Fishing Reports by Capt. George Welcome

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The culmination of all your planning for a fishing adventure hopefully ends with good weather, calm winds, and bass that not only are willing to cooperate, but are willing to do so with gusto. You have done all that you can on your end. You did more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - What we don't have: Snow, temperatures that are freezing, ice on the lake; none of these are in the forecast - I promise. What we do have: black water, sunshine, bass that don't know braid from mono, or any other line that you can thin more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The hours that we as Fishing Guides live by are extreme. Our typical day starts at 3-4 AM in preparation, and then we fish for 8 hours. By the time we get home it is about 4 PM, and then we have to answer e-mails and such. There is also 1-2 hou more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - >Keeping up with reports about the Stick Marsh is pretty much a daily chore from now until the end of June. We hope for those that come with their boats it gives some assistance and that you are able to profit from them and have a better day th more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Mike Moore and his son Dan came for the last part of their trip on Sunday - A 1/2 day of fishing ahead of them and five dozen shiners gave them hope for that elusive 10+ pound bass. Dan spent the better part of the morning throwing artifi more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Saturday there was no shortage of Bass, pickerels, fishermen, or fishermen with shiners at the Marsh, and it seems that they decided this weekend to all come together in an area that is no bigger than the parking lot. The spillway area was the more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - 1:30 PM and 12 dozen shiners had been disposed of by two fishermen. The location: the spillway discharge area. The method: free-lined shiners. The results: many big fish, but the elusive 10-pound+ fish escaped them. They came close, but it just more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - John Tucker and his son-in-law Dennis opted in a fishing trip with their family visit to Disney World on Monday. The weather forecast looked good, with no chance of rain, light winds, and light clouds. We barely saw the sun and had to mov more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Wilma came and blew, but with no damage other than power outages we pretty much functioned as normal. Not having electricity makes it very difficult to keep the refrigerator cold, the batteries in the boat charged, and it makes it downright imp more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The artificial bite has been doing pretty good if you are in the right spot but it is not lake wide. Saturday the area we have been fishing in the south end of the Farm was alive and well and the bass responded to Senkos, (dark colors), spinner more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13