TEAM JO-JO:
Got a call from Big Pablo, he looking to be first mate on a trip Saturday, you lucky says me Saturday open for a trip aboard the Baty Flat Sr. Says me it will be just you and I in search for the elusive Silverwonders and/or Redwarriors.
Me think he was looking to make a trip foe for the BIG girls along the trestles , but looking at predicted winds me felt it best if we hit Delacroix instead.
SIGNS:
· Cold it be
· Good night sleep
· Up at 3 AM for our 4:30 AM meet up at Waffle House in Oak Harbor
· Big Pablo on time
· NO wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
· Not many boats on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches
· Made a stop at McDonnel for # 5, we both enjoyed an early eat
· Check point Alpha water level in junction about the same as last time 8-10” low
· Check point Bravo, Reggio canal water slack looking. Not much movement
· Delacroix Hwy looked deserted
· Reached the home of the Bay Flat Sr, she be sleeping swaying back & froth in the high winds
· We, mostly Big Pablo made quick work of loading up Bay Flat Sr, took me awhile to et jumpsuit on and take a potty break.
· Yamaha Dream Machine took 2 turns of key to start, me was concerned as she never did that before, however when she fired up she be ready to go and go all day she go.
· Made a stop at Lionel for some fishing friends , (Lively Shrimp) for Big Pablo, he just cannot go out without 4 dozen plus of them, it be like his security blanket.
· Easy call on where to start our day, off to Team Jo-Jo spot # 21 as me been dreaming about this spot since me last trip, as last time it met all the (6 of the 7) criteria of catching this early morning.
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, N.E. 18-22, E.N.E. 20-23, N.E. 16-20 mph.
· Water status / conditions: little ripples, slight chop. Heavy chop
· Sky, sunny & clear, snowbird type day
· Temp, 45>4 F had fishing shirt on, sweatshirt on, jumpsuit on & rain coat on, we was as snug as a bug in a rug!!!!
· Water level, about same, 5.9’ level
· Water Temp , 50.9 F
· Salinity, 5.1
· Specific Conductance 8960
· Pressure, 30.35 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 2 minus all over
· Mississippi gauge: 3-6’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 530 ft3/s
· Tide, falling all day
· Peak tide, 12:37 H 1.31’
· Peak tide, 00.16 L .33’
· Major Feed Time: 10:14 - 22:44
· Minor feed time: 05:36 - 15:53
· Tidal Coefficient: 75
· Fish Activity
· Very High Activity
· Boats out and about, 6-8 in areas we be fishing, launched 45 plus
· 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 Sr and the Yamaha 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.
· Re-educate Big Pablo:
§ Route & paths
§ Team Jo-Jo spot # 21, 23, 6, 5, 15, 2A, & 17, all of which he has fished many times.
§ Our Disney World know as Delacroix offerings
§ A cold day on the water
§ Bring home some fishes for Big Pablo family & friends
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (This criterion was definitely a challenge , (20 plus mph N.E. wind) for us, but we managed it very well, with our (2) Cajun anchors we keep the wind at our back as we fished the various Team Jo-Jo spot numbers. In some areas used one anchor, put Big Pablo right om the spot for his live shrimp attack on Redwarriors.)
2 MOVING WATER: (Early is falling very slowly, picked up as the day went along, but not many current lines to fish, high winds may have hidden them to the eye, but it be moving all day)
3 WATER CALRITY: (Another challenge of the day, a 2 to 2 minus water clarity on a scale of 2-7, this criterion is a hard one for me to defeat, as there was nowhere in our area with cleaner water. As in the past, present & future, clarity of water is me kryptonite, it just causes me to lose all me confidence in catching for the day)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Spot 15 & 14, Redwarrior giving up its bounty for that wind battered shoreline.)
5 PATIENCES: (Needed some it was a very slow morning, without the live shrimp it would have been none slow morning, we did keep our interest trying to figure out the right combination to catch a few fishes.)
6 SKILL: (Live shrimp under cork, fishing wind battered shorelines)
7 LUCKS: (Having Big Pablo abord the Bay Flat Sr as he made all our action shots possible)
· Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………(1) Redwarrior
· 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 ……..(18) Redwarriors
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.
· Drop shot: Did not try.
· Dead bait……None
· Live bait………………(15) Redwarriors
· 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 : (3) Redwarriors
§ 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.
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
Team Jo-Jo spots # 21 (1)r, 22, 25 (2)r, 7. 6. 5. 15 (13)r, 14 (3)r, 2A, 17, stopped fishing around 12:10 head in back to home part, not looking forward to crossing Little Lake with all this wind.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· NO!!!!! Silverwonders not even a hit on them
· (19) Redwarriors
§ (6) in box
§ (4) over 30”
§ (9) Ratworriers
· (1) Popped line BIG boy did it
· McDonald’s breakfast
· McDonalds late lunch
· Being on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know, that be Big Pablo
· Lots of fresh, clean, cold, low humidity in or lungs
· Got Bay Flat Sr windshield installed , (Thanks Big Pablo) she be looking good
· Bought a new:
§ GPS, now to install it
§ Trolling reel Penn 15 Rival
§ Booms Lure Wrap
§ # 4 Red trouble hooks for trolling
· Lessons learned:
§ Live shrimp was the key today. Fishing under a cork 20-30” deep
§ How to install a boat windshield
§ Water dirty all over 2 minus type
§ Butterflyers still out and about
§ Learned a new Redwarrior hole to fish
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Oneofthepack did all he could do with the dirty water, 1st fish of the day a Bull Redwarrior , caught (3) more Ratworriers, that be it. Not of productions , no enough for honors today.
Big Pablo slows out of the gate, once we got to spot # 25, (his money spot) Big Pablo and live shrimp took over the action. At spot # 15 he was, on, on, on, on, on, on & on, finished the catching at spot # 14 adding (3) more Redwarriors to his credit. Big Pablo be fisherperson of the day for sure, he and his little friends known as lively shrimp.
SUGGESTIONS:
Don’t know how long it will take for water to clean up a little down in Delacroix, looked like river water more than just dirty water. Siphon is open dumping some river water and I am sure Mardi Gras pass is adding river water too to the areas in Team Jo-Jo’s zones 1, 2, & 3. Might want to fish Bayou Bienvenue, Lake B, and Lake P areas until it clears up.
Think live shrimp when you got out on your next trip.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
“Fishing life is a long lesson in humility.
Q&A:
What do you call a fish that likes to spar? A Box-a-fish!
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Have a crew of first mates lined up:
· December:
o 2nd Big John target Lake P (First time fishing with Team Jo-Jo)
o 3rd Big Jimmy target Delacroix
o Big Rick target Delacroix, (First time fishing with Team Jo-Jo)
o 6th Big Don (aka Perchwhisper) target Lake P
· Crew that needs to call and get on list:
o Big Denise
o Big Penny
o Big Charlie
o Other fisherperson who attends Team Jo-Jo’s Fishing Curriculum Session on every 3rd Saturday of the month at Fatty’s Seafood non Gause Blvd in Slidell 11 AM.
Team Jo-Jo’s crew will be out and about looking for the elusive Silverwonders & Redwarriors, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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