TEAM JO-JO:
Long weekend, hard to tell what day it is, all me knew was it was a fishing day. Checked with Big Pablo first, he be working. Texted Big Don, no response, so me called him later asks me you want to go, yessum says he. Ask me Big Lucy going, yessum says he, so we all set for our Tuesday trip to our Disney World known as Delacroix Island.
SIGNS:
• Goodnight sleep
• Got FORD transporter back for this trip
• Loaded a few items of gear & tackle, long with live bait box
• No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
• Not many boats on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches
• Met up at Team Jo-Jo official meeting place, Waffle House in Chalmette for 4:30 AM
• Passed on all the eating place, we on a mission for salad mixings for Big Lucy
• Check point Abel water level down 6â€
• Check point Bravo, water falling at Reggio canal
• Reached the home of the Bay Flat Sr, no safety speech, Big Don needed one for sure, he almost fell in the space between the Bay Flat Sr and the dock, down he went, got one foot wet did he.
• Yamaha Dream Machine looking like she be idling all night, she be ready to go with very little effort from her battery.
• Quick stop at Lionel’s for some ice, go juice, and 50 lively BIG shrimp, Big Don needed some back up.
• Off to spot # LC-3 to start our fun day chasing the elusive Silverwonders.
CONDITIONS:
• Perfect
• Wind , 18-22 MPH S.S.E blowing steady all day never let up
• Water, open water choppy, but we found many spots to have the wind at our back
• Sky, sunny & clear
• Temp, mild to warm, not bad, wind kept us cool somewhat
• Water level, down 6â€
• Water Temp , 78.6F
• Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a
 Spot LC-3 2 minus
 LC-5 3
 Spot 57 & 57 A a 3 plus
 Spot 51B a 3 plus
• Tide, Tail end of a falling tide, turned and started to pour in.
• Boats out and about, not many 8-10, they be stacked up on west & east side of pass from Four Horse to Lake Campo
REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUE / STRATEGY:
• Be safe
• Have fun
• This be 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 rodnreel.com) to help assist them in their choice of areas to fish, lures to use and presentation of same to the elusive Silverwonders.
• Learn:
o Lake Campo & surrounding areas
o Locate drop offs, channels, type bottoms, soft, oyster shells, hang ups, etc., etc.,
o Build up an inventory of spot numbers so can fish rising / falling tides and all wind directions, know / learn where the current lines are.
• Bring home some salad mixings for Big Lucy
• Try to show Big Don new areas and get him to expand his comfort level when he be running about by himself.
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Tough today, wind very strong, but we used it to our advantage, tide and wind going in same direction, perfect for the Oak River Troll technique.)
2 MOVING WATER: ( Tail end of falling, start of a rising, perfect it be, moving all day, was still pouring in when we came in)
3 WATER CALRITY: (At first me thought it was going to be a wasted trip as it did not look good9 a 2 minus) at our first stop, But as we worked our way back in the clarity improved real good)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Spot 57 & 57 A (new spot)(19)t
5 PATIENTS: (Needed some in the AM, we came across (2) boats working east side of Lake Camo pass, we passed the time away watching 2 fisherpersons wearing the Silverwonders out, this made me day, me now know it possible to find elusive Silverwonders. After we got on them it was steady action doing the Oak River Troll)
6 SKILL: (Having the Oak River Troll as part of our repertoire of techniques / presentations)
7 LUCK: ( Coming across fisherpersons catching, me confidence level sky rocketed to over the top)
• 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)……………….(19) Silverwonder caught this way
• Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY
• Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY
• Cork ……..(2 Caught
• Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try
• Dead bait………NONE
• Live bait………………… (2)t, 13r, also all catfish
• ONEOFTHEPACK ‘S LURE REPERTOIRE OF LURE DU JOURE:
• 3†H&H Purple Beetle, matched up with H&H ¼ oz. round white head with gold hook……………Nothing
• 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……………(19) Silverwonders Oak River Troll
• 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 ………Did not try
• Marker 54 hard plastic shrimp……….. DID NOT TRY
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS OF THE MAP FISHED:
Spot # LC-3, 3A, 4, 5A (NEW), 5B (NEW), 5C (NEW), 5 (3)T, 57 (9)T, 57A (10)T, 51C (1)T, stopped fishing at 3:15 PM, 20 minute run back to the home of the Bay Flat Sr.
