Stick Marsh in August

[blainedead]

Going to visit the in-laws later this week in Stuart, FL. We are planning to make our first trip to Stick Marsh/Pond 13. I realize that it's probably not the ideal time of year, but any hints as to areas to fish, as well as effective baits, would be greatly appreciated.

[davecon]

If I was gonna be in Stuart I would go snook fishing. Period !!!

[blainedead]

2 hours ago, davecon said:

If I was gonna be in Stuart I would go snook fishing. Period !!!

Of course!!! That is on the agenda as well. That said, I always try to get a big ol' Florida LM whenever I'm down there...and we usually try a new body of water each trip.

[J.Vincent]

Zara Spooks early, 7 inch Texas rigged worms and Live Shiners until dusk

[davecon]

9 hours ago, blainedead said:

Of course!!! That is on the agenda as well. That said, I always try to get a big ol' Florida LM whenever I'm down there...and we usually try a new body of water each trip.

Good ! Sorry, can’t help you with Stick Marsh, never been there but take plenty of fluids - it’s gonna be brutal during August.

[geo g]

I have fished it four times with a friend that lives in Felesmere.  It is a dangerous place to run wide open if you don't know where your going.  Find moving water and bass will position close bye.  I would run to the canal that divides the two sections and fish that area hard.  Then run down to the pump area and if water is moving, hit it hard..  Just to the west of the pump area is a big stump field.  in this area we caught 50 bass up to 9 pounds.  It was a great trip.  A month later we went back to the same areas and caught 6 small fish all day.

 

Be careful when running the big motor.  When in doubt, idle speed.

 

Junebug U-vibes, blue/black jigs, chugbugs, shallow squarebills, rattle traps Chrome/blue, 6 in.senko junebug, spooks.

 

Bad weather, big wind, hit the flood gate in the northwest corner.  Don't run the big water.  Shallow water waves build quickly and you may hit stump in trough.  

 

Good luck brother!  When its on, it gets crazy.

[bocabasser]

change your plans and go to either keanansville or garcia. i like garcia because it is paved lol. i have been to both garcia and kville 6 times this month. giants in both. if you're looking for a 10+ go to kville, if you want to catch a 30-35 pound bag go to garcia. hollow body frogs, spooks, prop baits. flip the hard lines with hyacinth. last trip to garcia we had an 8.4 and three sevens with a mess of 3-5 pounders. insane. the last trip at kville biggest fish was 9.5. only caught about 20 fish between 2-4 pounds. however, i lost a friggin giant at the boat. high sticked it and my rod broke and i watched this 10+ swim away slowly. 

kville has a 14 mile dirt road that will take a good 2 hours cleaning off the boat and truck. the big fish in that place make it worth while. just gotta time the bite right and you'll smashem. good luck

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, geo g said:

I have fished it four times with a friend that lives in Felesmere.  It is a dangerous place to run wide open if you don't know where your going.  Find moving water and bass will position close bye.  I would run to the canal that divides the two sections and fish that area hard.  Then run down to the pump area and if water is moving, hit it hard..  Just to the west of the pump area is a big stump field.  in this area we caught 50 bass up to 9 pounds.  It was a great trip.  A month later we went back to the same areas and caught 6 small fish all day.

 

Be careful when running the big motor.  When in doubt, idle speed.

 

Junebug U-vibes, blue/black jigs, chugbugs, shallow squarebills, rattle traps Chrome/blue, 6 in.senko junebug, spooks.

 

Bad weather, big wind, hit the flood gate in the northwest corner.  Don't run the big water.  Shallow water waves build quickly and you may hit stump in trough.  

 

Good luck brother!  When its on, it gets crazy.

Pretty much covered it,,

That Stick and Farm is fast becoming my 2nd favorite place. 

Got my PB out of there in March on a Fat Max worm. 

 

Hit that wood field and around the pump area hard with a spook early, then pitch a worm or Rage Bug as the day heats up. 

 

As @geo g said a day with multiple 7+ fish is possible if you hit it right. 

 

Good Luck and come back with a full report ?

 

 

 

Mike

[blainedead]

9 hours ago, geo g said:

  I would run to the canal that divides the two sections and fish that area hard.  Then run down to the pump area and if water is moving, hit it hard..  Just to the west of the pump area is a big stump field. 

Is the pump area in the southeast corner?

[geo g]

19 hours ago, blainedead said:

Is the pump area in the southeast corner?

Yes it is, if the pumps are running you can hear a mile away.  Stump field is just to the west of that.

[blainedead]

On 7/29/2018 at 10:14 PM, davecon said:

If I was gonna be in Stuart I would go snook fishing. Period !!!

It's hardly a trophy, but here is the first snook of the week

[davecon]

Great start !

[blainedead]

This place is intimidating as you-know-what! We got out this afternoon, and were greeted by a ridiculous wind...basically relegating us to fishing the east bank of the marsh. We took the main divider canal out to it's end, but the sea was angry that day my friends. I tried to work my way up the west bank, but 'bumped" several stumps. Just turned around and fished the east bank with no luck. 

 

What is the safest route to get to the pump station (if they're running) in the morning? I sure wish the Navionics card had more info....I'm afraid I'm gonna tear up my dear father-in-law's gearcase LOL!!

[geo g]

Once you clear the palm trees and head straight out to open water and once half way out at idle, now you can draw a straight line to the opening on the west side and run.  Once you idle clear of the divide canal head a straight line just north east of the pump station.  If your not sure go half speed, or even idle speed.