13 NOVEMBER 2008 (PM)






Fished a solo half day morning trip on Stillhouse followed by a half day evening trip on Belton with Mr. Rodney T. of Belton. The reports for these two trips appear separately.

Start Time: 1:15p

End Time: 6:25p

Air Temp: 70F at trip’s start, warming into the low 70’s by day’s end

Water Temp: 69.1F

Wind: Winds were moderate from the SE at 12 from trip’s start until after sunset, and then increased slightly

Skies: Skies were lightly overcast and grey the until around 11:30am today. Skies then cleared to fair, with clouds building to the N in the afternoon.

Fishing was a bit spotty today until we got into some sub-surface schooling fish right at and after sunset.

We began our trip checking out the deep water between Area 187 and Area 83. We saw single fish holding tight to the bottom throughout this area, but no schooled fish, nor any bait. We slabbed here briefly, with only 3 fish to show for the effort.

Our next success came at/near Area 307. We found fish suspended at 25-33 feet deep here, with a sprinkling of fish across the bottom. We smoked one white bass on a slab and landed 2 more on the downrigger.

We then headed to Area 295 and picked up 2 whites by downrigging and 2 via slab. We witnessed schooled fish on sonar near bottom but couldn’t get these fish to hit as we worked our slabs over them.

We stopped briefly at Area 313 and picked up 1 short hybrid, 1 crappie, and 2 white bass.

At this point, sunset was nearly upon us, so we decided to hit a shallower area for the last bite of the day. We found fish pushing shad to the surface as indicated by some light gull activity from Area 309 out to Area 310. We landed 42 fish in the last 45 minutes of the day including 4 keeper hybrid, 2 short hybrid, 1 largemouth, and 35 keeper whites.

TALLY = 56 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








13 NOVEMBER 2008 (AM)






Fished a solo half day morning trip on Stillhouse followed by a half day evening trip on Belton with Mr. Rodney T. of Belton. The reports for these two trips appear separately.

Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 11:00a

Air Temp: 60F at trip’s start, warming to the low 70’s by day’s end

Water Temp: 68.1F

Wind: Winds were light but steady from the SW at 4-6 from pre-dawn until 8:45am, and then went slack until after noon.

Skies: Skies were lightly overcast and grey the until around 11:30am today. Skies lightened and darkened over the course of the morning, but direct sun did not shine during the morning trip.


This was a slow morning due to the near windless conditions. Sunrise was obscured by clouds this morning, so the light level stayed fairly low for a good while. At exactly 8:11, the combination of light SW wind and light got just right, and nature turned on hard for about 30 minutes. During this time, several gulls appeared from nowhere and began feeding on shad pushed to the surface by well-dispersed white bass in the stretch of water between Area 109 and Area 54. I caught 27 of my 29 fish of the trip in this short burst of activity. During this time I caught fish on live shad, on a small slab fished vertically and smoked, on a 3/4 oz. slab fished vertically, horizontally, and in a smoked fashion, and on a cast blade bait. I landed 3 drum, 2 largemouth, and 22 whites from 11 to 14 inches in length. The breeze died around 9am and with it, the fishing died as well.

The remainder of the trip I managed only 2 more small largemouth bass, one via downrigging and one via a slab off Area 312.

TALLY = 29 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