Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
August 22, 2003
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
Don A.K.A. (World's Worst Fisherman) holding one of those things he claims to
have difficulty catching. Well, the truth be known, he did not catch this one
either. However, we did not trust him to take the picture as he is known to drop
things in the water and we value our camera too much, so we got him to pose.
Yesterday we headed into the spillway to check the flow. Although it was
increased the amount of debris flowing through made it difficult to get the
baits through the drift. Heading out into the SE end of the Farm was a good move
for us. Weightless Senkos and buzz baits worked over and around the spread out
hydrilla, worked pretty good.
Off to the east two pretty good storms were quickly making their way toward us
but it looked as if it would split around the spillway area so back to the south
we went. There, we finished out the day with Carolina rigged Senkos. Although we
pulled out the rain gear just in case, we never got wet. It poured just south of
the spillway, and it poured just north of the spillway as we caught fish in the
spillway. We fished until 2:30 yesterday and found a total of 63 bass willing to
play. When we were not in flowing water the key was spread out hydrilla and
"Clear, clean water".
This morning there was not a cloud in the sky and the stars twinkled brightly
as we left from the ramp. Coated in Cutters to keep the pesky mosquitoes away,
and already prepped for the upcoming sun by covering up with some 48 SPF, we
flew across the mirrored surface of the Marsh headed for the SE end of the Farm.
Based on what we observed yesterday we figured the water would be cleaned up in
the spillway area and the bass would be almost ready to jump in the boat. By the
time the sun rose over the horizon we had already boated 14 bass including some
good sized ones. However the brighter it got the slower the bite was.
Some came our way after biting a chrome and blue rattletrap and some came on
Carolina rigged Senkos including the one below.
Although long she did not have the gut to make her truly big, but even without
the gut she weighed in at 7.5 pounds. We moved out into the lake about 9AM (32
bass boated) and fished until 11AM covering some of the areas that we normally
fished, however the bite was slow and we only caught another 4 bass out there.
We checked the pump house and although it was running the current was very weak.
We checked the intersection of the center ditch and caught nothing. We did get 2
of the 4 just south of the intersection, 1 north of the intersection, and 1 in
the SE area of the Farm.
At 11AM we headed back to the spillway for a final check and managed another
7 bass before quitting. Basically what we found is the bite shut down not only
in the spillway but also out on the lake. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.
See you out there. Say hi if you get the chance.
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