Captain Judy’s Fishing Report October 12, 2009 Table of contents Captain Rick Reynolds Inshore Fish Catching Trips The Inshore Bite! Test Book and Wild Style Fishing The Big Trout Attack! Captain Ray Crawley Beach Front Reports “Surf fishing at it finest!” Near Shore Reports Savannah River Jetty Fishing Opportunities Near Shore Reports Savannah River Jetty Fishing Opportunities Offshore Fishing Report Artificial Reef Fishing Offshore Flounder Fishing Savannah Snapper Banks For bottom catching at it finest fish here! Your boat or mine! Blue Water Catching Tips! Wahoo Tips Part Two Freshies Report Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not!” Storm of 1998

Captain Rick Reynolds took Daniel Powers and Joel Parkman inshore fishing on Saturday October 3, 2009.

Both fishermen are holding a nice spotted sea trout, which was caught while using live shrimp under popping corks. The fish bite is no longer light

Capt Rick Reynolds October 3, 2009 Inshore Fishing Catching Report! Depart@ 7:30 AM, high tide 8:00 AM Captain Rick had a 3-person 8-hour charter today, which started out with a fish catching “BANG!” According to Captain Rick he “lucked out” on this particular fish day, because all on board were excellent anglers. All three, Joel, Dan, and Bruce started out catching quite a few nice spotted sea trout. Captain Rick started the morning fish day at “Salt Pond” right at the tide change. The wind was light out of the south, but changed to the north as the day progressed. The air temperature warmed up quickly to the mid 80’s making it a very comfortable fish day. Now that the water temperatures have dropped to the mid 70’s the inshore bite is bolter and more direct mean fish have started bulking up for winter! The action started relatively quickly as we repositioned almost immediately with the aggressive tide. We are on the cusp of a full moon and the tides and currents were higher and faster. All three guys, Joel, Dan, and Bruce caught several trout. The final tally was 23 Keeper trout, 1 nice blue fish and 4 keeper Redfish. We released a nice stingray and a small Bonnethead shark. This was a very good trip! After the trout bite slacked we cruised over to the bull river for some lesser action. It’s time to go!

Nice spotted sea trout Bruce! Captain Rick Reynolds of Miss Judy Charters took this fisherman to the exact

spot where the big ones feed! The proof is in the picture!

Captain Rick Reynolds’s October 3 2009 trip! The bottom line to this trip is the fact is this is only what they

kept, because they released the rest! This means “those released fish are still growing!”

The Inshore Bite! Test Book and Wild Style Fishing The bite the past week inshore was very good with fishermen getting lots of catching opportunities. Live shrimp under popping corks and traditional floats worked great especially for those that like to see the sinking of the cork. Another bait that also worked was a finger mullet lipped hooked onto a small jig. The secret to this rig is to cast out in front of the structure let your bait fall to the bottom, and then retrieve slowly. Large trout can’t resist this move! Whatever you don’t forget you net! Large fish like to linger waiting for that prefect meal! This means that large fish are smart, because they wait for that prefect feeding opportunity. So therefore casting out in front of the structure (oysters, docks, or rocks) letting your bait fall to the bottom and then starting a slow retrieve is definitely a good big fish catching tip. I know that this suggestion might not appeal to a lot of fishermen, because it certainly isn’t textbook. I consider fishing with popping corks and adjustable floats textbook. However, while you are doing “the wild style” you can still go textbook fishing. No matter what it’s all about the hooks that you use under your floats. Most fishermen use a Khale sometimes referred as a wide gap hook, because once your bait is added it has room to move in the bend. It’s a known fact when your live bait can move “somewhat freely” attracting signals are being sent out!

So let assume that you want to cast out from the structure with you lipped hooked finger mullet, but you want to float fish too! Well, here’s a great option. There are thin tinned light style circle hooks, which don’t over power your bait. The bottom line is that all you have to do is remove the Khale hook and go with a circle style hook. Once you have done this all you need to do is to cast place your float, put your rod in the hold, set the clicker on, wait till the cork goes down, and the clicker noise begins!

Captain Ray Crawley of Miss Judy Charters is holding up a nice spotted sea trout!

This is a Rapala “skitter Walk lure!” The best color this week was black back sliver bottom!

