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May 2012
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5-3-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Wuz dat good or what Big Bud.
i want to Thank Bud S. and guest, 2 from here
and 1 of dem was from da Great state of Montana
for fishin with me today. its been a while
since Big Bud been down to da bayou to fish
and pass a good time with us, now you talk
about some memories bein made, man we made
some today dat would last most people 2 life
times and den pass dem down to dare family
members. let me told y'all you can only put
so much stuff in your head, just like dis
here machine it only can hold so much den
it starts slowin down so you have to get a
new one, dats fine with dis here machine but
us older dudes don't work like a machine cuz
when we fill up we got to turn someting aloose
and i can tell y'all it ain't gonna be Huntin
or Fishin memories and y'all can take dat
to da bank. i tink i told y'all dat i have
a face book page up and runnin now and i now
can post our day-lee fishin pictures so when
y'all have a spare minute check us out. of
course, i'am still plenty green with all dat
face book stuff but i'am gettin better. now
my crew was right on time dis mornin and what
a great mornin to be out on da water with
a reelin rod in hand or a sandwich like somebody
i know but i ain't sayin any names. da bayou
was pretty slick when i backed da boat down
so i was pretty sure we was gonna have a fun
day on da water. we had a very smooth ride
out and what a Great sunrise we got to see.
now i was checkin da tide on our way out and
it wasn't doin much so i new we had a lil
while to kill and we did start out a lil slow
just pickin up a fish here and dare. now as
much as i hate to say it cuz y'all know i
don't like startin any SHIT but Chris he was
da Stump catchin Champ today without a doubt,
if dat crew was fishin tomorrow Bud &
Jack still couldn't catch him up. as it was
i had to run to Academy to pick up more spoons
so i can fish tomorrow. all so if anybody
saw where we was fishin PLEASE, PLEASE don't
get out da boat with out any steel toe shoes
cuz Chris left so many hooks in da water y'all
would keep hurt. he caught more Earth den
anybody else did today. # 1 all da way Chris.
now Big Bud was tryin to fish with a Sandwich
in one hand and reelin rod in da other, i
taught a few times he would put his sandwich
down, WRONG, now he throwed my rod down a
couple of times but dat sandwich was knot
leavein his hands, oh yea i all most forgot,
i had to ask him to stop a couple of times
from usein all dem Adult bad words, y'all
know me i don't like dat kind of Language
on my boat and NO he wouldn't quit with dem
bad words. he was tryin me hard but y'all
know i can control myself from usein dat kind
of Adult Language. as it was he spit dat dam
old tobacco all over my motor. why would you
want to put dat Nasty stuff in your mouth,
dats right i use to chew a lil bit my self
but it was for Health reasons only cuz i was
tryin to lose a lil weight and it worked for
me, i know i don''t have to tell y'all dat
cuz da proof shows in my fur-seek. if you
say dat fast its right. now after dat tobacco
has been in your mouth a while you just don't
feel like eatin anyting good or sweet. we
had 18 redfish when we hit da mother load
and i don't know how many fish dey caught
after dat cuz i was tiein spoons on Chris
is line, oh yea i had a good day of knot tiein,
so good i can tie dem in my sleep if i sleep
cuz i'am gonna be twistin and turnin in my
sleep tryin to get dem bad words out of my
head. i know what y'all tinkin but Nope, soap
wouldn't help him, maybe a 55 gallon drum
of soap would help. OK, i done all i could
do here plus my crew for tomorrow is here
and i got to go and see dem for a minute.
i know i'am all ways tellin y'all to keep
a tight line but Chris was pass da point today,
gotta love it. see y'all tomorrow. Da Rippulator
** 5-1-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Come on down to da bayou cuz
da water is fine. i want to Thank Bill C.
and guest from North Louisiana, i want to
Thank Bailey S. and guest from Da Big Easy
and some of his guest was from California,
i all so want to Thank Ken K. and guest from
Tx. for fishin with us today. what a day we
all had, we smacked dem redfish today. caught
dem on dead shrimp, plastic cocahoes, &
gold spoons, i don't care who you are you
gotta love dat. my crew was up and ready for
me dis mornin, i pretty much tink everybody
was up and ready to catch fish today. we had
a light N.E. wind when i backed da boat down.
we had a smooth ride out and got to see another
great sun rise, dey did have a few clouds
but it still was a great sun rise, we now
have a face book page so check us out on Face
Book den type in Ripps Charters and look at
our pictures. now on our ride out da wind
pulled a lil bit to da North but was still
very light. just a lil nip in da air. we caught
just about all our fish on dead shrimp but
Mr. Bill did catch a couple on a gold spoon.
once again da bite was when i speared da boat
down, dem redfish was ready and waitin just
like my crew. dey couldn't wait for dat shrimp
to hit da water, dey was on da bait before
it hit da bottom and da bottom was only 4
or 3 feet from da surface, tick dey was. everybody
got some good pictures of dare fish out on
da water and back on da dock. we had a bunch
of new comers Ladies & Men and dare 1st.
day of red fishin with us was as good as it
gets. one of dem said, dat was as much fun
as you could have with your cloths on, yea,
you know you gotta love dat. makein life long
memories. my crew Mr. Bill his wife Miss Nancy
& Mr. Everrt will be down for 3 days of
fishin with one all ready under dare belt,
dey havein some fresh redfish off da pit for
dare supper tonight. Ken and crew will fish
one more day with us den gonna spend 3 days
at da Jazz Fess, now Chris is Ken's son and
he brought his Bride down with him dis year
for her 1st. trip down to da bayou and i tink
she did pass a good time with us. it will
be her 1st. trip to Jazz Fess and her 1st.
trip to da Big Easy. dey got some pretty good
plans for her. French Quarter, Burbon Street
among other sight seein sights. now Bailey
S. and crew was a hoot today, he had 3 boats
for his guest and what a ball dey had fishin
and it never ended dare. we all had a ball
with dem once dey hit da dock cuz dey stayed
around while we cleaned all da fish. i got
to take a bunch of group pictures of everybody
and dare fish and some good pictures i might
add. now knot all of Bailey's crew was Fisher
people but dey tried dare hardest and it showed
at da fish board. now with all of our crew
and all my chores i have to do with a couple
of rounds more to make i just can't stay and
play on dis here machine any longer but i
will be back tomorrow. so many tings to do
and so lil time to do it. see y'all den. Da
Rippulator
** 4-29-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVNETURES
BY Ripp ****** Just a lil note to let y'all
know dat da Boat Blessin is today 4-29-2012
and da bayou is Buzzin once again, as we was
ridein in you could see Parties startin to
set up all along da bayou both sides and we
did see a few boats get ready to be Blessed,
all so da Jazz Fess is goin on 1st. weekend
and with good weather dey have thousands of
people & record crowds now dats knot for
me. What a Good fishin day it was, now dats
for me. i don't know what can happen in 20
hours or so but it did once again. i want
to Thank B.J. B. and guest for fishin with
us today. i told him yesterday evenin when
i talked to him dat i gave up today cuz we
zig when we should have zagged and vise versa
and dat fish box was very ugly but he told
me dey still wanted to come down cuz da weather
would be nice. now when i backed da boat down
dis mornin da wind was pretty light and out
of da South East with a few clouds startin
to build up. i had no fish request today so
i new what i wanted to do and where i wanted
to do it. we caught half our fish on dead
shrimp under a slidein sinker and da other
half on plastic cocahoes just castin and reelin
back in just kinda bouncein it off da bottom.
we did see a couple of small schools of reds
on da surface and a couple of times all 4
of us was hooked up at one time and we landed
3 nice reds out da 4 one time and even my
new comers was catchin fish and dem reds had
a pretty bronze color to dem and dat made
for some nice pictures both on da water and
on da fish board once we got back to da dock.
