Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report – 07 March 2009 – 43 FISH






Fished a half-day morning scouting trip today to fish areas that traditionally hold fish this time of year but which I haven’t fished lately.

SONAR SCREENSHOT OF SHAD SUSPENDING AT MID-DEPTH PRE-DAWN THIS MORNING


SONAR SCREENSHOT OF GAMEFISH SUSPENDING IN PURSUIT OF THE DENSE SCHOOLS OF SHAD IN THE AREA RIGHT AT SUNRISE


Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 12:05p


Air Temp: 64F at trip’s start. Temps peaked at around 83F today.


Water Surface Temp: ~58.4F

Wind: Winds were S at 13-15 before sunrise (obscured) and steadily built to 22 with higher gusts to 25 by afternoon.

Skies: Skies were overcast the entire trip with occasional breaks in the clouds existing by trip’s end.

I started off in the vicinity of Area 102 with high confidence that fish would be there and would indicate when the morning feeding window opened. As the fish got going, they started off high up in the water column pursuing shad to and near the surface. I caught them on a smoked blade bait when they were ramped up at the beginning of the bite, and then caught them on an eased TNT 3/8 oz. slab while they were still feeding but had slowed a bit. After boating 25 fish, I left these fish still biting and headed out to check other areas while the window of opportunity was still open.

I found fish at between Areas 186 and 362 , in about 41-43 feet of water. These fish were very sluggish, responding only occasionally to an easing technique. I picked up 5 white bass here and moved on.

To finish out the trip I headed to between Area 107 and 103 in 25-27 feet of water, and, from 11:15 to 12:05 was pleasantly surprised to find still-active (albeit barely active) fish. I jigged for these fish and caught 13, all white bass, and all caught on the pause of a standard jigging approach.


TALLY = 43 FISH, all caught and released


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