Go to the site for full details and also a video showing exactly why the lure works! An aggressive fish will not be able to pass this worked lure up!

http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=skitter_walk&freshorsalt=Fresh

The Big Trout Attack! Captain Ray Crawley of Miss Judy Charters is going “top water fishing!” October 6, 2009 Tuesday departure time 1:00 PM out going tide low 4:30 AM Captain Ray Crawley loves to try out new lures, but in this case “it’s one he already had in his tackle box!” While fishing with his group on this particular day he had a fisherman pull out a top water plug, which turned out to be the Rapala “Skitter Walk Lure!” As soon as Captain Ray put his eyes on this lure he knew all about it, but had not used it in years. The customer tied it on his line, cast the lure out, and started working it. A large trout attacked it before the rings made settled around the lure. At any rate, I am always talking about top water baits when it comes to trout fishing. Well, here’s one lure that you just might want to add to your inshore tackle box. I have listed the web site, which shows a video of exactly how this lure looks when it’s being retrieved. It’s a must see. Rapala “Skitter Walk Lure!” Worked it looks like a Wounded Finger Mullet The lure used on this particular fish day was a two tone with a black back and a silver bottom. When retrieved it looks and acts just like a wounded finger mullet “making way!” As you know large trout are smart and when they feed they want to get a mouth full! This is a lure that offers just such a feeding opportunity! When is it best to switch to top water plugs? When larger trout are feeding near the surface certain noises are made. You might have heard it before and just didn’t know what it is. When they strike at a minnow or shrimp the fish make a no mistaken “popping sound!” This is your sound to switch from fishing deep to a top water plug. There are few things that you need to remember when using a top water plug. The trout that is attacking needs time to get a hold of the plug. With that being said, “You don’t need to set the hook quick fashion.” This is the biggest mistake most

fishermen make when using a top water plug. They actually pull the lure right out of the fish’s mouth before it gets hooked up. So therefore, I know you don’t want to, but give the fish time to attack, grab, and try to eat the lure. Believe me, when the eating starts the hooking up will begin! Treble also known as “Terrible Hooks!” Captain Ray wants to add one tip that just might save you a trip to the hospital. These as well as most top water plug have treble hook also known by many a fisherman as “terrible hooks!” These hooks work, because any fish that attacks a lure sporting this arsenal most likely gets hooked up! This is all good unless the hook up is the actual fisherman itself! Please be careful and watch where you put your rod when you are not using it. Most boats have rod holders in the console, which is right where most of the walk by action takes place. Take a few minutes and secure all hooks so that hook ups happen in the water to the fish not the fishermen in the boat! Beach Front Reports “Surf fishing at it finest!” This is a great time to fish directly from the beach. The secret to this type of fishing is that you need to fish near some sort of structure such as rocks, jetties, holes, pilings, docks or anything that provides any sort of protection. Not only do these areas provide some sort of protection they also break up handed currents offering up formed eddies and safe havens. To find such areas I suggest walking the beach in question during a low tide stage. Heck, at this point you get to see what’s going to be down under at the high tide stage. The first areas to get covered quickly by the incoming tide are going to be the best places to fish. The reason being the marine growth in these areas are tough meaning they survive the fall and rise of the tide. So keep this in mind “first covered offers up the best bite!”

The Carolina Rig is a classic! This rig set up can be used with the lightest to the heaviest of tackle. All hooks from traditional “J” styles to circle hooks will work. As far as bait all from live to dead will and do work! This rig keeps dead bait on the bottom and also allows it to flow with the current handed. When live bait is used this set up allows the bait the freedom of swimming bringing on a totally different bite. The fisherman gets to choose the set up, the hook up style, and the preferred bait. Don’t worry the fish will take it from there! As far as the tackle I always suggest a Carolina style rig, which boils down to egg sinker on main line, swivel, leader, and then hook of choice. As far as bait I suggest going with the live shrimp, mud minnows, or finger mullet. However, if that’s not possible fresh dead will work. Another good bait source is to cut up a freshly caught fish put that on your hook. Fresh bait put lots of scent in the water ringing up a big dinner bell! Near Shore Reports Savannah River Jetty Fishing Opportunities We have Savannah River Jetty charts for sale. for details call Captain Judy 912 897 4921 cost $7.00 each During this time of year spotted sea trout can be found while fishing around the rocks at the Savannah River Jetties. Trout can be found feeding in the eddies that form as current moves past the rocks on incoming or outgoing tides. It’s best to fish out from the rocks a few feet in and around these areas. The best method used is going to be popping corks or traditional floats with live shrimp, finger mullet, or mud minnows.

