TEAM JO-JO:
Me posted , (early Tuesday morning) “Open Bay Flat Jr” and issued a “FMW” alert, did not get a response for a while, took to 1 PM to get a mate to say the ready to make a trip today, (Wednesday Big Charlie was looking for another shot at the ICW (NMR’s). It was agreed we would meet up at 6 AM at Waffle House in Ok Harbor Slidell.
SIGNS:
· Big Ronnie & Big Rudy had a good one Tuesday, see pictures!!!
· Put out (FMW) alert our, First Mate Wanted, (FMW) to find a crew for today
· Big Charlie answered up, we to meet at 6 AM Waffle House in Slidell
· Up at 5 AM for 6 AM meet up
· Stopped and gassed up one 6 gallon tank
· Big Charlie at Waffle House waiting for me
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· No boats at Gulf Outlet
· Parking lot blocked off, they shooting movie, we park in designated area
· Big Charlie backed the Bay Flat Jr down, one pull on the Yamaha Nightmare Machine and she be fired up and ready to go.
· Big Charlie made it back to the Bay Flat Jr, we off to ICW to start our fun day of fishing & catching
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, W.N.W 12-16, N.W. 12-14, 1.N.1. 3-4 mph
· Water status / conditions: little; ripples. Slight chop
· Sky, sunny & clear, snow bird, not me favorite
· Temp, jumpsuit on day, very comfortable me be
· Water level, down 1- 1.5’
· Water Temp , 53.96 F
· Salinity, 5
· Specific Conductance 8890
· Pressure, 30,24 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a 4
· Tide, slack then started to fall
· Peak tide, 06:17 H .33
· Peak tide, 14:04 L 0.0’
· Peak tide: 19:24 H .33’
· Major Feed Time: 09:32 / 21:59
· Minor feed time: 09:21 / 20:39
· Tidal Coefficient: 60
· Fish Activity
· Average Activity
· Boats out and about, 10 in area we fishing, 20-35 out of BB
· 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 Jr 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
· Have a repeat trip with Big Charlie
· Bring home some fish for Big Charlie & family
· Do some scouting to see if Silverwonders anywhere else
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor today, it helped us do the Oak River Troll
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling all day, plus tug boat screws had the water moving very fast along shoreline)
3 WATER CALRITY: (A 4 not looking to go, even where back up in Michaud Slip it was a 4 looking water)
4 HOLDING FISH: (ICW, ICW Buoy # 2 & Michaud Slip)
5 PATIENTS: (First cast Silverwonder, then it took the rest of the day to make our catch, slow day, got some quick action at Buoy # 2 in ICW)
6 SKILL: (Combination Oak River Troll & Drop Shot rig)
7 LUCK: (Had Big Charlie on board to catch all the fish)
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………DID NOT TRY
· Drift with the wind cast & retrieve (DWWC&R)……………DID NOT TRY
· Oak River Troll (ORT)……………….Combination (ORT) & Drop Shot rig
· 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
· Drop Shot Salt Strong 3” Power Prawn with yellow tail
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
ICW (12) T, Bout # 2 3t, Michaud Slip (2) t, stopped fishing around 12:20
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day
· (17) Silverwonders, 14 Miniwonders
· (1) Whitewonder
· (5) Bass
· (3) Stripe Bass
· Lost me first drop shot rig, got hung up on bottom
· 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
· Lots of fresh, clean, dry air in our lungs
· Lessons learned:
§ Having tug boat in your spot , makes for not catching to good
§ Birds in air means fish under water in 35 feet of water at that
§ Big Charlie introduced me to another lure, brown body, with a yellow curly tail, got him some nice fish.
§ Buoy # 2 at Michaud Slip has bass & stripe bass all over it we hit a school of them, along with some Silverwonders
§ Michaud Slip in back 30-35’ water has some Silverwonders in it, they like the combination Oak River Troll & Drop Shot rig.
§ Nothing but BOATS at ICW locks, not even a bite for us
§ Gathered some intel / info for future trips at:
· ICW
· Michaud slip
· Hot Water slip
· Bayou Bienvenue locks
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Oneofthepack dominated Bass, Stripe Bass, but only managed (4) Silverwodners, this effort not enough to capture honors today.
Big Charlie dominated the Silverwonders with his top secrets lure, me could just keep up with him, Big Charlie fisherperson of the day.
Team Jo-Jo’s R&R crew, Me would assume that Big Rudy be fisherperson of the day on Big Ronnie & Big Rudy Tuesday see pictures.
· (12) NMR) Silverwonders
· (1) Redwarrior
· (7) Bass
SUGGESTIONS:
ICW winding down, will have to find BIG girls someplace else, only way to do this is, “You got to go to know”
PONDER OF THE DAY:
"People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing
Q&A:
If you could only use one lure for the rest of your life, what would it be?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Friday journey with Big Jimmy, where in question, need to review diary and see what was hot for past (10) years, may be pursue that info, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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