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Which OBer took his bass boat out into the gulf for tuna?
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:02 pm
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Yes, yellowfin tuna are the closest to the Louisiana coast they'll be all year, but no, that doesn't mean you should go target them in your 18-foot bass boat.
Capt. Hunter Caballero was offshore out of South Pass Thursday when he heard the distinctive sound of a running boat bouncing up and down in the rolling waves.
"I turned around and looked, and it was a bass boat trying to do 40 (mph) in the open Gulf, seven miles offshore in blue water," Caballero said. "It was a funny sight to see. I've never seen a true bass boat that far offshore."
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:05 pm to Napoleon
shite, I've seen idiots in 15' bateaus w tiller handle motors offshore out of Calcasieu Lake and Grand Isle. Crazy.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:08 pm to Napoleon
quote:Meh
seven miles offshore
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:08 pm to Mung
I've taken a small boat off shore within swimming distance of the beach, but never in blue water.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:31 pm to Napoleon
It doesn't look too rough...
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:38 pm to Napoleon
I don't see a problem with it. I have taken a tiller skiff to the Chandeleur islands, more than once. Took a Mavrick HPX to chase tuna on fly behind shrimp boats.
Boats are almost always more capable than the person operating them. In the right hands, that bass boat is pretty safe.
Boats are almost always more capable than the person operating them. In the right hands, that bass boat is pretty safe.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:22 pm to Barf
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Mavrick HPX
Was fishing in one this past weekend. We talked about running to the shrimp boats because we were already at the end of SE pass. Then we realized we did not have the equipment or the storage to handle a big YF.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:40 pm to Dock Holiday
Hope they don't capsize from the waves
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:45 pm to biggsc
thought for sure this thread would have a pic of that swordfish the guy caught this week alone
Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:46 pm to Napoleon
I've seen a 17 whaler out at West Delta fishing for tarpon. Wasn't blue water, but way to damned far for a 17 whaler. Dude was by himself out there. Watched him boat a fish by himself too.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:34 pm to KG6
That's good way to die.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:36 pm to Napoleon
I don't like rock climbing either, but to each his own.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:40 pm to Motorboat
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Venice, La. — the only place in the world you can catch a bass and a tuna in the same boat on the same day
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:56 pm to Mung
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shite, I've seen idiots in 15' bateaus w tiller handle motors offshore out of Calcasieu Lake and Grand Isle. Crazy.
There are guys that will go 20 miles out in a 12 ft zodiac around here. Not sure if it's a case of brass balls or brain damage.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:59 pm to Napoleon
How far out would be a consensus no big deal in a bass boat? I've been pretty scared in Pelto before.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:01 pm to Napoleon
meh
can't be any worse than Toledo during a storm
can't be any worse than Toledo during a storm
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:08 pm to Napoleon
If that truly is 7 miles offshore I'm leaving Baton Rouge at 6 this evening who's coming?
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:10 pm to Salmon
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can't be any worse than Toledo during a storm
although I have never been to Toledo, I have been offshore when a storm turned up and 3-4's turned into 8-10's for a brief period. talk about shite your pants
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:12 pm to AlxTgr
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I've been pretty scared in Pelto before.
Must not have been in a Mako.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 3:15 pm to Salmon
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can't be any worse than Toledo during a storm
Maybe in that picture. I've been out there where it turned from 2-3's into 6-10's and I really don't know if we would have survived in a bass boat. I was on the starboard side of the console taking walls of water in the face that were coming from the port side of the boat. And that was a 31' boat. I would have been scared shitless if it wasn't for the fact that we had a charter captain with thousands of hours on the water manning the wheel. I don't think I'll ever play the offshore game in anything other than boats meant to be out there.
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