Lake P follow up

TEAM JO-JO:

Back at It – A Solo Mission? Not Today!

After Sunday’s trip, Oneofthepack felt the itch for a repeat performance. The Silverwonders were still out there, and me wasn’t about to let them swim free without another go at ‘em.

Step 1: Call in the crew.Step 2: Lock in the plan.Step 3: Catch ‘em up!

First mate Big Rudy was out, so time for Plan B. A quick text to Big Ron (aka Indian Ron)—“You in?”

💬 Response: “Yessum!”

Even better—he had a first mate lined up, and we were all set for an early morning assault on Lake P.

🎯 Target: Silverwonders🎣 Tactic: Lake P Troll💨 Forecast: A whole lotta action (hopefully!)

Time to launch Bay Flat Jr, let the Loons point the way, and see if we can make some memories on the water. Stay tuned…

SIGNS:                            

·      Sunday trip had me going & hoot to trot for trip today

·      Early to bed, up at 5:30 AM for 6:30 AM meet up at The Pointe

·      Yamaha Nightmare Machine took 1 pull to start

·      Off to Hwy 11 bridge to start our fun morning on water.

CONDITIONS:

·       Perfect

·      Wind, S.S.E. 6-7, 8-9 mph

·      Water status / conditions: slight chop

·      Sky, overcast

·      Got in some light rain, came in early to beta heavy rain

·      Temp, mild, had rain jacket on all morning

·      Water level, down 8-10”

·      Water Temp , 66.4 F

·      Salinity,  2.1

·      Specific Conductance 4220 

·      Pressure,  30.00 R

·      Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a 2 minus

·      Mississippi gauge: 7.35’

·      Caernarvon Outfall: 636  ft3/s

·      Tide, Falling

·      Peak tide, 04:03  H  0.39’

·      Peak tide,  15:00 L 0.0’

·      Major Feed Time:  08:30 – 20:24

·      Minor feed time:   03:25 – 13:41

·      Tidal Coefficient:   42

·      Had a couple few loons around

·      Fish Activity

·        Average Activity   

·      Boats out and about,  none

·    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.

·      See if big girls are still around

·      Put Big Ron on some big grail

·      Bring some Silverwonders for Petie Gloria

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Not a factor, it was perfect)

2 MOVING WATER: (Falling tide looking good)

3 WATER CALRITY: (Once again this be our challenge for the day, along with weather, water clarity a 2 minus, not looking good, but fish di not seem to mind)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Hwy 11 bridge)

5 PATIENCES: (Needed some, but it was a challenge trying to balance catching with on coming weather, weather won out we came in at 8 AM)

6 SKILL: (Lake P Troll technique /presentation)

7 LUCKS: (Did not get wet, caught one, ready for another trip soon)

·    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 ……..DID NOT TRY

·      Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….One & only caught his with this technique.

·      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 not use:

§  1/16 oz:.

§  1/8 ox:

§  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, ……Caught one with this rig.

·      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:

Hwy 11 bridge came in early rain was coming our way.

OUR REWARDS:

·      Lived to fish another day.

·      (1) NMR Silverwonder

·      (11) hang ups, did not lose one rig, falling tide had us dancing with pilings, you have to play Russin Roulette with them cause hat be where the big girls hide & live.

·      Got a call from Big Rudy, seems bad weather 30 minutes away from us, made one more drift caught one, asked Big Ron what he wanted to do, he says u they captain, well captain made the call lets go in and live to fish another day.

·      Don’t mind rain, or wind, but thundering & lighting another condition me don’t like challenging and/ or dealing with.

·      Being on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know is Big Ron

·      Lessons learned:

§  Sometimes, “You don’t got to go to know”

§  Big Girls Still Out there

§  The water is still dirty, but getting better

§  Weather coming from the S.W., wind stayed out of the S.E the whole morning

§  Quick trip on water 7 AM stopped fishing at 8:00 AM

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

SUGGESTIONS:

Make a stop at Gus’s on Hwy 433, get your Lake P Trolling rig components, he has a great selection of all. Ask Gus to show you our Lake P Troll  sample rig he has behind the counter.

Caution!!!!!:

Ramp that is blocked off at The Pointe, seems it is shallower on that side, plus with real low tide, they had a trailer or two go pass end and axel dropped off end, making it had to pick up boat. Watch how far back you go!!!!!

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"Put backing on your line, even if you never use it. It helps you dream."

Q&A:

Can you list five red flags that you look out for when meeting new fisherpersons or potential fishing partners? 

 Fishes win today!!!!!

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Off water Tuesday, but have a crew for Wednesday, word is water coming back up, so we be going to Delacroix to see how high up it came.

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

釣り先生

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