Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
November 11, 2004
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
10/10/2004 David Slobodkin of Oak
Park, IL joined me for day one of a two day trip. This was Dave’s third trip
out with me and proved to be his best yet. The weather man was calling for
20-25mph wind out of the NE, and unfortunately they where right. Due to the
weather we decided that 6-dozen shiners would give Dave the best chance at a
successful day of fishing. We left the ramp at 6:00am and headed to the
spillway. I positioned the boat on the point and we began with the shiners
both free lined and Carolina rigged. We found out right away that the bass
preferred the shiners free lined both in the current and on the point. It did
not take Dave long to get the hang of fishing with shiners and he began
catching bass right away. After a couple of hours I moved the boat inside and
began casting across the current and to the left of the point. Dave kept on
catching bass except now fishing the shiners Carolina rigged proved more
productive. At 10:30am I moved the boat to the west shoreline and we ran out
of shiners at 11:00am. Dave landed 30 bass with the biggest weighing in at
6lbs. We switched to Carolina rigged Senkos and kept on catching bass until we
called it a day at 2:45pm. A total of 75 bass where caught with the biggest
weighing 6lbs.
10/11/2004 I meet Dave at 5:15am
and we picked up 6 dozen shiners and headed to the ramp. We launched the boat
at 6:00am and headed to the spillway. I beached the boat on the west shore
where we had finished the day before. The action started immediately and the
shiner bite stayed steady until we finished the shiners at 12:00pm. Dave
caught 37 bass including a 7.5lbs bass and a 7.25lbs bass.
The majority of the bass were caught with free lined
shiners and only a few on Carolina rigged shiners. The artificial bite was
good early and slowed down as the day went on. At 12:00pm we switched to
Carolina Rigged Senkos and caught another 13 bass by the time we left at
2:45pm. The color of the Senko did not matter and we used a 3/8oz weight for
our Carolina rigs. We saw lots of bass caught on crank baits, swim baits, and
rattletraps.
Scott
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