TEAM JO-JO:
Tough week , had trip plan for Wednesday, cancelled due to weather, same for Thursday. Big Don on (IR), Big Ronnie in Indiana, Big Rudy off on a vacation, most of my first mates inventory MIA. Me was happy to hear from Big Pablo e looking to make a trip and we had options, Delacroix, or Bayou Bienvenue.
Big Pablo’s boat was in shop having some repairs done, (New 35-gallon internal fuel tank, repair trim tab, pull full service on his Yamaha Dream Machine, plus a few other miscellaneous items done to it) he got a call it was ready and picked it up. Texted me he had his boat ready to go, called him and after talking it was agreed we would go in his boat and try his stop secret red fish hole in Lake B out of South shore Marina at 5 :30 AM.
SIGNS:
· Me no fish at Monday night game + .40 “C”.
· Me no fish at Hollywood Wednesday, home with + 3 “C” notes, about time.
· Thursday did me full 3 hour work out, back feeling a little better.
· Friday rested up, for Saturday trip.
· Saw (5) rabbits along Oak Harbor, they loaded with them, this a good sign it be.
· Up at 3 Am for 5 AM meet up at Big Pablo house.
· Loading up all our gear in boat off we go
· South Shore Marine had all the live shrimp we wanted, only 2-3 boats already launched.
· Off to red fish hole in Lake B, extremely grand expectations did we have
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, S.S.E. 5-6, S.E. calm, wind started to change with on coming thunderstorms.
· Had one thunderstorm passed right over us, wind picked up, and we sat in rain for 5-6 minutes, then it cleared and got hot.
· Water status / conditions: clam to slight chop
· Sky, sunny & clear
· Temp, mild, hot, cool, warm, hot.
· Water level, up 10-12”
· Water Temp , 86.36 F
· Salinity, 6.3
· Specific Conductance 11100
· Pressure, 30.01 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a minus 3
· Caernarvon Outfall: 0.27 ft3/s
· Tide, falling slow, not much tide at all.
· Peak tide, 00:31 L .66’ / 21:55 L .33’
· Peak tide, 09:24 H 0.98’
· Major Feed Time: None
· Minor feed time: None
· Tidal Coefficient: 66
· Plenty bait in water
· Shrimp jumping, banana fish under them.
· No birds diving
· Fish Activity
· High Activity
· Boats out and about, 20 plus
· ONEOFTHEPACK’S REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES / STRATEGIES
· Be safe.
· Have fun.
· This is my daily therapy for ALL my 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.
· Objectives:
§ Confirm how Big Pablo motor & boat ran after repairs.
§ Verify water clarity in Lake B areas.
§ See is Redwarriors hiding in Big Pablo secret spot!
§ How the catching in Like B and surrounding areas.
§ Bring home some dinner for Big Pablo’s family.
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor today, except when thunderstorm passing then we had a real strong cross wind to fish.)
2 MOVING WATER: (This criterion was our challenge today not much movement at all, even in chocked down areas. Plus, we had (2) tides today, with no major or minor feed times.)
3 WATER CALRITY: (A 3 minus, not to me liking at all, do not think the fish liked it either.)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Scattered all over, mostly catfish)
5 PATIENTS: (Needed plenty, of which me had none, after secret spot not producing me was ready to stop for the day and beat the rein & heat)
6 SKILL: (Live shrimp under cork)
7 LUCKS: (Thunderstorm passed over us dropped temperature and we got wet, best luck of the day)
· 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 …….All fish caught with popping cork
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.
· Drop shot: Did not try.
· Dead bait……None
· Live bait………………All action on live shrimp!
· 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……………(1) red heat lost it.
· 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, ……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:
Big Pablo’s top secrete spot, Castel, Rig, Lake B shoreline , made 6-8 spots called it a day around 11:10 AM
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (0) Silverwonders
· (1) Redwarrior
· (1) Croaker
· (3) Bana Fish
· (7) Hardheads
· (3) Gaff Tops
· Lots of fresh air
· Lots of sun
· Big Pablo’s boat and motor ran great, no problems had we.
· Bring on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know, that be Big Pablo
· Lessons learned:
§ Days with expected low tide movement and/or dual tides are not a good day to catch for us.
§ Big Pablo rigg running great.
§ Big Pablo secret hole so secret event the reds did not know about it today.
§ Need to wait for fall season for action.
§ Castel not producing anything today, no fish at all had 9-10 boats did not see one fish caught.
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Oneofthepack lead the catfish division, dominated croaker category, caught a banana fish, missed Redwarrior of the day, hooked lit but line broke, but even with all that efforts fell a little short for the honors today.
Big Pablo was slow out of the gate, me thought me had him, but then he caught that 20” Redwarrior, all it took was one fish to take honors today, he be fisherperson of the day for sure.
SUGGESTIONS:
Not sure what to suggest! However, looking for suggestion on where to catch some sheepsheads???????
PONDER OF THE DAY:
Never mind those failures till yesterday. Each new fishing day is a sequel of a wonderful life; gifted with hopes to succeed.
Q&A:
Which charter captain is the true GOAT?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Long range plan……………………………come on fall, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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