now dey lose a lil color once you put dem
in da ice chest but dey still nice hangin
on da fish board. B.J. had 2 new comers and
right away dey told me dey wasn't fisherman
dey was Golfers but i told dem knot to worry
cuz where we castin dares nothin to hang up
on and dey could cast on either side of da
boat. now once we got to da fishin grounds
da fish was ready for breakfast. a shrimp
or a plastic cocahoe it didn't make any difference
to dem redfish cuz which ever one hit da water
dey wanted it. da water had cleared up very
nice from yesterday cuz it was a total mess
yesterday mornin. now i can't stay to long
cuz we got a 5 or 4 parties to make and let
me told y'all dat makes for a long day cuz
plenty of my buddies all ready got da drinkin
jump on me and i'am knot near as good as i
use to be but i'am as good once as i ever
was, tink i heard dat somewhere before. see
y'all tomorrow. Da Rippulator
** 4-28-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Man what a ruff week i had,
been in da Doctors office twice times, no
you ain't gotta love dat. i want to Thank
Bob R. and guest from Baton Rouge & and
lower South Ms. for fishin with me today.
da wind was allready blowin when i backed
da boat down. Mr. Bob and crew was early like
all ways so he can chat with Da Basse gang
a lil bit before we leave da dock. he brought
Frank & Ken with him for his 1st. trip
of da year and dey wanted to try for some
specks and we been catchin a few dozen or
so but i taught da wind might be a lil to
much for it today but what da hell lets give
it a try since dey wanted & i was more
den sure i could find some clear water, dat
was da WRONG ting to do today. for some reason
da water was really ugly every where we went.
we wasn't far from Grand Isle at our longest
run out and da water was still like chocolate
milk. it wasn't a good for us for speck fishin
and we found dat out da hard way, matter of
fact we cut da day in half cuz of dat. dat
wasn't da way i wanted Mr. Bob and guest to
start of dare 1st. trip of da year. i don't
like given up and never do but today i did.
i'am gonna send some open days i have in July
and let Frank & Ken come back down and
try it again when i'am pretty sure its gonna
be hot and maybe calm. i have a hard time
gettin right with da fish, Ken & Frank
on da same day for some reason. now da old
man of da sea Mr. Bob i have no problem with
him, he catches fish all da time even when
he's knot tryin. i hated to throw in da towel
but we went from da dock to about 5 miles
North from Grand Isle den west den all back
thur Olen canal back to Lil Lake to da mouth
of Lake Salverdoor, dats right lots of water
coverin and from what i saw it wasn't gonna
get any better for sure da water wasn't clearin
up any for us. i don't know if keepin da bait
wet today would have helped us. Da Rippulator
** 4-24-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Man it was good to see both
you Sue's again. now i see Sue G. pretty often
but Sue A. i haven't seen her in a while.
i want to Thank Sue G. and Sue A. for fishin
with me today. now its been a while like i
said since dey been down on da bayou to pass
a good time with me, 9-18-2001 was dare last
trip with me and lots of changes dey went
thur since dare last trip. dey brought a couple
of dare reelin rods with dem and da string
hasen't been changed in 4 years and one had
6 pound test and da other had 4 pound test.
i told dem knot to worry i have some more
updated ones dat dey could use with no charge
so dare rods just rode around with us. now
dey was right on time just like dey use to
be and da wind was flat & i mean flat
but da water was about 2 1/2 feet gone but
we still had a plan. when i backed da boat
down dis mornin it looked like just my head
lights was stickin out of da water. da water
was ugly in da bayou. now we did get to see
a Great sun rise and i mean a good one, no
clouds no where to be seen, just dat big ball
of Orange fire, runnin out on another fishin
trip early mornin, man i love dat. all so
it was 48 degrees when i left da house dis
mornin, knot dat bad you say, put on a pair
of short britches and try to make it to da
fishin grounds, ain't no way. my crew had
on at least 3 layers each for da ride out,
plus Sue A. was bringin dare stuff to me and
i was wonderin if Sue G. told her dis was
a day trip and knot and over nighter, dem
Ladies had some supplies, dey was ready for
what ever happened out dare. we started out
with dead shrimp on da bottom and fished da
hole day like dat. our 1st. stop was dry but
on our second stop we landed a couple of nice
keeper redfish and i taught to myself da bite
was on den we went into a slow mornin grind
until late mornin and den i backed tracked
a lil bit once da water started to move in
and in one spot we finished our limit up right
quick like and when dey quit dey quit, we
might could have been 30 minutes sooner. we
caught a couple of nice reds dare to and i
got a couple of pictures of dem out on da
water before we headed in and i all so got
a couple of group pictures of dem back at
da dock. now Miss Sue G. is movein reel slow
des days cuz she broke her ankle twice times
and YES, it was da same dam ankle, now dats
bad luck right dare i don't care who you are
but i can tell y'all dis it ain't slowed her
fishin skills up any. she might knot can move
as fast on her feet in da boat now but she
still can handle a fishin rod. now da other
Sue she was a lil more rusty but she got right
back in da saddle all so after a few short
instructions and found her grove once again.
both dem girls can handle a reelin rod. i
pretty much just stayed out of dare way. y'all
know our fish was just gettin cranked up good
before dis last cool front so i tink in another
couple of days da water will clear back up
and da bite will be on once again. like all
ways keep a tight line. Da Rippulator
** 4-23-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Where are dem cool fronts comein
from, don't Mother Nature know its suppose
to be spring. man if dis one would have came
in Jan. it would have busted pipes & we
could have kill some Deer. now we back to
dat day to day fishin knot knowin what each
day will be like, its a toss up when you back
da boat down. now today was a bust till late
mornin once again. my crew drove down from
New Orleans and da wind was kickin ass from
da get go, nothin to love dare. i new dey
wanted to make it a short day and let me told
y'all dat we ran and ran and tried and tried
just pickin up 2 keeper fish till 10:45 am.
we just started to catch a few keeper fish
and my crew said dat was it da game is over
cuz dey had to get back to da city for a big
surprise 50th. birthday party for one of dare
good buddies. now to try and knot draw any
attention to da party my crew made sure dey
called da birthday man from da boat and told
him dey was catchin some good fish and dey
wasn't, never had a keeper fish in da boat
yet, so he wouldn't tink da party was for
him, yea dats some sneakie friends right dare.
i ask dem if dats why dey came fishin on dis
short notice and dey told me yea cuz da birthday
boy is wife taught he was gettin kinda superstitious
about what was goin on plus a few comments
he made. now i had to look dat frickin word
up in dat dare word book, shit look at dat
ting dats a lot of letters for a man like
me, so dey planned a fishin trip on da day
of da party so dat would throw him off. never
heard back from dem yet so i don't know if
it worked. now one good ting about dis trip
Avery saw dat da fish was startin to bite
once da tide startin movein but dey had to
go. when dey shouted Game Over i taught one
of dem had a nice fish on but dey was talkin
about da fishin trip bein over and done with.
man Avery another hour would help out da fish
box, don't worry about da fish box Ripp its
just fine, got more fish den if we would have
stayed home and way less Honey Do's from our
Brides. well if y'all Happy i'am Happy to,
reel up and lets roll. Da Rippulator
** 4-20-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** I want to Thank Mike G. and
guest for fishin with us today. we had just
a light N.E. wind dis mornin when i backed
da boat down in da water, a big difference
from yesterday. dat crew of ours was up and
waitin on us to pull up to get dem cuz dey
was ready for a couple of crabmeat sandwiches,
matter of fact we had to stop by Joe's and
pick up a few more for dem cuz dey didn't
tink 12 sandwiches was gonna make da day.
