A brutal stretch of weather forced Paradise Outfitters to take 10 days off from fishing the Gulf of Mexico before charters started leaving the dock again last week, reports on Paradise’s web site said. But even a trip yesterday met 4- to 6-foot seas, tough conditions. The season was turning out to bring horrible weather, but spring fishing seemed to be running a month early, oddly enough. Mahi mahi and marlin were expected to start showing up in a few weeks. Once the weather cleared somewhat, a fair number of trips fished through the past week, boating quite a few wahoos, sometimes yellowfin tuna, including a 130-pounder, an 80-pounder and a 72-pounder, blackfin tuna, including one catch of 20-some, a number of amberjacks and bottom fish, including beeliners and scamps. The trips usually put the brakes on healthy catches, with an outing or two of slow bites. Paradise Outfitters fishes the Gulf of Mexico for big game and rig, wreck and reef fish. Call: 985-845-8006.
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