Offshore Fishing Report Artificial Reef Fishing I had a few emails this past week from fishermen asking, “why is the catching so slow at the artificial reefs?” It’s true especially during this transition time where fish are migrating “bites sometimes don’t happen!” This can happen from time to time especially when fishermen are fishing when the fish aren’t biting much less in the first place! Here are a few tips that just might help. Believe me, even thought I have fished for many years I have experienced this sort of crazy bite pattern over and over.

Artificial Trolling Tip Number one It’s still a good time, even though you can’t see fish on the surface, to give trolling a try. During this time top water fish are starting to migrate to other areas. However, the bulk of the top water fish that are migrating as well as the bait are still in a semi holding pattern. I always like to look for any birds feeding in the area. Even if the fish are holding deep you can almost count on them being on the scene especially if there is a possible feeding opportunity. As far as best lures to pull I suggest “going old school” and dragging spoons. Small to large Drones and small medium Clark spoons work while being pulled deep or right on the surface. Things in the trolling department that might have not worked in the hot months could work now. You chance for catching Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, occasional cobia, jack crevalle, barracuda, or little tunny is a possibility.

Captain Kathy Brown holding a nice little tunny!

Bottom Fishing Fishing on the bottom with plain old squid or cut fish will get you some sort of bite action. However, if you want to zero in on black sea bass or trigger fish you need to fish all spots on the reef that offers up some sort of low relief structure. These fish will not be everywhere, but you might find a solid school holding at one of these spots. Before leaving the dock make sure you have all the coordinates for the artificial that you are going to fish. Anchoring or drifting during this time is always an option.

This is how big a founder can open its mouth! Match the hatch with bait used!

Offshore Flounder Fishing When anchoring over a wreck or near one I suggest fishing the outskirts with some sort of live bait such as mullet, sand perch, or any other small bait you might catch. Carolina style rigs work great when anchored. Another bait that is good to use is going to be some sort of stripped bait or belly wall. The fact of the matter is anything alive or stripped offers up a scent that most flounder can’t pass up. .

Steve Howell and Captain Kathy Brown showing off a nice trigger fish! This is one fish that is fun to catch on

light tackle!

These are “Banchee High Speed Trolling Lures”

And you can find them http://www.ballyhood.com/32_oz_wahoo_banchee.htm

High Speed Trolling catches Large Fish

It’s catches the fish that you could have rode right by!

Savannah Snapper Banks

For bottom catching at it finest fish here! Your boat or mine!

Blue Water Catching Tips! Wahoo Tips Part Two Tackle Big game bottom rod and reel, which is used for big bottom fish. Also I used for speed trolling. Rod: IGFA 20 lb class metal butt, 6’6” complete roller guides (if you aren’t using a metal butt rod you need to either tie you rod to boat or make sure your drag isn’t too high. I have lost many a reel and rod when the butt broke right below the reel bed. Reel: Gold Two-speed 30 SW international II (30 wide) you can use a 114 H 6/0 reel. I use the gold reels, because I use them a lot. Most fishermen don’t fish as much as us. Line: 80 lb test line (a must for me. This line enables me to really pull the fish out when it becomes lodged in a ledge, hole, or some type of structure.) Also when High speed trolling 80-pound test line ensures that you probably won’t lose that $30.00 lure that you are pulling. High speed trolling Lures up to 20 knots You know the old saying, “if you don’t have bait out your chances aren’t very good for catching a fish.” That is unless the fish just jumps into the boat! So I suggest that when you are moving from spot to spot “take a lure for a drag!” Here are few suggestions: tie your rod to the boat, always move you line a little, (as you pull the line on the tip of the rod it wears a little. Keep moving your line off this spot) check your drag, and always engage the reel’s clicker. When you do hook up and your chances are good that you will, pull back on the throttles slowly. And whatever you do “don’t take the boat out of gear!