OUR REWARDS:
• Lived to fish another day
• (23) NMR Silverwonders
• (14) Redworries, 13 Ratworriers
• (1) Sing Ray
• (1) Gaff Top
• (6) Hardheads
• (1) Crab
• (2) Oyster Shells
• @ popped lines
• (3) Tangled lines
• (1) Bushel of grass
• Saw bunch of alligators
• Saw a PIG swimming across canal did not know what it was, than we made it out a BIG A_ _ black pig, first time me ever see anything like that on the water in Delacroix, don’t know what kind of sing that be.
• Learned:
o (4) New spot numbers
o Techniques / presentations other fisherperson use
o Not nice to make fun of someone’s mishap, (Big Don steeping off dock) as me did the same thing when we returned to slip, but me did not get wet. All me could think about was me $800.00 phone, glad it did not get wet
• Saw a boat with 5-6 fisherpersons on board wearing the Silverwodners out in Four Horse Lake and cut to Lake Campo, they were reeling them 3-4 at a time, me enjoyed them enjoying their outing
• If not catching, me second best outing, watching others catch
• Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Hands down Big Don, he lead in all category / divisions / spices / size, he was on a roll of which me could not dodge or catch up with, Big Don fisherperson of the day.
SUGGESTIONS:
Silverwonders are in, Four Horse, pass to Lake Pato Caballo & Lake Campo has, is, will be the home of the elusive Silverwonders for a few more weeks, “You don’t have to go to know†know this they are in those areas, all you need to know is the right time, technique & presentation.
Word is tight lining technique is working better than corks.
Add / learn how to do the Oak River Troll it be working well on this trip, and the wind helps you along with it.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
When you be fishing & nothing is going right, go left.
Q&A:
Is it easier to fish or to catch?
TEAM JO-JO’S FUTURE STRATAGEM:
Predicted weather not looking good, go / no go, time to flip a coin to see what to do, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
Long weekend, hard to tell what day it is, all me knew was it was a fishing day. Checked with Big Pablo first, he be working. Texted Big Don, no response, so me called him later asks me you want to go, yessum says he. Ask me Big Lucy going, yessum says he, so we all set for our Tuesday trip to our Disney World known as Delacroix Island.
SIGNS:
• Goodnight sleep
• Got FORD transporter back for this trip
• Loaded a few items of gear & tackle, long with live bait box
• No wildlife sightings along Hwy 11 or 90
• Not many boats on Hwy, gas stations, and/or boat launches
• Met up at Team Jo-Jo official meeting place, Waffle House in Chalmette for 4:30 AM
• Passed on all the eating place, we on a mission for salad mixings for Big Lucy
• Check point Abel water level down 6â€
• Check point Bravo, water falling at Reggio canal
• Reached the home of the Bay Flat Sr, no safety speech, Big Don needed one for sure, he almost fell in the space between the Bay Flat Sr and the dock, down he went, got one foot wet did he.
• Yamaha Dream Machine looking like she be idling all night, she be ready to go with very little effort from her battery.
• Quick stop at Lionel’s for some ice, go juice, and 50 lively BIG shrimp, Big Don needed some back up.
• Off to spot # LC-3 to start our fun day chasing the elusive Silverwonders.
CONDITIONS:
• Perfect
• Wind , 18-22 MPH S.S.E blowing steady all day never let up
• Water, open water choppy, but we found many spots to have the wind at our back
• Sky, sunny & clear
• Temp, mild to warm, not bad, wind kept us cool somewhat
• Water level, down 6â€
• Water Temp , 78.6F
• Water clarity on a scale of 1-7, a
 Spot LC-3 2 minus
 LC-5 3
 Spot 57 & 57 A a 3 plus
 Spot 51B a 3 plus
• Tide, Tail end of a falling tide, turned and started to pour in.
• Boats out and about, not many 8-10, they be stacked up on west & east side of pass from Four Horse to Lake Campo
REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUE / STRATEGY:
• Be safe
• Have fun
• This be 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 rodnreel.com) to help assist them in their choice of areas to fish, lures to use and presentation of same to the elusive Silverwonders.
• Learn:
o Lake Campo & surrounding areas
o Locate drop offs, channels, type bottoms, soft, oyster shells, hang ups, etc., etc.,
o Build up an inventory of spot numbers so can fish rising / falling tides and all wind directions, know / learn where the current lines are.
