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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
November 8, 2004
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
I spent Friday 10/29/2004 fishing with Andrew Ohlbaum from Islandia, NY. We left the ramp at 6:30am and headed to the pump house and anchored the boat. Andrew is a very experienced angler, but had not done much Carolina rigging and after a little bit of instruction he had it down pat. The fish started biting as soon as the sun came up and continued throughout the day. We did experience short periods where the fish would stop biting, but by being patient and not moving we were ready for them when they started back up. All the fish were caught on Carolina rigged Senko’s in dark colors and 3/8 ounce weights with an 18” leader. We spent the day in one spot catching 65 bass between 1 and 5 pounds. All in all it was an excellent day on the lake and Andrew and I went home with a sore thumb and tired arms.
Saturday, 10/30: I waited at the ramp for Pete Strong and Kevin Ferguson. Apparently they thought we are in the guide business for kicks and grins as they failed to show or even call. Thanks Pete and Kevin.
I spent 11/2/04 fishing a half day with Ron Hunchak and his wife Nina. We left the ramp at 6:15 loaded with 6 dozen shiners and headed for the spillway. We were pleasantly surprised to find the water flowing so I beached the boat on the point and tossed the shiners out. It did not take long and the fish started biting. After a short while with the couple catching quite a few bass between two and three pounds I decided to make a short run and give the NE corner of the farm a quick try. We anchored the boat outside of the stumps and tossed the shiners out. We spent 30 minutes and caught 1 bass around 4 pounds. I headed back to the spillway and beached the boat on the west side of the spillway. Ron set the hook on the next fish and immediately we knew he had a good fish. After a nice fight Ron landed a beautiful 7.5 lb bass his biggest to date. Nina not to be out done began catching bass and this continued until we ran out of shiners at 10:30am. We headed back to the ramp with over 30 bass up to 7.5lbs. All the bass caught in the spillway came on free lined shiners.
11/4/2004: Day one of a two day trip with David Grisby from Tulsa, OK and his friend David Wasdhal. The weather for the day was perfect and with a cold front moving in the next day we had high hopes. We started out in the NE corner of the farm and picked a few fish up to 3lbs on rattle traps and weightless Senkos. Next we headed to the Stick Marsh to try rattle-traps but by this point the wind was blowing 15+mph out of the south which made it very difficult so we headed back to the Farm. I headed to the end of the west N/S ditch and we began working Senkos. We caught a few small bass but we still didn’t find the school I was looking for. Next we headed to pinball alley and started looking. We found some bass scattered but still no school. We headed back to the NE corner of the Farm to finish out the day with hopes of catching a big one but unfortunately it never happened. All total 15 bass up to 4.25lbs made there way to the boat definitely a tough day by Stick Marsh standards.
11/5/2004: Day two was going to be totally different then day one. A cold front was expected to move in today bringing rain and winds over 20mph. We decided that shiners would give them the best chance to catch lots of bass. We started out in the Spillway and with decent current we had high hopes. I set the shiners out and the first bass came to the boat. Unfortunately besides a Cat fish in the first hour that was all the activity we saw. I decided we would leave the spillway area and head to the pump.* With the strong north winds the lake was getting rough, but I was able to get the anchors to hold. I was hoping for some current but at this point there was none. We through out the shiners and the catching began immediately. After a short while they turned the pumps on and the current was screaming. The bass really turned on at this point, and by 12:00pm they had gone through 8 dozen shiners. All the bass where caught on free lined shiners and even with the current they did not want them Carolina rigged. We had a few short periods of time where the bass would stop biting, but by being patient we where there when they decide to eat again. After the shiners where gone we switched to Carolina rigged Senkos. It did not take long for the bass to start eating the Senkos and after about and hour we where catching bass on almost every cast. By the time we called it a day at 3:15pm over 100 bass made there way to the boat with half on shiners and half on Senkos.
11/7/2004 I spent the day with Mike Jones and Greg Eaige from Savannah, MO. With the cold front conditions we decided that shiners would give them the best chance at catching lots of bass. Early in the morning it was cool and the wind was blowing hard out of the N/W. I headed to the NW of the Stick Marsh to try outside Pandora’s Box. I anchored the boat and through out the shiners. About a half hour had past and we didn’t get a bite. I left the Marsh and headed to the Farm. The wind was still blowing hard so I headed to the Pump House. It is rare that they run the pump on a weekend so I did not expect to see current. I anchored the boat and set the shiners out. The bite started slow but after a short while they started to eat. The bite was steady all day with only a small slow down as the day went on. At 3:00pm the 8 dozen shiners were eaten, and well over 50 bass made there way to the boat. No big bass where caught today but plenty of fish between two and five pounds.
Scott
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