I fished a morning half-day trip with Charlotte M. and her friend Dorothy A. of Petersburg, Kentucky. These ladies are both moms, are both widows, have many interests in common, and got to know one another through their small group Bible study at church. Charlotte moved to Texas back in December and Dorothy came down for a Spring visit which included some shopping, a visit to Fredericksberg, and, of course, some fishing.

Charlotte with a 4.25 pound largemouth taken on a crankbait

Charlotte and Dorothy with a sampling of the mixed bag angling we found today.

Start Time: 6:30a

End Time: 10:30a

Air Temp: 54F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: ~71F

Wind: Winds were calm to light W at 5-6.

Skies: Skies were high, clear, and bright.

As we headed out, the water was near glassy-calm with bright, intense sunshine. I looked over a few areas “on the run” hoping to spot some early topwater action, but little was to be found.

We saw a few largemouth chasing shad between Areas 538 and 605, but nothing came of it.

We then moved on to a location spanned by Areas 540, 116, and 407. Sonar showed a lot of bait present, a loon was working the area long and hard, and every once in a while a school or two of white bass would “popcorn” on the surface. We began working the area with bladebaits and picked us a few small white bass. Around 8:30, I began noticing far more fish suspended than on bottom and so decided to go with a flatline trolling regimen.

We put on small Bombers to cover the 10-12 foot range and immediately began to score. For 1 1/2 hours we boated a mix of white bass, crappie, and largemouth. At one point in time on a northward pass coming upslope, I spotted an unusually heavy concentration of fish on bottom, spread over approximately 20 horizontal yards (see screen shot below). I stopped the boat and we again worked bladebaits over these fish and picked up white bass very steadily.

Screen shot of the fish we found bunched up at 12-14 feet which responded well to blade baits.

By 10:30 it was getting pretty warm due to the lack of wind, and the fish were turning off. The ladies had other plans for this, the last day of Dorothy’s visit, so we called it a day at that point with 33 fish boated for our efforts.

TALLY = 33 FISH, all caught and released.