NMR's MRGO run

TEAM JO-JO:

Indiana Ron is back from Houston, fired up, and itching to get back on the water! We had this trip locked in last week for today (Wednesday), and now it’s time to make it happen. Both of us are hot to trot, ready to chase down the BIG girls lurking along the MRGO rock wall. The plan? Tease them with our best jerk baits, the kind they just can’t resist—that perfect twitch, pause, and boom!

For this trip, we’re rolling in style aboard Indiana Ron’s bass boat, the Gloria Marie—a battle-tested fishing machine with a long history on the water. She’s powered by a 60 HP black Mercury, and now she’s got a fresh set of upgrades: a brand-new 12” GPS to keep us dialed in on the best spots, plus a new GPS trolling motor for pinpoint positioning along the rocks. This setup is decked out and ready to roll—nothing but pure fishing efficiency.

Now, it’s just a matter of getting on the water and seeing if those MRGO giants are in the mood to play. Conditions look solid, rods are rigged, and the anticipation is through the roof. Time to find out if the BIG girls are home and hungry!

SIGNS:                            

·         Rough night sleep kept dreaming about BIG girls

·         No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90

·         FORD transporters only had fishing gear, no boat to tow

·         Big Ron waiting for me at launch

·         We met up with Big Rudy & his crew and they too went out after the BIG girls

·         Off to MRGO to chase the big girls

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind, E.N.E. 3-4, N.N.E. 12-13 mph

·         Water status / conditions: clam. Ripples, slight chop

·         Sky, sunny & clear

·         Temp, cold 55.3 F

·         Water level, down 3-4 feet

·         Water Temp , 50.2  F

·         Salinity,    5.3

·         Specific Conductance  9450 

·         Pressure,  30.19  R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7,  6 plus

·         Mississippi gauge:  4.34’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:  776         ft3/s

·         Tide,  falling

·         Peak tide,  07:51  H  1.02’

·         Peak tide,   No  L

·         Major Feed Time:  11:34  -  23.53   

·         Minor feed time:    06:43  - 17:25 

·         Tidal Coefficient:    89

·         Fish Activity

·                              Very  High Activity   

·         Boats out and about 12

·      ONEOFTHEPACK’S REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES / STRATEGIES      

·         Be safe.

·         Have fun.

·         This is me daily therapy for ALL me aliments.

·         Put some running time on Gloria Marie and the Mercury Dream 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.

·         Try the big girls in MRGO see if they still around to play with us

·         Check out some new jerk baits

·         Check out Indian Ron’s new GPS & GPS trolling motor

·         Locate the holes in the bottom of the MRGO to fish

·         Learn Indian Ron’s trolling rig that he uses up in Indiana

·         Bring some fishes for petite Gloria

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Once again prefect it be, blew us right along rocks, made it easy casting)

2 MOVING WATER: (Falling all day never did slow down, unless they close locks like the did in ICW)

3 WATER CALRITY: ( A good 6 plus all over)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (MRGO early am, and Indian Ron’s top-secret spot for trolling)

5 PATIENCES: (Indian Ron hooked up first and had a good run of 5-6 NMR’s before they stopped, then we jumped around looking for the Silverwonders honey hole, no luck, but we learned a lot again on trip.)

6 SKILL: (Jerk baits, & Indian Ron’s trolling technique, see video)

7 LUCKS: (Scouting / learning trip proved to be fruitful & informative)

·      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)……………Jerk baits caught 8 NMR’s

·         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)…………….Did not try.

·         Drop shot: Did not try.

·         Dead bait……None

·         Live bait………………None

·         Indiana Ron’s troll caught 4

·      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, ……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.

·         Berkley jerk baits caught 8

·         Rattle trap w/ weighted trailer caught 4, (see video for details)

AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:

MRGO 14t, ICW, stopped fishing around noon

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived to fish another day.

·         (14) Silverwonders, 4 close Miniwonders

·         (1) Bull Redwarrior

·         (2) NMR missed reeling in

·         Gloria’s best peanut butter & pineapple jelly sandwich, me been missing them thanks lady me needed that.

·         On the water with one of the best captains & fisherpersons me know that be Big Ron.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Gloria Marie a fine craft

§  Big Girls wanted to play.

§  Bites early then they over as quickly as they started

§  Indiana Ron showed me the holes he was talking about in the MRGO, on his GPS you can see the grade it drops in the middle of the MRGO, you can find and fish the ledges as it descends below the bottom of the MRGO.

§  Indiana Ron also showed  me how the fish finder works, me just had two questions:

·         How do you know that is a fish?

·         What kind of fish are they?

·         Had to remind him me was from Missouri.

·         We agreed to disagree.

§  Water clarity as same as Tuesday trip

§  Bites & fish action same as Tuesday.

§  Glorias Marine a lot faster than the Bay Flat Jr

§  Indiana Ron’s version of a trolling rig, see video for info / intel on it

§  Indiana Ron’s milk runs the same as Oneofthepack.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Oneofthepack was just Oneofthepack 1 Silverwonder, missed one reeling in and caught the BULL for the day, that was it, and those efforts fell way short for honors today.

Indian Ron was on from the first and never let up, he had me 6 to 0 before me caught a fish, and he even had a new troll technique that produced some good results, Big Ron be fisherperson of the day for sure.

SUGGESTIONS:

Get an early start, and  break out your trolling gear, as it might be the only way to get them to bite and catch a few.

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"It is you and clean, flowing water. It is fisherperson, inquisitive, in a wild world that is older than fisherpersons, seeking greater understanding and finding not only an endless interest but a tranquility that comes, most of the time, to all Silverwonders wild fisherpersons."

Q&A:

What are your favorite and least favorite fishing chores? 

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Hooking up with Big Rudy Saturday, destination unknown at this time will decide Friday on where we will go, but Delacroix is looking like a good choice, until the:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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