11 APRIL 2008 (PM)






Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Central Texas Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Fished both a morning and an evening trip today. The results are listed in separate posts.


Evening Trip – fished with Richard T. of Salado this evening … a great fellow …a musician, computer whiz, small business owner, a quick wit … even did a stint with the Cousteau Society in years past. It had been some time since Richard had been fishing, and past attempts were never all that fruitful, so we worked on two sure-fire techniques for this time of year and did very well.

We launched at 3:00p and fished until 8:15p. At the start of the trip, the skies were as bright as could be with a dry NW breeze varying from 5-12. We actually began a bit early, as we searched with sonar and fished over several areas which held fish, but the fish were just not quite turned on at the time. In the first hour plus, we landed only 3 fish after searching Areas 128, 142, 122 and 124 .

By 4:30, the sun was getting a bit lower, and the wind was now steady from the NNW at 12-13. I chose an underwater feature with a linear layout to it which the wind was striking perpendicularly; we fished the windward edge of the feature at Area 88 and immediately got into fish. By 6:45p we had boated 109 additional fish including white bass of mixed sizes up to 13.5 inches, as well as drum which were consistently sized right at 12 inches and right at the 1 pound mark.

With the day slipping away, we agreed to leave these fish still biting, albeit much less aggressively than at the peak of the activity, and head to some shallower haunts to try casting to some fish. We headed to between and south of Areas 116 and 110 and did a quick flatline troll over the area as we searched with sonar. We picked up a small white as we motored around. Happy with what I saw, I set us up in 14 feet of water casting up into shallower water and into the wind. With very little coaching Richard quickly dusted off his spinning reel cobwebs and was soon firing casts out where they needed to be. We worked bladebaits along the bottom for the remainder of the trip and boated another 23 fish here including 21 white bass of mixed sizes, a 2 pound largemouth, and a 13 inch drum.

As the sun set and the light began to fade on this beautiful day we agreed to call it a very good trip and headed back to the ramp.

133 FISH, all caught and released with the exception of 2 drum which did not revive after capture from deep water.

Bob Maindelle, Owner Holding The Line Guide Service and Kids Fish, Too! Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide, Belton Lake Fishing Guide, Lake Georgetown Fishing Guide, Walter E. Long (Decker) Lake Fishing Guide. Offering Salado Fishing, Killeen Fishing and Ft. Hood Fishing