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Joey S

Son of a lifelong Metairie fisherman, weekly Venice fishing report from the Gulf Coast

They beat the rain and still limited on trout.

Jul 16, 2026

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7 min read

They beat the rain and still limited on trout.

Two Venice guides boxed speckled trout through the summer storms this week. Plus the snapper clock is ticking faster, and Thursday's the one flat day before the wind fills in.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+10

The fish nobody throws at just went 37 pounds.

Jul 9, 2026

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8 min read

The fish nobody throws at just went 37 pounds.

We have spent all summer telling you about tripletail, the sleeper of the Venice passes. On July 1 an angler boated a potential state No. 4 out here on live shrimp and a cork. Plus how the five-fish snapper weekend went, and the tide that just flipped back on.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+10

Five snapper for the Fourth

Jul 2, 2026

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8 min read

Five snapper for the Fourth

The state bumped the limit to five fish a person Thursday through Sunday for America's 250th, the seas are flat every day, and the reefs are wide open. Here's the holiday read, plus the one thing to change about your box before you go.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+8

The high river built the grass. The grass built the reds.

Jun 25, 2026

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8 min read

The high river built the grass. The grass built the reds.

Two Venice captains explain why the marsh is loaded right now, plus flat seas every day this weekend and a Full Moon tide stacking up behind it. After a month of wind, there's finally nothing to wait on.

Joey S
Joey S
Snotty till Saturday, then the door opens

Jun 18, 2026

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7 min read

Snotty till Saturday, then the door opens

A stiff south wind has the Gulf stacked to eight feet through Friday. It lays down for the weekend, and the new-moon tides are draining to almost nothing. Here's the read.

Joey S
Joey S
A 180-pound yellowfin and the door back open

Jun 11, 2026

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6 min read

A 180-pound yellowfin and the door back open

Paradise Outfitters put a big June 1 fish on the dock, the east-wind blowout cleared, and the new moon's stacking up spring tides for the weekend.

Joey S
Joey S
Landry signed three menhaden bills. The one that mattered died.

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

Landry signed three menhaden bills. The one that mattered died.

Tracking and fines are law. The bill that would've moved the pogie boats off the redfish lost 46 to 49. Plus an east wind that's got the fleet pinned till Saturday.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+9

Five fish on Memorial Day. Four again on Tuesday

May 28, 2026

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6 min read

Five fish on Memorial Day. Four again on Tuesday

Bosworth bumped the snapper limit for the long weekend. Cajun Canyons starts in five hours. Full Moon Sunday.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+10

Louisiana's first 2026 red snapper number: 0.9 percent

May 21, 2026

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5 min read

Louisiana's first 2026 red snapper number: 0.9 percent

8,307 pounds in three days. Plus a neap-tide weekend and the menhaden package finally cleared.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+10

Frenette's bull reds and a 46-inch tape.

May 14, 2026

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5 min read

Frenette's bull reds and a 46-inch tape.

Plus all three menhaden bills passed the Senate Tuesday. HB 757 heads to the governor.

Joey S
Joey S

Inshore

+9

First clean offshore window since the opener.

May 7, 2026

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5 min read

First clean offshore window since the opener.

South wind, neap tides, no front. The boats that sat out May 1 finally get their Saturday.

Joey S
Joey S

Venice, LA

+2

One window before the front

Apr 30, 2026

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5 min read

One window before the front

Thursday into Friday morning, then Saturday closes the offshore game until Monday.

Joey S
Joey S
The opener lands on the full moon

Apr 23, 2026

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5 min read

The opener lands on the full moon

Red snapper opens May 1. Same night as the Flower Moon. Eight days out.

Joey S
Joey S
Cypress Cove changed hands. Here's what we know.

Apr 16, 2026

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5 min read

Cypress Cove changed hands. Here's what we know.

The river is low, the wind is up, and Sunday is your only offshore window.

Joey S
Joey S
The weekly Venice fishing report starts here

Apr 11, 2026

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4 min read

The weekly Venice fishing report starts here

Why this newsletter exists, who's writing it, and what you can expect every Thursday at 6am Central.

Joey S
Joey S

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