Captain Judy’s Inshore Fishing Report and Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not Story! Halloween 1958 Style!
Fishing statement: To try to insure that fishing stays in the hearts of those that love it and to help the ones that are going too!
Cousins Ty Morris (age 10) and Joseph Bradley (age 9) Both fishermen live in Savannah, Georgia and they had a blast inshore fishing with Captain Tommy Williams of Miss Judy Charters. They were celebrating Ty’s 10th birthday!
While fishing with Captain Tommy Williams of Miss Judy Charters this group, which was part of the group that was sponsored by Mingledorff’s, Inc.
They had seven boats booked. All captains on all boats inshore and offshore caught an amazing amount of fish! I haven’t got all of the pictures nor the names…but I wanted you to see this picture!
Inshore Fishing Report
Well, I don’t have to tell you that it is that time of the year where inshore fishing is normally pretty darn good. However, no matter what there could be days where the bite is just not right. But then that is why they call it fishing and not catching. I have fished for many years (over 50 years) and still I scratch my head sometimes on the why’s and the wheres of these darn fish. But not for one moment did I ever give up! So you don’t either.
Best Inshore Baits!
It is no big secret that live shrimp works like a charm at least most of the time on these crazy inshore fish. So before heading out if you can purchase some or catch your own I suggest spending a little time doing this. For those that want to purchase some live Shrimp Hogan’s Marina/Joey’s Bait House are open most of the time! (912)-897-3474 or (912)-657-9484! And of course Miss Judy Charters Bait also… (912)-429-7671 – (Captain Judy’s Cell number).
Captain Kevin Rose of Miss Judy Charters Keith McClure Jefferson, Georgia What was the scenario did Captain Kevin use when targeting this red fish on a very windy fish day?
According to the story told Captain Kevin firstly he was using live shrimp as bait rigged under traditional adjustable mini floats. And Secondly, he looked and found a pocket of clean water!
Inshore Adventure
We have had some crazy blowing wind that has prevented us, for which seems like an eternity, from being able to fish offshore. Although I really enjoy the fight of offshore fishing I am excited to learn all I can about inshore fishing. I recently got the opportunity to go on an inshore fishing adventure and had a great time. We headed out at 8:00am on a beautiful, crisp fall day. We threw the net on some shrimp and in no time, the bait well was full, and we were off to check out many fishing holes. While we fished, the tide was going out; slow at first, which offered a nice drift, good water clarity and some fish action. But as the day went on the tide really got moving and the fishing slowed down. With the new moon, the tides move out much faster than normal. It was a great day that brought us into the trout and flounder and it was great to get the fishing lines wet and get some salt air back in my lungs!
Cindy Adkins of Pembroke, Georgia, is holding the swimming end of a trophy red fish. And Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters is assisting. Now here the thing…Cindy caught this nice trophy red fish on a small finger mullet, which she fished right on the bottom. Cindy asked her husband Robert to please take a picture of her fish. As you see Robert, Cindy husband did as requested. However, as you can also see Robert didn’t include the tail, which by the way did go over too well with Cindy, but they are working through it for sure! After a grand conversation with fisher Cindy in regards to Robert’s inability to get her trophy red fish’s tale in the picture as she walked away I noticed the back of her t-shirt…and see for yourself…
Captain Garrett Ross of Miss Judy Charters pointed out Cindy Adkins Pembroke Georgia t-shirt. On the back it read…see the above picture…and on the empty lines Cindy said, “Give my husband picture taking lessons! And then maybe next time Captain Garrett shows her the way to a big trophy red fish bite, her husband Robert will get the complete picture of her fish. This means the head to tail!
Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not! – Halloween 1958 Style
Does anybody know who this Witch is? Better look quick…she is just about to take off on her V-8 power double turbo charged broom! What makes this witches broom faster than most? A boost of nitrous oxide!
