Stick Marsh

Four to six mile an hour south winds they said. Off to Stick Marsh I go because a south wind is great on the marsh. The reality was over ten miles an hour north east winds with a foot and a half chop when I got there. I was late putting the boat in but not many trailers in the parking lot. I drove down to the back and three out of the five boats that were there left and headed back towards the ramp. That is never a good sign that early in the day. The water is still dirty from all of the north winds we have been getting so I start slow with a black worm working the edges of the eel grass. I missed one fish in an hour and the second last boat leaves as well so I pretty much have it all to myself now.
I moved over to the west side and the water is slightly cleaner for some reason so I switch to a spinnerbait. It is windy so it is a good opportunity for me to test my Curado 150 DC. I tied on a half ounce Strike King spinnerbait and used the Talon to stop the boat. Third cast I got my first and biggest fish of the day. She doesn’t look it in the bottom pic but she was in the six pound range. I moved around a bit and alternated between a worm , a Rhythm Wave and the spinnerbait and got another about 2.5lb on the spinnerbait.
Another hour of moving and anchoring up and I had nothing to show for it.
I used the Lowrance to find one of the old irrigation ditches and put the nose into the wind and working that out for about two hours and hooked three more fish up to mid three’s. Six bites in six hours and five of them made it to the boat.
As for the Curado DC, I am more than impressed by it. I fished it for several hours throwing with, across and into the wind with no issues except one little snarl on a sloppy cast. The good thing was it pulled right back out as opposed to sitting down with a line pic or a knife. I am really liking this reel.
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