Captain Jeremy's Tripletail Adventure!

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 15, 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)

Captain Jeremy's Triple Tail's Adventure!

October 12, 2007

Captain Jeremy Reynolds along with is fishing crew had an unusual catching day on the water. Jonathan Rose along with his father John chartered Captain Jeremy's boat to do some fall time inshore fishing. They had their sights on catching the standard fall line up of red fish, trout, and flounder. Jonathan's father John has fished many areas of the country with great success. He even told me of one of his encounters with a 15 pound plus lake trout, which turned out to be more than a trophy fish. It was the biggest trout ever caught from this particular lake! The bottom line to this fishing crew is that they had what is known as 'fish catching karma!'

Once arriving at decided fishing spot lines were set out, eyes wide were watching, and basically all was quiet at least for about 30 minutes. When unscheduled waiting time was over the fish started biting. They were using traditional float rigs and live shrimp for bait. When the first cork 'when down' others followed just as if it was a planned thing! Normal catching was taking place, that is, until about the 'tenth sinking of the cork!' A large fish decided it wanted Jonathan's bait, inhaled it, and started acting just like a flounder. Flounder are strong fighters, but they don't fight like a regular shaped fish. They use their so-called 'flat-ness' to their advantage. The 'not a flounder, but an 8 pound tripletail,' was brought to the boat instead.

Tripletails are not considered flat fish. However, when you add three tails to an already beefy fish that can 'angled over with a flare' you get one heck of a fight! I guess the best way to sum it up is that they never posture themselves in the water like a normal fish. If I had to give them another name I might call them 'rudder fish.' Back in the fifties my father called them 'eddy fish and sun fish!' The fact of the matter is we never called them 'tripletails.' Heck, for many years I thought these were all different kinds of fish, but as it turned out all were the same!

As Jonathan was fighting his fish all crewmembers watched as this acting like flounder was brought to the boat. Once it was ascertained that it was in fact a tripletail Captain Jeremy (already with net in his hand) waiting patiently for his turn to scoop this unusual catch up. I guess I should say, 'It's truly not tripletail season!' But your know the old saying, 'it's saltwater and it's true you never know what you might catch!' Once Jonathan landed his fish, Captain Jeremy explained how unusual this catch was.

Jonathan at this point smiled, reloaded, made another cast, and watched his cork as it went under. He set the hook hard and the hooked fish acted the same as the one just landed. Captain Jeremy watched as the second tripletail was brought to the boat. I must put my 'two cents' in! Tripletails go where they want, but normally they are not in our waters during this time frame. I just had to throw that information in!

Since this catching event took place early in the fish catching game Captain Jeremy, of which is a very good inshore fisherman, was even more confident. After these two landings things went great in the catching department. Normal fish for this time frame were pulled one after another and thrown into the cooler. Here's the long list of fish caught and released: bonnet head sharks, black tip shark, stingray, blue fish, spotted sea trout, red fish, and whiting. I didn't mention all of those 'fetish fish' that relieved them of their 'prime baits!' The definition of a fetish fish goes as follows: It's those fish that aren't big enough to 'eat your whole bait nor get on your hook.' However, they pick at, destroy, and remove your bait's legs, tail, feelers, and head parts leaving you with various unusable pieces!

Captain Jeremy is the youngest inshore specialist in Miss Judy Charters group. This just goes to show you that the new can find the old! For those that want to give Captain Jeremy fishing try, give us a call 912 897 4921!

Tripletail Alert!

Since this duo catch by Captain Jeremy's group I have had a few more sightings. Captain Rick Reynolds, (Jeremy's father) reported having one of these fish on. However once the tripletail got into the 'hook up awareness program' it exploded coming out of the water breaking free. One of Captain Eric Traub's customers had one of these fish on just long enough to make a correct identification. However, it too belonged to the same club of 'releasing its own self!' For those that want a chance at catching a 'tripletail' now is the time! The bad news is that you might not catch or even see one! However, the good news is that you will probably catch red fish, spotted sea trout, and flounder, which adds up to a serious 'Savannah Inshore Grand Slam!'