First speck trip of season next Week to Garcia

[garyv]

Well getting that time of year again setting down my snook poles and getting the cane poles and small spinners out for specks , cant wait .
I have read a few reports from Garcia they show some being caught there so we are going next week weds and thursday to give em a shot .. Hope to get enough for a fry , just had a snook fry for the family and friends a few weeks back
so now its time to get some fine eating specks for a fry in the freezer..
Has anyone here heard any reports from Garcia , or have you been? We always fished Stick marsh but I am getting tierd of the 6 mile bumpy road that beats the crap out of everything before you get to the lake so going to try Garcia and Big O this year insted..
Good luck all
Gary

[6mm]

Garyv do you know when they are going to open the new reservior they are working on next to Stick Marsh? That will be a lot of fishing area in a couple of years. They say the grass is growing back in Farm 13 will probably go down their in Feb.

[garyv]

Hey 6mm ,,
i hear they started the work and are going to start flooding the area some time next year but will not be finished until 2016. I think there was a post on Jim Porters site , but he is not guiding anymore so he does not keep up on the site as much as he used too . here is a link to the article on his site scroll down a little for the article
http://www.stickmarsh.com/stickmarsh.../current.shtml
Gary

[huntinslabs]

Don't they duck hunt Garcia pretty hard? If so ya might want to check the hunt schedules.

[garyv]

I didnt even think of that Huntinslabs, actually we have never fished Garcia so I am unfamiliar with that lake so it will be new to us.
We ussually fish Stick marsh or Okeechobee , but havent fished Okeechobee since the hurricanes in 05 that tore it up , but fished Indian prarie canal , and Kissimee , and Nubins slough years back , but with my trailer needing springs I dont want to go to stick marsh until I get them switched out..I dont think they will leave me on the side of the road but that 6 mile washboard road to the stickmarsh is a killer on equipment...
We have 2 days in a row ( wedsday and thursday ) so we are planning on trying 2 different lakes IF we dont do good at the first spot then we will just go back there the second day..
I have been looking for reports and cant find a whole lot about the big O or Garcia to see if they have started yet . But we can catch em setting here at the house either..
Gary

[89ranger]

good luck

[garyv]

Oh and I screwed up we are going to Blue Cypress not Garcia , they are connected but Garcia is real shallow until you get to the lake..
Gary

[fishin813]

just sent you a personal message who to contact in that area.
Mark Irle fishes Garcia - Stick Marsh - and Big O, may be able to shed a better
light on things and /or possible where to fish on limited schedule you have

[speckfinder]

Oh and I screwed up we are going to Blue Cypress not Garcia , they are connected but Garcia is real shallow until you get to the lake..
Gary

The canal linking the lakes has been closed off for years.

[minnowdrownder]

Hey Gary..........I've spent plenty of time in Garcia.......Not a bad choice at all....If Blue Cypress doesnt pan out for you, If you do go, head for the canal that leads to Farm 13, & drift minnows & throw jigs........If thery are there, it wont take long to figure it out!!!!!