Captain Judy Helmey
Miss Judy Charters
"Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956!"
124 Palmetto Drive
Savannah, Georgia 31410
912 897 4921 or 912 897 3460 fax
www.missjudycharters.com
November 24, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving To All!
Saltwater inshore, offshore, blue water fishing report, Freshies Suggestions, and "Little Miss Judy's story! Thanks for reading! Captain Judy
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Please find at the very end of fishing report two Thanksgiving stories in "Little Miss Judy's Believe It or Not!"
Freshies Suggestions
Not the Regular Run of the Mill Black Plastic Worm!
I like getting suggestions from someone that fish's all of the time. Take Captain Ray Crawley for instance. He is a full time inshore charter boat captain with Miss Judy Charters. He loves his job! Captain Ray basically eats, sleeps, and thinks about fishing all of the time. However, I might add Saturday night in his case is "date night." So therefore not much talking or thinking about fishing takes place during this particular time frame. One day a week "not fishing or thinking fishing is certainly OK!"
As we talked the other day we got on the subject of large mouth bass fishing. Since it was 31 degrees that morning I had to ask, "how would you target a large mouth bass when it's this cold?" As usual whenever I ask Captain Ray a question about fish he goes into what we (humans) would do under the same circumstance. For instance: When it's cold and we are outside "we don't move too fast!" Another thing he said that made a lot of sense was "fish school deeper the colder it gets." Then he said, "The surface of the lake freezes first." And stuff like this, which set the stage for what he was about to share with me in regards to getting my best chance at a large mouth bass.
When it's cold Captain Ray suggest fishing deep holes, because bass will be staging and schooling together in these areas. The first thing I thought of was I wonder what kind of live bait would he would prefer to use? Well, before I could even ask that question, he said, "7 inch black plastic worm."
Now as you all know the plastic worm has been around for a while and for the best reason, because they work. The fisherman that knows how to work a worm always hooks up. The fisherman that works a worm like a swimming fish loses big time! The secret to working worm is to do so "slow to go!" After all if you think about it worms have their signature movement, which isn't duplicated by any other down under specie. Fish got eyes, mouth, fins, pooper, and tail fins, which boil down to lots of build in moving parts to use to propel. The old worm got absolutely not a thing that moves that much. About the only thing a worm does is "wiggle to slide forward a bit." With all this being said, "Work you worm slow, slow, and slower!"
Captain Ray likes plastic worms and says, "They work great when worked properly." However, working it properly only wasn't all Captain Ray counted on. He "Ray-a-tized" his worms before using them. Here's his recipe for soaking his worms. He took a zip lock bag pour in some olive oil and then a few drops "oil of anise." This oil basically smells like liquid licorice. The olive oil gave the plastic worm a realistic shine and the anise oil offered up a scent that captures the attentions of fish.
Captain Ray brought me a bottle of the stuff, which he ordered from his pharmacist. I am looking at the bottle and just wondering where all this came from. The bottom line is this, "soak you worms in oil of anise mixed with olive oil to catch more fish during cold times!