Stick Marsh & Farm 13

Today I spent the day with Bill Okeefe and his grandson Ryan Edwards. Both Ryan and Bill have been out with me before, but today would prove to be there best trip yet.   Ryan is only 9 years old, but he is an excellent fisherman and his willingness to learn makes it an absolute pleasure to have him on my boat. We started the day in the spillway loaded with 10 dozen shiners. We were the second boat to the spillway so I beached the boat on the point. Ryan did all the catching today and Bill and I watched the young man have a blast fighting bass after bass. We fished the shiners free lined and the majority of the bass were caught between the shoreline and the fence, and off the point. Ryan did an excellent job hooking the bass and bringing them to the boat. Ryan ran through the shiners by 11:30am landing a total of 60 bass. We figured taking into account the shiners that died Ryan probably had a shot at 96 fish today so catching 60 bass is an excellent job with shiners. Ryan worked different artificial baits throughout the day landing 7 bass for a total of 67 bass by 1:00pm. We had a great time today and with young fisherman like Ryan out there the future off bass fishing is in great hands.    Scott