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Blue Water Reports!
Brothers John and Steve Roche, Wendy Coats, and Ryan Howard take a ride on the Chillin & Reelin!
John and Steve Roche holding up some nice dolphin also referred to as Mahi Mahi
Inshore catching continues to evade some fishermen while others are doing just fine!
These are the inshore times that we are dealing with now.
It’s my opinion that we have way too much windy conditions and lots of extra water, which is prompting stronger currents. Just these few changes can cause muddy and rough water conditions. It limits our spots to fish due to strong winds, and not only that, it changes on any given day, the way the fish feeds as well as its movements! Although this can be very frustrating at times to fishermen we still all are trying to find ways to recreate the ever changing fish catching wheel.
Captain Matt Williams Scores Big Time!
Captain Matt Williams holding a nice cobia, which was caught at an unnamed area on secret bait! It was truly a convert fishing catching operation!
Captain Matt Williams of Miss Judy Charters is one of those charter captains that fishes on days that he has customers and when he isn’t booked, he still goes fishing! And this is why this inshore report is all about Captain Matt Williams!
Please met Captain Matt last week’s customers and the fish that they brought back to the dock. The other fishes were released back to the wild!
While inshore fishing is Captain Matt William the Bob Frye and family had some nice light tackle action!
Red fish, spotted sea trout, and flounder
While checking out the whereabouts of fish Captain Matt and Chris Waters had a pretty interesting fish catching day. Chris ended up with a Savannah Slam kind of a fish catching day. Captain Matt took her to the spotted sea trout hole, the red fish hole, and then he finished off the day with one of those favorite flat fish. This boiled down to the prefect size fish for a crispy scored flounder dish!
What a fish catching smile, what a fish catching smile!
Chris Waters while doing a little scout fishing with Captain Matt Williams had what’s is called a Savannah Slam kind of a fishing day!
Tybee Roads
It’s cobia time!
Artificial Reefs
For those fishermen that want a short ride to the fish this is the place for you. I am happy to say, “All artificial reefs are holding some kind of fish whether it’s top water or mid column or bottom fish. There is plenty of bite action to be had!” When taking this trip no bait is needed, because once you get there you can catch your own.
Savannah Snapper Banks
This is the area where when you drop your hook to the bottom, well, you most likely will catch a fish of some kind. All fish have arrived from kings to dolphin to cobia to bottom fish.
Blue Water Report
May 17, 2014 Saturday
Chillin & Reelin Blue water fishing Team
John Roche, Steven Roche, Wendy coats, and Ryan Howard
Deli Ledge sea conditions 8 foot
While fishing the Deli Ledge area this blue water fishing team had it rough! The bite was good, but with the rough sea conditions, getting a fish to the boat was almost impossible. Hot lures on this day were black/purple Ilanders and blue/white lead heads.. The fish there were brought to the boat were caught while trolling either near or over the Deli Ledge. After fishing about two hours it was decided, due to the rough 8 foot sea conditions, it was time to head home.
Bill Vanderford “Lake Lanier’s Legend!”
Lake Lanier Fishing Secrets Revealed [Kindle Edition]
Bill Vanderford (Author, Photographer)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IOW2A18
http://www.georgiafishing.com/
If you want to go, it’s time to make your spring time plans!
For more about my long time friend Bill Vanderford as well as his accomplishments, his freshwater charter trips or wildlife tours, books written and his special line up of tackle offered, please visit his site http://www.fishinglanier.com/contact.html for all the details! For more details go http://stores.ebay.com/Fishy-Racer http://www.youtube.com/fishyracer
“Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not!”
In the year of 1969
A serious family catching fish portrait from yesteryear!
Esther Guy’s father, mother, and brother Harrell!
Bobby, Esther, (age 10) Leo, and Harrell Guy (age 8)
This picture was taken in 1969 at the Trade Winds Pier on Ochlocknee Bay. I have known Esther Guy for a very long time! And she has always talked about how she and the family loved to fish. Well, this is proof that when a family fishes together, especially in this case, they catch lots of serious fish! I must ask, “I wonder who cleaned all these fish?” I will get back to you with the answer!
“Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not!”
Anchors, low tide, Pirates, and Treasure!
You are going to love this story. Back in the seventies Captain Ali’s Young cousin David fished a lot! He doesn’t remember the exact year, unfortunately and you will understand later why I feel that way. During his fishing expedition in seventies David and his fishing buddy always fished the Savannah River Jetties area. It was considered a two-part fishing trip, because it wasn’t entirely all about fishing! When they weren’t fishing they went “Treasure Hunting!” Most of this treasure hunting was done best on an almost low to a little turn of the tide. In other words “it was a low tide stage looking event!”
Their main fishing and treasure hunting focus took place around the Savannah River Jetty area. During this time this area had lots to offer the fisherman. You could catch a little of everything from red fish to shark. There was another catch involved. You had to understand that this area is where the big ships came in and headed offshore. Fishermen in small boats often learned the hard way about the large amounts of water that a moving ship displaces on a single pass to this area. The good news is that there wasn’t much traffic during these times. So therefore during the seventies treasure seekers had plenty of time between passing ships to fish as well as look.
There was this one time in particular that David remembered. According to the story the tide had gone out so far that they got to see the bottom of the jetties. Now to you the reader that might not seem like a big deal, but to a fisherman it was. The jetties that line the mouth of the Savannah River were made of tons and tons of large rock. Barge after barge off loaded these rocks until a solid rock line was formed on both sides of the mouth of the river reaching about a mile out into the ocean. It’s deep on the inside of the riverside of the jetties, because it continuously dredged to keep the proper depth needed by the large ships.
David and fishing buddy always once the tide got low looked for treasures on and around the rocks. They found all sort of discard debris and lots of anchors. On the day of the lowest tide stage ever they found 20 anchors, which surpassed many fishing/treasure hunting days by far. According to the story you could actually walk under the jetties. To get the opportunity to see the bottom that is mostly always covered with water is the desire of most fishermen. I can’t tell you how many times I have wondered exactly what the bottom area of the ocean would look like uncovered.
As if this story couldn’t get any more interesting it does. David readily brought this subject up, which sent me immediately to “wonder land!” It was the subject of pirates and their buried treasure.
Pirates must have known from many past experiences the lowest of the low tide stages. The reason being is that this is when they would hide their treasure. Heck, it’s a known fact that most treasure wasn’t never found, because those pirates hiding it never made it back to the designated area. They would hide it in places where they could use an object as a reference point such as a tree or bank line. Although the jetties were built way after the pirate era, what happened when the lowest of low tide took place proved that there could still be a chance for finding buried treasure from way-out yesteryear!
Barrier Islands especially in this area were probably great places for pirates to hide their treasure. Just think about all the areas that haven’t much digging as well as and building taking place. Our barriers islands are still un-inhabited. Although this story has been jumping around a bit the bottom line is a simple one. When the tide is at it lowest ever at least for this particular time, things could get uncovered. For you treasure seekers get out the tide logbooks or get on your computers so as to figure out these low tide pheromones. These are the best time to find the treasures that were buried by those pirates that visited our area!
Here’s a pirate short: Back in the old pirate days it was believed that piercing the ears and wearing an earring improved vision. The idea was scoffed at for centuries. After taking the acupuncture theory into consideration, which does suggests there is a point on the ear lobe that controls the eyes, maybe the pirates were a little smarter than we gave them credit for. Now we know why earrings were so popular during the pirate era! This boils down to the fact that most pirates probably needed eye glasses. Or they thought they should see further or maybe they drank all of the time, which gave than blurred vision. My ears are pierced and I still have to wear glasses! Whatever the case may be “a pirate’s life was not for me!” I have rambled enough! If you have made it this far, thanks for reading it!
PS..next week’s story is all about what used to be a secret fishing grounds…that was created when they jetties were built
Thanks for reading! Captain Judy
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