Miss Judy Charters
Captain Judy Helmey
"Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956!"
124 Palmetto Drive
Savannah, Georgia 31410
912 897 4921 or 912 897 3460 fax
www.missjudycharters.com
October 29, 2007
Captain Judy's Saltwater Fishing Report
Which includes:
Inshore report, Offshore Report, Freshies Suggestions, and "Little Miss Judy's Believe It or Not!" (Story)
The inshore fishing has been great!
Come on down and lets fish!
The spotted sea trout and red fish bite has been great! For you inshore fishermen this is time to make this trip. Light tackle featuring popping corks has been the "ticket to this ride." Water temperatures have started to descend, but due to the unusual warming trend it's staying in the upper seventies. I don't want to even throw my reasoning in for this.
Spotted sea trout have been on the feeding prowl. With live shrimp as well as other delicacies this fish has been able to be in a serious attack mode. Live shrimp is working the best with mud minnow and artificial types making way in number two and three spots. When the shrimp migrates out, mud minnows as well as finger mullet with be the next bait of choice. This is when the "artificial regime" will move into first place as bait of choice, but this is only if you "work it properly!"
The working of artificial bait is best done when the fishermen doing it makes "natural happen!" Retrieving artificial bait too fast or slow results in some great frustration for sure! To use artificial you have to believe the work out that your are delivering. Most artificial bait users come up with a sequence of moves, which makes the bite happen. The doesn't matter how you work it, but what does is the "flare when doing so!"
If a fish doesn't hit in on the fall I go into "work it from the bottom mode." This is where I let my lure drop to the bottom, which should make some sort of a brief "sand/mud storm." To a fish this calling cards means "there is something on the bottom and it alive!" Baitfishes that take to the bottom do so for protection. So therefore the signal sent is the sign that a larger fish looks for.
To work a lure on the bottom you must think like a fish that is trying to hide. From the hiding fish's prospective "too much movement too fast" is going to send up the worst smoke signals, it's going to bring on a predator. So for the hiding bait, which you are trying to portray I suggest, "suttle slow moves." This adds a more lifelike wanting to survive mode to the artificial bait used!
As far as what you need to use as artificial bait I suggest matching the bait used to the style of retrieved thrown into the mix. Screw tail and grubs can look good swimming or bouncing on the bottom. Lures that look like full time "suspenders and swimmers" a lot of retrieving is going to be in your future. In other words "match the movement to your bait style used!"