i was more worried dey was gonna run out of
dem cold adult drinks more den dem sandwiches
den when i founded out dat Mike G. was in
charge of dem drinks for each boat i new dey
was in trouble and i was right cuz both boats
run out of adult cold drinks before da trip
was finished. Damit Boy, i wish Teddy T. da
net man would have been with me today, Teddy
i'am try to get you on da same page as me
but you ain't catchin on to dem dudes, i'am
tellin you dey Black Ballin you brother but
any way i would have traded you for dat Dude
Louie da Professional Rock Catcher, man could
he catch a rock, let me told y'all we quit
countin rocks after 2 dozen or so. please
what ever y'all do don't swim by dem rocks
cuz it could be very hard on your feet, knot
da rocks but all da hooks Louie left behind.
he is so good with a reelin rod he even caught
da bottom of a broken glass bottle, he said
da was skill right dare.Teddy Please come
back, i won't talk about you no more. i'am
gonna see if i can get dem to STOP Black Ballin
you dude. now once again dey put Mike G. in
charge of da drinks, how soon do dey forget
& again and YES, me & Jody both run
out of drinks before da trip ended, shit half
way thur my crew was lookin for beer, nothin
but ice in da chest. i had to go run Jody
down and get da few beers he had left so my
crew could finish out da trip. now my crew
some kind of way caught dare Limit of redfish
inbetween da Rock catchin and knot tiein i
was doin right Louie. now Louie did catch
da 1st. fish and YES, he went to talkin SHIT
and again YES, he went down hill fast after
dat and i didn't see him with another keeper
fish, YES, all da rocks would have been keepers.
Luckie dey brought Jeff along to catch da
fish and dey put him all da way in back of
da boat on one lil corner, now Randy was customer
fishin most of da mornin & he was doin
a Great job at dat. now Jody told me dat Mike
G. caught most of da fish in his boat and
da only ting i could tink about was da other
2 fishermen was sittin down watchin Mike fish
cuz Jody only had one rod in da boat. how
da shit did Mike G. catch mot of da fish,
i tink we could add dat to da 7 wonders of
da World. now i didn't see dat i'am goin by
what i was told. Mike and crew all so caught
dare limit of redfish. well i guess i gotta
go cuz y'all know me i don't like startin
any shit and i don't want to hurt anybody
feelins. i can tell y'all dis, any trip with
dis group of fellows many many memories is
made and you gotta love dat. like all ways
keep a tight line but try and keep da rocks
off of it right Louie. Da Rippulator
** 4-19-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTIRES
BY Ripp ****** I want to Thank Mr. Paul D.
and Mr. Andre R. for fishin with me today.
da wind was allready blowin pretty hard when
i backed da boat down. now when dey drove
up we unoaded dare gear and off we went. now
we been fishin with plastic cocahoes or gold
spoons and dats what Mr. Paul's likes and
dis bein dare 1st. trip of da year i taught
we was gonna be able to fish like he likes,
WRONG. now we had a rough ride out and i had
to be carefull cuz of Mr. Paul's back and
neck so i really had to take my time. once
we got to da fishin grounds da water was like
chocolate milk, i'am tellin y'all i could
have put it in a bottle and you wouldn't been
able to tell da difference so dare went da
fake bait fishin. now it was really slow with
dead shrimp under a slidein sinker. we made
lots of moves and stops for a couple of fish.
i told dem da tide was on a stand still right
now and maybe when it starts to move tings
will pick up. i was right about da fishin
pickin up when da tide changed. we caught
8 nice flounders and missed a couple. we had
a request for a flounder by Mr. Andre's wife
and we fixed her up pretty good with dem 8
flounders, i'am tinkin she might let him come
back and pass a good time with us. i don't
know what happened when dem fish went to bitein
cuz from what we could see on da surface it
didn't look like nothin changed to us but
at dat point we didn't care cuz we was now
catchin fish instead of boat ridein, we was
now openin da cover on da fish box and throwin
fish in it and dat was a good sound. like
i said we started out really slow. we was
half way thur da 4th. quarter before dem fish
showed up for us and let me told y'all dat
saved our day. all dem fish was caught on
dead shrimp under a slidein sinker. gotta
run for now. Da Rippulator
** 4-17-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTUIRES
BY Ripp ****** i want to Thank Ken L. and
guest from da Gulf Coast for fishin with us
again today. da weather was very ugly from
da get go dis mornin, da rain was right on
our door step and closein in on us. now our
crew was up and ready to go. i new we might
get a lil while but would have to hide some
where. we left da camp and got about 2 stops
of fishin before dat Cold air hit us but as
we was runnin out we was watchin a pretty
good Lightin show for free courteous of mother
nature. da one good ting about it was dat
it was comein from da North and we had to
run South to get back, now we caught a couple
of reds and black drums right before we had
to start back and when da Cold air hit us
off we went and we had to run back to Joe's
to hide, Nope we didn't make it. i told Ken
and crew dat we would get some dry cloths
on den wait about a hour and den check back
with dem. now it got ugly for a lil while
with some heavy lightin, thunder and heavy
rain, 10 drops to da dozen dey was so big.
dat went on for about 45 minutes or so den
it looked like it wanted to clear up so we
went to pick dem back up and try it again
and dis time we made da rest of da day and
it turned out to be a nice day of fishin after
all till da very end. da lake got slick like
a big mirror, i mean slick as Owl shit. all
3 boats had a good mornin of fishin. right
before we ended our day of fishin i could
see da sky turnin a lil grey and blue to our
South but didn't tink nothin of it, i taught
once da weather passed us by it wasn't comein
back, WRONG i was and was dat a mistake on
my part. now we met up with Jody and crew
den started to make our way in and we wasn't
dat far from da landin. we had about a 5 mph
hour North wind but on our way in dat temperature
dropped about 12 or 10 degrees right quick
and it about 3 more minutes dat wind turned
South and dat weather i wasn't worried about
20 minutes ago turned into some ugly shit
and pounded us till we hit da dock. it rained
so hard on us we couldn't even take our picture.
now let me go back a few lines and say dis,
when i saw dat weather comein i stopped and
put my rain gear on and Ken said i'am just
gonna put my rain coat on and knot my bottoms
and man was dat a mistake, with rain drops
10 to da dozen it didn't take long at all
for him to be soakin wet all da way to his
bare skin and let me told y'all it was pretty
chilly. all and all it was a good day of fishin.
lots of people cancled dare trip for da day
cuz of da weather but once again we was our
dare in da war zone makein memories, gotta
lot dat. Thanks again Ken & Judy L. Da
Rippulator
** 4-16-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Today was a lil different den
yesterday cuz da wind moved a lil more to
da West and dat hurt where we fished yesterday,
matter of fact we couldn't even go dare today.
i want to Thank Ken L. and guest from Mississippi
for fishin with us again today and one more
day tomorrow, hope-full-lee. water was still
up on da black top just a lil bit dis mornin.
it had gone down a few inches from yesterday
evenin. now some of Ken's crew went home yesterday
evenin after da fishin trip and some more
filled in dare places. dey was up and about
again dis mornin when i backed da boat down
and YES, da wind was kickin ass early dis
mornin. now like i said a few lines up da
wind had moved over to da West just enough
to mess up our fishin hole from yesterday
so we had to move on to plan "B"
right off da bat. man it is thunderin big
time and very loud right now cuz we got another
cool front tryin to move thur here tonight.
oh, i hear da rain right now fallin and its
fallin pretty hard. now we had a much softer
ride out dis mornin. once i got to where i
wanted to we started out fishin with dead
shrimp under a cork but it was slow fishin
for us. we moved a lot and tried a bunch of
places just pickin up a fish here and dare
and i speared us down more times den i could
count. da wind was blowin so hard i hated
to try and run any more South but it looked
like dat was what we was gonna have to do.
