TEAM JO-JO:
First mate for today be Big Jimmy (T&B sub for MCC) he & Oneofthepack go way back both in work world & fishing world, and every now and then we combine work / fishing to our advantages, today, (Tuesday) was one of those times.
Plan “A” was to go to Lake P trestles, but winds seem to be working against us, so we went to plan “B” a more relaxing, and less stress of fishing Delacroix, abord the Bay Flat Sr in search of eh elusive Silverwonders & Redwarriors.
SIGNS:
· Me fish at Monday night card game again, lost .6 “C” note, they be rough on the old fat gray haired fisherperson, no mercy shown none wanted.
· Long day of fishing Monday
· Got home from game at 11:30 PM, took an hour to go to sleep, up at 3:45 AM for our 5 AM meet up at Waffle House
· Change meets up time did not want to run in dark anymore
· Big Jimmy few second early, he concerned me was going to leave him, that do not happen anymore!!!!!
· We both had breakfast on mind, so we stopped and had some
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· Only saw (2) boast on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches
· Check point Alpha water level at junction down 14-16”
· Check point Bravo, water slack in Reggio canal
· Delacroix Hwy looking deserted
· Reached the home of the Bay Flat Sr, she be rocking in the breeze, looking very restful
· Quick load up of gear
· Off to Lionel for some go juice & BIG lively shrimp
· Now where to start out day, Team Jo-Jo spot # 14 kept coming up in me head, with the Redwarriors home base last Saturday.
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, N.N.W. 7-8, N.N.E. 21-22 steady all day she blew
· Water status / conditions: little ripples, slight cop
· Sky, sunny & clear snowbird day
· Temp, kept jumpsuit on all day, windshield worked wonders
· Water level, down 12-14”
· Water Temp , 56.9 F
· Salinity, 4.1
· Specific Conductance 7430
· Pressure, 30.44 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, minus 3
· Mississippi gauge: 3-0’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 699 ft3/s
· Tide, falling hard all day
· Peak tide, 02:28 H 1.64’
· Peak tide, 14:35 L 0.66’
· Major Feed Time: 00:32 – 13:01
· Minor feed time: 08:31 – 18:32
· Tidal Coefficient: 72
· Fish Activity
· High Activity
· Boats out and about, 6 in areas we are fishing
· 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.
· Get Big Jimmy back on water he been on IR for awhile
· Get live shrimp to help out with slow periods of today’s trip
· Try to stay in calm water, as we both not to stable in the boat
· If needed get some sleep fishing as me be supper tide today
· Bring home some fisheries for Petite Margret
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind was a challenge today. Made it right to run around, we set up at Team Jo-Jo’s spot # 60B, had all the (7) criteria of catching at it.)
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling hard all day, made it tough to fish chock down areas water moving to fast, had to move into open water to mitigate the current impact on lures.)
3 WATER CALRITY: (Another challenge, (A minus3) this one been around for the past 2-3 trips, but we have a plan for Thursday trip. Me hope it works)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Team Jo-Jo spot # 60B)
5 PATIENCES: (Needed plenty today, but conversations kept us going, we tried to wait them out , but it just never happens, me think they were going to turn on at spot #60B for sure.)
6 SKILL: (Tight line live shrimp on a 3/8 oz.. Jig head, and Popping corks 2-3 feet deep)
7 LUCKS: (Going with plan “B” more relaxing trip it be.)
· Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………Nothing
· Drift with the wind cast & retrieve (DWWC&R)……………Nothing, wind to strong
· Oak River Troll (ORT)……………….Nothing wind to strong.
· Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY
· Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY
· Cork ……..Caught 2t, & 1r
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.
· Drop shot: Did not try.
· Dead bait……None
· Live bait………………In Little Crevasse live shrimp on bottom, with 3/8 oz. jig head with shrimp only on head (4)t, caught all bottom feeders.
· 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……………Nothing
· 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……………Nothing
· 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:
§ ¼ oz. jig head :
§ 3/8 oz. jig head : (2)t, (1)r, under a cork 3-4 foot deep
§ 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 spot # 14, 15, 5, 6, Pablo spot, 25 (4)t, 22,21, 60B (2)t, (1)r, called it a day at 1 PM, was not looking forward to crossing Little Lake, but it was not bad even with the high winds.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (6) Silverwonders, 2 Miniwonders
· (2) Ratworriers
· (1) Croaker
· (1) Sheepshead
· Having about 20 of the 50 Lionel’s lively big live shrimp left, decided to feed them to the fish.
· Caught up on our family & work worlds
· Lots of fresh clean, low humidity air in our lungs
· Being on the water with one of eh best fisherperson me know that be Big Jimmy
· Felt the advantage of a new windshield it was great
· Had breakfast at Waffle House to talk over our fishing plan for the day.
· Great stop on way home at Ben’s pizza, me got hot sausage sandwich & Big Jimmy got a ½ Muffaletta, washed won with Barq’s root beer.
· Lessons learned:
§ Sometimes even live shrimp cannot make it happen
§ Little Crevasse holding Silverwonders, and birds were stacked up all over it is diving and feeding on shrimp
§ Team Jo-Jo’s spot # 60B holding some Silverwonders & Redwarriors, when this water clears up this spot will produce 15-20t, and 3-4 Redwarriors, this info good to know.
§ Water clarity a little; better than last time out, 2 minus last time today a 3 minus, hugh improvement it was.
§ Had just enough water to launch & pick up Bay Fla Sr, slip almost dry again
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Big Jimmy put on a show with his Lionel live shrimp, me could not get them interested in lures, Big Jimmy be fisherperson of the day.
Me know next time it will be a different story, as we may have a little cleaner water.
SUGGESTIONS:
Delacroix water in Team Jo-Jo’s zone 1 & 2 is still dirty, looks like river water, once it cleans up it will be on, on, & on.
Might want to fish in Lake Amadea or Lake Robin to find cleaner water.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
"I once gave up fishing. It was the most terrifying weekend of my life."
Q&A:
What’s a fish’s least favorite bit of a funny joke? The punchline, it always gets them hooked
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Up next Big Rick, we bound for Delacroix Thursday, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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