January  When everyone finally stops partying, our winter season cranks up with everyone's attention focused on the Midnight Lump (our most famous offshore pinnacle). Large schools of baitfish occupy this space all winter long. We anchor down on the top of the lump and chunk pogies and bonita to fool hefty yellowfin tuna into the 200 pound class. Nice blackfin tuna are always a welcome bycatch. For an added bonus, we target full grown wahoo over a hundred pounds on the troll and also have access to big amberjacks in the winter months.
The weather this month is a serious factor and large cold fronts can keep us on the dock for weeks at a time. Typically, a cold front will sweep across the Midwest sending us three or four days of wind and rain followed by four or five fishable days.

February  The shortest month of the year is always one of our best. Its more chunking for bruiser yellowfin and its probably the peak of the monster wahoo run. It usually seems to be the peak of "Lump" season and usually we have a few sick days in February when everyone seems to be hooked up full-time. Amberjack are still abundant and coopertive.
The weather, like all winter months, is here or there. Be patient, because when you can make it offshore...its usually worth it.

March  The last of our real Winter months, March provides the biggest fish of the year. The crowd starts to thin out and the weather keeps a lot of boats in port. Sneaking out between fronts, we pick some of the biggest fights of the year. As the water warms up some, we can usually find some live bait to spice things up a bit. Our biggest yellowfin last year fell for a well concealed hook inside a menhaden chunk as we drifted across Midnight Lump late in the afternoon. Angler Le Tran Boated a 206# yellowfin on 60 pound tackle.
March also provides some of the best grouper digging of the year. Big gags fall for large blue runners within 200 feet of the top. We use 250# Powerpro to 300# Mono leader to a 14/0 circle hook. Now that's picking a fight!

April  A month really dedicated to rig and wreck fishing. Snapper season opens and we have been hunting big gags for several weeks so we are usually already on top of them. With the spring run-off and high river levels, the blue water scene can be tricky. We use satellite imagery to track the gulf stream so we know when its possible. In many cases though, the good water is simply to far out, typically up to 100 miles. So most of our big game stuff goes in the shop after Lump season and we happily focus our efforts on tracking down pockets of sow red snappers, nice gag grouper and the spring cobia run starts as fish start to show up from florida.
The weather starts to normalize in April and take on a more summer-like pattern.

May  Everyone is smiling by the time May arrives around here since they know Summer's coming. Good snapper fishing is in full swing and the weather is really starting to cooperate. The water heats up and the river normalizes. The good water shows up near the Continental Shelf and its on. Its Summertime! Grasslines and our run and gun fishing starts with a bang. You'll be trolling skirted ballyhoo down a beautyful weedline first, then kite fishing live baits and throwing topwater around a deepwater oil platform and then end the day cashing-in your remaining live baits for grouper and snapper on the way in.
The weather in May may start a little rough if its a late winter but it ends up in some of our most beautiful weather of the year.

June-September    It won't be easy to beat the fishing we have here during these months...anywhere. Its simply spectacular. We are fishing lots of overnighters and enjoying unbelieveable action. Non stop action on blackfin and bigeye tunas up to 60 pounds overnight and school sized yellowfin 50-80 pounds falling for live baits, blackfin chunks, and Angry poppers. We troll dawn and dusk for blue marlin and end up with bycatch of yellowfin and dolphin up to 50 pounds. The daytrips are during the summer are highly productive as well. Our light tackle and kite fishing tactics are cutting edge. They promise to provide both entertainment and action.
Aside from the occasional hurricane...the weather is beautiful.

October-November  These are special months! Large schools of spawning mullet begin to congregate around the pass and start to head offshore to lay their eggs. All kinds of stuff is out there waiting for them. Within 23 miles of the pass (and as close as about 7  miles) we are using live mullet to catch blue marlin and serious yellowfins. The baits we are using are about 3 pounds and over a foot long. Its really something to see a big tuna take one. There are no small ones in this game.
The weather starts to mad as hit the middle of November. October can be bad if we have a big storm season.

December  The holiday month is typically our slowest time of year. The weather can be tricky to predict and the wind is blowing more often than not. The fishing can be quite good however, and the fish are generally big and relatively close. Yellowfin is our top quarry and we are using a mix of live mullet and blue runners and ocasionally some chuming. Usually you have the rigs all to yourself so fishing pressure is a non-issue. Depending on water temp, the Midnight Lump may heat up by the end of the month.
The rig fishing is quite good this month. The bottom dwellers are starting to move up in the water column as the water temp drops. Unfortunately snapper season is closed, but good luck can be had on both gag and warsaw grouper and healthy amberjacks are thick and willing takers.

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