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Live Bait for Tuna out of Grand Isle?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:17 pm
Making a trip down to the island next weekend to wing it on our first tuna trip, will likely try to find them behind shrimp boats, but should we try to find bait for backup just incase we have to run further? Cast net for pogies or mullet by the rocks in the pass early in the morning? Hit up some of the shallower rigs with sabikis on the ride out?
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Posted on 10/9/25 at 1:15 pm to YOURADHERE
What are you using to throw behind shrimp boats, cut up pogies? Also how do you find the shrimp
Boats? Is there a way to know about where they are or just head out and search for them?
Sorry I don’t have an answer to your question but I would love to learn more about fishing behind them this time of year.
Boats? Is there a way to know about where they are or just head out and search for them?
Sorry I don’t have an answer to your question but I would love to learn more about fishing behind them this time of year.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 1:25 pm to GravelLotinCanada
I planned to just check AIS/Vessel Finder before leaving out in the morning to get a general idea then just visually find them once out there. Been checking periodically the last couple weeks and seems there's usually a decent bit of them in the WD100+ blocks.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 1:40 pm to YOURADHERE
Awesome thank you. I may try and do it if we get a good weather window.
I have only done it one time and it was on a charter. The charter crew was in touch with the shrimpers and we brought them cigarettes and beer and bread and they gave us several crab champagne makers full of chum. We only used that chum they gave us and we threw a ton of it. Caught two 180 pound yellowfin that day.
I have only done it one time and it was on a charter. The charter crew was in touch with the shrimpers and we brought them cigarettes and beer and bread and they gave us several crab champagne makers full of chum. We only used that chum they gave us and we threw a ton of it. Caught two 180 pound yellowfin that day.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 2:15 pm to YOURADHERE
Sabiki rigs off the drill ships due South of Belle Pass. Don’t overload your live well, keep them kicking. I prefer this to chunking, others might disagree
Posted on 10/9/25 at 2:34 pm to YOURADHERE
Behind shrimp boats you’ll need lots of chum. If they are actively shrimping(moving), pull up pretty close behind them (avoiding the cables) and toss out a good amount of chum. Shut your engines down and float with the chum you just let out. Be looking for fish in your chum , once you spot them cont to feed them until they are around your boat. The goal is to catch tuna and not all the trash fish with them. Don’t put your bait in the water until you see the blackifin or yellowfin. Good luck
You can stock up on bonita to use at the next shrimp boat to keep the chum costs down. You may want to bring a couple cases of beer and trade the shrimpers for some chum or even some shrimp .
You can stock up on bonita to use at the next shrimp boat to keep the chum costs down. You may want to bring a couple cases of beer and trade the shrimpers for some chum or even some shrimp .
Posted on 10/9/25 at 2:43 pm to Wolfmanjack
Appreciate the tips. Definitely planned on throwing a few extra cases in the boat to trade.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 3:24 pm to YOURADHERE
In summertime, there are YFT that hang behind the cables. Cast a jig on a spinning rod, just don't catch the cable. 
Live mullet and chucking always works well when free-lining this time of year. If a boat is blowing black smoke, they're picking up which may increase the activity. You can use chum to pull the school away from the boat, just need a couple of champagnes worth. Small live bait is not something we've used that frequently when targeting them behind trawl boats.
Always keep a couple of large poppers ready as well.
Live mullet and chucking always works well when free-lining this time of year. If a boat is blowing black smoke, they're picking up which may increase the activity. You can use chum to pull the school away from the boat, just need a couple of champagnes worth. Small live bait is not something we've used that frequently when targeting them behind trawl boats.
Always keep a couple of large poppers ready as well.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 4:29 pm to YOURADHERE
I think I'd find out where this drill ship is, MGFC did fairly well, this was posted yesterday
Posted on 10/9/25 at 4:48 pm to Barneyrb
Pretty sure that's at Who Dat, so ~70 miles from Grand Isle, hoping to not have to run that far
Posted on 10/10/25 at 6:54 am to Icansee4miles
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Sabiki rigs off the drill ships due South of Belle Pass. Don’t overload your live well, keep them kicking. I prefer this to chunking, others might disagree
This is absolutely the best way. Chunking is second. Good luck!
Posted on 10/10/25 at 7:18 am to YOURADHERE
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Cast net right here for pogeys. This is where multiple tuna charter captains catch their live bait.
Posted on 10/10/25 at 12:18 pm to Tangineck
Your map of Venice is not going to help the guy going out of Grand Isle.
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