TEAM JO-JO:
Today's first mate be none other than Big Pablo! Now, Big Pablo, he a weekend warrior—only gets to wet a line on Saturdays and Sundays, so when he called, me knew we had to make it happen. No hesitation, no second-guessing—we locked in the plan right then and there.
The mission? A Saturday adventure aboard the Bay Flat Jr, setting course for Gulf Outlet Marina and the ever-reliable MRGO. With rods rigged, gear packed, and excitement high, we set our sights on Silverwonders and whatever else the waters had in store.
Big Pablo be a sharp fisherperson, always ready to put in the work, and me know with him on board, we had a solid shot at a big day. The only question left—would the Silverwonders cooperate, or would we have to put our best Team Jo-Jo tactics to the test? Stay tuned! 🎣
SIGNS:
· Friday trip did not give much hope for today’s trip.
· I came home from a trip and crashed on Friday.
· Good night sleep
· Up at 4 AM for 5:30 AM meet up at Waffle House in Oak Harbor
· Me knew Big Pablo want to eat breakfast so we both early to eat sane.
· Fog heavy
· No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· No boats on Hwy not a good sign
· No boats at launches, not a good sign
· Big Tony Fishermen’s Friend meet us outside once again we talked about fishing & catching, seems catching off, but one crew came in Friay with (30) Silverwonders down by Violet.
· Big Pablo backed the Bay Flat Jr down into water, Yamaha Nightmare Machine took 3 pulls to get her fired up.
· Off to The Pen to start our day of fishing, I wanted to wait and let fog lift.
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, E.N.E. 6-7 mph.
· Water status / conditions: calm to light chop, picked up later in day 12-15 mph.
· Sky, overcast, partly cloudy.
· Fog
· Rain, we do not get wet.
· Temp, jump suit on all day.
· Water level, down 6-8”
· Water Temp , 60.26 F
· Salinity, 1.8
· Specific Conductance 3380
· Pressure, 39.88 F
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 3 minus
· Mississippi gauge:11.8 ‘
· Caernarvon Outfall: 6130 ft3/s wide open
· Tide, falling.
· Peak tide, 10:00 L 0.0’
· Peak tide, 20:19 H 1.54’
· Major Feed Time: 11:49 / 23:52
· Minor feed time: 02:17 / 12:59
· Tidal Coefficient: 40
· Fish Activity
· Average Activity
· Boats out and about, 5, MRGO rocks empty you could anywhere and not encounter another boat.
· 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 Big Pablo to all his honey holes and fish them.
· Try jerk baits.
· Bring some fishes for Big Pablo family
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, calm it be)
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling supposed to be coming in, me confused.)
3 WATER CALRITY: (A 3 minus, very sandy looking not what I like, took the confidence level out of me)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Kenny’s Seafood)
5 PATIENCES: (Off the chart, needed plenty, me happy to see rain coming)
6 SKILL: (Finding Kenny Seafood location)
7 LUCKS: (Did not get that wet)
· Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………Nothing.
· Drift with the wind cast & retrieve (DWWC&R)……………Nothing.
· Oak River Troll (ORT)……………….Nothing.
· Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY
· Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY
· Cork ……..Nothing
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.
· Drop shot: Did not try.
· Dead bait……Nothing
· 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……………Nothing.
· Matrix Shad Lemon Drop, matched up with H&H 3/8 oz. round white head w/gold hook……………Nothing.
· 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: Nothing:
§ 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, ……Did not try.
· Tandem rig, ¼ oz. round H&H jig head with gold hook, matched up with Matrix Shad Lemon Drop …..Did not try.
· Jerk baits nothing
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
The Pen, MRGO, the flats, ICW, Arico products , Michaud slip, The Pen, stopped fishing at 10:05 AM ran in to beat rain.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived fishing another day.
· (0) Silverwonders
· (0) Redwarriors
· (0) fish
· SKUNKED!!!!!!!!
· Heavy fog in AM
· Bay Flat Jr & Yamaha Nightmare Machine got good washing , as we had some rain, the harder it rained and the faster me drove the better Bay Flat Jr & Yanaha Nightmare Machine got washed!
· We do not get wet; a little damp we made it just in time.
· Great breakfast at Waffle House, thanks Big Pablo me needed that.
· Lessons learned:
§ No fish in The Pen
§ The water is still dirty all over
§ No fish at:
o MRGO
o The flats,
o ICW
o Michaud Slip
o Arico products
o Back at The Pen
§ No work:
o Jerk baits
o Lures
o Jig heads of all sizes
o Corks
o Tight line
o Dead Shrimp
o Nothing worked.
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Fish win today, they b the best of the best as they neglected to bite out lines and all we had to offer!.
SUGGESTIONS:
Don’t do what we do!
PONDER OF THE DAY:
"The unexamined fishing life is not worth living."
Q&A:
HELP!!!!!!!!
When water is pouring through locks at Bayou Bienvenue into MRGO is that falling or rising???????
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Big Don, (Sr. first mate)will be abord Bay Flat Jr as we give a try to Like P trestles in AM, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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