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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
June 28, 2001
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
Since my last report the fishing at the Marsh has been a roller coaster ride for many. One day the fishing is good and the next day it’s not so good. This phenomenon is a normal part of fishing whether it occurs on the Stick Marsh or on Lake Fork. However, I can certainly understand when you have traveled a great distance that this can be quite frustrating. Further, there isn’t any one of us that this hasn’t occurred to, so stick with it, keep casting, and things will turn around.
Last Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were spent working with a film crew from Outdoor Life Network. This particular event has been one of the best of my life, and a real eye opener as to what’s involved in making a first rate film. This show when it is finalized is not only about fishing, but also about the area fished and all of its animal life.
We spent 39 hours working of which about 15 hours were filmed, and this will be reduced to 22 minutes of actual show. One of the great things about this film is all of the fish that are shown caught are real events with no staging done whatsoever. There will be a complete breakdown of the events of this filming on my page including the “who’s” of the parties involved, so if you’re wondering what’s involved in making a film be sure to stop by.
Fishing on Saturday produced 9 bass with the biggest being 5 pounds and caught by Bob Lanning, our producer for the film. His fish came on a floating worm off the edge of hydrilla out in the south end of the Marsh. The rest of the fish were caught using a salt and pepper shad. Again, and I can’t emphasize it strongly enough, clean water, sticks and sparse hydrilla were keys to finding these fish. The weather came in strong early in the afternoon and after waiting it out we went back out. Sunday the results were about the same in the same area, so we broke from the south area and went looking for where the bass might have migrated. We checked the Twin Palms area and then started fishing westward from there and found a good school well west of Twin Palms. We didn’t get much of an opportunity to fish this area as an approaching storm made us head for the ramp as quickly as we possibly could. Monday we wasted no time getting to the areas west of Twin Palms, and with jerk baits, chug bugs and buzz baits we put 12 nice bass in the boat while filming. The bass have definitely moved back into the sticks on the west side and quality was really good. The biggest bass to the boat was 7+ pounds but we saw bigger. We actually had about an hour in the afternoon for the entire crew to wet a line.
Yesterday Scott had a ½ day trip and went to areas on the west side of Stick Marsh. Using chug bugs and jerk baits they boated 15 bass to 9 pounds and left another 15 hook-ups in the water.
I am sure Texas rigged worms will work out here right now, but top water bait seems to get the better fish. If you find a school they are pretty active. We have seen some shad being busted but certainly not anything akin to last years. The more open the area in relationship to hydrilla the better your chances are and of course clean water is almost a must. Good luck out there and say hi if you have a chance. Remember the water and sun protection and be careful on the Marsh.
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