CAPTAIN JUDY HELMEY
"Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956"
POB 30771
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31410
912 897 4921 912 897 3460 FAX
www.missjudycharters.com
Capt Judy's email fishjudy2@aol.com
Capt Judy's Cell 912 429 7671
December 15, 2008
Happy Fishing To All!
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How to Get Near Those Cold Water Reds
Captain Ray Crawley of Miss Judy Charters loves to target red fish. This is one fish that is his "fishing passion!" Captain Ray has offered up some great cold-water tips for when taking red fish and their whims into to consideration.
For instance: Tides stages that allow for the most warming of the sun are going to be good fish days.
Lets talk be Wednesday December 3, 2008. You have a high tide at 11:27 AM, which means all afternoon the tide will be falling. As the tide falls the sun heats up the mud, which sucks it right in. The fish, bait, all marine creatures move better during under these conditions. So therefore, during cold times situated departures times as well as fish days around the tide stage. You want the tide that allows the mud the best heat up it can get!
Captain Ray also suggests that the lure used should be hooked up weed less and dark in color. After all the mud is dark. So therefore any living thing trying to survive around or in the mud is going to assume the same color. He likes to go with "Golden Bream Flukes." This is bait that you can hook up weed less, cast for great distances, and the splash value is "light upon landing." The means not as many circles produced as those other crashing lures.
Here's something to think about just so that you understand noise during the cold times. My boat Miss Judy Too makes more noise when it's cold than it does when it hot. As the water temperatures drop the boat sounds different as it rides over the waves. It's just plain louder. I hear noises that I never hear in the summer. The fact of the matter is even though I have been fishing for many years it takes me a while to get use to these cold-water noises. Now think about a fish and how easily spooked they must be during the cold water times.