The fishing was great but windy for this past weeks outings. Monday on the Stick Marsh finally produced a topwater bite in an area where the Shad are congregating for the spawn. The first 40 minutes we had somewhat calm water to throw a topwater lure and right away the bass ate our lures. Then the big fans kicked up to whitecap water and spoiled the fun.

Tuesday I was honored with a call from my Yo Zuri representative that they wanted to get some filming in for their new colors of lures to be presented at this years ICAST. Needless to say, he picked Tuesday. We woke up to rain at the 4am time but by the time we met at 6:15 at Stickmarsh it was all gone but the winds were already kicking to 15 out of the NE. My expectations were slim on trying to produce any footage of a topwater bite but you know how filming goes.

I headed right back to the area from the day before hoping we could pull it off. When asked what to tie on to me there is none other lure to throw for me in a 2 foot chop but the 3 DB Prop that will make any kind of a commotion. For 45 minutes we hammered the bass up until it wasn’t pleasant anymore with conditions worsening.

We managed to head to the east side to find the calmer waters but no bites were to be had. We started knowing it would be a short outing for us as they both had to get back to the office, so I went back to the first spot once again but this time throwing the 3D Suspending Jerkbait. It only took a couple of casts to find the fish and another 40 minutes were awesome for filming.

We finished the morning with enough film to of made our outing successful. Wednesday was a “take it easy” day at my favorite little pond and downsizing the tackle to 8lb test and small crank baits and beetle spins for bluegill and smaller bass. What a great 3 days for catching.