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TEAM JO-JO:

Crew Roster – Friday, June 27th, 2025, Fishing Trip

Today’s crew was a classic blend of Team Jo-Jo veterans and returning Louisiana blood:

• Captain: Oneofthepack, leading the charge aboard the Bay Flat Sr — always ready to turn a good day into a great one on the water.

• First Mate: Big Rudy, loyal deckhand and seasoned Silverwonder hunter, whose instincts on tide, water clarity, and bait presentation remain razor sharp.

• Guest Angler: Big Bud, a proud Chalmatian by birth, now residing in Tennessee after the life-altering winds of Hurricane Katrina sent him north. While his zip code may have changed, his heart — and appetite — remain firmly rooted in the bayous and bays of Southeast Louisiana.

Mission Overview:

Big Bud, back in town to visit his dad and catch up with family, was dead set on squeezing every drop of Louisiana out of this trip — including a cooler full of fish and a seafood bounty to haul back to the Volunteer State. His list included:

• ✅ Enough filets of Silverwonders or Redwarriors to keep the grill hot in Tennessee

• ✅ Fresh shrimp straight from local docks

• ✅ A few dozen crabs, preferably big and fat for backyard boils

• ✅ And if Lady Luck smiled, a sack or two of oysters for raw bar memories back home

His aim: to give his Tennessee friends and neighbors a taste of what true coastal living is all about — "straight from da Boot".

Expectations:

With a dream team on board and Big Bud’s coolers empty but hopeful, spirits were high. Conditions looked promising, and the crew had a short list of go-to Team Jo-Jo spots to check, depending on water clarity, wind, and tide flow.

Big Rudy’s experience would be crucial in reading the signs — bait movement, bird activity, water color — while Big Bud brought the enthusiasm and hunger of someone who’s been landlocked too long.

If the fish cooperate, today could turn into one of those unforgettable “welcome back to the bayou” stories, complete with laughter, filets flying, and Big Bud texting photos from I-59 with coolers full and a grin that only a Chalmatian in his element could wear.🎣🦀🦐

SIGNS:                            

·         Me 4th trip in a row, staring to feel it

·         Big Tony Thursday trip good one

·         Attended Chalmette Track Clug 2-mile race with meeting & dinner to follow

·         Early to bed, up at  4 AM for our 5 AM meet up at Waffle House in Oak Harbor

·          Me was early so me got a bowl of grs to hold me for trip

·         The crew arrived transferred all our gear into FORD transporter, read to go

·         Check point Alpha canal at junction water level down 4-6’

·         Check point Bravo Reggio canal, butterfly net down tide falling, we stopped by and bought some fresh dead shrimp perfect it be

·         Delacroix Hwy looked deserted

·         Reace the home of the By Flat Sr. she be looking confused and surprised to see us been awhile

·         I gave 30 second speech re; crossing Hwy and open space around boat and dock.

·         The crew made short work of loading her up.

·         Yamaha Dream Machine fired right, like she be a hot mommy ready , willing and bae to make our day.

·         Quick stop at Lionels for go juice

·         Off to spot # 51C on Team Jo-Jo map to start our day.

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind, S. 4-6, S.S.E. 8-9, S.E. 4-6, S.S.W. 2-4, S. 4-6, E.S.E. 5-6 mph

·         Water status / conditions: little ripples, slight chops

·         Sky, sunny & clear

·         Temp, warm, hot, hottest

·         Water level, down 8-10”

·         Water Temp , 86.3 F

·         Salinity,  0.7

·         Specific Conductance 1340 

·         Pressure,  30.06 R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 3 plus

·         Mississippi gauge: 11.61’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:        755     ft3/s

·         Tide, rising

·         Peak tide, 03:25  L  .23’

·         Peak tide,   16:48 H .79’

·         Major Feed Time: 01:35  / 19:38

·         Minor feed time:  14:16 / 21:54

·         Tidal Coefficient:   81

·         Fish Activity

·             High  High Activity  

·         Boats out and about,  3

·      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.

·         Reintroduce big Buddy to:

§  Bay Flat Sr

§  All that Delacroix has to offer

§  Team Jo-JO’s techniques , lures, presentations

§  Big Rudy and all he can catch

·         Bring home fish for Big Buddy

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Not a factor)

2 MOVING WATER: (Rising )

3 WATER CALRITY: (3 Plus looking good)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Spot # 51A, Ratworriers at spot # 21)

5 PATIENCES: (Needed some, but we managed to last it out till 10:30)

6 SKILL: (Tight lining tandem rigs)

7 LUCKS: (Had some action, did not have to go to Kenny’s Seafood)

·      Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:

·         Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………Caught all fish

·         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 ……..DID NOT TRY

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

·         Drop shot: Did not try.

·         Dead bait……None

·         Live bait………………Catfish & croakers

·      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

·         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 …..Caught 90% of fish.

AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:

Spot # 51C, 57A (5)t, 57A Ron’s spot,59 (2)t, 23, 21, called it a day at 10:30 got to hot to quick.

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (7) Silverwonders, 5 Miniwonders

·         (3) Ratworriers

·         (1) Croaker

·         (1) Laddy fish

·         (1) Crab

·         (2) Gaff Tops

·         (5) Hardheads

·         (1) Rope with (2) clinging oyster shells

·         (3) Bottoms 3 popped lines

·         Lots of fresh air as we ran around Delacroix to many of Team JoJo’s fishing spot numbers on our map.

·         Being on the water with (2) of the best fisherpersons me know, that be Big Rudy & Big Buddy.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Spot # 57A is holding some Silverwonders.

§  Spot # 59 had a couple too.

§  Spot # 21 had some Redwarriors willing to play with our rigs, tis a sign of good things to come.

§  All the above good signs for a future trip

§  Water clarity a 3 plus just about all over Delacroix, this too a great sign of things to come.

§  Bay Flat Sr, & Yamaha Dream Machine working fine, ready, willing & ale for our next journey to Delacroix

§  I need to repair the Bimini top, hit dock again, me getting better at repairing the same.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Oneofthepack had 1 Silverwonders  a pair double hook up of 15” Redwarriors, not enough for today.

Big Rudy struggled, the first time me ever saw this, caught a few.

Big Buddy had (2) double hook ups of Silverwonders, dominated croakers, and even had the catfish division in hand, Big Buddy be fisherperson the day.

SUGGESTIONS:

Silverwonders and Redwarriors still our and about, just need to be in right spot at right time, and believe.

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"A father is someone who can teach his son how to catch a fish but also knows how to let him loose." - 

Q&A:

Do you prefer fishing / catching exercising by yourself or through group activities? 

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Nothing planned, rest for a couple days, much needed, sun beast me up to no end, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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