TEAM JO-JO:
TEAM JO-JO:
Time is ticking for Big Ronnie! Like Cinderella, he’s got a short time left—just (3) days—to keep enjoying Louisiana fishing, especially in Delacroix, before he returns to his winter haven in Indiana to chase four-legged deer.
Big Rudy will be our first mate for the Wednesday trip, with Big Ronnie as second mate. Both are equally proficient in operating our voice-activated power poles, voice-activated GPS trolling motor, reading Navionics for when we get a bit lost, and following our fishing protocol.
10/30/24 Game Plan:
5 AM: Rudy meets me at Waffle House
6 AM: Meet Ronnie at Bay Flat Sr slip.
Stop for Go Juice: Essential fuel for the trip!
Planned Spots:
Based on projected conditions, (wind should be in our favor at these spot #’s) here’s our lineup:
How long we stay or leave a spot will depend on the action.
Let’s make it a catching day for sure—we need to believe! We’ll follow the tide conditions, moving from falling to rising. With the rising tide later in the day, this should be good for Spot #57 and Spot #51C.
Here’s to a fantastic day on the water!
SIGNS:
· Tuesday lunch with cousins at Southside, catching up on past times, and celebrating birthdays for October & November, good eating good times.
· Got a good night’s sleep.
· Up at 3 AM for our 5 Am meet up at Waffle House in Chalmette
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· Not many if any boats on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches
· Check point Alpha water level in canal at junction up 12-14” high it be.
· Check point Bravo water movement in Reggio canal slack, not good.
· Oneofthepack & crew be high on this trip had extremely elevated expectations in the catching department. Me talking one hundred Silverwonders type trip!!!!
· Reached the home of the Bay Flat Sr, Big Ronnie already there, loaded up his gear a lowered Bay Flat Sr into water.
· Huston we have a problem, Big Ronnie no put plug in, now have a boat full of water, (there went me elevated expectations) picked her up and let water drain out.
· Continued loading our gear.
· Yamaha Dream Machine fired right up.
· Stopped at Lionel for some much-needed go juice.
· Off to follow planned spot numbers to fish.
· Once again Yamaha Dream Machine shutdown, tank vapor locked, open cap and we off and running again.
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, E. 8-10, E.S.E. 20-22 mph.
· Water status / conditions: heavy chop all over
· Sky, sunny & clear
· Temp, mild, warm, no jumpsuit not needed!
· Water level, up 12-14” high it be.
· Water Temp , 79.88 F
· Salinity, 9.5 !!!WOW
· Specific Conductance 16200 !!!!!
· Pressure, 30.20 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 3 minus
· Mississippi gauge: 2.46’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 329 ft3/s
· Tide, falling hard all day!!!!!!
· Peak tide, 01:40 H 0.98’
· Peak tide, 11:31 L 0.66’
· Major Feed Time: 10:20 - 22:46
· Minor feed time: 04:59 - 16:41
· Tidal Coefficient: 82
· Fish Activity
· High Activity
· Boats out and about, one in area we be 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.
· Create memories for Big Ronnie, he only has 2 days left to fish Louisiana then he be gone for 3-4 months.
· Bring home some fishes for Big Ronnie & family.
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (This criterion was our challenge for the day, 20-22 mph wind made for a particularly challenging day, however it did help us rift the bays & bayous as we popped our corks in search of the elusive Silverwonders.)
2 MOVING WATER: (We had plenty all day, all falling, never did stop falling, and tide never did change like it was suppose too do)
3 WATER CALRITY: (A 3 minus, me think the hard falling tide might have dirty it up some)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Team Jo-Jo spot # 58BL, & spot # 51K)
5 PATIENCES: (Second cat a hardhead, this is not a good sign, slow most of the day, spot 51K produced some action later in day, but we be very patient crew)
6 SKILL: (Popping cork type day, think all 3 of us had different technique / presentation , (depth, lure, jig head weight, etc.) of same.)
7 LUCKS: (Self-created, having to get new GPS)
· 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)……………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 ……..100% caught with this technique / presentation.
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.
· Drop shot: 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
· Salt Strong Power Prawn (added 10-25-24) matched up with: Did all damage today.
§ 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 spot # 21 (3)t, 58BL (8)t, 21 (1)t, 51K (14)t, 51A, 51B, 51J, 51K (3)t, called it around 2:50 pm.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (29) Silverwonders, 11 Miniwonders
· (1) Redwarrior
· (1) Freshwater cat
· (8) Hard heads
· Windblown face & hair
· Great peanut butter & pineapple jelly sandwich, thanks to Petite Gloria, thanks lady me needed that.
· Being on the water with 2 of the best fisherpersons me know Big Ron & Big Rudy they be.
· Lessons learned:
§ Got lost in Little Lake, Yamaha Dream Machine shut down, (fuel tank vapor lock) crossing it, fixed it, but when me looked back up me lost all landmarks, as we struggled with cell phones / Navionics, and me half working Hook 5 GPS, a decision made to but a new GPS, as me deep six the one on Bay Flat Sr console, aka lost me cool.
§ Team Jo-Jo spot # 58BL confirmed today , not good with 16-18 mph E.S.E wind, had an inclination n it was going to be bad before we went out to it.
§ Bay Flat Sr not the boat to be running round in very choppy water, me feel we were shaking, rattling & rolling all day as we moved from spot to spot.
§ Once again the Slat Strong Power Prawn lure/s ruled the day.
§ Sometimes well-made plans do not come together as would be planned, and you may have to ad live on the run.
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Slow and close day for honors, it was one and two here and there. Oneofthepack was just Oneofthepack nothing exciting. Big Rudy was on them for a while, and Big Ronnie had a run of some nice ones, even added a Redwarrior to his credit. Had he caught the BIG girls he lost it would have been a landslide win for him!
It was close, so Oneofthepack stated on this our last drift, (Lake John) who ever catches the most will be fisherperson of the day, you could cut the tension with a Hot Tamela.
Big Rudy drew first blood nice (NMR), then he followed up with a catfish, got half point for catfish. He now in lead by 1 ½ points. On comes Big Ronnie (1) Silverwonders in the box, he then followed up with Miniwonder, go him in the lead by ½ point. We continued to drift to other shore and that was it, Big Ronnie be fisherperson of the day, another memory he will take back to Indiana, to hold him over until he returns to Louisiana.
SUGGESTIONS:
Always be willing to change & accept when plan/s not coming together as planned, sometimes you just have “Make It Happen.” Knowledge, Skill, patience, and right spot numbers will always add to your quest for the elusive Silverwonders & Redwarriors.
“Just Do It”
PONDER OF THE DAY:
· “Catch less is a misuse of imagination.”
Q&A:
What is better, work or fishing, or work & fishing???
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Off water for a few days, hope to be back at them next week, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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