TEAM JO-JO:
Today’s , (Saturday 2-10-24) journey Oneofthepack was second mate board Team Jo-Jo’s Big T-Doc’s 23 foot SeaChaser w/ a 225 Mercury, nice rig it be. Big Pablo was our first mate, he also be our navigator and our guide to the honey hole for Redwarroies for today’s trip.
We have a captain, mates, boat & motor, which gives us the makings of a fun day on the water in search of the elusive Silverwonders & Redwarroies.
SIGNS:
· Nice trip Friday
· Good night sleep 8-9 hours very unusual me for
· Up at 4 AM for our 5:15 AM meet up at Big Pablo abode
· Big T-Doc already there waiting for crew, quick transfer of our gear and we on our way
· Saw a bunny rabbit cross our path on Hwy 90, (good sign this be) on our way to south Shore Marine
· We first to show up to launch, got first choice for live shrimp, seem with Bayou Bienvenue launches find it hard to get live shrimp, big demand at South Shore Marine.
· All aboard, off to Big Pablo Redwarrior honey hole
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind,
· Water status / conditions:
· Sky, overcast to start then sun came out got real nice do it did
· Temp, cool, warm, jumpsuit was like a oven un- zipped you could feel the heat coming out of suit
· Water level, little ripples, nice it be
· Water Temp , 62.9 F
· Salinity, 2.7
· Specific Conductance 5500
· Pressure, 30:05 F
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a 7 plus
· Tide, falling all day
· Peak tide, 02:48 H 0.98’
· Peak tide, 15:02 L 0.33’
· Major Feed Time: 12:08 / none
· Minor feed time: 06:58 / 19:18
· Tidal Coefficient: 105
· Fish Activity
· Very High Activity
· Boats out and about, 30-40 scattered all over
· ONEOFTHEPACK’S REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES / STRATEGIES
· Be safe
· Have fun
· This be me daily therapy for ALL me aliments
· Put some run time on Sea Chaser 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
· Big Pablo to lead / guide crew to the Redwarroies first, after this
· Oneofthepack was to lead / guide crew to Silverwonders
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
· Bring home some fishes for Big T-Doc
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (This criteria was not a factor, not enough to worry us, fishing with drop shots wind not that critical)
2 MOVING WATER: (Falling all day. Lots of good movement, only thing you cannot see any current line to fish, open water)
3 WATER CALRITY: (It be a 7 plus, great looking water to fish and catch in, this criteria was off the chart)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Big Pablo Redwarrior hole)
5 PATIENTS: (Took all of 3 minutes for first fish t come in, after that it was, on, on, on. In me Silverwonder hole it was real slow, but fun)
7 LUCK: (Getting an invite from Big T-Doc & Big Pablo to join them on this trip.)
· 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 ……..99% of Redwarroies caught this way
· Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try
· Dead bait……None
· Live bait………………99% of fish caught this way
· 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
· 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
· Drop shot rig, matched up with Matrix Shad Lemon drop, caught 1% of fish
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
Lake Borgne shoreline, and ICW. Stopped fishing around 11:50
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day
· (7) Silverwonders, 3 Miniwonders
· (28) Redwarroies
· (2) Bass
· (9) hang ups
· (9) Popped lines, lost (2) $10 corks on rocks ouch!
· Caught the rocks 6-7 times
· South shore Marine had plenty live shrimp, ( Big Pablo got (60) for us) but by the time we got back they were scraping bottom of tanks, best call then to make sure they have some for Sunday. Word is no body catching shrimp anymore.
· Had GPS trolling motor with spot lock to move us around and kept us on the fish, nice it be.
· Me down size to a hand held tackle box, worked out well had enough to take care of all me popped lines
· Lots of sandwiches, snacks, candy, drinks, water as provided by our Captain Big T-Doc, thanks man we needed that a lot today.
· Oneofthepack made good use of peanut buyer & jelly saandwhcoih Petite Gloria made for me Friday trip, used / eat it up today, thanks Gloria it was delicious
· Being on the water with (2) of the best fisherperson me know, that be Big T-Doc & Big Pablo
· Lessons learned:
§ GPS trolling motor with spot lock be nice accessory for any boat including Bay Flat Jr
§ Redwarroies in Big Pablo red hole
§ Redwarroies like live shrimp better then lures
§ Spot where caught the BIG girls Friday gave us some action today, but me think it better to do Lake P Troll for more action.
§ Silverwonders must have been early bites, by the time we got to honey hole it was 9:30 AM plus, bites where over
§ Matrix Shad Lemon Drop was the lure flavor of the day
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Big T-Doc held his own, (almost) with the Redwarroies using live shrimp, drop shot was a little challenge for him, got a lot of extra points for sandwiches, snacks, candy, drinks, and us of his boat, but all this was a little short for honors today.
Oneofthepack was 3 fish from being skunked, caught (3) Redwarroies on lures using a cork along rocks in Lake Borgne. Me was last on the race for the honors today by a mile.
Big Pablo cornered the Redwarroies division, lead in Silverwodners division, dominated Bass division, and what really hurt was he out fished me in my technique, and backyard, (i.e. Drop shot & ICW) it was a very humble day for Oneofthepack, but Big Pablo earned fisherperson of the day today.
SUGGESTIONS:
If you after Redwarroies, think live shrimp if you can find them, they don’t seem to like lures that much.
If you after Silverwodners, get an early start as it seems bites are over very early in AM.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
“A Fisherperson is a great catcher not because he hasn’t caught; a fisherperson great because catch less hasn’t stopped him”
Q&A:
If your job gave you a surprise three day paid break to rest and recuperate, what would you do with those three days?
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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