TEAM JO-JO:
Got a message from Big Charlie, he be finished deer hunting, and ready to get back on the water, me know he be looking at Team Jo-Jo’s posts and be anxious to go. So we agreed we would make a trip Tuesday, we both know it not be the best conditions to go to know, but it was with mutual affection we decided to make our trip.
SIGNS:
· Monday trip not a good lead into a Tuesday trip
· Loveofthepack had pork ribs with extras for us to eat Monday might
· Watch play-off games on DVR, did not like outcomes of both
· Got to bed at 9 PM
· Up at 4 AM for our 5:45 AM meet up at our abode
· Big Charlie right on time, transferred his gear into Bay Flat Jr
· Took our time driving to Gulf Outlet Mariner, no hurry we early
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or Paris road
· Made in quick run top WH for quick breakfast
· Colder than me expected, did not put rain jacket on, decided to tough it out that way
· Yamaha Nightmare Machine started with one pull, but me did not follow protocol, so me had to make (3) more pulls to get her fired up again
· Off to ICW to start our fun day of fishing
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, W. 8-10, W.N.W. 8-10, N.N.W. 8-10. N. 10-12 mph perfect it be
· Water status / conditions: little ripples
· Sky, sunny & clear, snow bird day, not me favorite for fishing and / or catching
· Temp, kept jumpsuit on all day, real cold to sun came up
· Water level, down 6-8”
· Water Temp , 52.3 F
· Salinity, 8.9
· Specific Conductance 15300
· Pressure, 30.34 F
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, A 5
· Tide, Slack then started to fall
· Peak tide, 05:34 H 0.00’
· Peak tide, 16:03 L 0.2 ‘
· Major Feed Time: 07:46 / 20:13
· Minor feed time: 09;06 / 21:25
· Tidal Coefficient: 67
· Fish Activity
· Average Activity
· Boats out and about, (5) in ICW
· ONEOFTHEPACK’S REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES / STRATEGIES
· Be safe
· Have fun
· This be me daily therapy for ALL me aliments
· Put some run time on the Bay Flat Sr and the Yamaha Nightmare Machine
· Gather Intel for future trips, and to share with fisherperson, (on Facebook) to help assist them in their choice of areas to fish, lures to use and presentation of same to the elusive Silverwonders.
· Catch what catch can
· Learn what learn can
· Put Big Charlie on some NMR’s that he and his family cold enjoy for dinner
· Introduce Big Charlie to Team Jo-Jo’s combine Oak River Troll / Drop shot technique
· Try out me voice activated spot lock
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Todays wind was much better, was able to sue it to do Oak River Troll, and kept us at .65 MPH, wind and tide going in same direction too.)
2 MOVING WATER: (Slack at first then started to fall, moved the rest of the day)
3 WATER CALRITY: (A 5 sandy looking lost lure down about a foot)
4 HOLDING FISH: (ICW caught all fish there)
5 PATIENTS: (Reached honey hole at about 7:15, 7:36 Big Charlie brought in the first (NMR) Silverwonder 12 ½ # she be, then it was slow, slow, slow.)
6 SKILL: (Oak River Troll combine with drop shot rig, and tight line drop shot caught a few too.)
7 LUCK: (Catching a few for Big Charlie to bring home)
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………Caught 2 NMR
1. Drift with the wind cast & retrieve (DWWC&R)……………DID NOT TRY
2. Oak River Troll (ORT)……………….(ORT) and Drop shot combination caught 7
· Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY
· Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY
· Cork ……..DID NOT TRY
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try
· Drop shot rig……..Did not try
· Dead bait……None
· Live bait………………None
· Oneofthepack ‘S repertOIRE of LURE DU JOUR:
· 3” H&H Purple Beetle, matched up with H&H ¼ oz. round white head with gold hook……………Did not try
· 3” Chartreuse Glow Beetle, matched up with H&H ¼ oz. round white head w/gold hook………….Did not try
· Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with H&H ¼ oz. round white head w/gold hook……………Did not try
· Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with H&H 3/8 oz. round white head w/gold hook……………DID NOT TRY
· Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with H&H 1/2 oz. round white head w/gold hook……………DID NOT TRY
· Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with 3/4 oz. round lead head w/ 2 trailers, ……Did not try
· Tandem rig, ¼ oz. round H&H jig head with gold hook, matched up with Matrix Shad Lemon Drop …..Did not try
· Salt Strong Power Prawn with yellow tail caught all fish
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
ICW
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day
· (8) NMR Silverwonders
· (1) Fresh water cat
· Hot coffee & grits at Waffle House, we both felt we were a little early to try and go out so we made a stop at WH.
· Got to spend some time with Big Tony, (Fishermen’s Freidan) even gave us a tour of his live bait set-up, see video for additional info.
· Perfect day for fishing, all catching criteria was perfect
· Nobody on board got a hook imbedded in them
· Great snacks & drinks as provided by Big Charlie, thanks man me needed that
· Being on the water with one of the best fisherperson me know, that be Big Charlie
· Got to watch / learn from (3) other boats work the ICW
· Lessons learned:
§ WH going down got a bad bowl of grits, they gave us some fresh grist to replace the bad ones
§ We tried (2) types of drop shot rigs, Big Charlie had his lure tight up against his main line, mine as 6-8’ from main line, he caught 7 me caught 1, you be the judge which works best.
§ We used a different technique / presentation to fish ICW, use me voice activated spot lock to try and kept us in strike zone as we drifted over it.
§ Less wind is best
§ Talking to Big Tony, (Fishermen’s Friend) he indicated the shrimp finally left BB area, he now going to Hopedale to get shrimp.
o This could be why the Silverwonders bites have slowed down, shrimp gone
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Oneofthepack lost his MOJO, Big Charlie had 5 in boat before me caught one, he caught most, biggest, brought the snacks, and he be fisherperson today.
SUGGESTIONS:
It seems the only thing Big Charlie did that me did not do, is he had his jig head tight up against main line, may be that be the secret for today.
Suggest you always have a fires mate on board, his technique / presentation may be the difference in going home skunked or with a few fish for dinner. Plus as long as he catching, me on alert and anxious to try and figure out what me doing wrong.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
“When fishing, problems come about when we try to direct the flow of the Mother Nature rather than allow it to reveal its own design. Inherent in that design is a catching for all things."
Q&A:
What current fishing / catching trend do you hope will go on for a long time?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Wednesday relaxing day, catch up day, straighten up garage day, (get rid of fishing gear, lures me not using, and rest up day get ready for Friday.
Thursday at doctor, but might make evening trip.
Friday it be Big Jimmy be first meat aboard the Bay Flat Jr, Bay Flat Sr still in shop, not a good sign this be. This is the longest me never had me boat out of service waiting for service, me understand parts are hard top find these days. Lucky me have Bay Flat Jr to fill in on the missed days of being without it.
Keep fishing & catching, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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