TEAM JO-JO:
As we motored / boated back from our Tuesday Lake P trip, me mentioned to Sr. first Big Don, wanted to give you the rights for first refusal, do you want to go tomorrow, (Wednesday) yessum was his quick responses.
Me mention about Petite Lucy, (Big don’s best half) do you think she might want to come on Lake P trip Wednesday, Big Don says that would be great, so it be, Petite Lucy will be joining us.
So, the crew for today, (Wednesday) will be Sr. first mate Big Don & Petite Lucy abord the Bay Flat Jr for a fun day of trolling Lake P trestles, perfecting Team Jo-Jo’s Lake P Troll technique / presentations.
SIGNS:
· After our Tuesday trip, Big Don & Oneofthepack had extremely lofty expectations for our Wednesday trip to the trestles.
· So much so Petite Lucy is going to join us.
· Good night sleep, a day of fishing will cause that for sure.
· Up at 4:45 AM for our 6 PM meet up at The Pointe
· Bay Flat Jr already to go, had (7) gallons of go juice hope that lasted us all day.
· Saw Mrs. Bunny as she hopped across Rat Nest Road, me stopped and let her pass, bid each other a hopply day, this be a good sing for catching activity today.
· Reached The Ponte had 6-7 launched and 6-7 waiting to launch, going to be a busy day along the trestles.
· Petite Lucy a no show, me could no sleep trying to figure out how we would position ourselves in boat to troll, but me had it all figured out that morning.
· Yamaha Nightmare Machine took one pull to start, that now too be a good sign
· Off to FB 2 to start our day of fishing.
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, N.E. 6-8 W. 6-8 mph
· Water status / conditions: ripples slight chop, flat calm
· Sky, overcast, sun came out latter in day
· Temp, mild, jumpsuit came off around noon
· Water level, down 6-8”
· Water Temp , 60.8 F
· Salinity, 7.1
· Specific Conductance 12300
· Pressure,
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 7 plus
· Mississippi gauge: 2.85’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 136 ft3/s
· Tide, rising, slack for about 45 minutes then started to fall
· Peak tide, 02:34 H 0.7’
· Peak tide, 13:58 L 0.5’
· Major Feed Time: N/A
· Minor feed time: N/a
· Tidal Coefficient: 78
· Fish Activity
· Average Activity
· Boats out and about, 100 plus!!!!!!
· 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 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.
· Catch what catch can.
· Learn what learn can.
· Bring home some more fish for Petiet Lucy’s freezer
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, we be trolling, plus it kept us cool all day)
2 MOVING WATER: (Perfect it be, tail end of rising tide, slack, then started to fall could not be any better.)
3 WATER CALRITY: (7 plus, better it cannot get)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Scattered out along trestles, no concentration of them in one spot)
5 PATIENCES: (6:44 to 7:21 fist fish in box, very slow day, we had to fish, (Fish God not giving today) for them today, took all our talent, skill, and luck to catch what we got, needed plenty patients today for sure.)
6 SKILL: (Team Jo-Jo Lake P Troll technique)
7 LUCKS: (Encountered with bunny rabbit)
· Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………(1) Big Flounder
· 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)…………….99.9 % fish caught 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……………(1) flounder
· 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:
§ 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, ……99.9% fish caught with this lure/s.
· 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:
FB-2 out to FB-11 it was hard to find a section of trestles that we could troll, boats where spaced out perfect to negate our efforts to troll on west side of trestles, but east side was open pretty good all day. Later in day after noon, it clears up a little but bites where over by then.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (27) Silverwonders, 2 Miniwonders
· (2) caught doubles, one on each trailer, nice it be
· Still looking for a (3) hook up, only had one in me lifetime of trolling
· (5) Flounders
· (1) big male crab
· (9) hook ups on pilings, lost 6 trolling rigs, falling tide had our lures all up in the pilings.
· Lots of companies had to be 100 plus boats along trestles stretching from north shore to south shore, most on west side of trestles.
· Long fishing day with some catching in between dry spells
· Lessons learned:
§ What a difference a day makes, Tuesday it was on, on, on, today, (Wednesday) ha to fish for them
§ of pre-rigged Team Jo-Jo rigs, need to make (10) more for field use, makes it easy to change out on water.
§ Need to re-rig all rods & reels took a beating today for sure
§ The Silverwonders were all stacked inside of pilings, no hang ups as we trolled no fish
§ Need to re-fuel (2) 6-gallon tanks, Yamaha Nightmare Machine running low on go juice
§ Big Ron, (aka Troutmaster) caught 60 by 8:30, but he further the south end of trestles.
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Big Don is still impacted by his (IR) duration that he missed fishing for the last 3-4 months, but he is catching on quick, will not be long before he back in the saddle.
Oneofthepack fish hard, along with Big Don, me caught (2) doubles and my share of Silverwonders, me feel me get honors today, but Big Don be on top soon for sure.
SUGGESTIONS:
You might want to buy some cup grease, put it on side of your gunnel so you can slide between boats and not cause skid marks on the side of your boat as you do.
Be courteous, kind, and helpful with your neighbors next to you in their boat and enjoy your journey.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
“Try not to become a fisherperson of success but rather become a fisherperson of value.”
Q&A:
Why was the fish in the circus? It was a clownfish!
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Friday, Big Rudy & Oneofthepack will assault (LSE) canal systems in AM, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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