man dey did have some nice white caps in dat
open water and YES, i flatten da tops of many.
if dey had a head on it we smashed it down.
we did make it across all in one piece and
on our very 1st. stop we caught a black drum
on just about every cast and all of dem was
about 14 inches, it was very hard to find
one dat made 16 inches. Miss Judy was a lil
slow on dem corks but when we went to dem
slidein sinkers she went to shinein once again,
she was really showin her fishin skills. i
don't know how many throw backs she caught
but she had to sit and rest for a while. right
before i would net da fish i would cast da
other rod out and by da time we got da fish
in she would have another one on da line,
dats right we had a lil assembly line workin.
we moved around a lil bit and it was da same
on every stop. we did catch a couple of nice
reds but dey to was far and between today
for us. now once we hit da dock and everybody
got in dats when we started to hear da fish
stories. Terry was on Kory Joe's boat and
he told us he had da biggest redfish on dat
boat today and i tink Timmy had da 2 biggest
redfish on Craig's boat and Ken had da biggest
on my boat but Miss Judy did catch da 1st.
keeper today. now dey givein dat cool front
and hard rain to hit us about day break and
we hopein it all comes thur tonight or hold
off and just give us till about 12 noon tomorrow.
dey all ready got over 2 inches of rain in
New Orleans in about 1 1/2 hours but dat big
rain squall dare passed North of us and spared
us. OK, my Bride is callin me cuz i tink she
got someting planned for me. see y'all tomorrow.
Da Rippulator
** 4-15-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Damit Boy dat was some very
strong gusty S.E. wind today, 25 plus mph
with higher gust. oh yea, it was all ready
blowin when i got dare dis mornin, it blowed
all night long. dat S.E. wind pushed da water
right up on da black top once again. man,
dey had some nice white caps in da Bayou.
i want to Thank Ken L. and guest from da Gulf
Coast for fishin with us today, again tomorrow
plus one more day. YES, we had a rough ride
out and YES again it was a lot rougher when
we came back. we had 3 boats go out for Ken
and guest and everybody had a good day of
fishin once again. i was a lil worried dis
mornin but everyting worked out for us. Ken,
Judy his Bride and Miss Sylvia ( Mother-in-Law
) who i might add is 80 years young and YES,
she still can fish and she gets around like
shes 60, gotta love dat. had 3 new Lil comers
( future customers ) oldest one about 10 years
young i guess, dey fished with Lil Craig.
now let me told y'all dey was some fired up
dis mornin and dey was rarein to go. of course
dey had a few questions, now come on, y'all
know dey wouldn't be kids with out questions.
i didn't have to back da truck down far at
all dis mornin to slide da boat off da trailer,
matter of fact i tink da truck was still in
da parkin lot when da boat slid off. now once
we got to da fishin grounds it was much calmer.
we started out with dead shrimp under a slidein
sinker, now China and crew started out with
gold spoons but dey soon changed over to dead
shrimp all so. we had a good jump on dem redfish
right off da bat but da only problem we had
was dat Ken caught da 1st. fish and dats a
NO NO with Miss Judy cuz she all ways catches
da 1st. fish and i tink by Ken catchin da
1st. one it throwed her game off dis mornin.
it took a lil while for her to get in her
Grove on but like all ways when she finds
it she just don't let up but i must say i
saw her Miss a couple of keeper redfish and
she don't never do dat. it was a tight call
but i tink she eased right ahead of Ken on
da last 2 stops. i got a couple of pictures
of Miss Sylvia and her redfish out on da water
but once we hit da dock da kids took over
da fish board. dey was nothin but smiles while
standin dare with all dare fish and all of
dem had a cell phone and dey all had somebody
takein a picture of dem with all da fish.
after several group picture was taken dey
wanted to hold each a fish so we got some
pictures of dem like dat all so. i bet dey
all gonna take a nap before dey get home but
i bet once Home Mom's gonna hear some long
winded fish stories more den once. one of
dem video most of da fish cleanin and was
eager to make sure he got all da guts of da
fish in his Video, dats gonna be a show and
tell at schooll tomorrow. i tink dey gonna
remember dis day a long time and i tink from
now on Dad is gonna find it hard to leave
da house with out dem. like all ways keep
a tight line and make sure to keep y'all bait
wet. Da Rippulator
** 4-14-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** I want to Thank Clay &
guest Butch from New Orleans for fishin with
me today on short notice. i was booked but
had my trip Cancled cuz of a health problem
with one of my guest and with da weather and
fishin as good as its been i hated to lose
a good day like dat so i made about 6 phone
calls before i found somebody dat could make
da trip on very short notice and i'am sure
Clay & Butch is glad dey was able to make
da trip. now Clay told me dis mornin dat he
made 3 calls before he found somebody to come
with him but he all so told me dat he was
comein by his self if he couldn't find anybody
cuz he said if i called him on very short
notice he knew dem redfish must be bitein
good. Clay & Butch was a lil excited about
da trip and dey got to Joe's before dey was
even open. when i went to back da boat down
dey was all ready sittin on da bench in front
of Joe's. he walked over to hold da rope for
da boat while i backed down and he told me
i know we early but we was excited about da
trip, i told him it wasn't a big deal. we
got a good early start and we had to wait
a few minutes for it to get a lil light so
we could cast. now yesterday we tried dem
gold spoons but we could knot catch a fish
on dem spoons, we had to use a plastic cocahoe
with a bright green tail and just bounce it
off da bottom. what a mornin it was. now Clay
had some business to take care of for noon
but yesterday when i talked to him i told
him i would have him back way before dat and
he say i tell you what Ripp if we catch our
15 reds i will be ready to go, i told him
you got it brother. now y'all know how dis
fishin is from one day to da next but i was
pretty sure with da wind da way it was along
with da tide i taught we would have a quick
mornin and i'am tellin y'all we didn't make
30 cast or less between da 3 of us and dey
had dare limit of nice redfish, Butch made
6 cast in a row and caught 6 keeper reds.
now Clay had changed his story a lil bit when
i started up da motor, he said Ripp what you
doin and i told him you told me yesterday
dat if y'all got 15 redfish you would be ready
to go and he told me Yea i said dat but i
didn't tink we would get dem in 30 minutes
or less. i went to messin with him and told
him so now you goin back on your word i guess.
i told him you know all a man got is his good
name and his word and now you given one of
dem up. i did have him goin for a lil while
inbetween fish cuz he never laided his rod
down. i did get a few good pictures of dem
with da Sun comein up behind dem and Yes we
got a couple of good pictures back at da dock.
we had our 15 redfish den i tagged and released
10 cuz dats all da tags i had but i know we
caught another 20 nice redfish before he gave
up and he told me dat was a Great trip. he
was amazed at all dem redfish and we never
saw a one on da surface. when we hooked up
on da 1st. double i put da power pole down
and we never moved till we got our 15. now
dey did have lots of mullets on da surface
but da mullets is to big for da size redfish
we was catchin to eat so all i know is dey
just under dem mullets followin dem around.
man i hope it stays like dis a few more days,
weather right, fish right, gotta love dat.
gotta run for now but like all ways keep a
tight line and keep y'all bait wet. Da Rippulator.
