Delacroix Chasing Redwarriors

TEAM JO-JO:

🎣 Friday Skip & Saturday Prep Report – Team Jo-Jo StyleAfter Thursday's Causeway journey left the tank running a bit low, a Friday trip was wisely skipped for some much-needed recuperation. But the Redwarrior itch doesn’t wait long…

✅ Text Sent to Big Don – a sure-fire first mate when available. But alas!Big Don reply: "No can do – new addition to deal with."(Me?? A baby? A boat upgrade? A four-legged family member?? The mystery thickens…)

⛔ Sr. First Mate OutNo time wasted — the outreach grid kicks in!

✅ Next up: Big Rudy – He be IN like always, asking the critical:"Got a third deck hand?"

❌ “No,” says you…✅ “Yes,” says fate — enter Big Mark, the final piece to complete the Saturday Morning Redwarrior Recon Unit.

🎯 Target: Delacroix Island, Spot #21🎣 Mission: Determine if the Redwarriors have returned to their favorite battleground.🌅 ETA: Early light, prime time for a tight-line or cork pop.

Looking forward to the full report on whether the Redwarriors answered the roll call, or if they’re still holding out for September reinforcements. Tight lines and cool breezes your way!

SIGNS:                            

·          Rest up Friday, run around and pick up need items to make Hottamlesofthepack for Monday night card game.

·         I slept most of the day, and got to bed at 1:30 AM

·         Up at 4 AM for meet up at our abode, Waffle House still close in Oak Harbo, that be our normal meet up place.

·         Big Rudy & Big Mark on time, quick load op of their gear into FORD transporter

·         Saw a bunny rabbit along road on Oak Harbor Blvd, great sing this be he smiled at us as we went buy

·         No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90

·         For a Saturday not many boats on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches

·         Check point Alpha, water level in canal at junction down 8-10”

·         Check point Bravo, Reggio canal, slack tide, BF net up, we stopped to see if they had any fresh dead shrimp, none, had live, but season closed open next week I think.

·         Reached home of Bay Flat Sr Big Rudy gave 30 second safety speech re: crossing Hwy & open space around Bay Flat Sr.

·         Team made quick work loading Bay Flat Sr

·         Yamaha Dream Machine fired right up like she been running all night and out u hot

·         Made a stop at Lionels for  go juice., no bait available

·         Made a stop at Sweetwater pick up 2 # dead shrimp for Big Mark

·         Off to Team Jo-Jo’s spot # 21 to start our fun morning of fishing.

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind, W.S.E.6-8, W. 8-9, N.W.N. 9-10, E.S.E. 6-8 mph

·         Water status / conditions: slight chop, ripples, calm

·         Sky, overcast, nice be

·         No get wet

·         Temp, mild, warm, warmer, left before it got hot

·         Water level, down 8-10”

·         Water Temp , 86 F

·         Salinity,  0.50

·         Specific Conductance  961

·         Pressure,  30.03 F

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 2 minus

·         Mississippi gauge: 6.18’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:       580      ft3/s

·         Tide, Tail end of falling start of rising perfect it be

·         Peak tide, 09:31 H 0.49’

·         Peak tide, 22:42 L 0.13’

·         Major Feed Time: none / 14:36

·         Minor feed time:  23:47 / 14:06

·         Tidal Coefficient:   34 LOW

·         Fish Activity

·         Avergae Activity   

·         Boats out and about,  one boat in area where we be fishing, he could not make up his mind on where he wanted to be back & forth he ran.

·      ONEOFTHEPACK’S REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES / STRATEGIES      

·         Be safe.

·         Have fun.

·         This is me daily therapy for ALL me aliments.

·         Put some run time on the Bay Flat Sr and the Yamaha Dream 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.

·         Introduce Big Mark to:

§  All that Delacroix has to offer

§  Bay Flat Sr

§  Team Jo-Jo’s repertoire of techniques / presentations

§  Team Jo-Jo spot numbers

§  Team Jo-Jo’s zones 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5

§  Team Jo-Jo’s repertoire of lures

§  Catching Redwarriors

·         See if Redwarriors be at Team Jo-Jo spot # 21

·         Verify other spot numbers in Team Jo-Jo zone # 2, for catching activity

·         Bring some fish for Big Mark

·         Find a spot  # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, with (2) Cajun anchors out we could position boat on any angel to wind to allow us to tight line bottom.)

2 MOVING WATER: (Tail end of falling start of rising, perfect it be. North wind was fighting incoming water , but that only made the fish more active.)

3 WATER CALRITY: (Our challenge for the day, and my kryptonite, dirty water not my thing, but we fished through it and caught a few.)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Spot # 6, bait, (mullet, shiners, shrimp)  was poring through around the corner tight to land, they were laying right under boat, right at / under the boat. Had to throw up current let lure to bottom, work back to boat bounce it along bottom, feel the tap set the hook))

5 PATIENCES: (In spot 21 t &;30, at 7:06 Bring Mark brings in one of his Redwarriors for the day, slow after that , me not feeling it we moved on to other spots in Team Jo-Jo zone 2.)

