While inshore fishing with Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters Kenny Walraven Tybee Island, Georgia had a great fishing, catching day, and keeping some day!
While inshore fishing with Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters Steve Hamilton Ringgold Ga is holding up his just caught spotted sea trout! Check out those beautiful colors this trout is sporting!
While inshore fishing with Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters Kenny Walraven Tybee Island, Georgia and Steve Hamilton Ringgold Ga had a grand time! This is what they kept and they released the rest!
Miss Judy Charters Fishing Team is sporting a secret weapon! And each double hook bottom rig has at least one Electron Fish Attractor. I am only using one electron per two hook bottom rig. Why? That’s all you need to get those fish to your hook! But if you want to really go crazy give two Electrons on each rig a try! I found when bottom fishing with 6 to 10 double hook rigs that two on each rig is too many and one is the perfect combination! Now what do I mean by too many? You can figure that out on your own! Where do you get them? www.lifesparkfishingtackle.com Why? I will answer this with a question..When you fish don’t you want your best chances at catching fish? I rest my case! Don’t you think it’s time to order some today?
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Captain Deidra Helmey Jeffcoat of Miss Judy Charters is holding up a nice spanish mackerel, which she caught while doing a little fishing with the family! It is a known fact and has been proven over and over again is if there is a Spanish mackerel in the area Captain Deidra is going to catch it! This fish gladly hit a trolled 00 Clark spoon that was being pulled behind a #2 planer!
While inshore fishing with Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Cropsey Omaha, NE caught this beautiful spotted sea trout. What bait could it not pass up? A medium size mud minnow! What does all of this boil down too? The old mud minnow should not be considered cold water bait only!
Please meet Trenton Brown (Springfield, Georgia) age 7 also known as “Shark Boy Slayer!” Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters took Trenton family fishing team on an inshore fish catching affair. Trenton’s father Deronta Brown, Trenton’s two grandfathers Murray Long and Earl Lee, and Trenton’s Uncle Earl made up the team. It was a Father’s Day Special Surprise! Now here’s the thing...Trenton caught, fought, and landed this nice bonnet head shark. According to fish tale told it was his first, but definitely won’t be his last! The Family Fishing Team will be back!
Rich Flynn Wolcottville, Indiana holding way over 36 inch fork length cobia and Captain Kathy Brown with Miss Judy Charters with Ducky!
As I look at this picture the story gets even better! Firstly, the cobia ate a small ruby red lips also known as a fire mouth or tomtate. Rich starting reeling in and saw this big cobia lurking. He quickly dropped back to the cobia; it circled a few times, liked what it saw, and inhaled the bait. As soon as the fish pick up the bait is started swimming off with its prize. Rich gave the fish time to eat and then slowly tighten the drag allowing the circle hook to do it’s hooking up job!
If you fish a lot on the bottom fish off this coast you already know that you have to use circle hooks when targeting species in the snapper grouper family. However, the cobia didn’t realize this and ate the bait anyways! Please always check for all the latest fishing regulations before heading out! To keep a cobia it has to be 36 inches fork length to keep! We did not have to measure with a ruler!
Spanish mackerel Attack!
Captain Deidra Jeffcoat of Miss Judy Charters and her motley crew! Please meet fishermen Mike Kenton of Macon, Georgia and Brian Gray of Virginia. This duo caught their dinner, had it cleaned took it to the Flying Fish, they cooked it, they ate it, and all was very very good! Who showed them the catching way? Captain Ken Kennickell of Miss Judy Charters!
What did they do with their fish? They ate them! And who showed them the way? Flying Fish Bar and Grill! Their slogan is you catch them we cook them! Yep and that what they did!
About Ducky Captain Kathy Brown new friend!
Although it seems Ducky facial expression never changes I believe he was happy that we picked him up about 20 miles off Wassaw Island. While heading home from our cobia catching day I couldn’t help but noticed this yellow object on the horizon. As you already know I changed course, made way to the floating yellow object, and yep discovered and collected Ducky! Here’s what I learned, once again, the color yellow, when floating in the ocean can be seen for great distances!
Artificial Reefs
Same, Same all artificial reefs from the beachfronts to 70 feet of water are holding the interest of top water fish! We have been catching Spanish mackerel, King mackerel, little tunny, blue fish, and barracuda while pulling different shinny lures. By shinny lures I mean those that when the sun light hit them sends signals that trigger a hit especially in the above mentioned fish! It’s a simple tackle list for sure. In my case when targeting Spanish mackerel I like pulling 00 and 0 Clark spoons behind assorted sizes of planers from #1 to #2 to #3’s. These spoons also worked being pulled behind small birds, small trolling sinker also known as trout weights, and pulled just plan naked. What does this mean? Jud tied directly to that main line meaning no leader, no weights, no planers, and no birds. And as far a leader material I am always using monofilament not wire when targeting these fish. (Now when we are talking about larger king mackerel this is entirely a different situation calling for wire leader.)