** 4-13-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Guess y'all know it allready
but its Friday Da 13th. now i heard dat a
few times dis mornin, tell me what dats means,
are we knot suppose to go to work or someting,
tomorrow is Saturday Da 14th. does dat mean
anyting. i want to Thank Josh M. and crew
from Alabama for fishin with us today and
YES, i know dey Beat L.S.U. last year for
da Champion Ship, how many times y'all tink
i heard dat shit today, beleive it or knot
i heard it before today. hey Steven J. we
missed you on dis fishin trip but i now know
you got a New Baby and all your spare time
is accounted for. dey got down here yesterday
evenin pretty early and started Burlin some
mud-bugs for dare supper and YES, dem dudes
did drink a few Adult Drinks. dey was pretty
much up dis mornin when we got dare to pick
dem up, movein just a lil slow but movein.
now when we pulled away from da dock a couple
of dem in Lil Craig's boat popped a top and
it wasn't on any soft drink cans either, tough
dem young boys are. now one of dem in da gang
is gettin Married pretty soon and dats what
dis here trip was for and its lookin like
its gonna be one dat dey all remember, once
again deep down on Da Bayou makein memories
and passin a good time with Ripp's Charters,
gotta love dat. we had just a lil light S.E.
wind when i put da boat in da water dis mornin.
yea, i know dis line should be up a few lines
but dey was tryin hard to get me over served
by Joe's. once we reached da fishin grounds
we started out with dead shrimp under a slide
sinker and dem redfish was waitin on us. i
had 4 fisherman in da boat with me but only
3 of dem was catchin fish and i was scared
dat dey was gonna get dare limit before one
of dem caught a keeper. let me told y'all
dis, he was in da middle of 2 of dem and dey
was catchin fish on each side of him and at
one time one of dem took his rod and no sooner
da bait hit da water he had a nice redfish
on & said out loud it ain't da fishin rod,
now dat poor Josh was tryin hard to catch
a fish, oh shit, did i say his name. i hate
dat but i got to leave it cuz da last time
i tried to erase someting off dis here machine
and after 13 pencils i wore a hole clean thur
da glass and da dam word was still dare, you
just gonna have to live with it Josh. dem
dudes layed into dem reds and it didn't take
dem no time to reach dare limit and start
throwin some back. what a day dey had. all
3 boats had dare limit of redfish. we got
a bunch of pictures back at da dock with all
dare fish and dey was still takein pictures
while we was tryin to take da fish off da
board. now we found dem some fresh big shrimp
and dey was gonna Burl dat along with some
redfish on da half shell with some fresh fried
filets and YES, i'am sure dey will have a
few more Cold Adult Drinks as well.OK, i tink
dis is all i can do here for today. Da Rippulator
** 4-12-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Man we was back to long sleeve
shirts for most of da mornin, don't know where
dat lil cool front came from but it can go
right back. we want dem steady Hot days one
after another. i want to Thank Jim & Kathy
M. from New Jersey once again for fishin with
me today. now dis mornin when i backed da
boat down da wind was kickin ass allready
and i had to back da truck way down da ramp
a good bit more den yesterday to slide da
boat off da trailer. now just like da other
2 days my crew was waitin on me to pull up
so dey can load up and start dare last day
of fishin. Kathy cook dem some fresh fish
again for supper last night and dey both said
how good it was. now we had a bump-pee ride
out dis mornin but i tried to stay as close
to lee shore as i could so dat way dem waves
wouldn't be so big and rough. we kinda seen
a pretty good sunrise but right when it broke
da horizon a few clouds popped up right in
front of it. we started out with dead shrimp
under a slidein sinker but we did try a couple
of times with da cork but dat wasn't workin
good for us at all cuz between da strong gusty
North East wind and da current runnin hard
you just couldn't keep da cork where you wanted
it to be. some places i just couldn't get
da boat to act right, da current would be
runnin one way and da wind would be cross
ways our line so dat cork would sail along
da bank. now our best bet was da slidein sinker.
we didn't even try to throw dem gold spoons
today. we passed a lot of water under dat
boat today, we went East, North, West & South
and made many many cast for da fish we caught.
it was lookin pretty slim in da fish box,
we tried deep water, we tried shallow water
and with dem corks we tried inbetween da water.
i never did find any clear water today. now
like i said it was lookin pretty slim in da
fish box. did i tell y'all how good dat Kathy
could fish, dat Lady was someting else with
a reelin rod in her hands. oh yea she was
Da Redfish Queen again today and dat means
she gets da Crown till dare next trip. i told
dem time was gettin short and we was goin
in over time with No Time outs left. OK, Jim
& Kathy we gonna make one more stop den we
have to start back. i moved da boat up da
bank about 98 yards from where we was and
speared us down and let me told y'all dats
when Kathy went to showin us what she had
and what she could do with a reelin rod. she
went to catchin dem Nice redfish cast after
cast, now am i right or what Jim. now poor
Jim he caught a couple right dare him self
but he mostly was watchin Kathy Da Queen reel
dem fish in, she said Ripp i got to get another
picture with dat fish and i told her, Kathy
lets catch dem redfish while dey bitein and
i will take your picture before we leave,
i told her and Jim dat dey gonna quit bitein
just like dey started bitein and dey did but
it was to late cuz Kathy had done all da damage
dat she could do. we went from Zero to Hero
on dat last stop. now with da 2 of dem fishin
Kathy came in 1st. with Jim a close second.
i told dem dats why you never give up till
da bitter end. now dey gonna spend one more
night in da Big City before headin back home
to New Jersey. Thanks again Jim & Kathy and
hope to see y'all again soon. like all ways
keep a tight line and keep y'all bait wet.
Da Rippulator
** 4-11-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Y'all come on down to da Bayou
cuz da water is fine and da fish is bitein.
i want to Thank Jim & Kathy M. from New Jersey
for fishin with me again today. my crew was
up, ready and waitin on me when i pulled up
to get dem. now i don't know where dat North
wind come from but it was pretty stiff around
day break and it never let up all day long.
oh yea, it put a pretty good chop on da water
for our ride out dis mornin. da wall makes
dem waves even bigger den dey all ready are
and it pushes dem right back into da lake
and its a mess to ride thur. now when we got
to our 1st. stop which was right where we
ended da day yesterday everyting had changed
over night cuz of da North wind and da water
was a good 10 inches lower den yesterday and
dat was gonna be a problem cuz da grass &
slime is gettin pretty bad right where we
was and lower da water da higher da grass
is to da surface. runnin into da fishin grounds
i didn't see near da fish we saw yesterday
and da water had a pretty good stain to it
cuz of da North wind but we was here so of
course we was gonna try and yes we started
out with gold spoons and dey worked just as
good as dey did da day before but we never
saw near as many fish as yesterday. now yesterday
we would spoke a fish from da bank and we
pretty much caught da ones we saw and Kathy
told me she had never saw dat before. i told
her we was huntin down dem redfish. now Jim
done a lil better today den yesterday on da
fish catchin of redfish. i tink he was one
step ahead of Kathy today on da fish catchin.
now once we left da marsh and started fishin
with dead shrimp under a slidein sinker he
kinda kicked back, he did use a line but wasn't
to instrested in dat type of fishin but he
done it for his Bride Kathy, what a good Husband
he is. Kathy caught 1 nice redfish along with
some nice catfish dat she wanted and dat was
gonna be dare supper tonight. she cooked some
redfish last night and told me dis mornin
it was Great, matter of fact she cooked a
couple of extra pieces so she could bring
it on da boat for a mid-mornin snack. yes,
we did get some nice pictures of her out on
da water with all her redfish and all her
catfish. i tink tomorrow will tell who is
da better fisher person cuz right now dey
tied up with one a piece so tomorrow will
be da tie breaker and da Winner of a 3 day
adventure. like all ways keep a tight line
and your bait wet. Da Rippulator
** 4-10-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Kathy M. was dat some good
marsh fishin or what, you can't beat da color
of dem redfish. i'am glad dey came back down
to da bayou to pass a good time with us. i
want to Thank Jim & Kathy M. for New Jersey
for fishin with me today and tomorrow plus
one more day. now we gonna try someting different
each day for dem by request. dey was all excited
about da house dey was gonna be stayin in
for 3 nights cuz it was right on da water.