When a fish hits a lure that is screaming by at 19 to 20 knots “hook impacts” are serious. Your hook is driven and set hard by the speed pulled, which means holes are drilled right into the area hooked up. So it’s important that you don’t take the boat out of gear trying to keep just enough pressure to keep the fish from basically swimming or falling off hook. Most fish that hit a hit speed lure are a done deal if they are hooked up solidly. Always have your gaff close by, because most of the time you are going to need it. Big fish are just about the only ones that care to take bait on that are moving this fast! Talk about triggering a bite, well this is “all” high speed trolling is really all about! The best news about this type of fishing is the fact that it doesn’t take away from standard trolling tactics. The best news is that lots of water is covered offering that bite that you might have just ridden right by! Contact http://www.ballyhood.com/32_oz_wahoo_banchee.htm today! Freshies Report Bill Vanderford is “Lake Lanier’s Legend!” My long time friend Bill Vanderford had sent me some of his most wonderful pictures! With that being said, “You will be seeing them in my up coming weekly Freshies Report!” This means my “Freshies Report” is “Stepping up” and offering some real time serious value! For those readers out there that would like to know more about Bill Vanderford’s accomplishments, his freshwater charter trips or wildlife tours, books written and his special line up of tackle offered, please visit http://www.fishinglanier.com/contact.html for details

Chris McBeath With a Big Redfish

This is a picture that I took of a severe storm around the mid 1960’s that had formed on a summer afternoon out in front of Tybee Island. I found this picture as I was going throw some old books. As soon as I saw it I remember the storm just like it happened only yesterday. I was in my old, but new to me then, 30-foot wooden boat “Miss Judy.” The four fishermen on board with me were very concerned. At the time when this happened I didn’t have enough experience to even be concerned about the storm, which had high winds along with multiple water spouts. After all I had already been through many storms just like this one. I was around 16 year old at the time this happened. With bags of experience now in tow I now know why the four fishermen on board were concerned! This brings to mind what I tell my customers every morning as I am explaining about the onboard safety equipment and it goes like this. “The older you get the more safety equipment you buy!”

“Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not! The Storm of 1998 I can definitely say, “This was the storm that exactly changed my sea going life forever!” The reason being it was probably the first time that I have ever really been truly scared. It’s was the first time in over 40 years plus that I had to say, “we need to put our life preservers on!” Although during and after the storm I realized that life preserves, rafts, or any other floating aids probably wouldn’t have done much good. This doesn’t mean for one minute that boaters shouldn’t take their equipment seriously, because it could save your life. It’s just that I don’t believe on this particular day it would have done us any good. There wouldn’t have been enough time between breaking waves for a person in a life jacket to take a breathe after being sucked under. I really don’t know any other way to put it. On June 19, 1998 we loaded our customers on the “Miss Judy Too” as we have done for over 40 years plus. I had some regulars that morning. Regulars are fishermen that fish with us frequently. I had three young couples, which as time went on I found out that all had at least two young children each. We were supposed to head out to the Gulf Stream, but for some reason I decide to go the snapper banks instead. I called this decision, “a captain’s prerogative!” The stream was located about 70 miles offshore while the snapper banks are about 35 miles. I can still remember this day as if it happened yesterday. It was so calm that there wasn’t hardy a ripple on the ocean. We bottom fished and had a great day. We caught red snapper, grouper, and an array of other types of bottom fish. Since we were originally going to fish the stream Captain Ali and I had pre-loaded the boat with all of the necessary extra rods and reels that were needed. When we fished the stream we did quite a bite of trolling. To troll in these waters we needed our blue water tackle, which wasn’t kept on the boat, but in the house. Our blue water tackle rods/reels set-ups costs in the neighborhood of about $600.00 to $1,000.00 for each rod/reel combination. Thanks goodness we had plenty of room for all of the extra rods and reels. I lined the bridge with all of my gold internationals. It looked like Christmas morning on the bridge!

