Stick Marsh Farm 13 Catching Report
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 12:41 am
From: "Hugh Crumpler"
To:
Subject: Stick Marsh & Farm 13 Catching Report
Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:29 PM
This past week-end saw limited use of the Stick Marsh and Farm 13. There were a few more boats on the water on Sunday than Saturday. Most boaters left early. The amount of fishermen was equally divided between pan fishermen and bass fishermen. Maybe, the numbers favored the pan fishermen. I had two guide trips. All were fine folks. Both days we evperienced similar weather siturations. Both days we put between twenty and thirty bass in the boat. Each day we also missed a hundred bass or more. We were using Florida rigged plastic worms.
We tried to get he buzzbait bite going. But, the high pressure in the area kept the bass down. The high pressure made the bass drop our worms a bunch. That's our story and we are sticking to it! Sunday was a full day trip with a couple of Canadians. One was/is a Major in the Canadian Forces. He saw action in Bosnia and Afghanistan (sure wish I could spell). We shared a few war stories (the war I was in was Vietnam.) We may have spent too much time sharing. Any how bites was not our problem. Getting the hook set was. Many of the bites were quick and let go. Some were swim off with it and we still missed. Saturday was a half day trip with a couple of folks that just moved to Jacksonville. For a half day trip a hundred to a hundred and fifty bites is pretty good.
The bass were relating to a drop (did not have to be much) next to a grass line. The grass type we were fishing was coontail and some hydrilla. The drops were the ends (Southern) of the North & South Canals in Farm 13. We also fished two drops in Stick Marsh. The grass was not so prominent- and the bites were fewer per time spent fishing. On Sunday the Spillway was running Great. We spent aproximately forty five minutes there without a bite. That is unheard of, but, we are blaming it on the high pressure and that's our story and we are sticking to it.
Fishing and catching for bass do nothing but get better from this point until April 15th. The bass get fatter. We have a fall feeding spree that starts now. Then we have a just before they go on the bed feeding spree that takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then we have late December, January, February and March with spawn. Then in March we also have them bass moving around that just finished the spawn. If you are not pumped up to come to Stick Marsh and Farm 13 now- just wait until you get your first cold spell! My ear will be by my phone.
God Bless You, Hugh Crumpler III. www.HughCrumpler.Com [email protected] 3210722-3134.
To:
Subject: Stick Marsh & Farm 13 Catching Report
Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:29 PM
This past week-end saw limited use of the Stick Marsh and Farm 13. There were a few more boats on the water on Sunday than Saturday. Most boaters left early. The amount of fishermen was equally divided between pan fishermen and bass fishermen. Maybe, the numbers favored the pan fishermen. I had two guide trips. All were fine folks. Both days we evperienced similar weather siturations. Both days we put between twenty and thirty bass in the boat. Each day we also missed a hundred bass or more. We were using Florida rigged plastic worms.
We tried to get he buzzbait bite going. But, the high pressure in the area kept the bass down. The high pressure made the bass drop our worms a bunch. That's our story and we are sticking to it! Sunday was a full day trip with a couple of Canadians. One was/is a Major in the Canadian Forces. He saw action in Bosnia and Afghanistan (sure wish I could spell). We shared a few war stories (the war I was in was Vietnam.) We may have spent too much time sharing. Any how bites was not our problem. Getting the hook set was. Many of the bites were quick and let go. Some were swim off with it and we still missed. Saturday was a half day trip with a couple of folks that just moved to Jacksonville. For a half day trip a hundred to a hundred and fifty bites is pretty good.
The bass were relating to a drop (did not have to be much) next to a grass line. The grass type we were fishing was coontail and some hydrilla. The drops were the ends (Southern) of the North & South Canals in Farm 13. We also fished two drops in Stick Marsh. The grass was not so prominent- and the bites were fewer per time spent fishing. On Sunday the Spillway was running Great. We spent aproximately forty five minutes there without a bite. That is unheard of, but, we are blaming it on the high pressure and that's our story and we are sticking to it.
Fishing and catching for bass do nothing but get better from this point until April 15th. The bass get fatter. We have a fall feeding spree that starts now. Then we have a just before they go on the bed feeding spree that takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then we have late December, January, February and March with spawn. Then in March we also have them bass moving around that just finished the spawn. If you are not pumped up to come to Stick Marsh and Farm 13 now- just wait until you get your first cold spell! My ear will be by my phone.
God Bless You, Hugh Crumpler III. www.HughCrumpler.Com [email protected] 3210722-3134.