Stick Marsh & Farm 13

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.