Stick Marsh Farm 13 Catching Report
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 5:40 am
From: "Hugh Crumpler"
To: "Hugh Crumpler"
Subject: Stick Marsh & Farm 13 Catching Report
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:26 AM
If you lake catching bass or crappie the time to be at Stick Marsh and Farm 13 is right now!! Almost every boat is loading up with Specs (crappie). Mostly big-uns. When an angler does the right thing in the right place the bass catching is AWESOME!
I do not know much about spec fishing. I can open my eyes and see that the specs are being caught in the canal that separates Stick Marsh and Farm 13. They are also being caught in the spillway area. Angler wandering off from the crowds are also catching specs. Every one is loading up!
The bass are eating shiners until their guts bust. Then they just keep right on eating. The bass are also gobbling up some artificials. It has been a blast this past week. I look for this to continue for some time.
Not every one is catching bass like crazy. It is a specific retreive and specific shiner presentation that works. When you get it right you can't take the volume of bass biting your baits.
On Monday I had Mickey Burlesn. Mickey is an experienced fisherman. We went out with eight dozen shiners; maybe it was ten dozen; I am not certain. So much has happened since Monday. Any how, we pulled up to the spillway area and managed to catch one bass in 45 minutes. That was not a good selection on my part for a place to start. Then I went to the shallows in the Southwest corner and anchored up. Mickey caught a bunch of bass including an eight pounder and a nine pounder. Then they slowed. I thought I heard the pumps running so I went there. The pumps were running slightly. Mickey caught some small bass. Probably they were in the 14 inch range. Mickey said: "I would just as soon not catch any as to catch these!". So up the anchor came and off we went to the spillway. Yea, might as well not catch any.
The wind was coming out of the South (The wind was supposed to do that much earlier.) That wind blew out the grass from where I wanted to fish. As the plants blew out I moved us in. A bass here and there no big deal. There was an air boat in the grass and they were loading up with specs.
Finally, I got where I wanted to be. I nose hooked the shiners and proceeded to place them in perfect locations. Bass after bass ate the shiners. I was handing Mickey rods with bass running faster than he could bring them in. The guys in the air boat stopped fishing and cheered Mickey. They never saw so many big bass come in one after another. I was having a blast. Mickey got ware out and begged for mercy.
Mickey had two days of fishing schedueled for Toho. Mickey felt like Stick Marsh and Hugh Crumpler had set the bar too high for Toho to compete.
On Thursday I had Kim and his two boys for a half day. (4 hours ramp to ramp). We met at Middleton's Stick Marsh Bait and Tackle. We picked-up five dozen shiners. The first hour and a half in the lake the shiners were all eaten by bass. I was fishing the spillway area. (Different part than with Mickey.) I had asked a guy if he minded if I moved around behind him. He did not mind. He caught alot of bass but he saw the boys in my boat catching a bunch more. The key this day was nose hooking and throwing into the middle-not to the bank. No balloons! We ordered six more dozen shiners and most were gone by half days end.
On Firiday Bill Hoffman came down. Bill is an excellent fishermen for all kinds of fish in all kinds of places. We had six dozen shiners which lasted about six hours. That is pretty good bass biting for one person fishing. Bill and I figured he had about 50% catch. One shiner caught two bass so we estimated the catch at 37. Then we got out our artificials.
I used a Long A. Bill used a Senko. Bill caught one to my twelve or so. Then Bill went to a Bungee. Bill caught one to my- who knows? Then Bill went to a Long A and began to join me in the bass catching bonanza. Twitch it down! Twitch it down! Let it float up! Before it came to the top there was a bite! Twice I had four consecutive bass. Any how, in the hour and a half we fished artificials we caught more than 40 bass. We sure did draw a crowd! 77 bass minimum! Pretty good day! You had to twitch and not sweep the hard jerkbait. The hard jerkbait had to be a floater. The water depth varried from two feet to four feet.
On Saturday Tim Will came with his 12 year old sone and with Tim's buddy- Jim! The weather was not condusive to bass catching. We had ten dozen shiners that lasted seven hours. The high barometric pressure had the bass "carrying' the bait. But, so what. Fishing is like playing cards. You have to play the hand you are delt. So we played it to the tune of the best bass fishing day they ever had! A few little secret shiner fishing tactics make the difference in catching and not catching- in hooking up a bite and missing a bite.
Sunday, I had a half day starting at 1:30 PM. We spent some time checking out the lake and showing them where they could and could not run. They were coming back with their own boat. I also showed them a considerable number of bass catching spots. Since every shiner in the sate of Florida was sold we used artificials. We probably caught twenty bass or more before headding in. Hard jerkbaits. Remember- twitch and not sweep!
Today Bill Hollfman came back with his wife Nancy! We started wtih seven dozen shiners. We had an hour left to fish artificials. They caught bass both ways. Bill caught some on Bungees. Namcy caught a bunch of bass on shiners.
The water is 58 degreese. The bass are moving into the spawning areas and searching for food. The bas bite in waves. Find the bedding areas and the bass bite as long as you fish. Remember, twitch and not sweep.
E-mail me at [email protected] or check out my website www.HughCrumpler.Com. I have lots of openings in Jan, Feb and early March for you to come have your best bass fishing day ever!