dare last trip here dey stayed in Da Big City
but dis go round dey wanted to stay on da
bayou. da bayou was pretty calm when i backed
da boat down dis mornin but da weather people
said we had a pretty good chance of rain.
now we had a smooth ride out dis mornin and
got to see a really nice sunrise with some
great orange colors. man i like lookin at
dat.once we got to da fishin grounds i wanted
to start dem off with some golds spoons. our
1st. stop we had some really nice water with
a good bit of bait runnin da shore lines but
dey just never had enough reds for us to stay
but Jim and Kathy did catch each a one but
i told dem it was to nice to troll around
here with all dis water to our selves so off
we went in search of more fish and dat was
a pretty good move cuz everyting kinda fell
in place for us. dat Kathy could fish with
da best of dem and she was showin Jim how
it was done in da marsh and she got da proff
to prove it cuz every fish she caught she
got at least 2 pictures with it, shes gonna
have a new deep south marsh redfishin scrap
book fill up with just dis trip here. i knew
it wasn't gonna take long for dem to reach
dare limit of redfish da way she was catchin
dem. she even stopped a few times to let Jim
catch up and he was gettin close but time
run out on him so he finished a close second
behind Kathy da Queen. we all so got a nice
group picture of dem when we got back to da
dock. it was a great day to spend out on da
water. days like dis is just to pretty to
stay inside. gotta run for now. Da Rippulator
** 4-9-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Dats what i'am talkin about
right dare, catchem fast. i want to Thank
Brad R. and guest from around da Baton Rouge
area for fishin with me today. we had another
great weather day, if it could only stay like
dis till Huntin season den turn COLD. Yea
, i know dat ain't gonna happen but its wish-full
tinkin. everybody was off from fishin yesterday
cuz of Easter Sunday but da water was Buzzin
once again today. da weather people gave a
pretty good chance of rain today ( from day
light to dark was dare range ) gotta love
dat. any direction you looked you couldn't
see any rain clouds. now we did have a stiff
North wind dis mornin when i backed da boat
down and dat was suppose to swing to da South
East but while fishin we didn't see dat wind
swing happen. we had a nice ride out with
just a few bumps but we did get to see a Great
April sunrise dis mornin. dat big ball of
fire came up out of da water just as Orange
as it could get, i just don't get tired of
seein dem sun rises. gotta say it, now when
dey put me down for good i'am pretty sure
i will be ahead of lots and lots of people
for seein sun rises out on da water. once
we reached our fishin grounds i started everybody
out on dead shrimp under a slidein sinker
but we did try some cork fishin up in da marsh
but we never caught one redfish on da cork
or for dat matter we never caught any kind
of fish under da cork. now dey tore dem a
new you know what on dat slidein sinker and
for da most part my crew was pretty good on
da rock catchin cuz very few rocks was caught
today. now Lil Chris was Da Man today. i didn't
ask him his age but he was right around 10
years young i tink and he was a good Lil fisherman,
he didn't catch da biggest redfish but by
far he caught da most. now he did catch da
biggest sheep-head and i'am pretty sure he
caught da most flounders along with da biggest
one. now da bite was pretty quick dis mornin
, we had a hard incomin tide but when it slacked
dem fish got da lock jaw but dem 2 hours was
all we needed. now Lil Chris's Paw-Paw caught
da biggest redfish and his Uncle Brad was
a close second on da fish catchin but Lil
Chris was Da Man and he will tell you dat
in a heart beat, dat he caught da most fish.
we got some good pictures of him when we got
back to da dock and his Lil face was just
one big grin from ear to ear. like all ways
keep a tight line and keep your bait wet and
i will see y'all tomorrow. Da Rippulator
** 4-5-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Man, was dat some Heavy Rain
or what, we had to CANCLE our trip yesterday
mornin and we had to CANCLE it dis mornin
all so but dey tellin us dis is it, after
dis Big Squall passes us it will start to
clear up and we will see Sunshine dis evenin,
oh yea, we heard dat before. we all most could
fish right off da porch, dat rain has put
some water all over da place. da ground was
all ready water soked from da last couple
of days so what we got last night has just
piled up on top of da water we allready had.
we had a current runnin thur da yard just
like da Bayou. now it hit us about 4:30 am
dis mornin. da Thunder woke me up and once
again we had a pretty nice Lightin storm before
da Heavy Rain got to us. we could here da
Thunder rollin in closer and closer to us
with every Lightin strike. when it comes to
Free Shows you just can't beat Mother Nature,
YES it is amazein. da sheer power it has is
a force to be reckoned with. right now as
i'am typein dis here report i here Heavy Thunder
out to our South, i'am hopein dat da stuff
dat passed over us a lil while ago and it
keeps headin South and don't back up over
us again and we get some more of dat Trainin
affect. i don't have to tell y'all all da
damage it has done to our West, North &
East cuz all you have to do is put da TV on
and watch for just a lil while. now we Hopein
we get to make da next couple of days before
Easter Sunday, we will be OFF for Easter Sunday
by choice. our cement was covered with worms,
frogs and spiders, dem to is tryin to get
out of da water and a place dey can catch
some fresh air without da rain fallin on dem.
dare went another Big Thunder and i tink it
sounded closer dat time. OK, i gotta run for
now but i hope i will be back tomorrow with
a Fishin Report and knot another Weather Report.
Da Rippulator
** 4-3-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Y'all Come on down to Da Bayou
to Fish and pass a good time with us. i want
to Thank Moose R. and guest from both side
of da lake for fishin with us today and again
tomorrow. now dem boys drove down yesterday
evenin and all ready had smoke comein off
da pit when i got dare and YES, dey was dippin
into some Adult Cold drinks while watchin
da pit smoke. now dem weather people was givein
some rain showers for last night but i don't
tink dey taught we was gonna get what we got
over night. we got 6 inches of heavy rain
and some very large rain drops, how big you
say, i tink dey was runnin about 9 drops to
da dozen dey was so big and along with dat
we got 2 bouts of Hail, dats right i said
Hail, don't see Hail much down here on da
Bayou, now it didn't last long either time
but it came twice times. we all so got some
30 plus miles per hour wind, we all so got
a Free Lightin show dat lasted 3/4 of da night,
dey was so close together da thunder sounded
like it came before da Lightin a few times
and all FREE of charge for da watchin put
on by Mother Nature. it was Lightin so much
it got so bright da street light taught it
was breakin day and turned it off twice times.
now when i got to da boat shed dis mornin
da wind had died down a lot from last night
and all da rain was gone and when i got to
da back down ramp da water had swelled up
about 10 inches or so. while drinkin our coffee
in da Marina dis mornin a few people on dare
way to work stopped by and told us da Lightin
hit dare house and burned up everyting dat
was plugged into a wall socket. Da Marina
is where and why y'all can live y'all lives
like y'all do cuz we solve lost of World problems
dare and we do all dat in about 1 hour a mornin.
whats up with all dem people in dat White
House dat dey can't solve any problems, dey
might need to send us 2 or 1 people dat can
write and take notes and bring dat back to
dem to look over & analyze, i promise
it can't hurt nothin. now our crew was ready
and waitin on us when we pulled up to get
dem. High Water, dat part was good but i was
pretty sure it was gonna have a muddie effect
on our fishin grounds, WRONG. for da most
parts da water was pretty clear. we started
out with dead shrimp under a cork but soon
changed over to gold spoons, on our 1st. stop
da wind was pretty strong but in about 45
minutes or so it had layed down a good bit
so dats why we changed over to spoons. now
Mr. Moose caught da Biggest redfish on our
boat and it was caught with a spoon, he even
caught a nice Green Trout on dat spoon. a
picture was taken with one of dem fancy phones
and knot long after he caught dat big redfish
it was bein sent out world wide i tink. check
y'all phone cuz i tink he sent to every person.
