SKUNKED in LAKE P

TEAM JO-JO:

Team Jo-Jo, Big Rudy & Oneofthepack where well aware of the conditions, (weather)  for today’s (Thursday) trip, but all we could see & feel was those BIG girls hitting our Lake p Troll rigs on our past Monday.

Trip expectations:

·         North wind 22-26 mph, we felt the Bay Flat Jr could handle this wind, because it was offshore also felt we could troll from FB-1 to Fb-5 with no problems from wind.

·         Rough water

·         Hot temperature day

·         Water clarity a 7 plus

·         Water temperature in the 70’s

·         Loons be out and about

·         Falling tide

·         Silverwonders on a feeding frenzy

Actual conditions:

·         Wind as expected, and some

·         Bay Flat Jr handle wind

·         Rough water for Bay Flat Jr no problem

·         Hot , no way it was cold, me had jumpsuit & rain suite on to keep warm

·         Water clarity a 2 minus, not good

·         Water temp 62.1 F

·         Loons all over the place, flocks of them on top of the water

·         Rising tide hard rising tide

·         Silverwonders no ware to be found

SIGNS:                            

·         Wednesday picks up Bay Flat Sr brought back to Cypress Cove to fix shift handle could not shift motor after 1100-hour service.

·         Picked up Bay Flat Sr today brought back down to Delacroix

·         Rough sleeping Wednesday night

·         Up at 5 AM for 6 AM meet up at The Pointe

·         Big Rudy right on time, loaed up his gear into Bay Flat Jr

·         He backed me & her into water

·         One pull on Yamaha Nightmare Machine and she fired right up

·         Off to FB-2 in Lake P along trestles top start our fun day of fishing

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind,  N.N.W. 19-20, N. 22-26 mph, steady she blew

·         Water status / conditions: slight to heavy chop, nice and calm n (LSE)

·         Sky, overcast

·         No rain

·         No fog

·         Temp, cold, had jumpsuit & raincoat on all day

·         Water level, down 2-3”

·         Water Temp , 68.36 F

·         Salinity,   6.6

·         Specific Conductance  11900 

·         Pressure,   30.25  R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, Lake P 2 minus / LSE 6 plus

·         Mississippi gauge:  6.7”

·         Caernarvon Outfall:  5400       ft3/s, Delacroix being saturated with river water

·         Tide, rising

·         Peak tide,  03:09  H  .13’

·         Peak tide,  00:37  L  .43’

·         Major Feed Time:  1800 - None

·         Minor feed time:   05:55 / 18:30

·         Tidal Coefficient:    88

·         Lake loaded with Loons

·         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 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.

·         Confirm:

§  Actual water & wind conditions

§  Bay Flat Jr could handle wind & rough water, no problem it be

§  See if big girls are still around

·         Bring home some fishes for petite Yana

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (It was a little challenge, but we had an offshore wind so it was not that bad, we could troll from FB-1 to FB-5 with no problem, heading north or south to troll.

2 MOVING WATER: (Coming in, not me favorite but we fish what we got.

3 WATER CALRITY: (2 minus in Lakep P, and 6 plus in Lakeshore, looking good,)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Kenny’s Seafood)

5 PATIENCES: (Did not have much today, called it around 7:45 AM, wanted to get Bay Flar Sr back down to Delacroix)

6 SKILL: (Knowing when to fold)

7 LUCKS: (No get wet, boat no sink, had a fishing trip and got Bay Flat Sr back down to Delacroix)

·      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)……………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 ……..DID NOT TRY

·         Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….NOTHING

·         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……………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, ……NOTHING.

·         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:

Lake p FB-2 TO FB-4, then moved on to plan “B”: Lakeshore Estate, (LSE) nothing we got SKUNKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived to fish another day.

·         (0) Silverwonders

·        Got Skunked

·         Lots of cool fresh air in our lungs

·         We went because “You got to go to know”, did not take long for us to know, we moved on to plan “B” troll Lakeshore Estates canal system, but we had same type luck, got skunked there too.

·         Being on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know that be Big Rudy

·         Picked up Bay Flat Sr. brought her back to her home in Delacroix, we now have options to fish from Lake P to Delacroix.

·         All the fired chicken you can eat, stopped at Penny’s Café on way home, it all be good, if only the fish bit that way.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Too much wind

§  Bay Flat Jr an handle todays conditions at least out to north draw bridge

§  Dirty water, think dirty still next Wednesday

§  Lake P troll along trestles not working today

§  Lakeshore Estate canal system not producing either for us, not a bite / strike did we get.

§  Silverwonders on strike

§  Our time better spent picking up Bau Flat Sr and bring her back down to Delacroix.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

The fish, they got to eat, and avoid all our offerings, but there is always tomorrow.

SUGGESTIONS:

You don’t have to go to know!!!!!!!!

PONDER OF THE DAY:

“One thing becomes clearer as one gets older and one’s fishing experience increases, and that is the paramount importance of one’s fishing companions.”

Q&A:

Where do you think the Silverwonders go with all the dirty water in Like P  ??????

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

This coming Saturday is Team Jo-Jo’s Fishing Curriculum Session, pleas come out and join in on group discussion of fishing & catching, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

釣り先生

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Team Jo-Jo, Big Rudy & Oneofthepack where well aware of the conditions, (weather)  for today’s (Thursday) trip, but all we could see & feel was those BIG girls hitting our Lake p Troll rigs on our past Monday.

