Only one day of fishing for me last week. I chose to head to the Stick Marsh thinking that the crowd would be less than that at Headwaters but boy was I wrong. By the time the boat was put in the water there were only 3 spots left in the main parking lot. Many of the pros were out with their fully wrapped rigs getting in some Florida sunshine before heading to the Harris Chain or Palaka for their tournaments.
We headed to the SW corner of the Farm side of the lake known as “The Nursery.” This area is known for a great spawning site but I was surprised to see that there were already 18 boats in this small area. We didn’t see much caught including us so we made a change of areas to less pressured water. Still the bite was slow in waters of 2-3 feet. We moved out in the 4-6 foot waters and immediately started to get bit by throwing suspending Jerkbaits catching 3-5 pound size fish. This makes me believe the fish are staging up to make their move to the shallower waters soon, possibly on the next full and new moons. This week’s cold fronts might or might not have a slow down of catches only. The only way to find out is get on the waters and have a fun fishing adventure.
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