Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
May 24, 2006
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
When the
weather cooperates the bass fishing has been excellent. We have had a few
minor cold fronts push through Florida and the strong north winds slowed
fishing down for two days this week. The bass are spread out along the entire
south end of the farm everywhere you find wood. Most day's the top water bite
has been good but if the bass are not willing to play with the Chug Bugs then
Senko's have been wearing them out. The water levels are perfect for excellent
bass fishing, but they do make boat handling work.
5/17/2006 I had out Tom Sell from Lakeland, FL. Unfortunately a
cold front moved in and we where greeted with 20+mph north winds which makes
the south end of the Farm very difficult to fish. We started in the spillway
using Carolina rigged Senkos. There was minimum current and the bass where not
hitting. We managed to catch one bass and one cat fish before leaving to head
to the south end of the Farm. We started out tying off on stumps and working
the areas with Senko's. We managed to catch a few bass but nothing like we
have been doing. As the day progressed the wind let up a little and we were
able to work the area using the trolling motor. While the bass never turned on
we did managed to catch 18 bass by the time we called it a day at 2:30pm.
5/18/2006 I had out Marshall Terkel and his friend Barry from
Boca Raton, FL. The winds laid down some and we where hopeful the bass would
cooperate. We never had a good top water bite so we switched over to Senko's
immediately. We picked at them all day but with the high barometer the bass
never really turned on. By the end of the day we had around 25 bass with Barry
catching the biggest bass of the day.
5/19/2006 I had out returning client Reid Ofseur and his son
Pierce from Port Orange, FL. Reid brought along his friend Dave from New
Mexico. We left the ramp at 6:30am and the wind was blowing 20mph out of the
WNW. We headed to the south end of the Farm and began throwing Chug Bugs and
Senko's and found out right away the bass wanted the Senko. We worked the area
and caught 4 bass pretty quickly. With the wind blowing I decided to head west
to see if we could get some break from the wind. We added 1/16oz weights to
the Senko's to get them down and right after I put the trolling motor in the
water a bass was already coming in the boat. We where catching bass on almost
every cast and then Pierce hooked into a big bass. Pierce did an excellent job
getting the bass out of the heavy wood and landed his new biggest bass which
weighed in at 7.75lbs. We continued to catch bass all day and Dave got into
the big bass action landing a nice 6.5lbs bass. Unfortunately Reid lost his
big bass of the day but that's the way it goes sometimes. By the time we
called it a day at 2:30pm a grand total of 78 bass made there way into the
boat.
Pierce Ofseur
Dave
5/20/2006 I had out local returning client Jim Tso and his
friend John. The winds where down but the fog was thick so we took are time
and headed to the south end of the lake. We started in the same area as the
day before and the bass started hitting top water plugs right away. The 5th
bass of the day was a beautiful 9lbs bass on a Chug Bug. The top water bite
lasted until the fog lifted and then just shut off. We switched over to
Senko's and started catching bass right away. Jim was working a Big Mama Worm
when he set the hook and the fight was on. After a great fight Jim landed a
beauty weighing in at 8lbs. Jim also landed a 6.5lbs bass on a Senko type. By
the time we called it a day at 2:30pm we caught 57 bass up to 9lbs.
Jim Tso
Jim Tso
Jim Tso
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