Lake B journey with a Redwarriors type day

TEAM JO-JO:

Fishing Report – “Lake Borne Redwarrior Recon”Date: ThursdayCrew:

• Captain: Big T-Doc (a.k.a. The Helm Whisperer)

• First Mate/Guide: Big Pablo (The Redwarrior Whisperer)

• Deck Hand: Big William (Oneofthepack2 / Grandsonoftehpack)

• Dead Weight: Oneofthepack (just along for the ride 😎)

• Vessel: 23-foot SeaChaser, 225HP Mercury Dream Machine

• Destination: Lake Borne, classified coordinates to Big Pablo’s double-secret top Redwarrior hole

🌅 Pre-launch Phase:

• Launch plan initiated via late-night texts.

• Original trip was set for Wednesday, but school duty called Big William to class.

• Adjusted to Thursday, with meetup at Pablo HQ for 5:00 AM sharp.

• Decision: T-Doc’s ride selected for the mission—solid call for the haul.

🧭 Mission Objectives:

1. Target Species:

   
   

   🎯 Redwarriors (16”–20”+ Class)

   
   

   🐟 Backup: Silverwonders if encountered.

2. Gear:

   • Live shrimp (fresh, squirmy, irresistible)

   • Carolina rigs / popping corks / bottom draggers

   • Backup artificial lures (just in case)

🐟 On the Water:

• Smooth cruise out across Lake Borne—wind light, water clarity passable.

• Arrival at Double-Secret Redwarrior Hole:

  
  

  Big Pablo gives the nod, “This the spot.”

• First line down... 💥 BAM!

  
  

  Big William hooks up—line screaming, rod bent—first Redwarrior to the deck.

• Big Pablo follows up with a double on shrimp—1 Redwarrior.

  
  

  T-Doc gets in on the action with a steady cadence of thumps.

• Oneofthepack?

  
  

  Dead weight officially confirmed...

  
  

  Though, to be fair, someone had to document, hydrate the crew, and tell war stories from Team Jo-Jo lore.

📊 Catch Recap:

• Redwarriors: ✔️ Plenty on deck

• Jack fish: ✔️ Big William’s PR to date

• Miniwonders: ✔️ Some accidental hookups

• Silverwonders: ❌ No confirmed sightings

🧃 Other Highlights:

• Big William soaked it all in—his eyes lit up with every pull.

  
  

  Another future captain in the making.

• Big Pablo's knowledge = 🔥🔥🔥.

  
  

  That “double secret hole”? Not so secret anymore to the next gen.

• T-Doc’s ride: smooth, stable, reliable. Great platform for young William’s first serious Redwarrior run.

📝 Trip Summary:

“Grandson got the thrill, Big Pablo got the fill, T-Doc kept it chill, and Oneofthepack paid the bill.”

A great morning of bonding, learning, and catching. The next generation is officially onboard, and the legend of Team Jo-Jo continues.

SIGNS:                            

·          Long week

·         Missing being on water

·         Late to bed 2AM, got about 2 hours sleep, not good this be

·         Big William slept at our house.

·         We got up at 4 AM for our 5 AM meet up at Big Pablo’s abode.

·         Loaded up FORD transporter with our gear.

·         Made the short run to Pablo’s.

·         Big T-Doc is already waiting for us.

·         Load all our gar, Big Pablo’s gear into SeaChaser.

·         Off we go

·         No wildlife sightings along Hay 433, or 90, not good sign this be

·         Arrived at south shore marine, loaded up with some live shrimp.

·         Off we go to Big Pablo’s doble top secret spot.

·         Nice smooth, quick ride across flat clam Lake B

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind,  W. 4-6 mph, perfect it be.

·         Water status / conditions: flat calm

·         Sky, sunny & clear

·         Temp, mild, warm, hot, came around 8:30 AM before it got to hot

·         Water level, up 6-8”

·         Water Temp , 87.8 F

·         Salinity,  6

·         Specific Conductance 10500 

·         Pressure,  30.10 R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 6 plus

·         Mississippi gauge: 5.03’ low it be

·         Caernarvon Outfall:       409      ft3/s

·         Tide,  Rising

·         Peak tide,  12:23 AM  L 0.2’

·         Peak tide,  15:13 H 1.28’

·         Major Feed Time: X – 18:03

·         Minor feed time:   03:45 – 18:33

·         Tidal Coefficient:   70

·         Fish Activity

·               High Activity   

·         Boats out and about,  one in area 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 23-foot SeaChaser and the Mercury 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.

