Got to Catch some fish today

[fredhatch]

Well Im not hear to rub anything in the faces of those snowbound fisherman. But, Today was great. Headed out to Stick Marsh about 7am, went straight for the nursery area. Wind sucked 20-25mph, wearin out the TM. On my way out of the stumps I threw a few different lures. 2 bass 3.0, 3.4 each. (Zilla- threw the parrot w/ feather tail, lost two coming up to the boat). Finally got tired of the whitecaps coming over the boat so I headed to the Northern side. This area is not considered Stick Marsh but is connected. This area is also not known for real good fishing. HAH! Well folks, counting the two earlier, I had ten fish weighed and released. Primarily used the Strike King bleeding spinnerbait, 1/2 oz., chartreuse. Caught and weighed 5 bass over 5 punds- 5.0,5.3,5.9,5.2,5.3, the last three were 2.5,3.2,2.8. My last few outings have been less than noteworthy, so this day has me really pumped right now. 7 hours on the water and the raccoon eyes and redneck to prove it. Like I said wind was cranking, overcast w/ occasional sun, about 75 degrees and water temp was 66 per depthfinder. Forgot the joy of having a 5 pounder tailwalk on ya. Zilla threw all my new lures today, got hits on most. Had some real good fish hit the ratltrap. Will hopefully have some pictures to put up when the film gets developed. 8)