Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Fished just 2 1/4 hours this morning to see if the topwater bite of Memorial Day was solid or just an anomaly.

Trip conditions:

Trip duration: 6:00a to 8:15a

Air temp: 72F at launch time

Water surface temp: 80.1F

Wind: SSE at 11-13

Skies: Low, thick clouds for the duration of the trip, dissipating by 9:30a

Fished only one area this morning and did well. Again located fish in rather shallow water between Areas 555 and 38. At exactly 6:35a 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 until 7:15. Due to the heavy chop on the water, a subsurface presentation did much better than a topwater presentation, with 62 fish landed on a blade bait by the time the action left the surface. I stayed until 8:15 and added 8 short largemouth to the tally on a popping cork before leaving for good. The popping cork was used as the bass were a little closer to shore than the whites, and thus were in a bit of a lee from the wind as compared to the whites located out in more open water.

TALLY = 70 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