26 MAY 2008






Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle


Fished just 3 1/2 hours this Memorial Day morning to get in some catching before the recreational crowd whipped the surface to a froth.

Trip conditions:

Trip duration: 6:00a to 9:30a

Air temp: 71F at launch time

Water surface temp: 79.5F

Wind: SE at 13 and slowly tapering up to SE at 17 by noon.

Skies: Partly cloudy conditions the entire trip; fairly humid

Fished only two areas this morning and did well at both. First stop came in rather shallow water between Areas 555 and 38. At exactly 6:24a the whites began to feed on top in small packs throughout this area. Schools of black bass also joined in a few minutes later and the action was very fast and furious for about 50 minutes. Due to the heavy chop on the water, a subsurface presentation did much better than a topwater presentation, with 55 fish landed on a blade bait by the time the action died at exactly 7:11am. I stayed in the area until about 8:15 and added 10 mostly short largemouth to the tally before leaving for good.

After this action died, I headed to Area 177 and fished the top of the breakline there and managed a mixed bag of 19 fish over the next hour and fifteen minutes. These fish all came on a ΒΌ oz. slab fished lift-drop style and were moderately active. The catch here consisted of 4 solid drum, all right at the 2 pound mark, 6 keeper largemouth, 1 sunfish, and 9 white bass of mixed sizes. By 9:30 this action slowed to a crawl as the skies brightened and the boat traffic began to increase. Called it quits at that point with 84 fish landed. I patrolled to the east along the breakline and found fish and shad showing for about 80 yards. Some bass fisherman were working up shallower but in the vicinity and I didn’t want to crowd them, so I just left those fish alone.

TALLY = 84 FISH, all caught and released

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








Leave a Reply