God Bless You,
Hugh Crumpler IIII
To: "Hugh Crumpler"
Subject: Stick Marsh & Farm 13 Catching Report
Date: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:26 AM
If you lake catching bass or crappie the time to be at Stick Marsh and Farm 13 is right now!! Almost every boat is loading up with Specs (crappie). Mostly big-uns. When an angler does the right thing in the right place the bass catching is AWESOME!
I do not know much about spec fishing. I can open my eyes and see that the specs are being caught in the canal that separates Stick Marsh and Farm 13. They are also being caught in the spillway area. Angler wandering off from the crowds are also catching specs. Every one is loading up!
The bass are eating shiners until their guts bust. Then they just keep right on eating. The bass are also gobbling up some artificials. It has been a blast this past week. I look for this to continue for some time.
Not every one is catching bass like crazy. It is a specific retreive and specific shiner presentation that works. When you get it right you can't take the volume of bass biting your baits.
On Monday I had Mickey Burlesn. Mickey is an experienced fisherman. We went out with eight dozen shiners; maybe it was ten dozen; I am not certain. So much has happened since Monday. Any how, we pulled up to the spillway area and managed to catch one bass in 45 minutes. That was not a good selection on my part for a place to start. Then I went to the shallows in the Southwest corner and anchored up. Mickey caught a bunch of bass including an eight pounder and a nine pounder. Then they slowed. I thought I heard the pumps running so I went there. The pumps were running slightly. Mickey caught some small bass. Probably they were in the 14 inch range. Mickey said: "I would just as soon not catch any as to catch these!". So up the anchor came and off we went to the spillway. Yea, might as well not catch any.
The wind was coming out of the South (The wind was supposed to do that much earlier.) That wind blew out the grass from where I wanted to fish. As the plants blew out I moved us in. A bass here and there no big deal. There was an air boat in the grass and they were loading up with specs.
Finally, I got where I wanted to be. I nose hooked the shiners and proceeded to place them in perfect locations. Bass after bass ate the shiners. I was handing Mickey rods with bass running faster than he could bring them in. The guys in the air boat stopped fishing and cheered Mickey. They never saw so many big bass come in one after another. I was having a blast. Mickey got ware out and begged for mercy.
Mickey had two days of fishing schedueled for Toho. Mickey felt like Stick Marsh and Hugh Crumpler had set the bar too high for Toho to compete.
On Thursday I had Kim and his two boys for a half day. (4 hours ramp to ramp). We met at Middleton's Stick Marsh Bait and Tackle. We picked-up five dozen shiners. The first hour and a half in the lake the shiners were all eaten by bass. I was fishing the spillway area. (Different part than with Mickey.) I had asked a guy if he minded if I moved around behind him. He did not mind. He caught alot of bass but he saw the boys in my boat catching a bunch more. The key this day was nose hooking and throwing into the middle-not to the bank. No balloons! We ordered six more dozen shiners and most were gone by half days end.
On Firiday Bill Hoffman came down. Bill is an excellent fishermen for all kinds of fish in all kinds of places. We had six dozen shiners which lasted about six hours. That is pretty good bass biting for one person fishing. Bill and I figured he had about 50% catch. One shiner caught two bass so we estimated the catch at 37. Then we got out our artificials.
I used a Long A. Bill used a Senko. Bill caught one to my twelve or so. Then Bill went to a Bungee. Bill caught one to my- who knows? Then Bill went to a Long A and began to join me in the bass catching bonanza. Twitch it down! Twitch it down! Let it float up! Before it came to the top there was a bite! Twice I had four consecutive bass. Any how, in the hour and a half we fished artificials we caught more than 40 bass. We sure did draw a crowd! 77 bass minimum! Pretty good day! You had to twitch and not sweep the hard jerkbait. The hard jerkbait had to be a floater. The water depth varried from two feet to four feet.
On Saturday Tim Will came with his 12 year old sone and with Tim's buddy- Jim! The weather was not condusive to bass catching. We had ten dozen shiners that lasted seven hours. The high barometric pressure had the bass "carrying' the bait. But, so what. Fishing is like playing cards. You have to play the hand you are delt. So we played it to the tune of the best bass fishing day they ever had! A few little secret shiner fishing tactics make the difference in catching and not catching- in hooking up a bite and missing a bite.
Sunday, I had a half day starting at 1:30 PM. We spent some time checking out the lake and showing them where they could and could not run. They were coming back with their own boat. I also showed them a considerable number of bass catching spots. Since every shiner in the sate of Florida was sold we used artificials. We probably caught twenty bass or more before headding in. Hard jerkbaits. Remember- twitch and not sweep!
Today Bill Hollfman came back with his wife Nancy! We started wtih seven dozen shiners. We had an hour left to fish artificials. They caught bass both ways. Bill caught some on Bungees. Namcy caught a bunch of bass on shiners.
The water is 58 degreese. The bass are moving into the spawning areas and searching for food. The bas bite in waves. Find the bedding areas and the bass bite as long as you fish. Remember, twitch and not sweep.
E-mail me at [email protected] or check out my website www.HughCrumpler.Com. I have lots of openings in Jan, Feb and early March for you to come have your best bass fishing day ever!
God Bless You,
Hugh Crumpler IIII