• Bring home some salad mixings for Big Lucy
• Try to show Big Don new areas and get him to expand his comfort level when he be running about by himself.
1 WIND AT YOUR BACK: (Tough today, wind very strong, but we used it to our advantage, tide and wind going in same direction, perfect for the Oak River Troll technique.)
2 MOVING WATER: ( Tail end of falling, start of a rising, perfect it be, moving all day, was still pouring in when we came in)
3 WATER CALRITY: (At first me thought it was going to be a wasted trip as it did not look good9 a 2 minus) at our first stop, But as we worked our way back in the clarity improved real good)
4 HOLDING FISH: (Spot 57 & 57 A (new spot)(19)t
5 PATIENTS: (Needed some in the AM, we came across (2) boats working east side of Lake Camo pass, we passed the time away watching 2 fisherpersons wearing the Silverwonders out, this made me day, me now know it possible to find elusive Silverwonders. After we got on them it was steady action doing the Oak River Troll)
6 SKILL: (Having the Oak River Troll as part of our repertoire of techniques / presentations)
7 LUCK: ( Coming across fisherpersons catching, me confidence level sky rocketed to over the top)
• 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)……………….(19) Silverwonder caught this way
• Reverse Oak River Troll (RORT) ………..DID NOT TRY
• Oak River Skim (ORS) ……………DID NOT TRY
• Cork ……..(2 Caught
• Lake P Troll (LPT)…………….Did not try
• Dead bait………NONE
• Live bait………………… (2)t, 13r, also all catfish
• ONEOFTHEPACK ‘S LURE REPERTOIRE OF LURE DU JOURE:
• 3†H&H Purple Beetle, matched up with H&H ¼ oz. round white head with gold hook……………Nothing
• 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……………(19) Silverwonders Oak River Troll
• 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 ………Did not try
• Marker 54 hard plastic shrimp……….. DID NOT TRY
AREAS / SPOTS / NUMBERS OF THE MAP FISHED:
Spot # LC-3, 3A, 4, 5A (NEW), 5B (NEW), 5C (NEW), 5 (3)T, 57 (9)T, 57A (10)T, 51C (1)T, stopped fishing at 3:15 PM, 20 minute run back to the home of the Bay Flat Sr.
OUR REWARDS:
• Lived to fish another day
• (23) NMR Silverwonders
• (14) Redworries, 13 Ratworriers
• (1) Sing Ray
• (1) Gaff Top
• (6) Hardheads
• (1) Crab
• (2) Oyster Shells
• @ popped lines
• (3) Tangled lines
• (1) Bushel of grass
• Saw bunch of alligators
• Saw a PIG swimming across canal did not know what it was, than we made it out a BIG A_ _ black pig, first time me ever see anything like that on the water in Delacroix, don’t know what kind of sing that be.
• Learned:
o (4) New spot numbers
o Techniques / presentations other fisherperson use
o Not nice to make fun of someone’s mishap, (Big Don steeping off dock) as me did the same thing when we returned to slip, but me did not get wet. All me could think about was me $800.00 phone, glad it did not get wet
• Saw a boat with 5-6 fisherpersons on board wearing the Silverwodners out in Four Horse Lake and cut to Lake Campo, they were reeling them 3-4 at a time, me enjoyed them enjoying their outing
• If not catching, me second best outing, watching others catch
• Best fishing trip of my life, until the next one.
FISHERPERSON OF THE DAY:
Hands down Big Don, he lead in all category / divisions / spices / size, he was on a roll of which me could not dodge or catch up with, Big Don fisherperson of the day.
SUGGESTIONS:
Silverwonders are in, Four Horse, pass to Lake Pato Caballo & Lake Campo has, is, will be the home of the elusive Silverwonders for a few more weeks, “You don’t have to go to know†know this they are in those areas, all you need to know is the right time, technique & presentation.
Word is tight lining technique is working better than corks.
Add / learn how to do the Oak River Troll it be working well on this trip, and the wind helps you along with it.
PONDER OF THE DAY:
When you be fishing & nothing is going right, go left.
Q&A:
Is it easier to fish or to catch?
TEAM JO-JO’S FUTURE STRATAGEM:
Predicted weather not looking good, go / no go, time to flip a coin to see what to do, until then:
Good Fishing
Team Jo-Jo & Oneofthepack
