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Subject: deep sea fishing Georgia
CAPTAIN JUDY HELMEY
“Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956”
POB 30771
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31410
912 897 4921
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www.missjudycharters.com
September 9, 2002
INSHORE
Lots of trout, Spottail bass, and flounder action should be taking place in most of your favorite fishing spots. Live shrimp is the right bait to use and it seems to be very plentiful. I visited the Back River at Tybee the other night and I could not believe all of the activity on the surface. Shrimp and large mullet were jumping as we made our way through the small creeks. It was unbelievable to see that much surface action in one area. At any rate, if you are looking to catch your own bait grab a cast net and give it a try.
I always suggest using the traditional float rigs with live shrimp. There is a reason; I love to watch the sinking of the cork. For those of you who want a change try using live shrimp on the bottom with only a small amount of weight. This rig has been working quite well. Don’t forget to let the fish take the bait and start to move with it before you set the hook. The fish don’t seem to hit as aggressive on the bottom as they do closer to the surface.
I have had several reports of school blues, Spanish mackerel, and Ladyfish being seen schooling near the offshore waters of barrier island areas. These fish have teamed up together to make quite a fishing/eating machine. Not only are they sticking together, but they are also taking almost anything that you throw at them. Please remember if you aren’t going to fry, broil, boil, or just plain eat them release them!
HIGH WINDS AND A RAINY DAY OF FISHING
Bryan Atkins is really trooper when it comes to fishing in high winds and choppy waters. He and his group didn’t let the high winds and scattered rains stop his labor day fishing bonanza. In fact according to his report they had more than enough action to keep them busy. They were using shrimp as bait on the traditional float rig system. This allow them to get many hookups, which resulted in them catching black drum, keeper spottail bass, trout, and flounder. In fact they had so much action that they lost all of their floats, which resulted in them having to go with just with naked hooks and bait. This change didn’t stop the fish from attacking, which was a good thing. As you tell from this report that bad weather conditions didn’t stop the fish or Bryan from their common goal, which was eating for the fish and catching for the fishermen!
OFFSHORE
I love this time of year due to the fact that everything that has ocean ties is constantly changing. The water temperature will start to fall a little at first and then quite a bit. This will prompt the fish to start migrating. Some will move east to west, while others are going north to south. The good news for us is that we seem to be in the middle of the entire movement. All we have to do is look for the signs and wait for the changes to take place. For instance, the yellow butterflies migrate through this area about the same time that the king mackerel start to show up. As I have been reporting, the yellow butterflies are here. So therefore according to what I have being seeing as a sign means that the forerunner kings of our fall migration are starting to arrive. Another sign to look for is the surface schooling cow nose rays. They also migrate through this area at about the same time, but once you see them skimming the surface the kings should already be here as well as the bait that brings them. We also have a change in the birds that we are so use to seeing in the summer months. The large fall/winter birds arrive. We get to look at the gannets, loons, and Cormorants. These particular birds seem to prefer cooler water and also the bait that is brought by it.
The stage should be set for the arrival of the king mackerel at the Savannah snapper banks and the artificial reefs that are located in 50 feet of water. The good news is that once the mackerel get here they usually stay until the first week of December. Not only will there be top water fishing there will be plenty of bottom fish in both areas. All types of bottom fish from red snapper to black sea bass will move in to the live bottom and artificial reef areas.
Here are a few suggestions for those who haven’t been out fishing for a while. All artificial reefs should have plenty of action. You should take along both bottom and top water tackle. With the water temperature dropping the feeding habits of both top and bottom fish has been changed. The bottom fish that stay in this area year around should be have started biting. In other words they are moving and once again feeding. They are coming out of their hibernation time. The top water fish are starting to have to work, because the bait migrating process has begun. For bait I suggest taking along squid and if you can find them fresh cigar minnows. You might be able to catch your own, which will even be better.
The Savannah Snapper Banks is another place that will be “RED Hot!” The bottom fish for the big boys will be on wide open. In fact all fish big and small will be moving around on the live bottom areas. Some will be getting ready to move while others will just be moving about in search of food. Once again always take squid to get you started with the bottom fish. However, if you wan the bigger fish you are going to have to bring on the live bait to get their attention.
GULF STREAM
Our blue water fishing is going to pick up as the water temperature drops, which once again gives us that arena that we all look forward to fishing in. Now all is left for you to do is to go and give it a try! Please by all means give me a report!
“Little Miss Judy’s Believe It Or Not!”
If you have been reading my stories that I have been writing about my father then you already know that he was a colorful coastal character. He did things his way and most of the time he had to invent from the start a way to fix something. Take for instance the car. When it came along, everything about the car was new. In fact just trying to fix it was a quest. There weren’t any manuals for basic “trouble shooting” as we know it now. So everything that he did when it came to repairing most of the mechanical designs was all new and made up by him and a few others. I know that during the early times he came up with quite a few ways to make adjustments and repairs easy, but I would like to share this one thing that he was still doing when I came along in the fifties.
He would take a standard or a Phillips screwdriver and cut the shaft in half. In other words part of the shaft would still be in the handle. He then would weld a longer piece of round metal in the middle making the screwdrivers whatever length he needed. In fact some of his screwdrivers were customized to lengths of over 3 feet. I didn’t think much about these tools. I figured sent he was a pretty large man he couldn’t fit in most places. So he just navigated the screwdriver thorough the engine openings to the hose clamp or whatever he needed to tighten. He did in fact do just that. I have seen him do it a hundred times, but these tools were designed for a more important use. He would hold the end of the screwdrivers on an area of the engine, while it was running, and then hold his ear to the handle. According to him he was listening to the engine. He could in fact determine the exact location of a burned bearing or exactly which value was skipping. This was daddy’s technology at it’s finest!
Here’s My Line Now Bite My Hook!
Captain Judy
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