I always have fishermen ask, “Why don’t you use wire leader on your Clark spoons!” My answer is always a simple one “Yep you won’t lose as many spoon and the reason is you won’t get that many hits!” The Clark spoon work better when tied directly to monofilament line!
While offshore fishing with Captain Judy Helmey Miss Judy Charters John Bruzewski Buchanan, TN caught this nice king mackerel. My father’s first comment when this fish was pulled over the gunnel would have been “It’s a silver King!” (See Little Miss Judy’s Believe it or not what’s a Silver King Story!)
This fish hit a ballyhoo rigged on a light tackle king mackerel rig. I was using a royal blue milar skirt, which was made with a small live bait and treble hook. The treble is better known as the stinger hook! Why? It normally is the hook that gets the hooking up job done! As soon as the king hit the bait, John picked up the rod, adjusted the drag, and then proceeded to reel the fish to the boat. Since we were using light tackle a nice fight was had! The mackerel made the initial screaming run and then settled in to rying to make a quick get away! John kept the line tight and it didn’t take but a few minutes to get control. As John brought the fish to the boat on its first pass it was just far enough out of the reach of Captain Kathy and her 5 foot gaff. When in this mode, which is almost getting the fish close enough to be gaffed I always say, “This is the critical part of getting the fish to the boat!” Why? The hook that is holding the fish most likely is now loosely fitting in the spot that it was first embedded. Any slack in line could allow the king to swim away freely! So when someone says, “Tight lines” they truly mean it!
Of course we wanted this beautiful fish in the cooler! The best news was the way John was handling it, it seemed the only thing left was to get it close enough so that Captain Kathy could set the gaff. So as the fish started to make its death circle, John got it closer with every turn it made. John was fighting the fish, I was to (Captain Judy) was standing to his right, and then Captain Kathy lined the rail with gaff in hand. The water was exceptionally clear and I could see, but didn’t remark, that the stinger hook was just about to pull loose. Of course, there was no use to bring that to John or Captain Kathy’s attention. On the last pass, which most likely would have been the closest to the boat so far the hook came free. And when it did, Captain Kathy was right there with the gaff and she made it stick! However, when this took place John was not hooked up and the fish was basically free. I watched as the line when slack and the gaff came tight! Now this is what I call a “Catching plan coming together!” John and Captain Kathy Brown rocks!
What’s a death circle?
The king mackerel is known for its first initial screaming hard run! The fact of the matter is when you have the reel’s clicker on, the king hits the bait, and gets hooked up, it makes that wonderful hooked up sound! I haven’t met a fisherman yet that doesn’t turn their head when they hear this sound. Heck, I do it even when I am not on the water. Crazy, but this is the universal hooked up singing sound that we fishermen love to hear! I have been fishing a long time, caught hundreds of fish, and believe me they all have their signature first, second, and third moves when hooked up. The king mackerel is known for its first initial screaming strong run. And if you don’t let them have the run on a reasonably light drag something is going to give whether it is your line breaking or your hook pulling free!
Once into the fight it’s your job to keep the line tight, which means don’t give the fish any slack! Kings fit into the bracket of grand produces of lactic acid, which once introduced it slows the fish’s movement down a bit. When a king is getting tired it will start swimming in a big circle. Then it is your job to tighten the circle. As the king circles it leans to the outside of the circle trying to break free and using its weight to help it hopefully pull away. I call this the “death circle” meaning the end is near for the fish and the fisherman holding the rod. This is another crucial time where any sort of slack in the line will result in a pulled hook. This new swimming detail actually pulls the hook in a different direction making the hook’s hole even larger. The bottom line after hooking up a king mackerel is to leave the ripping and snorting at home! You need to work the line direct as well as solid, which means no whipping and snatching!
It was Father’s Day Fishing Special!
Please meet the Hall, Maccherone, Perkins, Keith, Howard, and Reid family fishing team! We did not get any pictures of the fathers, because it was all about the girls catching fish! And they did! And the father’s were going to cook them! So it boils down to this...Father’s paid, girls fished, girls caught, and father’s watched, and father cooked!
From left to right we have Cassidy, Sidney, Morgan, Austen, and the other Morgan! All are holding a Spanish mackerel!
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