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Venice, Louisiana offers some incredible nearshore fishing. With countless rock piles, wrecks, and oil and gas platforms both above and below the surface, our waters hold an incredible variety of game fish. Some of our most popular target species include red snapper, mangrove snapper, cobia, and many others. A typical nearshore trip starts by running just outside the pass to catch fresh live bait such as pogies, finger mullet, and croakers. Once the livewell is full, we'll he

Fly fishing for redfish is the ultimate rush. It's very similar to spot-and-stalk hunting—everything is visual. If you can't see the fish, you won't succeed. Watching big fish interact with their environment without being influenced by human activity is something you simply don't experience with most other styles of fishing. A typical day of fly fishing for redfish starts around 7:00 a.m., or whenever there's enough light to see into the water. We'll leave the dock and head d

Venice, Louisiana is home to some incredible speckled trout fishing. Not only do we have large numbers of trout, but we also regularly catch trophy fish in the 4- to 6-pound range and even larger. A typical day starts early so we can take advantage of the morning bite. We usually leave the dock around 5:30 a.m. and make the run downriver to our fishing grounds. Our preferred approach is throwing artificial lures such as jig-and-plastic combinations, twitch baits, and, when co

If you’ve always wanted to catch big bull redfish—some exceeding 40 lbs—Venice, Louisiana should be on your bucket list. On a typical day we leave the dock around 7:00 a.m. and run downriver to fish outer ponds and bays. We look for diving birds or the bait itself; the main forage for big reds in Venice are menhaden (pogies), mullet, shrimp, and other small baitfish. We’ll drift or use the trolling motor to cover water while you cast a high-quality spinning rod and try a vari