Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report – 28 April 2009 – 25 Fish






Fished a very short 1.5 hour trip this evening just to see if I could keep up with the fish movement with the massive load of water that came into the lake today.

A GRAPH SHOWING THE RAPID INFLUX OF WATER FROM THE LAMPASAS RIVER DUE TO FLOODING IN THE HEADWATERS NEAR ADAMSVILLE

As the graph below shows, we had a rapid 3 foot rise in elevation between 2am and 2pm today, with the water still continuing to rise but at a slower rate after that. There are massive rafts of dead timber in the Lampasas River, in the river mouth, and near and beyond the FM2484 bridge. The debris field tapers off nearly the new water plant construction to the W. of Union Grove. The water is opaque brown from the river to the Union Grove dog-leg turn.


Start Time: 7:00p

End Time: 8:30p

Air Temp: 74F at trip’s start with occasional light drizzle.

Water Surface Temp: ~68-69F

Wind: Winds were SE at ~10

Skies: Skies were entirely clouded grey the entire trip with some spitting drizzle.

Lake Elevation: The lake rose 3.45 feet today, from 616.50 to 619.95 ft. ASL


I got out just before (obscured) sunset today mainly just to see how the water conditons looked, where the turbid water had extended to, and where the debris field had drifted to.

Once I satisfied my curiosity, I ran sonar on some areas that typically hold fish a little later into May and early June, knowing that the whites were going to be forced out of that dirty water uplake.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a strong school of whites settled in at Area 429. As I worked this area over, terns and Bonaparte gulls began to feed in and around this area in the fairly choppy water. Looking closely, I could see small packs of 3-4 white bass driving threadfin shad of ~2.5″ in length to the surface. I switched from my traditional 3/8 oz. TNT 180 slab to the 3/4 oz. TNT 180 and worked these fish over for the short span of time I had from finding them until dark. Because this was over 23-25′, the action rose off the bottom as light diminished. By trip’s end, I was throughing a bright bladebait just subsurface and reeling slowly for the last 3 of the 25 fish I landed tonight.

My catch at this one location included 24 white bass, all 11-12 inches, and a single, pale, largemouth going right at 17 inches.

For the 24 hour period of this day, the lake rose 3.45 feet and is still ~2.05 feet below full pool.


TALLY = 25 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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