The spillway on Stick Marsh was closed this past week for me on the day I went out to fish it. So I did some exploration recon on other areas of the lake.

The Stick Marsh is still giving up some good bites once again but where you fish is the reason why. If the spillway is flowing coming out of Garcia then that’s where the action is at.

The spillways are flowing on the Stick Marsh again this past week. This time we weren’t the only ones fishing it. Two other boats beat us there so boat positioning in the small area wasn’t the best for us.

After a long break from fishing due to our complete renovation of our master bathroom I was able to wet a line this past week.

The Stick Marsh is still producing a good bite for us this past week. Finding an area with bait activity is important for the bass to be close by. Little subtleties will give the spots away, cormorants working the waters nearby or the osprey feeding in the area from up above are both giveaways to bait close by.

This week’s report isn’t about my fishing from last week but what’s it going to be like for this week and more. Running water will be the key to finding fish. There are so many ways to catch them.

This week’s report on the Stick Marsh will be short and bittersweet. The Shad spawn is pretty much all but over.

Thursday I was gifted the opportunity to visit the World Famous ICAST. To me the trade show was very overwhelming with All Fishing Stuff Overload to say the least.

This past week on the Stick Marsh was great one day and much slower the next day for me. Weather conditions have so much effect on the difference in my bites. Let me break it down some.

Last week’s full moon really slowed down my schooling bass activity. Each day I was out was slower than the days before. By Wednesday, there was no sign of schooling whatsoever.