Trip expectations:

·         North wind 22-26 mph, we felt the Bay Flat Jr could handle this wind, because it was offshore also felt we could troll from FB-1 to Fb-5 with no problems from wind.

·         Rough water

·         Hot temperature day

·         Water clarity a 7 plus

·         Water temperature in the 70’s

·         Loons be out and about

·         Falling tide

·         Silverwonders on a feeding frenzy

Actual conditions:

·         Wind as expected, and some

·         Bay Flat Jr handle wind

·         Rough water for Bay Flat Jr no problem

·         Hot , no way it was cold, me had jumpsuit & rain suite on to keep warm

·         Water clarity a 2 minus, not good

·         Water temp 62.1 F

·         Loons all over the place, flocks of them on top of the water

·         Rising tide hard rising tide

·         Silverwonders no ware to be found

SIGNS:                            

·         Wednesday picks up Bay Flat Sr brought back to Cypress Cove to fix shift handle could not shift motor after 1100-hour service.

·         Picked up Bay Flat Sr today brought back down to Delacroix

·         Rough sleeping Wednesday night

·         Up at 5 AM for 6 AM meet up at The Pointe

·         Big Rudy right on time, loaed up his gear into Bay Flat Jr

·         He backed me & her into water

·         One pull on Yamaha Nightmare Machine and she fired right up

·         Off to FB-2 in Lake P along trestles top start our fun day of fishing

CONDITIONS:

·          Perfect

·         Wind,  N.N.W. 19-20, N. 22-26 mph, steady she blew

·         Water status / conditions: slight to heavy chop, nice and calm n (LSE)

·         Sky, overcast

·         No rain

·         No fog

·         Temp, cold, had jumpsuit & raincoat on all day

·         Water level, down 2-3”

·         Water Temp , 68.36 F

·         Salinity,   6.6

·         Specific Conductance  11900 

·         Pressure,   30.25  R

·         Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, Lake P 2 minus / LSE 6 plus

·         Mississippi gauge:  6.7”

·         Caernarvon Outfall:  5400       ft3/s, Delacroix being saturated with river water

·         Tide, rising

·         Peak tide,  03:09  H  .13’

·         Peak tide,  00:37  L  .43’

·         Major Feed Time:  1800 - None

·         Minor feed time:   05:55 / 18:30

·         Tidal Coefficient:    88

·         Lake loaded with Loons

·         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 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.

·         Confirm:

§  Actual water & wind conditions

§  Bay Flat Jr could handle wind & rough water, no problem it be

§  See if big girls are still around

·         Bring home some fishes for petite Yana

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

1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (It was a little challenge, but we had an offshore wind so it was not that bad, we could troll from FB-1 to FB-5 with no problem, heading north or south to troll.

2 MOVING WATER: (Coming in, not me favorite but we fish what we got.

3 WATER CALRITY: (2 minus in Lakep P, and 6 plus in Lakeshore, looking good,)

4 HOLDING FISH:  (Kenny’s Seafood)

5 PATIENCES: (Did not have much today, called it around 7:45 AM, wanted to get Bay Flar Sr back down to Delacroix)

6 SKILL: (Knowing when to fold)

7 LUCKS: (No get wet, boat no sink, had a fishing trip and got Bay Flat Sr back down to Delacroix)

·      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)……………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 ……..DID NOT TRY

·         Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….NOTHING

·         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……………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, ……NOTHING.

·         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:

Lake p FB-2 TO FB-4, then moved on to plan “B”: Lakeshore Estate, (LSE) nothing we got SKUNKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUR REWARDS:

·         Lived to fish another day.

·         (0) Silverwonders

·        Got Skunked

·         Lots of cool fresh air in our lungs

·         We went because “You got to go to know”, did not take long for us to know, we moved on to plan “B” troll Lakeshore Estates canal system, but we had same type luck, got skunked there too.

·         Being on the water with one of the best fisherpersons me know that be Big Rudy

·         Picked up Bay Flat Sr. brought her back to her home in Delacroix, we now have options to fish from Lake P to Delacroix.

·         All the fired chicken you can eat, stopped at Penny’s Café on way home, it all be good, if only the fish bit that way.

·         Lessons learned:

§  Too much wind

§  Bay Flat Jr an handle todays conditions at least out to north draw bridge

§  Dirty water, think dirty still next Wednesday

§  Lake P troll along trestles not working today

§  Lakeshore Estate canal system not producing either for us, not a bite / strike did we get.

§  Silverwonders on strike

§  Our time better spent picking up Bau Flat Sr and bring her back down to Delacroix.

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

FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:

The fish, they got to eat, and avoid all our offerings, but there is always tomorrow.

SUGGESTIONS:

You don’t have to go to know!!!!!!!!

PONDER OF THE DAY:

“One thing becomes clearer as one gets older and one’s fishing experience increases, and that is the paramount importance of one’s fishing companions.”

Q&A:

Where do you think the Silverwonders go with all the dirty water in Like P  ??????

TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:

This coming Saturday is Team Jo-Jo’s Fishing Curriculum Session, pleas come out and join in on group discussion of fishing & catching, until then:

Good Fishing

Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack

釣り先生

Please subscribe to me video channel

https://youtu.be/