At about 2:00 PM I decided once again for some reason to head in early. We were supposed to stay and fish to about 3:00 PM, but I pulled the plug early on the trip. Captain Ali cleaned up and I started to get everything comfortable for the two-hour ride to shore. It was so calm that it could have taken less time. I powered up, set my compass heading on about 305 degrees, settled down in my captain’s chair, and started to tell my normal “Fish Tails” as we made our way home. The Miss Judy Too was built in 1994 so therefore she wasn’t very old. She looked good, handled great, and was very comfortable in the ocean. Over the last four years I had seem some pretty nasty weather, large sea conditions, but not a thing as bad as what we were unknowingly heading straight into. At about 15 miles off the sea buoy I received a call on my boat cell phone for another charter captain. Captain Bob said, (and I quote) “you had better batten down the hatches and get ready for what is heading in your direction. It’s pretty bad!” I thanked him and immediately turned on the weather channel on my marine radio. The broad cast went something like this. It was another first for me. The station announced a warming tone. This is the noise that no one wants to hear. For a second it reminded my of “lost in space” when the robot raised his arms to say, “danger Wil Robinson, Danger!” That about how lame the weather statement was. The weather statement was very strange. It’s stated that we had what is called a “weather event heading our way!” I had never until this point heard that kind of a statement made. I had my radar on about 20 miles and couldn’t see anything in terms of rain on the screen. However, I could see a little discoloration in the cloud line to the west, but as I said not a thing out of the norm especially for this time of the year. At about 5 miles off the sea buoy I started hearing the kind of chatter on the marine radio that I wasn’t used to hearing. Vessel in distress, weekend boaters calling the coast guard with concerns and some real serious questions. One vessel called the coast guard and asked this question. He asked, “What was he supposed to do?” The transmission stated that it was his first time in his new boat, he was in an area that he was not familiar with, it was rough, the wind was blowing and etc. The coast guard quickly replied suggesting that he put on his life jacket and basically head into the wind. That answer sounded strange, because normally the coast guard asked if they needed any assistance. During and after the storm passed I knew why they suggested what they did for the “green boaters.” They couldn’t have helped at the moment if they wanted too. They were basically grounded until the passing of the storm. This is when I turned my radio down real low so that I was the only one that could listen. I motion for Captain Ali to come close so that we could talk quietly. It was the beginning of a drill that we had done many times over with the exception of getting the safety gear out. I told her of the so-called pending weather, knowing that neither of us thought much about it, but I still put her on notice about the safety gear. She headed below to get the jackets in a pile and ready. We also closed the hatches, windows, and straighten up any loose objects such as buckets on the aft deck. Loose things that take flight with the wind aren’t a good thing. I finally got a glimpse of what we were heading into. It didn’t look that bad, but it was about 40 miles long and it did cover most of my immediate coastline. It was moving from the west to the east putting us along with many others right in its destructive path. I remember the ocean conditions being without any sort of movement. The air was basically non-existence. It was hot, muggy, and I think you get the picture. This is what happens when a large strong weather change is approaching an area. It basically sucks the life of the current conditions. The wall of the storm, which couldn’t be seen on my radar, due to the fact it wasn’t lined with rain, was very definite. I entered it from complete calm sea conditions to a strong ripple. A storm ripple is which the winds were very strong, but the sea hasn’t caught up with it. As I write this I can’t help but remember the air pressure being so tight. The so called “wall” looked just like the weather that the sail boat in the movie “White Squall” plowed right into. It didn’t look very threatening, but real strange. It was my first “white squall.” After penetrating the front wall the wind went from zero to an immediate strong thirty knots. I told Captain Ali to hand out the life jackets, which were ready and instructions had been explained. Everyone on board already knew that we had a situation, but didn’t know how bad. Heck, at this point neither did I. Everyone put their life jackets on with Captain Ali stating that it was just a drill of sorts and that we normally went through weather like this on most

