Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
November 13, 2003
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
The winds howled but the fish came. The last three days have seen winds in
excess of 30+ miles per hour but that didn't deter the resolve of Gary Morgan
and his friend Dave Taylor, Mike Nemerowski, and Bob Caras. With the predicted
winds shiners were opted for, the spillway in the SE corner of the Farm was
chosen for what protection it would give, and the bass were instructed to be
there.
Day one Gary, Dave and Mike were on board and true to the forecast the winds
blew hard but the bass cooperated fully. The bite was strongest throughout the
morning and by days end 12-dozen shiner were gone. Gary scored the lead with
this 6-pound bass for day one.
Gary scored no less than 4 fish that went 6 pounds on day one. The above 4
pounder came first thing to start the day and then the catch just got better.
Day two found us back in the same area again to dodge the wind. The lake was
quickly turning to chocolate brown out in the open but the water was still
pretty clean in the protected area of the spillway. Gary, Dave, and Mike were
ready for another day of the same and we departed Middleton's Bait and Tackle
with 12-dozen shiners to accomplish that task. The bite started a bit slower but
before long yesterday's big fish record was broken as Gary checked in with this
8-pound beauty. She measure 24 X 17 and was a solid 8 on the Boga Grip.
Throughout the day the bite would come and go but it was much slower than
yesterday. The morning and late in the day was best. We did try a trip out into
the lake but one wave over the bow sent us racing back to the spillway to finish
out the day. Late in the day the bite came back along the grass on the east side
in the spillway area and by days end the 12-dozen shiners were gone. Mike took
second place honors today with this nice 6-pounder.
Scott had a trip with previous customer and friend Frank Delucas and their
results weren't quite as good. Frank lives down the road and by noon they called
it a day to try again some other day.
Day three Bob Caras arrived and Gary and Bob followed Dave, Mike, and I in
Gary's Triton. Gary had brought his boat and fished his way down from Mass.
stopping at Wheeler, Guntersville, and Oconee. Shiners were in short supply and
we had 6-dozen on board each boat as we headed for the spillway. This was the
third day of high winds predicted and it would prove to be a day that the fish
wanted to get ornery. Mike took the lead quickly catching several to everyone
else's none. The breeze came up and the bite died. We decided to try elsewhere
and headed to the NW end of the Marsh. Between the two boats today I don't think
more than 30 bass were caught. Dave, Bob and Gary are out there today giving it
a go as they end up the four day adventure in sunny, windy Florida.
Gary is leading the board for the $2500.00 big fish prize so far with Enrique
in second place for the prize of rod and reel.
See you on the water. If your looking to fish this fantastic 6700 acre lake
you can find it just NW of the town of Fellsmere. It is not on a map but you can
get a look-see at the entire management area @:
http://sjr.state.fl.us
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