Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle
Conditions:
Start Time: 6:45a
End Time: 10:00a
Air Temp: 76F at trip’s start, up to 101F by day’s end. This would be the 11th straight day of 100+ degree highs, only to be broken by Tropical Storm Edouard’s passage.
Water Temp: 86.5F
Wind: Light from the SE at 6-8.
Skies: Low, scattered morning grey clouds at about 20%, then clearing to fair for the rest of the day.
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I fished a ½ day Kids Fish, Too! trip with Christy T. (mom), big brother Egan T., and little brother Justin T. of Harker Heights.
As we began our trip, we started off downrigging between Areas 207 and 208. Sonar showed occasional gamefish mostly solo but occasionally in pods, but a lack of bait over the entire area. After two unsuccessful passes we left here just as the sun had risen.
What took place next turned this into just a perfect kids’ fishing trip. As we motored into the vicinity of Areas 204, 205, and 206, multiple large schools of white bass began breaking the surface pursuing shad. 5 year old Justin had never really cast before, and Egan was just starting to learn. To keep everyone catching fish, I put Egan in the clear to my right on the front deck with a closed face reel and a cork righ, and Justin on my left. Egan got the hang of things quickly, and was catching fish on his own in no time. I went ahead and cast a baitcaster with a cork rig for Justin so he could concentrate on retrieving through the active fish.
We used this teamwork approach the (rather rare) two and a half hours that the fish stayed on top, and wound up putting 50 fish in the boat, most right at the 10 ½ inch mark with little variation in size either way.
We took occasional drink and snack breaks and shake-out-the-sore-wrist breaks, and by 9:38am, when the last topwater feeding school had disappeared from the surface, mom and boys had had a wonderful trip with many good photos taken and were ready to head home, clean up, cool off, and send nearly real-time photos back to dad in Iraq so he could see their prizes. Great trip, kids!! Great kids, Christy!!
TALLY = 50 FISH; all caught and released
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