Fathers’ Day Fishing and Birthday Golf — 63 Fish, Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report, 15 June






This morning I fished with Austinite John M. and his dad, Basil M. of Carrollton, TX. This was in celebration of both John’s birthday and Fathers’ Day.



We enjoyed a solid 2 hours of topwater action under grey skies and SSW winds. As the wind died, the fishing died down with it making our final hours much tougher.

After 9 straight days of very solid fishing under the influence of stable weather, that stability began to break down today as clouds, light precipitation, and an easterly component to the wind crept onto the scene. We caught fish well early on prior to the wind shift from SSW to SSE, but then really had to work thereafter.

We began our day looking in the vicinity of Area 061, but saw little and never even wet a line here due to the thick grey cloud cover limiting the light that has been a triggering mechanism for largemouth bass to feed here.

Instead, we shot directly over to Area 484/485 and found multiple, aggressive schools of white bass up and feeding on shad over open water. Due to the dark conditions, I traded out the silver bladebaits we’ve been using of late for white versions of the same to make our offerings more visible. We had a nice run here, boating the majority of the 63 fish we’d land today during this stint.

When the SSW died and went slack, the fish immediately left the surface, never to return in any appreciable numbers. We took up downrigging as our main approach from this point on, successfully boating fish at both Areas 458 and 453/671. As we downrigged at Area 453/671, we began to see very light topwater begin to recur. I suspected that Area 484/485 might light up again, so, we returned there only to find zilch on top and little more willing to go for our downrigged offering. We struggled for a bit, hitting Area 887 and finding nothing willing to strike there.

As this point (around 11:00am) we’d had our longest fishless streak of the morning. Not wanted to end on a dry note, we stayed a bit longer and returned to Area 458 with the hope of allowing both John and Basil to land just one more fish each. John had previously recognized a correlation between his eating jerky and fishing success. So, as we got on site, got lures and balls down and began to watch sonar attentively, I insisted that we all throw a piece of jerky in our mouths “just in case”. Well, before we could swallow, John’s rod went off — a double — 2 fish on one rod. Next, it was Basil’s turn — another double. By this time, John had “reloaded” and picked up one more. 5 fish in the span of 5 minutes after a lengthy lull. I believe at this point John called in an order to “Jacks Links” jerky company and put a rush on delivery!! We decided to be content with what we had at that point and called it a day so the boys could get a bite to eat before taking on the Mill Creek Golf Course in the Village of Salado.

Happy Birthday, John! Happy Fathers’ Day, Basil! Thank you fellows for booking with me!


TALLY = 63 FISH, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS:

Start Time: 6:15a

End Time: 11:30a

Air Temp: 78F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: 83-84F

Wind: Winds were SSW6 until 8:15, then going slack, then picking up at SSE4-8 thereafter.

Skies: No direct sun shone during the entire trip; very thick grey clouds with very light sprinkles just prior to and during sunrise.


Bob Maindelle

Holding the Line Guide Service

254-368-7411

www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

Salado, Texas








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