Captain Judy Helmey
Miss Judy Charters
"Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956!"
124 Palmetto Drive
Savannah, Georgia 31410
912 897 4921 or 912 897 3460 fax
www.missjudycharters.com
August 25, 2008
Happy Fish Day!
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Tim Rudolphi Prefect Inshore Fish Catching Situation!
August 16, 2008 10:00 AM till 2:00PM
Tim Rudolphi and inshore fishing group had a spectacular day of fish catching this past weekend. The catch for the was "18 Big Mega Spotted Sea Trout 20 inch plus." While fishing inshore in the creek on the last two hours of the out going tide it happened. Their bait used was live shrimp, which was presented on old stand by traditional floats rigs. Although every thing was standard changes had to be made to get a solid hook up. According to the report their bait could have floated right over the fish without a hook up if Tim hadn't figured out how to twitch it a bit to trigger the bite! The bottom line to this report is bait is not all you need when it comes to getting a fish's attention!
Spotted sea trout especially the bite ones didn't get that way being stupid. So therefore sometimes it takes a little push to get them to hit what your bait. I call this "triggering the bite." The group was fishing in around 10 foot of water, rigged traditional float style, using live shrimp, and fishing just about on the bottom. They would cast situating the float so that the tide could take it right over the holding school of fish. The school was situated anywhere from 30 to 150 yards from the boat. They found out quick that just letting it float over the school of fish wasn't working. So therefore they came up with now will be called "Rufoffie Twitch!" This is where you give your float "a little action" as it floats into and over the strike zone.