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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
March 6, 2003
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
Submitted by George, Imagination Bassin Guide Services
Date Fished: 3/3/03
Water Temperature: 74
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
If you haven't experienced it then it is difficult to perceive, even with all the reports, just how good the fishing is at the Stick Marsh. However, although the lake fished small for the last several weeks, lots of big fish have been caught and released, and lots of medium size fish kept the casts rolling in anticipation of the big fish. We have seen and talked with people from all over the country in the last few weeks and almost all went away very happy with their experiences here.
A great deal of the fishermen have been very successful with artificial baits as opposed to shiners and of course as you all know, shiners have been difficult at best to come by. The combination of cold temperatures this winter and the spawn period have made the catches for shiner fishermen slim. However, the hard jerk baits and Gary Yamamoto’s Senko were working exceedingly well so for the most part shiners weren’t a necessity.
I was able to get shiners for Tom Reeves Sr. and Tom Jr. and we rolled through them pretty quickly. By 1:00 the shiners had been eaten and out came the Senkos. The catch on this trip was a bit one sided as Tom Jr. had the better luck to the point that it got downright eerie. Dad started on the front deck and Jr. on the back, but as the catch went 10/1 they switched. Jr. no sooner cast on the front deck than the bite swung to the front and it was quickly 15/2. That is, the bass count, because dad was having his hands full fighting off the pickerel. By day’s end it did even out somewhat and both declared it a very memorable day indeed.
Dan Sullivan and friends Mike and Jim opted for artificial and the 63 bass they put in the boat proved their choice to be the right one. Over 15 of the bass came early on succumbing to the presentation of Chug Bugs, and most of the balance was lured out using Senkos. Mike did persist with the Chug Bug on and off throughout the day and managed to catch several more.
We don’t get many requests for Garcia any more, but out next day out was over there. Fishing was fair but certainly nothing like the Marsh. What we found was a lot of the areas are overgrown with lily pads, a lot of the grasses are heavily laden with algae, and most of the fish were small. We did find some decent fish on the south end of the pit and a Carolina rig cast into the pit and dragged out produced. This lake is a good change of pace of lake if you want to see something different but circumstances seem to have taken this fishery down a bit from years gone by.
See you out there.
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