Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
July 26, 2004
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
Matt Lane and his Father In Law Richard Ruck came fishing on the 22nd. They
came armed with Senkos, (as we recommended) and raring to go. The morning had a
real good bite with the bite slacking in the afternoon.
9 Pounds - 27 X 17 - caught with a Senko off a small grass mat
Andy Fang and his son Jonathan were out with Scott working the same general
areas with the same pattern. I have the following report from Scott:
Jonathan Fang - 5.5 pounds - first fish of the day
Today I
had the pleasure of taking Andy Fang and his son Jonathan from Atlanta. We
started the day fishing sporadic grass on the Stick Marsh and Jonathan got
things going catching a nice 5.5lbs Bass. Fishing Senko’s in the sporadic
grass produced some good quality fish up till11:00 when the wind picked up.
Moving to the Farm we started fishing the sporadic grass North of the
East/West ditch and East of the Eastern North/South ditch. The bite slowed
down but with persistence Jonathan and Andy where able to catch a few more
nice Bass. After a couple pictures of some Gators we called it a day at
2:45pm. Andy can be very proud of his son Jonathan he worked hard all day and
was reward by catching the most and the biggest Bass of the day.
We hit the lake for a bit in the AM on the
23rd and found it a slow day. But even a slow day can yield decent fish as
evidenced by the one below.
7 Pounds - caught off a grass mat with a Senko - watermelon
Scott had Joe Himrod and his son Aaron out on the 24th and fished both the
Marsh and the Farm. Although none were huge they did get some good quality
fish with a total for the day of about 30 fish. The sun got a bit vicious so
the day was called at 2:30.
I had out Mike and Mitch Kuzma and we stayed on Marsh side for the whole
day calling the trip at 2:00 due to the heat. Working Senkos did the trick and
they ran through 30 Senkos by mid-day. No hogs jumped on board but a couple
played for a short bit before jumping off.
Yesterday Scott and I hit the Marsh for 3 hours and came up with 20 bass
with nothing to photograph. We headed for the air conditioning due to the
heat.
This morning we called Don Willis to see if he wanted to share the boat but
he was off for a trip to the doctor's. "Yippee" said Scott, "the fish are
going to bite today." We headed out at daybreak to the Marsh and baited up
with Senkos. Bass proceeded to jump into the boat:
1st lunker of the day - 8 pounds - off the grass with a Senko - purple
2nd lunker of the day - 7 pounds - off the grass with a Senko - cinnamon
3rd lunker of the day - 11 pounds - off the grass - watermelon 7X cut tail
4th lunker of the day - 13 pounds - 27.5 X 19.5 - off the grass - red Senko
5th lunker of the day - 7 pounds - off the grass with a purple 7X cut tail
Here's the keys to success: sporadic hydrilla, 5" Senkos and 7X cut tails
jerked across grass and allowed to fall immediately at the edge of the grass
and persistence on each and every mat. Working the grass from all angles
yielded fish each and every time we returned to a mat. All the fish were
caught within a relatively small area. The one other and most important was
leaving Don AKA (The World's Worst Fisherman) at home. If you happen to spot
him on the water it pays to give him a buck or two to move on. That said,
because of his pathetic pleas we will have to take him with us tomorrow. Of
course we will have to put a mask on him if we have any hopes of success.
See you on the water. Swing by and say hi if you get the chance.
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