summer afternoons. These were all very true statements for the moment. With thirty plus knots winds, which aren’t bad and I had seen much worst, I plowed right on making way. After about three minutes the winds dropped out and for a brief moment giving me the feeling, but for a brief moment that I had scared my customers for no good reason. However what happened next would change my life forever. I heard it, but couldn’t mark it on the radar, but it was there and had headlights on us. It swallowed us up like any hungry animal would. The noise sounded like an ocean going (not that there is such a thing) “freight train” doing about 100 hundred miles an hour! The sound got louder and the wind got stronger. Just when I thought the winds would top out they picked up! My boat had and still does have lots of electronics, which means it has lots of antennas sticking up. My father always said, “While in a storm the first antenna that blows off could be just one that has a bad bracket holding it up. However, if more comes off, your super structure could be next. As I looked back I saw an antenna hanging by its cord being really tossed around. It finally got completely torn off taking it to the ocean. The next antennas were right behind it. Popping off as if they were tooth picks. I really got to thinking about what dear old dad said, “the supper structure could be next, which meant we were next. The supper structure is the part in which we were standing. You basically have a hull, which is the base of the boat, then the up right wall also known as the super structure holding the windshields and windows is added. It was so noisy that I didn’t hear the crack as it made it’s way around the front of the super structure. At this point that was a good thing. I had enough going on. I had slowed down to holding my way in waves that were so large that I didn’t make it over one before the next one was breaking over the bow. Believe me it’s hard trying to steer a boat that doesn’t have the rudder in the water. The boat heeled over so far that my arm on the starboard side went into the water. My boat lay over so far that I really don’t know why the heck it set right back up, but for some reason it did. All waves were the same size, which was very big! All on board were being thrown to the starboard side of the boat. The first big wave tilted the Miss Judy Too so far over that those on the port side were relocated to the starboard. When she righted herself there was another wave just as big waiting to pound us. My mind was racing thinking about the young couples onboard and their children. I had to snap out of that thought. I wasn’t giving up it had just occurred to me. Captain Ali assured the customers that this boat was built to handle this sort of afternoon storms. She even had me believing that it was possible. We were now 8 minutes into the storm. My weather instruments blow off at 80 knots. My canvas top on my bridge ripped off and was wrapped around what was left of my radar. My out riggers looked were twisted and bent. My gold reels on top were still there, but I was afraid at this point that they might become projectiles of sorts. However, one of the push bars loosen up allowing 500 yards of 50-pound monofilament to be wrapped around the rod and reels that lined my lower deck. This was an eerie sight for sure. It wasn’t until this moment that I realized that I had been in a serious wind tunnel, because the line was wind so tightly around everything on the deck. It looked as if someone has grabbed the end of the line and pulled it around and around the deck. It was very strange looking. At 16 minutes, which at this point seemed like hours, Captain Ali leaned over and said, “Judy we have been working together for a long time…this is when I stopped her from finishing her statement. I knew that she knew we were only minutes away from having the “Miss Judy Too” ripped right from under us.” I have to admit from a very seasoned captain, this is not a very good feeling! Maydays were many on the radio…the waves were being pushed by the 80 knots winds and they were straight up and down. They tossed us over and around giving me only brief intervals of control of the boat. To this day I don’t know how we made it through this storm. In the heat of the storm I ran my boat at almost full throttle to compete with the storm’s fury. At 18 minutes I knew we were going to make it, because a brief pull back from 80 to less knots signaled the passing of the storm. As the stormed pasted us the noise went with it. It was so loud that you couldn’t hear yourself talk much less “think!” When you are covered up by a storm such as this you are always looking for any changes such as light peeking through. In this case we were in a total “white out” for about 17 minutes. I never saw anything, but the waves that broke directly over my bow.

As the storm passed fear began to really set in, which meant I then had time to think. I moved to the back deck to view the damage. All uprights (antenna, outriggers, canvas top,) on the boat were snapped off and were either hanging by wire or gone completely. I got my roll of duct tape out to secure all loose hanging objects. Here’s a note in regards to duck tape. It can be used to attach, hold, or tie almost anything whether it’s totally wet or just damp! I suggest to all boaters to add a roll of duct tape to their safety equipment list. I never really had to think about this until now, but you can take this tape and wrap it around your life jacket to secure it better. The straps are good, but the tape just adds that extra needed support. Around the outside of my supper structure I had quite a bit of damage. On the starboard and port front corners were cracks that weren’t just superficial. It’s has always been my belief that had I been in a few more minutes of continuous 80 knot plus winds the Miss Judy Too wouldn’t have held together. However, she did and that’s why I am able to share the story with you! The storm moved offshore and become a stationary event holding many large 40-foot plus Gulf Stream boats in large waves and high winds for over 7 hours. Knowing what I know from the experience I had I am so fortunate that I didn’t make the gulf stream run on this particular day. Everyday before leaving the dock, I asked myself, quietly of course, how I feel about the fish day? Call it a captain’s intuition, if you would like! The bottom line to this story is a simple one. I have been on the water all of my life and I have had only one instance where I feared for everyone’s life on board my boat. I guess you could say, “The law of averages caught up with me.” I have been fishing for over 40 plus years and I would say and still are saying, “that’s pretty goods odds!” Thanks for reading! Captain Judy