some people was still in bed, some people
was gettin out of bed and some people across
da globe was just goin to bed, gotta love
dat. see y'all tomorrow. Da Rippulator
** 4-2-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** It looks like Fishin season
is in full bloom right now and man da weather
has really been good to us so far. i want
to Thank Harry T. and guest for fishin with
me today. i tink dey in town and have someting
to do with dem Final 4 Basketball games cuz
dey had to be back in New Orleans for straight
up 12 noon for a meetin. i told Harry last
night on da phone dat anyting can happen with
an outboard motor at any time no matter how
good its runnin and he had to make dis meetin.
i all so told him dat anyting can happen to
da car he's drivein. da wind was light dis
mornin when i backed da boat down but i new
it was gonna breeze up after daylight and
it did but we had a reel fast start dis mornin.
as y'all can see i did talk Harry in to comein
down anyway and i done my part. i had him
back at da dock for 10:45 like he wanted.
he wanted to know if i taught he would need
a shower before da meetin and i told him if
everybody around him didn't mind da smell
of da great outdoors he would be OK. i was
wonderin why he was dressed up a bit good
for fishin. now he left as soon as we landed
but his buddy stayed back while i cleaned
and bagged all dare fish. we caught all our
fish on Gold Spoons today. da wind did pick
up speed about 8 o'clock or so but we was
so far in da marsh grass it didn't bother
us at all. as we was goin down one bank i
had pushed a couple of nice lookin reds along
da bank in front of us and dey stopped in
front of a lil ditch about 35 yards in front
of us and i was hopein dey would wait for
us cuz i could see dem crusein around in dare
so i put da power pole down about 25 yards
away with da wind on our back so i wouldn't
spook dem and i got Harry and Clay up on da
bow and showed dem what i was lookin at and
got dem to cast behind da fish and pull dat
gold spoon thur dem and we caught 6 nice reds
in about 7 cast, now dats a good start right
dare, dem 2 dudes was some excited about beein
withness to dat. now dem reds was in about
18 inches of clear calm water and dey wanted
dat gold spoon, you could throw 3 feet either
side of dem and once you started dat spoon
back to da boat you could see dare wake headed
for da spoon, now dats a pretty sight to see
at 7 o'clock in da mornin. i got a couple
of good pictures of dem out on da water but
Harry had to run as soon as we docked da boat
so we didn't get any land pictures of dem
2. well i gotta run for now cuz my crew for
tomorrow just called me and done made it down
to da house. see y'all tomorrow with another
report. Da Rippulator
** 4-1-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Well Mike i hope our day today
will be just like yesterday, yea, Ripp dat
would be nice. once again i want to Thank
Mike H. and guest for fishin with me today.
Miss Mary told me dis mornin dat she was so
tried from catchin fish yesterday she took
a 2 hour nap before dey went to supper. now
for supper last night dey went to Boutte's
Bayou Restaurant and dey was very pleased
with all dare food. now we had a lil different
wind dis mornin when i backed da boat down,
da wind had turned a lil bit to da East, so
now it was S.E. with a lil get up and go behind
it. now just like yesterday my crew was right
on time and ready to start dare day off. our
ride out today had a few bumps on our way
to da fishin grounds but da direction it was
comein from would make it nice once we got
to da shore line. we had a lot more clouds
dis mornin den yesterday so we got to see
a very small piece of da Sun when it came
up. now i could see on our ride out dis mornin
dat Mike was a lil more eager today den yesterday
so i was pretty sure it was gonna be everybody
for dare self today. we was headed right where
we started and finished our day yesterday.
now while i was tryin to throw da spear and
get da boat in da right spot with da right
angle for everybody to cast Mike had allready
opened da fish box and got a hand full of
shrimp out and had his line baited and ready
for castin and as soon as da line got tight
on da spear his 1st. cast was on its way and
he was so excited he threw his shrimp off,
dude you know you gotta love dat. me and Chuck
like to fell out da boat we was laughin so
hard, dat 1st. bad cast of da day had Mike
talkin to his self for an hour. yea, i could
see everybody was on dare own today. we was
ready and set up just like yesterday but dem
fish wasn't waitin on us today, we really
had to work hard for our fish today. yesterday
was one stop catchin but knot today. it looked
like dey had a day off from school and dey
was scattered all over and we had to go door
to door to catch dem. i don't know how many
times i threw dat spear, it adds up quick
when you only stay in a spot for 4 or 3 cast.
now everyting on da surface looked just like
yesterday but someting just wasn't right.
we did catch all our fish on dead shrimp under
a slidein sinker again today. now Mike hooked
a reel nice red about 8 pounds and gave da
reelin rod to his Mom and she had her hands
full with dat ting, i'am talkin all she wanted
for 12 minutes or so, she wanted to give dat
reelin rod to anybody dat would take it but
she couldn't find any takers. oh yea, she
took a good rest after dat one. like i told
dem dey had 2 great days of good weather along
with great marsh fishin at its best and dey
had a big ice chest full of fresh fee-layed
fish to prove it. dey all so made countless
memories of dare fishin trip along with some
great pictures to share with da hole family
when dey get home. gotta love dat. Cha-Ching.
catch y'all on da flip side. Da Rippulator
** 3-31-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Hey Mike was dat some good
fishin or what, you know it don't get much
better den dat, shit, even Chuck caught his
limit and dats all i should have to say about
dat. i want to Thank Mike H. and guest for
fishin with me today and again tomorrow and
i tink dey was gonna be in for 2 good days
of fishin along with good weather. dey drove
in yesterday evenin and was headed to Restaurant
Des Families for supper, Mom & Dad along with
Mike love to eat dare, dey knot comein down
here without eatin dare at least one night.
now his Mom ( Miss Mary ) & Dad ( Mr Billy
) is in from Florida but on dare way home
to Missouri, y'all see dey some of dem Snow
Birds you here about cuz dey drive dare motor
home down to da Keys and spend da winter,
gotta love dat. now we had a very light S.W.
wind when i backed da boat down dis mornin
and da water was up. my crew was right on
time, course dey wasn't far cuz dey stayed
right on top of da Marina. now we had a smooth
ride out to da fishin grounds, got to see
a lil sun rise but we had a few clouds pop
up right in front of it when it broke da horizon.
after spearin us down and gettin da boat in
da right spot i got everybody all set up with
a dead shrimp under a slidein sinker and it
wasn't long at all and Miss Mary had a fish
pullin her drag out and while i was waitin
for her to get dat fish close enough for me
to net Mr. Billy had one pullin his drag out
to. dat Miss Mary could fish, her castin was
right on target her hook settin was right
on time, man dat lady could fish. da only
lil problem i had with her was when reelin
in da fish she didn't want to quit reelin,
even if da fish was pullin da drag out she
was steady reelin in. shit, i had da fish
in da net a couple of times and she still
was turnin da handle on da reel. now beleive
it or knot Mike was on good behavior and tryin
to be a good host, i guest cuz it was his
Mom & Dad fishin with him today along with
his friend Chuck. Miss Mary was on a roll,
she was reelin in fish after fish till she
had to stop and take a rest, she said her
wrist was hurtin her but i tink it was just
to try and let da men catch up a lil bit.
you see she jumped out ahead of dem right
quick like and never looked back one time.
oh yea, she was da Queen of fishin today and
she even got da pictures to prove it. man
i was glad tings worked out like dey did for
dem, she told me dare deep freeze was gettin
short on fish, you know Ripp we love our fried
fish & our Grand-Kids can't wait for us to
give a big fish fry. dey all ready callin
us to see if we caught any fish. dey was snappin
dem pictures with dem fancy cell phones to
send back to Missouri for everybody to see
and most of da pictures was of Mom. what a
good day of Fishin dey had. gotta run for
now but like all ways keep y'all bait wet.
