Learn more about the deep sea fishing in the Venice, Louisiana area.
Fishing for Pelagic Fish
What are Pelagic Fish?
Pelagic fish get their name from the area that they inhabit called the pelagic zone. The pelagic zone is the largest habitat on earth with a volume of 330 million cubic miles. Different species of pelagic fish are found throughout this zone. Numbers and distributions vary regionally and vertically, depending on availability of light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure.
The oil rigs in this area are home to some of the most incredible offshore fishing for a variety of pelagic species. Anglers catch good numbers of these fish plus some of the biggest fish more consistently throughout the year than any other destination in the country. Anglers catch tuna, wahoo, mahi mahi and billfish.
Bottom Fishing
Reefs & Wrecks
Along the bottom, anglers fish a variety of reefs and wrecks plus pipelines in this area for grouper, snapper and a variety of other fish too. You may catch king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, amberjack, cobia, sharks, hogfish, tripletail, jack crevalle, barracuda and many other species of fish as well.
Artificial Reef Locations
https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/artificial-reefs
