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
August 27, 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)
Freshies report
Mega Mullet Part Two
This information from Kenneth Eady and his son McKay Bloodworth is "PRICELESS!" Read on for Part Two!
I will now try to finish what I started in "Part One" in regards to the best bait used! As I report in "Part One" red wigglers have to be small. Larger ones just don't do the job. A so-called small worm is approximately 3 to 31/2 inches long. Length is important because you only use half of a worm per threading of your hook. The secret is once threaded on the hook that you leave about ¼ inch of worm extending out from the hook's point. The part not threaded moves just enough to get the attention of the fish. The hook's point is hidden from those "big eyed mullet!"
I am assuming at this point that you have salt block, pellet, line, hooks, split shot, floats, and bait, because it's now time to fish. Kenneth and McKay have shared with us how they fish the Oconee River, which is located in the Milledgeville area.
Find yourself a sand bar and come out to about 4 feet of water. This is just about where you want to place your salt block. The rule of thumb when placing the block is that you don't want it in the direct current, but just inside.
Mullet once in freshwater seek any sort of salt deposits. All you need to do now is to look for current direction, because down and behind the block is where the fish are going to congregate. In theory this should be your "strike zone." In other words "put your bait here!" Your bait needs to be right on the bottom. Your cork needs to be set so that that it partially lies over. When using a cork that's easy enough to change depth it might take a few times to get your bait right. According to what I am told you don't want your bait right on the bottom and you don't want it up either. Mullet are basically bottom feeders. They pick up and wash out things that roll around on the bottom.
These areas are in dated with moss, which eventually falls and settles close or right on the bottom. The mullet cruise along the bottom sifting through the moss that rolls around like "prairie tumbleweed" on the desert.
The fish's take when the current isn't moving too fast is "slow to go!" When you have a stronger flow like that in the Savannah River, the bite is going to be stronger and fiercer. As far as those pellets that you purchased that you didn't feed the pigs or chickens I suggest dispersing a few handfuls at a time. "When the bite slows another hand full goes!"