Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report – 11 May 2009 – 53 Fish






Fished a half-day morning trip this morning with Rod T. of Copperas Cove. Rod and I are buddies from church. He’s winding up his tour here at Ft. Hood and shipping off to the D.C. area, so we took a farewell fishing trip before he pulls up stakes.

ROD T. WITH 1 OF 53 WE BOATED TODAY

Start Time: 6:30a

End Time: 11:30a

Air Temp: 74F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: ~74-75F

Wind: Winds were SW at 2-6 at sunrise, staying light until around 9:30a, then picking up SE, then E, then NE by trip’s end.

Skies: Skies were mostly cloudy with high humidity causing haziness.

As we began our trip, we slowly motored over an expanse of open water known for topwater action this time of year wherein hungry white bass feeding up after the spawn pin shad fry against the surface early and late in the day. Today, the conditions were just right — a light wind, an overcast sky well into the morning, and no easterly component to the wind.

In a circular area bounded by Area 432 to the west and Area 337 to the east, we found ample topwater action for nearly 2 hours and during that time landed 44 fish, both white bass and small largemouth, all on the Cork Rig. Many boats passed right by this action due to the subtlety of the feeding — no splashes, no rings on the surface, just soft, near surface swipes leaving little visual evidence unless you were stopped and looking for it.

After this action waned, we headed down and looked between Areas 007 and 217. We saw 3 individual fish strike shad on the surface upon arrival, but little after that.

Headed to Area 433 and we both worked a jigworm for about 30 minutes for a single keeper largemouth.

Our next success came after a tip from the terns. They were circling over Area 434 on top of some schoolie largemouth popping shad on top. We stopped and added 3 bass to the count here, all just shy of legal.

Our final stop came at Area 145. Right in the middle of this complex we encountered both bottom hugging and suspended schooled whites. By now the wind had turned E and was on its way to NE, so I didn’t expect much of a bite. Despite seeing more fish, we landed only 5 here, all on the TNT180 in 3/8 oz. via jigging and smoking.

And so ended the farewell trip with Rod. God bless you, Paula, Amber, and Anndrea as you head north. Give me a ring when the stripers come up out of the ocean!!

TALLY = 53 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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