My usual guide out of Venice wasn’t available on the days I could fish, so I booked Capt. Jay to take me out. Wanting to avoid an early-morning drive from the west side of New Orleans, I stayed at a bed & breakfast in Buras, thinking I’d have a 20-minute drive south to Venice the next morning. To my surprise, Capt. Jay texted me we’d fish out of Buras, so talk about convenience! We had to delay a little due to heavy fog, but we got across the Mississippi and into the marshes, where we began. Nothing was hitting, so as expected, we took a 15-minute ride to Capt. Jay’s “secret spot,” a short distance into the Gulf. This was the ticket, and we limited out on redfish by 10:45 am - three of them were very nice sized (see picture of two of them). We also caught some sheepshead and a bonus was four speckled sea trout, not many of which had been caught recently. We even caught an undersized black drum, which we released. Capt. Jay actually called some other boats based out of Buras to tell them where the action was, but none of them would “come out” to the spot. Needless to say, from the reports I heard and the fish I saw back at the dock, we out fished everyone. Capt. Jay told me he fishes out of Venice sometimes, and he’s even gone out of the mouth of the Mississippi for tuna, although that trip is an anomaly. Needless to say, he knows where to fish all over the area south of New Orleans, and I highly recommend him - this is coming from someone who’s fished the area since the 1970’s. The bonus is Capt. Jay is a hoot to chat with while fishing, so it’s doubly fun.