My father always took me out for Halloween so that I could collect my annual brown bag of candy. I always dressed up and it was a lot of fun. I tried everything from homemade costumes to the store bought ones. They all seemed to do the trick. However there was this one particular store brought costume that I will never forget. My father saw a cat costume and he brought it home. I was about 7 years old at the time, so therefore dressing up like a cat wasn’t such a bad idea, at least until daddy made certain alterations to the costume. The tail of the cat costume simply just hung there. Daddy checked it out and found that he could stuff my tail with some of the white so-called cotton that he used for caulking repairs on his wooden boats. I didn’t care all I was thinking about was all of the candy that I was going to get and how much I could eat in one night. After stuffing the tail with the so-called cotton he created a big problem. The tail was too heavy so it just fell to the ground. Now I had a cattail that was 3 dimensional, but it wouldn’t stand on its own. I could tell that Daddy was in a mood or maybe he had a few cocktails. Now he broke out the fishing line. His plan was to tie one end to the tail and the other end to the back of my costume, which he did in a fast fashion. I now had me a state of the art moving cattail that actually swayed with my walk. (Remember the lion’s tail in the Wizard of Oz) I was ready to go “Trick a Treating” in my now daddy designer store bought costume.
Our first stop was great! I got lots of compliments on my costumes and plenty of candy. I really made a haul. Daddy even got a beverage to go. As the evening went on my brown bag got heavier. According to Daddy my “Trick a Treating” was just about over, which wasn’t good news, but heck I was a little tired from all of the walking with my tail swaying. We must have visited at least 10 houses. Our last stop had the noise of a barking dog in the background. I was a little afraid of dogs, due to the fact that one of our neighbor’s dog had bitten me once before. I approached the door with caution. The dog was really barking at this point. When the door opened I saw the dog, which didn’t appear to be that large, but it sure had a big mouth. Some how after the owner told me that the dog didn’t bite it escaped heading right for me. (I’m sure I looked like a small deer in headlights!) Of course I did what any seven year old dressed like a cat would do I ran with tail swinging in tow. The dog lunged and became attached to my tail. This as you can imagine slowed me down a bit. I could see my father running toward me, but it seemed as though he was in slow motion. At this point the tail ripped off, but unfortunately the fishing line didn’t break. So now I had the latched dog in tow. Things couldn’t get much worst. I had dropped my brown bag and now had a dog attached to my tail. I finally met up with my father and he immediately picked me up leaving the small dog still hanging. The dog owner apologized as he removed the dog from my tail. The rest of the story is easily figured out, we went home. However the candy haul for this particular house was unbelievable. I guess the bottom line is that you pay for what you get. In this case a little entertainment goes a long way. The moral of this story is a simple one. “So-called cotton was made to stuff only into the cracks of wooden boats and fishing line is made for fishing not tail tying. Any alterations can certainly change the course of an evening.”
No Tricks or No treats just some darn good exotic can goods!
Way back in the good old days while on the pickle isle in Lester Claxton’s Wilmington Island grocery store The Piggly Wiggly I was approached by an older women. She asked, “Are you Captain Sherman Helmey’s child?” I replied, “Yes!” And then she said, “I have a funny story to tell you! While I was taking my grand children Trick a Treating last night I stopped by your father’s house to let my grand’s knock on his door. Your father answered with a smile on his face. I could tell he was complimenting the children on their costumes. I watched as he carefully dropped candy in their bags. I heard them thank him and watched as they came down the steps with their heavy bags. Heck I thought, what did Captain Helmey give them? Must have been all of his candy? Well, as it turned out your father didn’t have any candy. Apparently he had eaten it or forgot to purchase it. However, my grandchildren did not walk away empty handed. As soon as they got back to the car they showed me their unusual haul while sporting big smiles. He had dropped 2 cans of Vienna sausage and sardines in each bag. Since the kids weren’t ever allowed to eat such stuff, this gift was as popular as the candy! Heck, one child remarked, its exotic food. Now, where in the world they got that word from I will never know! And I just wanted you to know that your father was a hit with my grandchildren!”
I am so happy that her grands got the good stuff, because I had already been told by another lady that her children had gotten a can of corn and stewed tomatoes. The fact of the matter is she was serving corn and tomatoes for dinner! Now you know for sure that Halloween wasn’t just about getting dressed up at my house it meant much much more! So therefore, if you run out of candy, just open up your kitchen cabinets, and pick out some exotic can goods! Because we already know from past experiences this can work to someone’s advantage! Happy Halloween!
Thanks for reading! – Captain Judy
Captain Judy Helmey
Miss Judy Charters
Kicking Fish Tail Since 1956!
124 Palmetto Drive
Savannah, Georgia 31410
(912)-897-4921 or (912)-897-2478
(912)-897-3460 fax
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