Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report — 02 April 2009 – 16 Fish






Fished a 1/2 day “Kids Fish, Too!” trip this morning on Stillhouse with Jaylen G. of Killeen. Jaylen’s mom is being hospitalized and he needed a little time to decompress so we went out fishing.

JAYLEN WITH A SOLID FISH TAKEN ON CRANKBAIT

Start Time: 7:15a


End Time: 10:00a


Air Temp: 53F at trip’s start, and warming to only 62 in the afternoon.


Water Surface Temp: ~60F

Wind: Winds were light from the SSW until around 8:20, then shifted WNW and quickly ramped up to 35+ with higher gusts making boat control impossible.

Skies: Skies were clear blue.

The winds were barely blowing from the SSW at sunrise. We headed out to scout for birds but didn’t see much, so we then scouted with sonar.

We encountered good sonar returns tight to bottom in 21-24 feet of water at Area 108 and fished that area thoroughly fearing a light, short bite given the bright conditions.

The winds quickly ramped up from near calm to 20, then 25, then 30, then 35, until we simply could not control the boat well enough to fish any longer. By this time we’d boated 14 white bass and a fair largemouth all on TNT 180’s in 3/8 oz., and all via a standard jigging approach right on bottom.

At this point,Jaylen (who only weighs about 75 pounds) wisely decided to take cover from the wind behind the console while I packed it up and headed for shelter.

This suddenly felt more like an evacuation than a trip back to the boat ramp! The wind just kept getting stronger and stronger, and by now there was a dusty appearance to the sky that actually began to block sunlight because of all of the particulate matter the wind was carrying with it.

Well, we made it to the leeward shore and played around a little with some flatline trolling resulting in a single largemouth (albeit the best fish of the trip) off of Area 115 and a single crappie of about 11 inches from off the shoreline at Area 336.

We called it quits at that time around 10 am. When I arrived home, the NOAA radio reported 45 mph straightline winds with gusts over 50. That’s Spring fishing!!


TALLY = 16 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