Lake P Journey vs. lake P Troll

TEAM JO-JO:

Oneofthepack Tuesday Report – Special Guest: Big Tony of Northshore CCA

Still working his way through the sign-up list offered at Team Jo-Jo’s Fishing Curriculum Session 6 of 2025 (last Saturday), Oneofthepack checked off another eager participant today. Joining the crew aboard Bay Flat Jr was none other than Big Tony, representing the Northshore CCA chapter.

Big Tony had expressed a strong interest in jumping aboard for a firsthand look at the Lake P Troll technique/presentation — a signature Team Jo-Jo approach. With rods ready and spirits high, the mission was to hit the Lake Pontchartrain trestles and let Big Tony experience the method in action, all with the goal of sharing credible field intel with his Northshore CCA crew.

Stay tuned for details on the adventure — fish count, water clarity, wind conditions, and whether Silverwonders showed up to the party…

SIGNS:                            

·         Tough night for sleep anxious about trip with Big Tony

·         Up at 3 AM for our 5 AM meet up at The Pointe

·          Big Tony is waiting for me at boat launch.

·         Transferred all his gear into Bay Flat Jr

·         Big Tony backed her down in water very efficiently.

·         One pull Yamaha Nightmare Machine started right up good sign this be

·         Off to trestles to start our morning of trolling Lake P

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind, E.N.E. 6-9 mph.

·         Water status / conditions: little rappels, slight chops

·         Sky, sunny & clear w/a few clouds

·         Temp, mild, warm, hot

·         Water level, down 6-8”

·         Water Temp , 87.6 F

·         Salinity,  3.1

·         Specific Conductance  5710

·         Pressure,  30,02 R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 5

·         Mississippi gauge: 11.6’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:        444     ft3/s

·         Tide, Falling

·         Peak tide, 02:37 L o.3’

·         Peak tide,  15:58 H 0.85’

·         Major Feed Time: 13:21 / none

·         Minor feed time:  06:30 / 21:13

·         Tidal Coefficient:   85

·         Fish Activity

·                 Very  High Activity   

·         Boats out and about,  25-30

·      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.

·         Introduce Big Tony to:

§  Bay Flat Jr

§  Team Jo-Jo Lake P Troll technique

§  Trolling trestles

§  Catching fish with Lake P Troll technique

§  Experience all that Lake P has to offer.

·         Bing home some fish for Big Tony

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, nice it be)

2 MOVING WATER: (Falling tide all morning)

3 WATER CALRITY: (A 5 on a scale of 1-7, still a little sandy looking)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (First sign wet side of trestles, just south o draw bridge)

5 PATIENCES: (Took about an hour for Big Tony to catch first fish, nice Flounder it be)

6 SKILL: (Lake P Troll technique / presentation)

7 LUCKS: (Found a small section of trestle holding a few fish)

·      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)…………….All fish caught 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, ……All fish caught with this rig / lures.

·         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:

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (11)  Silverwonders, 4 Miniwonders

·         (1) Flounder

·         (2) Hardheads

·         (1) Rock

·         (1) Ball of lead core line, including a Rattle trap

·         (4) Pilings, (3)  Lost Lake P Troll rigs

·         Being on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know, and  that be Big Tony.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Hard to find a place to troll,20-25 boats between north draw bridge to 1 block before Mile marker 174, not enough space to start / end a troll.

§  Found a small section (1/2 block) open between 2 boats , told Big Tony  we will have to drop Lake P Troll gigs down fast & long quickly to do a short troll. Our first past Big Tony hooked up on a NMR Silverwonder, second pass hooked upon a 16” plus NMR, I lost at boat, third pass hooked up on a 15” NMR, I got her in the boat, fourth pass hooked up on a pair of 16” plus NMR Silverwonders, got them both in Bay Flat Jr, fifth pass nothing, and that was it, crazy 10 minutes. We then trolled all over nothing, called it a day around 9:45 AM.

§  Bites late once again

§  Hwy 11 bridge holding  a few fish.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Big Tony caught first fish, biggest fish, his fair share of the Silverwonders, dominated the catfish division, caught the most pilings, shared the most fishing / catching  stories, and even had the best comments of the day, Big Tony fisherperson of the day.

Oneofthepack humbled by Big Tony!!!!!!

SUGGESTIONS:

You might want to purchase some cup grease to put along the side of your boat so you can squeeze between all the boats out & about.

Get an early start and like in your spot!!!!!!!

PONDER OF THE DAY:

Oneofthepack started his fishing & hunting  career as an autodidact."

·         "An autodidact and a polymath, Oneofthepack studied”:

·         Hunting:

§  Rabbit

§  Ducks

§  Dove

§  Deer

§  Dear

§  Pigs

§  Squirrels

·         Fishing:

§  Crabbing

§  Freshwater

§  Saltwater

§  Blue water

§  Bayous

§  Lakes

§  Rivers

§  Streams

§  Ponds

§  Wet spot in road

Q&A:

If you could sit down with the five-year-old version of yourself, what would you tell them about fishing & catching? 

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Delacroix , (AM Thursday) journey with first mate Big Rudy, and Big Buddy as we run around our Disney World known as Delacroix Island in search of the elusive Silverwonders & Redwarriors, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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