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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
July 18, 2002
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
The heat has descended upon the Marsh with a vengeance with temperatures going into the mid to upper 90’s and heat indexes above 110 degrees. This will not bother the fishing all that much but you can be assured if you do not prepare for these conditions it will bother you. Water, and your body requires a lot of it. If you don’t fill that need you can and probably will get very sick. Heat exhaustion or heatstroke is potential serious problems. If you feel the least bit light headed or your stomach feels off then get off the water. In addition to concerns about heat related problems, don’t forget about protection from the sun’s rays. Use a good 45+ UVA sunscreen and protect yourself.
Yesterday Rene Mitchell and his son Russell were with me and we spent the morning at the spillway area. The water flow is considerably slowed down through the spillway and the pipes have been closed off. St. John’s Water Management is having a difficult time moving water northward, as everything is pretty full at this time. For the most part this means less current just about anywhere for the moment. However, it did little to dampen the bite, and certainly did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm as they boated their bass. The only thing that did dampen their day was the heat shortened their trip to a ½ day trip and we headed for the ramp at 12:00. Again, the bait of choice was the Carolina rig tipped with Senkos.
Today, Jack Goldsmith and his wife Pepsi met me at 6:00 and we were in the water by 6:45. The spillway area was loaded with boats already so off we went to seek our fortune on the ditches of Farm 13. We found bass on the south end of the easternmost canal, on the northern end of the center N/S canal, on the northern end of the easternmost canal, and along the E/W ditch. Several of those bass fell to the presentation of top water bait that was presented by Jack. As we approached 12:00 we decided to head to the Marsh side in the NW corner. First cast was a 5-pound beauty and it came on a weightless T-rigged Senko. The next fish came on a weighted Senko. It was decided at 1:00 that we had all the heat we could handle so off to the ramp we went. The empty water bottle counts stood at 9, and 5 Pepsi cans were empty also. Plenty of fluid kept us going. When we got to the ramp we noted that there was only one boat left on the water that was working for bass. I think everyone decided that air conditioning was the better route for the afternoon and I couldn’t have agreed more.
See you on the water. Tomorrow I will be out there to check the late afternoon bite. Say hi if you get the chance.
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