has also donated food for this trip.  Basically, the winner needs to show up with his party and their fishing Licenses.  The date of the trip will be decided with the winner and Captain John Coulon.

Chances for this outstanding event is $5.00. The raffle will be held on Octber 6, 2002, at Metropolitan Deveopmental Center.

If you are intested in supporting this wonderful group and all the people who live at Metropolitan Developmental Center, please e-mail me at deltablueinc@aol.com and I will e-mail you an entry form which can be completed and mailed to the Parents & Friends Club.

The entry forms are also located at many fishing/sporting shops around the greater New Orleans area and throughout Plaquemines Parish.

 

Wednesday, September 18, 2002 @ 10:39:44 PM

Empire, LA USA

    Today on the EARLY BIRD we had a group of 13 guys from New Orleans,  Thanks to Mr. Gerald Speaks for rounding up a great group of fisherman.  We really had to struggle and in the end we fell a few fish shy of a limit.  And Limits of Red-Snapper have been hard to come by for the past couple of week.  Does anyone else agree that the snapper must be confused, they must think that it's still April or May here almost in July when Snapper fishing should really be starting to stabalize.  Anyway thanks again and congradulations to the "OFFSHORE FISHING GANG" for out fishing just about everyone that I have spoken to or heard from in the past week.  You guys did a great job and we did finish the day by putting some Red Fish icing on top of a Red-Snapper cake, along with a handful of B-liners, mangroves and a few dozen big "Silver Sea Trout"

Sunday, June 30, 2002 @ 8:34:43 PM

kenner, LA USA

Just wanted to let everyone know that we did real good on our fishing trip with Coulon's sport fishing charters on saturday the 27th, we had our limit of red snapper in 1 1/2 hrs most of the snappers where over 20lbs and we had 76 of them bad boys, we also had 20 huge red fish 1 grouper about 15 lbs. and a few croakers we also caught 3 of the biggest eels I ever saw they where about 6 to 7 inches in diameter about 6 to 7 feet long,it was a long boat ride but it was worth it, the captain said that he hasn't seen so many big snappers all at one time since 3 to 4 years.

Sunday, April 28, 2002 @ 10:37:35 PM

Empire, LA USA

What a tough opening day!  Conditions were perfect to catch fish but there was one problem, the fish did not really want to cooperate.  We did manage to come home with close to 60 red-snappers but believe me it was by the hardest and a bunch of our snappers were really nice "FALL" sized snappers.  The good thing was that we really caught a mixed bag of fish, to go along with the red-snappers, we had 15 Silver Sea Trout, a few nice Groupers and a bunch other members of the snapper family.  As we all know April and May are a couple of the toughest months and things are only going to get better. For groups of fisherman from 2 to 20 give us a call to book your "snapper" trip and get involved with rig-fishing at it finest.

Sunday, April 21, 2002 @ 7:45:49 PM

Empire, LA USA

Just a reminder to all of you Snapper Fisherman!  Red Snapper season opens on April 21st and here at Coulon's Sport Fishing we are really starting to book both boats up fast so give us a call so we can put you down on the days you like before they are all gone.  Home(985)657-7687 & cell(504)427-0187.

Sunday, March 10, 2002 @ 4:56:34 PM

Empire,, LA USA

Sunday ,Februrary, 17th Coulon's Sport Fishin It was a good day of fishing out on "The Lumps", Sunday, we left block 143 about noon to join the thirty-something boats out there.Most guys were using topwater poppers or dead drift baits.Fish were acting a little slower than last week not picking up top water baits as fasteras the dead baits. Fish were biting right at about ten feet under the water but ttook technical things to catch them, like lots of chumand keeping lines untangled. Most fish that were seen landed around us were big and active."The Lumps are good areas to fish and remember always keep a fresh bait dont be so quick to reel in that deepest line. Any questions? Feel free to call!!!!

Thursday, February 21, 2002 @ 6:52:01 PM

Empire, LA USA

Someone had posted a report with a website about Giant Bluefins. Can anyone remember the person or the website itself? Any help would be appreciated. Capt. Ronnie

Wednesday, February 20, 2002 @ 7:49:57 PM

Charter Boat Cougar, LA USA

ATTENTION:HELP! Looking for a few good fisherman! Just got a phone call from two of our regular customers from Missouri. They are in town looking for at least 4 more fisherman to join them for a Tuna Run, On Monday 18th. For $150.00 a head this is a great chance for anyone who wants to get out and give the Lumps a try while fishing is hot and the weather should be good. For info call 985-657-7687 or 504-393-5192. ~Capt. John Coulon.~

Saturday, February 16, 2002 @ 10:37:06 PM

Jefferson, LA USA

MY Family n Friends went out offshore with Capt. John Coulon on the charter boat "Cougar".It was my first tuna trip ,I'm 15 yrs old.It was a beautiful day at the lumps,there were a lot of boats out there .We were the 40th boat,we got there at 9:00am ,We started fishin,it was slow at first then the tuna arrived.We were using live bait and the tuna wouldn't hit the live bait, we started using 6'inch poppers the tuna were goin crazy over the poppers,the tuna would jump out of the water and land right on top of the Popper "SLAM" it was on!!!! We hooked up with 5 tuna and landed one it was about 80-100lbs.After that we lost four of the Yellowfin,We also caught 7 Amberjack's,2grouper,about 10 beeliner,2 shadowjacks,and a pile of white snapper. We had a awsome day, I hope to go out again soon.THANKS again to "Coulon Sport Fishing" for a fantastic day at the lumps. Special thanks to Brent & Captin John Coulon VIC,MICHELLE,CHRIS,& NICK GALLO

Monday, February 4, 2002 @ 8:55:12 PM

Baton Rouge, LA USA

Capt. Ronnie Delaune of the Early Bird took us out to south pass 86b and the lumps on the night of Sat the 27th. We had a great time hooking up on some good yellowfins and amberjack. Also your odd skipjack, vermillion snapper, and blackfin. Bothe the weather and the fishing was good to great until the wind came up around 1:00 AM, it was pretty much sloppy after that and the fish turned off. We had a great time as usual, tho, and everyone had plenty of fish to take home. Geaux Tigers!

Thursday, January 3, 2002 @ 3:17:53 PM

Empire, LA USA

In response to "KMC"..... The name of our company is Coulon's Sport Fishing and our site is in the "Fishing Charter & Guides" section. There is directions and a detailed map to the boat. If you have any other questions feel free to e-mail me back and I will do my best to assist you in any way possible. ~Capt. Ronnie

Wednesday, December 19, 2001 @ 4:56:18 PM

Baton Rouge, LA USA

Went out Sunday on the Early Bird with Captain Ronnie - caught a Pompano on the 1st cast - good sign I thought - then fish turned off for a while as we went from rig to rig lookin' for 'em . Capt Ronnie came through as always though when we ran into a ton of huge Bull Reds - had 'em hooked up two at time. Everyone involved had a good time, thanks again cap.

Monday, November 26, 2001 @ 6:17:00 PM