STILLHOUSE HOLLOW FISHING GUIDE REPORT – 01 JUNE 2009 – 38 Fish






Fished a half-day morning trip on Stillhouse after a ministry-packed weekend. It was good to have the boat to myself with no cell phone and some cool, quiet time alone.


Start Time: 6:15a

End Time: 11:30a

Air Temp: 69F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: ~81.3F

Wind: Winds were light from the SSE at around 5-6 at the start of the trip, slowly increasing to around S at 11 by late morning .

Skies: Skies were bright and clear the entire morning.

I went armed with my flyrod and topwater tackle today, hoping the fish are getting their stride on their summer patterns now. I quickly checked several areas without making a cast, including 176, 451, and 242. I saw very, very light action at each location, but nothing to get excited about.

I then headed to Area 007 and found better concentrations of fish in 6-12 of water here, and willing to pop up on top now and then. I very quickly landed 2 fifteen inch blacks on my Polished Chicken fly on the flyrod as several small wolfpacks of fish broke water right near the boat. After that, I just didn’t stay lucky, and found most of the schools of fish on top much more distant. I then switched over to conventional tackle using the Cork Rig and went to work on ’em. Over the next 2 hours I landed 24 more fish including white bass and largemouth, all on the Cork Rig. These fish were all in small wolfpacks of 4-6 fish each and were spread N to S from Area 007 to Area 205. By 9:30 these fish were just about done.

I then headed between Areas 434 and 245 and found even smaller packs of 2-4 fish, mostly short blacks, working on shad over 16-22 feet. I once again just concentrated on topwater fish and managed 3 short bass over about 40 minutes. The activity window for the morning was clearly on its way to closing.

I made a quick run to Area 450 and ran sonar, finding abundant bait blanketing the bottom. When bait is seen blanketing the bottom versus being grouped into balls, it is a sign that they are relaxed and not being forced about by gamefish — not good. I did see gamefish marks mixed in with the bait on occasion, so I decided to give slabbing a try regardless. It took a little work to get a few fish perked up enough to strike, but I did manage to take 6 whites and 3 drum from this area sitting in 25 feet of water. All of these coame on a TNT 180 in 3/8 oz. Once these fish quit, I had that sixth sense feeling that the morning bite was done, and headed on in.


TALLY = 38 FISH, all caught and released except the sunfish we used as bait


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