Redless day Delacroix way

TEAM JO-JO:

Big Rudy & Oneofthepack left the dock still shaking our heads from the previous evening’s adventure on 8/20/25. We had set out with high hopes of timing the bites with the change of tide, thinking we could outsmart the fish and finally catch that magic window. Instead, we ended up riding home with that uneasy feeling of being just a cast short, just a tide turns off, just not satisfied.

So what do two hardheaded anglers do when the water teases but doesn’t deliver? Easy answer: we make another run. Our compass once again pointed us to our version of Disney World — Delacroix Island, the happiest marsh on earth.

This time the mission was clear: forget about the Silverwonders — they’ve packed up and left the neighborhood we’d be fishing in. No use chasing ghosts. Our eyes were locked on those elusive Redwarriors. They’ve been giving us the slip, hiding somewhere in that endless maze of grass beds, ponds, and cuts. We wanted to figure them out, crack the code, and maybe even bend a few rods hard enough to make up for yesterday’s quiet ride home.

The plan: work the tide turns, watch the water movement, and stay flexible. We knew going in wasn’t going to be a numbers game. This was a hunt, pure and simple.

And while others see mud, grass, and mosquitoes, we see the magic. The way the sun rises on the marsh, the push of a bait school ahead of a red’s back, the swirl in a pocket that wasn’t there a second ago. That’s why we are going back. That’s why we’ll always go back.

SIGNS:                            

·         Thursday a rest up day

·         Madea a pass over at condo to work on poler table, try to stop it from wobbling.

·         Lunch at Phil’s Marine with big Ron & Big Rudy

·         Early to bed

·         Early to rise up at 3:30 AM for our 4:30 Am meet up at our abode, but instead we met at closed Waffle House

·         No wildlife sightings along Hwy

·         Had a few boast on Hwy , gas stations, and boat launches.

·         Made as top and got some hot glaze doughnuts, much need for energy for day.

·         Check point Alpha, water level in canal at junction down 6-8”

·         Check point Bravo, tide in canal at Raggio slack.

·         Reaching the home of the Bay Flat Sr, she be surprised to see us after Wednesday evening grip

·         Yamaha Dream Machine fired right up; she just be a hot lady no foreplay needed.

·         Quick loading up Bay Flat Sr

·         Off to Tean Jo-Jo’s spot # 6 to start our fun day fishing.

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind,  S.S.E. 2-3, N.N.E. 10-12 mph

·         Water status / conditions: calm, slight chop

·         Sky, partly cloudy

·         No rain

·         Temp, cool, mild, warm, hot

·         Water level,  dow 6-8”

·         Water Temp , 80.0 F

·         Salinity,  1.5

·         Specific Conductance 2780 

·         Pressure,  29.98 R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 2 plus

·         Mississippi gauge:  3.97’

·         Caernarvon Outfall:        863     ft3/s

·         Tide, Rising

·         Peak tide, 01:50 L 0.26’

·         Peak tide,  16:46 H 0.89’

·         Major Feed Time:  11:07 / 23:10

·         Minor feed time:   05:16 / 19:13

·         Tidal Coefficient:   87

§  Moon Phase: Waning Cresent

§  Moon age 28.2 days

·         Last quarter:        8/16/25

·         New  moon:         8/23/25

·         First quarter:       8/31/25

·         Full moon:           9/7/25

·         Fish Activity

·                   Very  High Activity   

·         Boats out and about,  NONE!!!!!!!

·      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.

·         Confirm Redwarriors have left our honey holes.

·         Try to figure Redwarriors out.

·         Fish spot #  6 & 21, then run a round to see if nay other spot numbers holding fish.

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind not a factor, we had wind at our back in all locations.)

2 MOVING WATER: (Rising all day, w wanted a falling tide but it was not to be this day)

3 WATER CALRITY: (A 2 minus, not good at all)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Team Jo-Jo spot # 51C)

5 PATIENCES: (Needed plenty that we did not have, stopped for the day around 9:40, just was not feeling it was ever going to happen.)

6 SKILL: (We need to improve)

7 LUCKS: (No get wet, early trip)

·      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)……………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 ……..(1) Redwarrior

·         Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try.

·         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……………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: Did not use:

§  1/16 oz:.(1) Redwarrior

§  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.

AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:

Spot # 6, 5, 21, 21A, 22, 49D, 43A, 53, 51A, B, C called it a day at 9:40 AM

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived too fish another day.

·         (0) Silverwonders

·         (1)Redwarrior

·         (1) Tangled line

·         No snicker bars

·         Nice day for fishing, perfect condition was it.

·         No rain, no get wet.

·         Being on the water with the best fisherperson m know, Big Rudy be he.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Whenever we have a major decision to make the flip of a coin makes the right choice, this time it was the weather, head we go tails we go home, and this takes place at the home of the Bay Flat Sr, heads we went this system still works with our 2 headed coin.

§  Me did not have the Redwarriors figure out like me thought.

§  Me lost me MOJO

§  Our Redwarriors honey holes dried right up.

§  Time to give Delacroix a little break.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

Not a hard call today, Big Rudy caught first biggest, smallest, most and last Redwarrior of the day, he dominated the entire day, Big Rudy be fisherperson of the day.

Oneofthepack was just Oneofthepack !

SUGGESTIONS:

Keep the faith, it will happen & soon, catching time of the year just around the corner!

PONDER OF THE DAY:

"Fishing seems to be the great occasion when all manner of contradictions reconcile themselves."

Q&A:

What are the highest and lowest points of your fishing life?

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

Nothing plans, but that never stopped us before, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

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