TEAM JO-JO:
Me had no plans on going fishing, but Troutmaster Big Ron and me had lunch at Southside Thursday, as usual we got to talking fishing, and before you know we had a trip plan, (does not take much for us to just go fishing) for Friday AM in his 24’ Pathfinder w/ 300 HP Yamaha.
sigNS:
· Relaxing New Year eve
· Rested up Thursday
· Lunch at Southside
· Early to bed
· Good night sleep
· Up at 4 AM for 7AM meet up at boat slip in Salt Bayou
· Team quickly loaded up Pathfinder
· Off to Southside of lake, east side of trestles to star our day of fishing & fun
CONDITIONS:
· Perfect
· Wind, N.N.E. 14-16, N.N.E. 8-8 mph
· Water status / conditions: slight to heavy chop
· Sky, sunny & clear snowbird day for sure
· Temp, cold, cool, mild, jumpsuit on all day
· Water level, 12-14” up
· Water Temp , 59.18 F
· Salinity, 4.3
· Specific Conductance 7930
· Pressure, 30.37 R
· Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, 7 plus
· Mississippi gauge: 6.76’
· Caernarvon Outfall: 445 ft3/s
· Tide, rising, slack, falling
· Peak tide, 10:05 H 1.02’
· Peak tide, 21:23 L 0.1’
· Major Feed Time: 13:39 / 13:44
· Minor feed time: 08:48 / 19:40
· Tidal Coefficient: 78
· Loons out and about feeding along trestles both east & west side
· Fish Activity
· Average Activity
· Boats out and about, 45-50 boats
· 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.
· Get a ride in 24’ Pathfinder
· See Troutmaster catch a 5# plus Silverwonder
· Learn where & how Troutmaster fish trestles in Lake P
· Fish southside of Lake P
· Find a spot # with the seven fundamentals / criteria of catching:
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Wind was strong but did not impact our ability t cat, retrieve & feel bites, helped when we are doing Lake P Troll technique.)
2 MOVING WATER: (Coming in at first, slack, then started to fall, just like me like it)
3 WATER CALRITY: (Southside Lake P a 7, mid-lake a 6 minus, but all very fishable.)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Test piling)
5 PATIENCES: (In honey hole at 7:15, first fish 8:10, slow bites, picked up some when we started to troll.)
6 SKILL: (Tight lining, & Lake P troll, but with 3/8 oz. jig head Big Ron, me had a ½ oz. jig head trolling about 20-25’ of trestles east side.)
7 LUCKS: (Fishing with the Troutmaster)
· Oneofthepack’s repertoire of Techniques / presentations:
· Anchor up cast & retrieve slowly along the bottom, with a twitch every now and then, tight lining…………………………………(8) caught with this technique
· 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)…………….(4) caught used single jig head, trolled 20-25 feet of trestles.
· 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…………… Caught all fish, various colors
· 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.
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS ON THE MAP FISHED:
Lake P trestles, southside of lake , east side of trestles. Out to FB-2 & 3 to test pile.
OUR REWARDS:
· Lived to fish another day.
· (12) NMR Silverwonders
· (1) Flatwonder
· Lunch at Phill’s marine, fish not biting but Oneofthepack & Big Ron biting into our raw oyster, eggplant sticks, fried shrimp & royal reds boiled shrimp.
· Being on the water with the best of the best fisherperson me know, that be Troutmaster Big Ron and no other
· Lessons learned:
§ Predicted winds way off
§ Water clarity in Lake P a 7 plus
§ Troutmaster using 3/8 oz. white jig head with white looking lure, matrix shad something
§ Me could not get comfortable in 24’ boat, plus me could not get the angel on the fish me like
§ Fishing out of a 24’ boat very challenging, had to negotiate, power pole, antenna, motor, & T-Drop when trying to cast.
§ Caught power pole twice
§ Caught antenna 3 times
§ Caught motor 4 times
§ Me loving me Bay Flat Jr & Bay Flat Sr more, and more, plenty room to fish nothing to hang up on.
§ Trolling with Pathfinder GPS trolling motor produced (4) nice NMR Silverwonders
§ Silverwonders where why off trestle, 25-20 feet be where they be homestead.
§ Leaving me tackle box in truck a no / no, me was afraid to let lure go down to bottom did not want to hang up, did not have any replacement tackle, this decision was a bad one on my part.
· Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Troutmaster jumped out to a 3-0 run, changing up colors every now and then, kept up his catching (3) more as we used trolling motor to move us up and down trestles. But me think he fell a little short for honors today.
Took awhile for Oneofthepack to get on the board, caught first ne, second followed right behind, made up for lost time trolling, which brought up to total of (6). Me Flounder broke the tie, when you be fishing with Troutmaster you take the honors anyway you can get it, he be that good.
SUGGESTIONS:
Me being told by many very good fisherpersons the trout run in Lake P about to end, winding down, guess we need to turn our attention to MRGO, & ICW to catch our (NMR) Silverwonders.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
"Never lie a long line when a short one will serve your purpose."
Q&A:
How do you fish a Fat Boy lure?????? Please advise on same!
TEAM JO-JO’S future stratagem:
Need to pick up Bay Flat Sr and bring in for 1,000-hour service and bring her back down to Delacroix for winter season. Need to take Bay Flat Jr out and search the MRGO & ICW and surrounding areas for the big girls. Need to get back to jerk baits, and a Lake P Troll, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
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