Da Rippulator
** 3-30-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** I'am tellin y'all now is da
time to be down here Fishin, dem fish is all
most jumpin in da boat, you all most got to
shoe dem away. i want to Thank Mike B. and
guest from La., Ms. & Al. for fishin with
us today and what a good day of fishin it
was for all. now dey drove down yesterday
evenin and we done a Lil Cajun cook out for
dem right dare where dey was stayin and dey
was amazed at dat. when i put da boat in da
water dis mornin it looked like it was gonna
be a good day for fishin and man was i right.
our crew was up and waitin on us when we pulled
up to da dock. dey was ready to start dare
fishin day off, we had a nice ride out to
da fishin grounds. dey was given a 50 per
cent chance of rain but i was pretty sure
we was gonna make our day before da rain squalls
started and we did. i had a couple of 1st.
timers with me but knot 1st. timers on Fishin,
man my crew could fish, matter of fact dey
told me dat dey was da "A" Team. trust me
when i told y'all dis i heard dat shit before,
more den once dem words was passed across
my boat. now like i said 3 came with me and
4 went with Lil Craig, lots of tall talkin
goin on while we was leavein da house. oh
yea, man i'am gonna catch dis and i'am gonna
catch da most and i'am gonna catch da biggest,
Shit talkin goin on and we never wet da 1st.
line yet. now we sneaked up on a couple of
birds divein and i put on some plastic Cocahoes
under a cork and a couple of rods with no
cork but we only caught a couple of throw
backs, den we went on about our normal business.
we started out fishin with dead shrimp under
a slidein sinker in nice clear pretty water
and dat seemed to work really well. it didn't
take but 3 or 2 cast before da 1st. keeper
fish hit da floor. inbetween fish catches
dey all so caught some really nice ROCKs,
come to tink about it da rock catchin was
mostly caught by one man. he was in 1st. place
all by his self. i'am glad we didn't land
any cuz dem dam tings is hard on my electric
knives, plus it takes for ever to get dem
tender enough to eat. we caught 20 really
nice black drums along with a couple of reds
and once we reach out limit i told my crew
we was gonna run in da marsh and try to throw
some Gold Spoons along da grass banks while
da wind was still down and i was surprised
at how clean da water was in da marsh but
how few Reds was in da marsh. we did pick
up 5 or 4 nice reds with da spoons but it
was slow fishin, lots of castin goin on dare.
now some of dem was goin home dis evenin but
some was stayin another night and 4 of dem
wanted to make a evenin trip so i didn't want
to push my luck with my knee, one a day to
start off was good enough for me so i let
Lil Craig take dem out and dey done pretty
good till da rain run dem back in. well dats
about all i can do for dis here report but
will be back tomorrow with another one. like
all ways keep y'all bait wet. Da Rippulator
** 3-28-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Come on down to da Bayou cuz
Summer is here, we skipped right over Spring
and went right into Summer but it looks like
it done dat all across da country. Man what
a Great day of Fishin my crew had today, Cha-Ching,
Ba Bing Ba Boom. i want to Thank Tom T., Bailey
S. for fishin with us today, now dey had a
mixed Group cuz i tink dey was from 4 or 5
different states. now dey was comein last
Thursday but we moved it to today cuz of all
da Bad weather we had last Thursday & let
me told y'all it was some Bad stuff. i didn't
make da trip today cuz i'am still healin my
knee but i was down dare when dey pulled into
da dock to get a group picture of dem and
all dare fish. lots and lots of stories goin
on at one time at da fish cleanin table once
da 2 groups got together. everybody caught
fish and everybody was excited about dare
trip. a couple of dem in da group dis was
dare 1st. trip down on da bayou to fish with
us. now Miss Rachel she was all excited about
her fishin trip, she told me dat she been
a couple of times when she was a small young
girl but never saw any fish on any of dare
fishin trips much less catch any but today
dat all changed for her cuz i'am pretty sure
she was Da Redfishin Queen. she got more pictures
with da fish den anybody else so i'am guessin
she caught da most. she even dressed up Da
Ripp's Fishin Sign much better den here Fishin
Buddies, you all most didn't even see da Fish
hangin dare. Shit, matter of fact i don't
know if i saw any fish up on da board, gotta
love it. she even wanted to try and clean
a couple and she did, first she tried with
da Electric Knife but in her words it was
a Saws All Knife, gotta love dat. never heard
it called a Saws All before. now Kory Joe
helped her out a lil bit but she's gonna need
a few more lessons on da fish cleanin, den
she tried Craig's Serrated edge filet knife
and you couldn't tell if it was a fish or
knot when she got done with it but like i
told her dat wasn't her job, her job was to
catch da fish knot clean and bag dem and she
done good on dat cuz da fish board couldn't
hold all da fish she caught. i'am just guessin
dat da men caught some of dem fish but i didn't
here much braggin from dem and you know how
dem Men are about dare fishin and what dey
caught and how big it was and how many dey
caught once dey get out of da boat and back
on da dock, Shit, sometime dey don't even
get out da boat before dey start talkin shit,
we tryin to tie da boat up and dey lookin
for da biggest fish in da other boat to compare
with dares. oh yea, we love dat to. like all
ways keep your Bait in da water cuz dats where
it works best. Da Rippulator
** 3-24-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES
BY Ripp ****** Dats right all da Bad weather
passed right over us but before we got it
da water in da Bayou had covered da blacktop
road in a few places. now we got plenty rain
along with lots of heavy wind and all so got
a Free Lightin storm, we got all dat in about
32 hours or a lil more. ** i want to Thank
Paul S. and guest from Jackson Ms. for fishin
with us today ( 3-24-2012 ) i wasn't able
to take dem myself cuz of my knee so Lil Craig
took dem for me and dey had a Good day of
Fishin. dey came in late Friday night and
Fished Saturday mornin but gonna stay another
night for maybe a lil partyin in da Big City
or just to relax. now Craig told me dey had
a good bit of Fog on da way out but as soon
as da wind picked up da Fog was gone. he told
me dey got some good pictures out dare on
da water and all so took a couple of group
pictures back by da dock. i talked to Paul
myself to check up on dem and he told me everybody
had a Good time. now it is about 2:30 Sunday
evenin just about 72 hours into or after my
knee operation and i'am walkin around pretty
good today. Shit i even slept a lil bit last
night, had to quit takein dem Pain pills cuz
beside knot workin to make da pain go away
dey stop me from sleepin all together, Shit,
any mornin at 2 am i could have went cut da
frickin grass if i wanted to cuz i was wide
awake. i'am gettin ready to make a lil walk
around da yard with my walkin stick, yep,
dats right i'am down to one walkin stick now
and let me told y'all what i like about dem
walkin sticks, either stick works for either
leg dare is NO right or left, gotta love dat,
when you 1st. get dem you have to do a quick
look over just to see if dey got a right and
left. now if you get tired of usein one try
da other one cuz it don't matter unless you
got one leg or one arm longer den da other
and don't tink you can just grab a pair of
dem sticks and start walkin, yea maybe outside
where you got a lil room if da ground is level
but inside you got so much stuff in your way,
a chair, a chair leg, a door way, a door,
a vent, a corner, toys from da grand kids
knot to mention da grand kids dare self tryin
to hang on your stick. if you knot carefrull
you can end up on your face in a hurry if
you knot payin full attention to where you
goin. now on da other hand be cuz you hand-dee-caped
you might knot be able to get what you want
when you want it so den dey become a weapon,
now at dis point you might want both of dem
cuz dey pretty good for hittin people to get
dare attention. all yea, everybody is on da
ball when dey around you for now. i might
have to be a lil care-full when i don't need
dem any more and make dam sure i put dem away
so dey knot used on me. gotta go and Hop around.
Da Rippulator