TEAM JO-JO:
Sitting home all day Thursday had with the red ants, decided to make a solo trip today, (Friday) but got a text from Big Ronnie, he looking to make a trip in his boat to Hopedale. Texted him back me going in Bay Flat Jr in am to ICW, going to try Lake P Troll technique & Drop Shot technique, asked if he would like to go. First mate Big Ronnie called mention Hopedale, me indicated me plan for ICW, if he wanted to go meet me at 6:30 at Gulf Outlet, be there says he.
SIGNS:
· Thursday trip cancelled due to high winds
· Re-rigged Lake P Troll rigs damaged last time at trestles
· Loaded up Bay Flat Jr, Lake P Troll rig, Drop shot rigs, voice activated spot lock & bucket for same, spinning tackle box, Lake P Troll tackle box, landing net, me thinking positive for this trip, may even need bigger ice chest.
· Up at 5:30 AM for our 6:30 AM meet up at Gulf Outlet
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· Not many boats n Hwy, gas stations, and / or boat launches
· First mate Big Ronnie already on site ready to load & go
· Took (3) pulls to start Yamaha Nightmare Machine
· Off to ICW we go
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, E.S.E. 4-6, S.E. 10-12, S.E. 14-16 mph
· Water status / conditions: Little ripples, slight chop
· Sky, sunny & clear
· Temp, Jumpsuit came off around noon
· Water level, down 6-8”
· Water Temp , 58.10 F perfect it be me like 57 F
· Salinity, 3
· Specific Conductance 5840
· Pressure, 30.09 F
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 6 plus, looked real good
· Tide, falling all day
· Peak tide, 01:54 H 1.31’
· Peak tide, 14:14 L 0.66’
· Major Feed Time: 10:11 / 22:35
· Minor feed time: 06:18 / 17:07
· Tidal Coefficient: 97
· Fish Activity
· Very High Activity
· Boats out and about, 20-25
· 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.
· Try Lake P Troll technique / presentation in ICW, see if it has to many hang ups
· Introduce Big Ron to Lake P Troll technique
· Keep perfecting Drop Shot technique / presentation
· Bring home some fish for Petite Gloria
· Catch what catch can
· Learn what learn can
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Not a factor today, plus it was an off shore wind, no impact on us)
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling all day)
3 WATER CALRITY: (6 plus looked real good, got dirty down at Bulk Terminal)
4 HOLDING FISH: (ICW)
5 PATIENTS: (Got on the Miniwonders real quick, had some slow periods, but when we did the LPT is was on, until we caught a flounder, stopped fishing at 1:54)
6 SKILL: (Drop shot & Lake P Troll technique / presentations)
7 LUCK: (All luck, all day, perfect it be)
· 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)……………70% caught this way
· 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)…………….(30%) caught this way, 9t-1f-1b, lots of action
· 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, ……Caught (30%) of fish
· Tandem rig, ¼ oz. round H&H jig head with gold hook, matched up with Matrix Shad Lemon Drop …..Did not try
· Drop shot………….Caught (70%) matched up with Slat Strong Power Prawn
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
ICW
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day
· (30) Silverwonders, 21 Miniwonders
· (1) Flounder
· (1) Bass
· (2) Bottoms to popped lines
· Great peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, snacks and drinks as provided by Petite Gloria, thanks lady me needed that
· Being on the water with one of the best fisherperson me know, that be Big Ronnie
· Got to see Captain Danny Hunter in action, he be a true fisherperson, got patients, stamina, presentence, Team Jo-Jo needs to schedule a charter with him to get the Intel / info on his presentations & techniques.
· Lessons learned:
§ We can do Lake P Troll technique along rocks in ICW, minimal hook ups with bottom and the BIG girls like this presentation.
§ Bulk Terminal just about gone, dock all beat up, don’t think they use dock anymore
§ Me spot me use to fish 50 years ago, looked good, caught many BIG girls on live shrimp under a sliding cork, seeing it brought back so many memories
§ Bay Flat Jr is a (15) minute run from Gulf Outlet to Boh Brothers
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Me was on, on, on even with the drop shot technique, when it came to Lake P Troll, once again me was on, on, But all these effort where not enough for the honors today.
Big Ronne was handling the drop shot rig real good had a lot of action, and me think me caught up with him, but when he nailed a double (NMR’s) and a single (NMR) doing the Lake P Troll technique, he blew me out of the water, Big Ronnie be fisherperson of the day.
SUGGESTIONS:
Master drop shot technique / presentation, and same goes for the Lake P Troll technique / presentation.
Keep moving, keep finding a single or two as you move around.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
“Silverwonder fishing is extremely time consuming. That’s sort of the whole point.”
Q&A:
When you be fishing, what always cheers you up when you think about it?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Back them in AM, will be second mate on Big T-Doc rig, Big Pablo will be first mate, assume we will fish Redwarroies first then move on to Silverwonders, hope we catch a few, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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