6 SKILL: (Tight ling lures along bottom, along with tight lining jig head with fresh dead shrimp on it, be Big Mark specialty)

7 LUCKS: (Rainstorms all around us, but we do not get wet, caught our fish early, came in early around 9:30 AM, did not want to tempt mother nature to much regarding lighting and rain)

·      Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:

·         Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………All fish caught this way

·         Drift with the wind cast & retrieve (DWWC&R)……………DID NOT TRY

·         Oak River Troll (ORT)……………….Did not try. 

·         Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY

·         Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY

·         Cork ……..Nothing

·         Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.

·         Drop shot: Did not try.

·         Dead bait……1 Redwarrior, catfish & croakers

·         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……………Killer of the day caught 99% of Redwarriors.

·         Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with H&H 1/2 oz. round white head w/gold hook……………DID NOT TRY

·         Salt Strong Power Prawn (added 10-25-24) matched up with: Did not use:

§  1/16 oz:.

§  1/8 ox:

§  ¼ oz. jig head :  

§  3/8 oz. jig head :    

§  Tandem Rig:           

·         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.

AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:

Team Jo-Jo’s zone 2, spot # 21 (1r), 22, 23, 6 (8r), stopped fishing at 9;30 came in, mother nature got an emergency call to one of the crew and he had TO GO, ran to Sweetwater for relief, decided to just go home after this calling..

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (0) Silverwonders

·         (9) Redwarriors

·         (4) Croakers

·         (1) Freshwater cat

·         (5) Gaff Tops

·         (7) Hardheads

·         (1) Oyster shell

·         (1) Bishel of grass

·         No snicker bars

·         No food . no drinks just fish all we do

·         Picked up 2 “’s of dead bait for Big Mark, we wanted some action for him.

·         Had an overcast day, keep sun off us?

·         Being on the water with 2 of the best fisherpersons me know Big Rudy & Big Mark

·         Lessons learned:

§  Lionels did not have any dead or live shrimp, made a stop at Sweetwater for dead shrimp.

§  Water dirty at spot # 21, a 2 plus, not feeling it we moved on

§  Water clarity in general bad all over

§  Not many boats are out for Saturday doing in Delacroix.

§  Landlubbers all over the place, word is main bayou full of puppy drums, I only saw one catfish caught.

§  Blessing of the fleet today

§  I tried to buy dead shrimp at Reggio canal, but they only had live, they cannot drop net until August 11^th I thin, but for now throwing cast net for live shrimp.

§  Big Nicky will be putting his BF nest on his boat ad will try the white shrimp season, seems shrimp value going up getting better prices then with crabs.

·         Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Big Rudy took awhile to get on the board, he be concentrating on helping Big Mark out with his action, managed a few Redwarriors, catfish and even a croaker, brought the snickers bars but this task too feels a little short for the honors today.

Oneofthepack was just Oneofthepack, casting, fishing, bouncing lures along bottom trying to find the right spot for the right fish, felt the tap, set the hook, but it was all over after that. Me gave it my so/so effort, but not enough for  honors today.

Big Mark caught first Redwarrioe, biggest Redwarrior, most Redwarriors, dominated croaker, Gaff top, hard heads & freshwater catfish,  Big Mark was on a roll, his efforts resulted in him taking the honors today, Big Mark fisherperson of the day.

SUGGESTIONS:

Delacroix shows some progression to fall fishing, need about (6) more weeks and it should be on, on, on, on, on, on, on, on, on, on in all of Team Jo-Jo zones 1,2,3,4, & 5.

Looking forward to 57* F water temps!!!!!!!!!!!

But for now “you got to go to know” suggest you bring some fresh dead shrimp to keep the action going

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"Fishing: My kind of social distancing

Q&A:

How do you turn your fishing mood around when you’re feeling down? 

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

🔥 Hottamlesofthepack Monday is ON! 🔥Gearing up for our Monday night card game with a fresh batch of 22 dozen homemade hot tamales—because if you're gonna play cards, might as well play with full bellies and fiery fingers! 🌶️♠️💥

🎣 No fishing plans for the week—YET—but me plan to change that quick.The pull of the water is getting stronger by the hour, and the Bay Flat Sr and/or Bay Flat Jr  don’t like sitting still too long...

🧭 Potential strike zones:

🔹 Causeway for the BIG BOYS – Might make a drop for those deep dwellers hanging tight to the pilings. They don’t hit often, but when they do… hold on tight.

🔹 Trestles for the BIG GIRLS – If conditions line up (light wind, clean water, moving tide), we might break out the Lake P Troll and let those Silverwonders find us.

🔹 Delacroix, Team Jo-Jo Zone 2 – Still dreaming about that last haul of Redwarriors. Got unfinished business down there… and a few spots left untested that just feel right.

🧂 Until then... it's all about tamales, cards, good laughs, and keeping one eye on the tides and one hand on the throttle. 🎲🎣🌊

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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