12 JUNE 2008






Belton Lake Fishing Report by Belton Lake Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Fished from 8am to Noon with the families of the 3/82 Field Artillery Battalion

Conditions:

Start Time: 8:00a

End Time: 12:15p

Air Temp: 78 at trip’s start, climbing into the mid 90’s by the afternoon

Water Temp: 83.5F

Wind: SSE at 10 at the beginning of the event, building to 25+ by the afternoon

Skies: Bright and clear

The focus today was on making kids successful at catching fish and teaching them a bit about fishing along the way. I had the honor of meeting and teaching 15 different children today – every one of them caught multiple fish, and 3 of them caught the first fish of their lives!!

Many of the kids were quite young, and I fished with them from the shoreline or from various floating structures, older elementary-aged kids I took with me on the boat to add to the experience.

I rigged up 3 ten foot bream poles with super-sensitive floats and #14 hooks. We baited up with bits of earthworm beneath a tiny splitshot and caught fish everywhere we spotted bedding and suspended sunfish. This included inside and outside the floating BLORA fishing pier, the area around the courtesy dock located nearest the floating pier, and along the banks of the BLORA military marina.

By the time the event concluded, the kids had managed to catch 82 fish including bluegill sunfish, green sunfish, and longear sunfish.

The Battalion Executive Officer presented me with a very nice framed certificate a battalion coin. Thanks, guys!!

TALLY= 82 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