Ski Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 My partner (Boat owner) and I spent Tuesday, Wed and Thursday on the FP-13. This was our third trip of 2016 and our expectations were high as this is typically our best month for size and numbers, we have had some 100 fish days in March with an occasional trophy class(10Lb +), but also have had some days when you would think there was not a fish in the lake. We normally start in January and fish till June when the air temps reach high 90's, no breeze and the hydrilla gnats can carry you off. On Day 1 we found the ramp crowded again with out of state, and out of county tags. We ran to an area known as the "nursery" because of the hard bottom and numerous stumps and apparently the word was out because by sun rise there were 20 boats with us and everyone catching fish. That bite lasted till around 1 P.M. On day 2 we beat the morning fog that settled in on the lake and held back a lot of boats so we had the nursery just about to ourselves for about 1.5 hours. Day 3 the fish had been beat up pretty bad by now in the nursery and the bite was off by 9 A.M. and we only had 9 with no picture fish(5lb or better) so we relocated to another area as we know as the totem pole were we found a school of fish and ended our day there. Again stick baits were responsible for the lion's share of catching with a few spinner bait, crank bait, Texas rig ribbon tail worm and swim baits. Air Temp- Highs, mid 80's, Lows mid 60's. Mostly cloudy. Wind - 5-10 Variable. Rain- 0. Barometer reading- low. Day 1. Caught and released 27, Two 7 lbs, One 6 lb, Two 5 Lbs. Day 2. Caught and released 37, Three @ 6lb, Three @ 5 lbs, Day 3. Caught and released 32, Largest was 6 lb, Two @ 5 lbs. R/ Chris 6 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 18, 2016 Super User Posted March 18, 2016 Great report and pics! Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted March 18, 2016 Super User Posted March 18, 2016 sounds like 3 great days to me, those are some nice looking fish there! and that fog is no joke! Quote
Ski Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 1 hour ago, buzzed bait said: sounds like 3 great days to me, those are some nice looking fish there! and that fog is no joke! I used to live on Sewell mill Rd. in Marietta. Worked for Lockheed for the entire C5-B program. 1 Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted March 18, 2016 Super User Posted March 18, 2016 56 minutes ago, Ski said: I used to live on Sewell mill Rd. in Marietta. Worked for Lockheed for the entire C5-B program. I live just on the other side of Wheeler high school from Sewell road! Quote
IndianaFinesse Posted March 19, 2016 Posted March 19, 2016 Nicely detailed report, and some awesome fish to. Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted March 19, 2016 Super User Posted March 19, 2016 Good job!! Now where is this? Quote
Ski Posted March 19, 2016 Author Posted March 19, 2016 11 hours ago, N Florida Mike said: Good job!! Now where is this? Stick Marsh and Farm Pond -13 are located in Fellsmere Fl. 2.5 hours south of Jax. Quote
Super User N Florida Mike Posted March 19, 2016 Super User Posted March 19, 2016 O I've been there once.We drove down at night and spent the night in the car at the bait store.Bought a bunch of shiners first thing in the morning.We had gone maybe 4 miles and smoke coming out from the back.A bearing.So back to the bait store.Tried to fix it but couldn't with limited tools.So we waited until noon for someone to come fix it.Then we finally get on the water and fished hard for the rest of the day in stick marsh.One 4 pounder.We couldn't figure it out.My friend that was with me had caught several over 10 pounds the last time.We gave up and headed in.THEN we saw a sign saying the lake had been sprayed for weeds.It had totally shut the fish down.Well,almost.There was lots of trucks and trailers in the lot but they had all gone to farm 13! Quote
Ski Posted March 19, 2016 Author Posted March 19, 2016 We do not even slow down in the stick Marsh, Always run to the South end of FP-13 where all the stumps and eel grass is. R/ Chris Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 22, 2016 Super User Posted March 22, 2016 That's some good fishing right there! Very nice trip. Quote
Afishionado Posted March 23, 2016 Posted March 23, 2016 Those are some killer fish man, great work.... I am from Cocoa and have just started fishing the stick marsh (and just started bass fishing in general) but I fish by kayak and are more or less confined to that north canal.. But it looks like the big boys are down there in farm 13! What colors are you tossin em? Seems like I can only get a bite on junebug out there.. Quote
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