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Stick Marsh & Farm 13
Capt. George Welcome
February 14, 2006
Stick Marsh-Farm 13 - Freshwater Fishing Report
The wind and cold has wound its way over the last ten days, but the
temperatures the last couple of days has been just plain frigid. Both mornings
the last two days the temperatures have been right around the freezing mark,
with this morning being on the underside of freezing. Ice and frost just don't
belong in Florida. It's downright rude!
The trips we have had have been a mixed bag of ups and downs. You could find
them here and there, but consistency wasn't on the top of any day's order. In
addition to weather the Nitro has been acting up. Back on the 8th Scott had Bob
Chesney, a local fellow, out on Garcia for a show and tell. On one of their last
moves the hot foot throttle cable broke and they had to get towed in.
Fortunately the day was 15 minutes from ending so it didn't affect the fishing
time. On the 10th I had out Lance Williams of Lake Fork Tackle and his friend
Bart Beretta. I took a run down to the spillway to show them the area and my
shift cable decided this was the opportune time and place to break. Fortunately
you can shift these big motors by hand so with Lance steering and me shifting we
got her headed back to the ramp. Scott came out and finished out the day as I
headed off to get her fixed. Thank goodness for the second boat!
Next up on the calendar was JW Tunstall and friends from North Carolina
out with Scott, for another of their multiple trips to the Marsh. Mother nature
would make things tough and although not like many of their previous trip they
managed to do okay with the help of some shiners. I had out Fred Dowd and Doug
Roden From South Jersey and we beat the lake with artificial baits. Although the
bites were few we had a great day. The wind didn't beat us but the temperatures
were quite cool.
Sunday the wind howled and I turned down a local that wanted to get out as it
was blowing in the 30 range and I didn't think the fishing would be too good.
Yesterday we had two trips scheduled and pushed both to later in the week. The
forecast: low 30's and winds of 20 to 25.
Today Scott took Roger Best and Alvin Henderson who had rescheduled from
yesterday. I think Roger will agree that the decision to wait until today was
the right one.
Do you agree?
The weather man says that this last cold front was it for a while. By
Saturday we are looking for temperatures to be in the 80's. Water temperatures
that have dipped to 54 will quickly warm over the next couple of days and
Florida fishing will resume.
See you out there. Say hi if you get the chance.
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