·         Fulfill Big Williams request:

o   To fish rocks with live shrimp.

o   Put him on some Redwarriors.

o   Introduce him to Big Pablo’s top-secret spot.

o   Introduce him to fishing live shrimp under a cork.

o   Introduce him to Big T-Doc’s 23-foot SeaChaser.

·         Follow up on Big Pablo’s intel / info on Redwarriors jumping in boat.

·         Bring some fishes home for crew.

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, flay clam it be, happy we had a GS trolling motor to hold us in place and move us around)

2 MOVING WATER: (Rising all morning, had our corks with live shrimp moving right along rocks left to right, when cork hit strike zone down it would go.

3 WATER CALRITY: (6 plus, nice clean, clear, black looking water , just the way me like it)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Big Pablo’s top-secret spot in Lake B)

5 PATIENCES: (Big Pablo’s first cast a nice Redwarrior, it was on, on, on, on until 8:30 when we called it and headed back in)

6 SKILL: (Popping cork, with just 1/8 oz. jig head, live shrimp strung on jig head, (Big Pablo way) 36 to 42” deep)

7 LUCKS: (Big Pablo info / intel right on, he has been doing this for 3 weeks in a row)

·      Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:

·         Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………DID NOT TRY

·         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 corks.

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

·         Drop shot: Did not try.

·         Dead bait……None

·         Live bait………………All but one fish caught with 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……………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 oz: Caught one Redwarrior with this rig, under popping cork

§  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:

Big Pablo’s top secret hot spot in Lake B, nice it be!

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (75) Live shrimp which did not last long with 3 fishing them

·         (0) Silverwonders

·         (18) Redwarriors

·         (1) Popped line, Big Pablo big fish

·         (3) Puppy Drum

·         (1) Jack Carvelle

·         (2) Bamma fish

·         (1)Hardhead

·         Quick, easy trip, Big Pablo had to make a meeting for 11 Am in Metairie

·         Late (9:30 AM) breakfast at Big Easy Diner, good food, good eats

·         Drinks, snacks, and food provided by Big T-Doc he goes on first calls on all his trips.

·         Being on the water with 3 of the best fisherpersons me know they be Big T-Doc, Big Public, and Big William

·         Lessons learned:

§  Big Pablo’s top secret Redwarriors hole

§  New way to hook shrimp all be it they live, not my tape of hooking them, but it works Big Pablo proof in the pudding.

§  Me had 2 poles rigged up, one with jig head and one with hook and split sinker, found out one with hook fed the banana fish need weight to get hook past them.

§  South shore marine has live shrimp and a nice place to launch.

§  Nice run to Lake Borne, we crossed on a 45* angle to honey hole.

§  Popping cork technique with live shrimp

§  Big William fisherperson of eh day with his BIG JACK

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

None other than Big Pablo, we be in his backyard, he had the technique down pat, based on numbers he would have been fisherperson of the day, but not today.

Nig T-Doc had some action, but he kept changing his tackle, rods, reels, plus he be on bow away from strike zone.

Oneofthepack was just Oneofthepack, managing one Redwarrior on lures, and taken pictures and video all the action.

Big William got int eh game quickly, managed the biggest Redwarrior, had his share of them, and even cinched the honors with his BIG Jack Caravelle of the day, Big William took the honors  today.

SUGGESTIONS:

Might want to hook live shrimp the way Big Pablo does, see pictures & video for actual way he hooks them.

Also might want to sue 1/8 0z/ jig head with live shrimp to get shrimp away from banana fish.

Think live shrimp was the key today.

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"The greatest attraction of a fishing trip is that it allows washing one's soul with pure air."

Q&A:

What do you think happens after fisherperson dies, asking for a friend RIP?

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Big Hugh & Big Mike up next for a journey out to Delacroix, Sunday in search of the elusive Redwarriors and a Silverwonder or two, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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