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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
April 17, 2003
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
Submitted by George, Imagination Bassin Guide Services
Date Fished: 4/16/03
Water Temperature: 72
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet
Twin Palms on the Stick Marsh has been producing lots of fish, big fish and fantastic days on the Marsh. However, all of this came to a slowdown as the spawn occurred and the fish moved on.
Sunday, previous customer Grif Pitcher of Atlanta and I headed out there and spent most of the day only picking at them. We also headed out to the NW area but didn't find much better over there. We had a good day of fishing but a not so good day of catching.
Monday we had a group out from W. Virginia. Tom Reece who has been here before brought several of his friends to give the Marsh a go. Total catch for the day for the four of them was 28 bass which when you consider three didn't fish much if at all, that wasn't so bad. However, no big fish were caught and the Marsh didn't show her best side as we coped with wind and stubborn fish.
Tuesday things were going to change and they would do so quite dramatically. Scott and I were host to Russ Comeau, (many of you know Russ as BassDozer), from Yamamoto Bait Company. Russ has heard many things about the Marsh/Farm but had never had the opportunity to fish the waters. The Angler's Choice/Yamamoto tournament on Okeechobee this last week gave Russ the opportunity and excuse to get here to Florida and we weren't allowing him to leave the area without a good chance at some of the lunkers here.
Heading to the Farm where I had found some early morning top water bite, and armed with rods rigged with Chug Bugs, Russ could barely wait to make the first cast. We started daybreak, and we quit at 4:00.
When does a representative of Yamamoto Baits put down the rod that has a Senko on it and start fishing bait? When the bite is on the surface and the Chug Bug produces throughout the day. The count was somewhere between 80 and 100 bass with the biggest lady weighing in at 7.5 pounds. The top water bite on this lake can be phenomenal, and as I said a few weeks ago we are anticipating this to be a banner year. For Russ, this was certainly a banner day and not something he is likely to see on the lakes back home.
Today we headed out to the same area and although the weather wasn't quite as nice, (storms and wind), the bite was just about the same. The one difference today was I caught a pretty good bunch on the Senko as Scott and Russ worked the Bug. We quit today by three with over 60 bass to 5 pounds. We needed to give the wrists a rest. Pictures are up on my site.
See you out there. If you're looking to get in on some of this top water give us a call. Give a shout hi if you get the chance.
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