20 OCTOBER 2008 (PM)






Belton Lake Fishing Report by Belton Lake Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Fished a half day afternoon trip with father and son Scott and Spencer L. of Temple.

Conditions:

Start Time: 3:00p

End Time: 7:20p

Air Temp: 65F at day’s start, warming to 76F by mid afternoon

Water Temp: 74-75F

Wind: A promising SW breeze blew pre-dawn at about 8, but then, by sunrise slacked off to near calm. From then on, the breeze only puffed lightly from the SSW and never got up and sustained until after noon. In the afternoon, we enjoyed a consistent S breeze at 8-9 mph, and the fish responded positively.

Skies: Skies were bright all day. The sun was brilliant in the morning, then toned down a bit in the afternoon due to fair skies caused by increasing humidity.


On the heels of a tough morning trip, thing perked up nicely this afternoon. We caught fish from start to finish, with the peak of the action coming at 4:00p to 5:00p. We fished only two areas today and found abundant gamefish and bait at both locations on sonar.

Our first stop came at Area 295. As we arrived, I put the downriggers down so we could fish and study sonar at the same time. We marked fish consistently at both breaklines at about 34 feet and at about 39 feet. Most bait appeared at the deeper break. We put on twin Pets and caught both whites and hybrids on nearly every pass. This indicated the fish were in an aggressive mood, and so we stopped over the deeper break where the bait was located and jigged and smoked slabs over these fish, and then fished our slabs in a lift-drop style (similar to a blade bait). Fish came from a 180 degree arc from E, thru N, to W of this area. These fish slowly played out by about 5:45p, so we made a move after putting 54 fish in the boat here.

Our second and final stop came at Area 171. We found white bass and hybrids here at 17-19 feet upon arrival by downrigging and put our two largest fish of the trip in the boat by this means, a 4.75 pound hybrid, and a 4.00 pound hybrid, as well as 11 smaller fish. As dusk came, the fish moved a bit shallower and got a bit more active so we changed over to throwing blade baits and picked up 8 more whites, and 2 more small hybrids this way. We headed in around 7:20p.

TALLY = 77 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








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