It was a tough morning given the rain that was coming down in the area the Captain planned to take and having to start at a different location but the Captain was determined for us to get fish. We had lost some big ones in the morning which was still thrilling.  In the afternoon we moved to a new area he had worked before and BAM we hit paydirt. Had some great fights and brought in some beautiful tuna. Captain Cook did a great job and made the day a success.

Not sure if there is an actual Capt Andy Hook who has a boat in Venice, LA.
Booked with this guy only to have a completely different Capt/boat show up without being told who he was until on the boat. No Mate, started and hour later, no bait, no rigs that were promised for bottom fishing, electronics didn’t work, faulty equiptment, rusty equiptment, just wild. Weird part was, I could of booked with this capt cheaper than this supposed Andy guy. Caught in a wicked storm for about an hour and a half under an oil rig while other boats in the area bailed when they sae the storm coming, had to catch our own bait which took hours. The only saving grace, (by what I believe was shear luck) this capt had one squid rig he dropped “for bottom fishing” and at 3:38pm we latched onto and brought in a 200lb swordfish on a pole that snapped an hour in on a 3hr fight with the capt hanging over the side of the boat hand lining a half crank at a time. it was an incredible feat that has an unbelievable lifetime story that goes along with it, but we came for tuna, other boats caught quite a bit of tuna and whatever else that day. Had it not been for that swordfish, a mutiny was abroad. The tensity between the capt and us 5 was almost to a boiling point because of how un prepared he was and doing what we paid for. it was almost like he knew he was going to fish for 1 swordfish from the start of the day. (considering he only had 1 rig set up with a squid on it)
I did learn a valuable lesson about Venice tho…. Ask more question leading to the day, inspect everything on the boat before you leave the dock, and get the actual captains name before you leave the dock.

Foggy ride out went without a hitch capt Andy had us on fish all day . We ended up with a cooler full fish after so many missed opportunities. The sharks were a real pain, but were mixed with big tuna. Wahoo was the catch of the day. Thanks again for a great day Andy looking forward to the sword fishing trip