Lake P Silverwonder slam, Lake P Troll Way
- Stanley Fink
- Feb 10
- 6 min read
TEAM JO-JO:
Lake P Calling—Time to Put the Intel to the Test!
Oneofthepack and Big Rudy had been gathering some firsthand intel, watching a few video posts, and piecing together the puzzle—all signs pointed to Silverwonders action along Eastofmrgo’s favorite 5-mile reef in Lake P. The word on the water? The bite was on, and it was time for us to see for ourselves.
With that knowledge in hand, we made a game-time decision during our Saturday trip—as soon as the opportunity presented itself, we were heading straight for Lake P. That opportunity came today, Monday, and we were ready to put the Lake P vs. the Lake P Troll technique/presentation to the ultimate test.
Would the Silverwonders still be holding along the reef? Would our troll technique dial us into the bite? Only one way to find out—time to hit the water and see what’s waiting for us beneath the trestles!
SIGNS:
· Enjoyed super bowl (SB) , happy Eagles won
· No idea what (SB) halftime show about
· Even SB commercials where way below par too
· To psyched to sleep after game, managed to get 3-4 hours sleep
· Up at 4:45 AM for our 6:15 AM meet up at the Pointe
· Swapped jerk bait rods, reels tackle for Lake P Troll tackle / rigs
· Bay Flat Jr rigged for trolling Lake P
· Made a stop for go juice, too (8) gallons for (2) tanks in Bay Flat Jr
· Along Oak Harbor Blvd, saw (3) bubby rabbits along the road, they just smiled at me & winked have a good day, now this be sign.
· Me was 12 minutes early for meet up, started to prep Bay Flat Jr for launching
· Big Rudy right on time, loaded all his gear into Bay Flat Jr
· Big Rudy backed her down in water
· One pull Yamaha Nightmare Machine fired right up, purring like a kitten hot & ready to go.
· Off we got to start our fun day of fishing along the trestles, start our at FB-2
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, N.E. 8, EN.E. 18-20, N.E. 16-017 mph
· Water status / conditions: slight chop
· Sky, lite fog, overcast day
· Temp, cool, mild, warm when sun came out
· Water level, down 4-6 “
· Water Temp , 65.84 F
· Salinity, 6.4
· Specific Conductance 11200
· Pressure, 30.24 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 7 plus
· Mississippi gauge: 5.27’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 4170 ft3/s
· Tide, falling
· Peak tide, 00:44 H .26’
· Peak tide, 11:41 L .66’
· Major Feed Time: 02:27 / 15:00
· Minor feed time: 05:09 / 15:30
· Tidal Coefficient: 74
· Loons all over lake
· Bait in water
· No birds diving
· Fish Activity
· High Activity
· Boats out and about, 10-15
· 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.
· See if:
§ Any action along trestles
§ If we still knew how to Lake P Troll
§ Lake P Troll technique / presentation working
§ Any big girls
§ Status of water clarity status
· Bring home some fishes for Petite Yana
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind was an offshore breeze, (thanks it be) it was very strong, but it helped push us along the trestles as we trolled. We did not cast & retrieving so wind no impact from that standpoint, kept us cool too.)
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling slow, then icked up speed as the morning went along, had to be away from trestles tolling to stop from being wash into pilings, fine line, between speed, amount of line out, and distance from trestle all in unison to fool the Silverwonders into attacking our rigs.)
3 WATER CALRITY: ( A 7 plus on a scale of 1-7, cannot get any better)
4 HOLDING FISH: (FB-3 to FB-4)
5 PATIENCES: (In honey hole at 6:40, 6:45 AM Big Rudy landed a nice NRM added it to our box for dinner)
6 SKILL: (Lake P Troll technique / presentation)
7 LUCKS: (Offshore breeze, Silverwonders on a crazy 90 minuet feeding frenzy)
· 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 with this technique / presentation!
· 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:
§ 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!
· 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:
Lake P, Eastofmrgo’s’ (RIP) favorite 5-mile reef, known as the trestles, FB-2 to FB-5 back and forth, stopped fishing around 9:40 AM, left them truly biting in a feeding frenzy!
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (32) Silverwonders
· (2) Flounders
· (8) Hang ups lost (3) Lake P trolling rigs
· Lots of quick action, took only 5 minutes for first fish, then it was on, on, on
· Got me snickers bar
· Being on the water with one of the best fisherperson me know that be Big Rudy
· Lessons learned:
§ NMR’s out and about at trestles
§ Lake P Troll technique / presentation working well
§ Water clarity a 7 plus, cannot get any better
§ Loons all over the water
§ Big Girls like hitting main ¾ oz. jig head matched up with a Matrix head Lemon drop
§ The green squid trailer did a lot of damage too
§ Bites / action between FB2 to FB-5 with FB3 to FB 4 being the hot spots
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
We had so many fish, and so quickly it was hard to keep count on total, much less who caught what, but I am willing to call it a tie, even with that me consider me a winner when fishing with Big Rudy.
SUGGESTIONS:
Might want to give Lake P a try.
Make the Lake P Troll one of your inventories of techniques / presentation you use to catch. See Lake P Troll rig on U-tube to see how we rig it.
See attach picture of change to rig we did to stop trailers from twisting all up.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
"Tight lines, cool breezes, good friends, plenty of bait & lures it doesn’t get any better.”
Q&A:
Is it a good theory to try and fish the tide change, if so, how long before and after would you fish?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Game plan for tomorrow go pick up Bay Flat Sr bring back to Cypress Cove and let them fix would happen during my 1,000 hour service they provided, shift is almost impossible to move, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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