Lake P Trolling lots of catching & fun

TEAM JO-JO:

🎣 Team Jo-Jo Midweek Maneuvers – Wednesday Fishing Intel 🎣So, it went down like this…

Tuesday’s mission to Delacroix aboard the trusty Bay Flat Sr saw Big Ronnie (aka Indian Ron) and Oneofthepack suiting up and heading out solo, as our go-to first mate Big Rudy had to bow out. Life happens, but the fish still call!

Now, just ‘cause Big Rudy missed the Tuesday run didn’t mean he was gonna sit out the week. Oh no—Team Jo-Jo don’t roll like that.

So, a backup plan was hatched faster than a shrimp boil in Chalmette.Destination: Lake PontchartrainTarget: Big girls (aka the slab-sided Silverwonders)Boat of choice: The sleek and scrappy Bay Flat JrMission: Convince some big girls to come out and play… maybe even join us later for a dinner date with lemon butter and a side of hush puppies.

Wednesday was shaping up to be the perfect follow-up. Winds looked like they might take a breather, and Lake P’s trestles were whispering promises of action beneath their rusty rails. Armed with experience, tackle, and good ol’ Team Jo-Jo determination, the plan was to hit the water early, troll the tracks, and see who bites.

Could this be the trip where the Lake P Legends return?Only time, tides, and trolling passes will tell.

Stay tuned as we line up, cast out, and see what Lake P’s got hiding in the shadows.

SIGNS:                            

·         Delacroix trip not to good Tuesday but I learned a lot.

·         When I passed out when me got home, I fell asleep in the truck again in front of the house

·         Me did manage to get me favorite senior hamburger from Big Easy Diner, they have the best

·         Good night sleep

·         Up at 5 Am for 6:15 meet up at Waffle House, had to gas up Bay Flat Jr

·         Big Rudy is waiting for me, along with Big Ron he be doing a solo trip in the Gloria Marie, his Bay Flat Jr.

·         (2) Pulls for Yamaha Nightmare Machine, she has been doing well lately.

·         Off to trestles to stat our fun day of fishing.

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind, N.E. 10-12. N.N.E. 6-8. N. 4-5 , N.E. 6-7 mph

·         Water status / conditions: light to heavy chops

·         Sky, sunny & clear

·         Temp, Jumpsuit & rain jacket all day

·         Water level, down 4-6”

·         Water Temp , 68.9 F

·         Salinity,  2.0

·         Specific Conductance  3780

·         Pressure,  30.16 R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 3 minus

·         Mississippi gauge:  7.9’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:       714      ft3/s

·         Tide, falling

·         Peak tide, 01:24  H  .79’

·         Peak tide,  9:51 L o.43’

·         Peak tide 17:54 H 0.69’

·         Peak tide L .46’

·         Major Feed Time:  02:47 / none

·         Minor feed time:  04:00 / 15:17

·         Tidal Coefficient:   72

·         Fish Activity

·           Average Activity   

·         Boats out and about,  16-18

·      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 big girl is out and about and want to play dodge the Lake P Troll technique / presentation

·         Bring home some fish for petite Yanna

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Not a factor today we be trolling)

2 MOVING WATER: (Had some off & on, wired on how it be moving)

3 WATER CALRITY: (A 3 minus, bad looking but fish did not seem to mind)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Hwy 11 bridge)

5 PATIENCES: (Took all of 5 minutes for first BIG girl NMR to make the box, compliments of Big Rudy, action pack day it be,)

6 SKILL: (Lake P troll, boat speed, distance of line let out, location of trolling rig, (i.e. playing Russian roulette with pilings)

7 LUCKS: (NMR Silverwonders where All hungry)

·      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 way.

·         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 lure / 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

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (23) Silverwonders, 6 Miniwonders

·         Big Rudy threw back 4# plus FAT Silverwonder said it was too big and looked to have a lot of eggs in her.

·         (2) Big Girls missed reeling them in

·         (2) Big girls lived to fight another day as me tried to flip them in the Bay Flat Jr. These girls where so big it bent the pole so much me could not get them over the gunnel

·         Hooked up to what me thought was a double of BIG NMR’s girls they be, me line popped on knot came unloose.

·         (1) Submarine big ass Drum

·         (1) Flounder

·         (1) Croaker

·         (1) big shad

·         Lost 9 Lake P trolling rigs:

o   (5) Dancing with the pilings playing Russian roulette

o   (4) Dancing with the BIG girls

·         Lots of action had

·         Being on the water with the best, (The Goat) fisherperson me know Big Rudy be he

·         Got me snicker bars for energy to reel the big girls in.

·         Had a third trailer today, Big Ron , (aka Indian Ron)  was out and about abord the Gloria Marie, (his bay boat) trolling Lake P too.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Dirty water in lake p, not the same as Delacroix, results. (i.e. catching)  a lot better in Lake P

§  Me think falling tide best for trolling, washes you up against pilings where you can play Russian roulette with them

§  The technique was strange today, just letting line roll with twitches and / or jerks seem to work well .

§  Purple color squid caught one NMR today,

§  Persistence / perseverance paid off today,

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Today was a Big Rudy day for sure, dominated drum division, Silverwonder category, and even provided some extra snickers bar, he be fisherperson of the day for sure he be.

SUGGESTIONS:

If all you have is fishing trips, without catching, strongly suggest you bring Big Rudy with you.

Suggest you make a trip to Gus net & tackle on Hwy 433, pick up some ¾ oz jig heads, and some orange w/flakes, & green w/flaks squids, along with some # 4 red trouble hooks to make your own lake P troll rig.

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"The fish always sees the bait, never the hook." - 

Q&A:

If you could only use one lure for the rest of your life, what would it be? 

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Back at the with Big Ronnie, (aka Indian Ron) hope to catch a few for petite Gloria, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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