Retired Guys On Deck!! — 36 Fish, Stillhouse Fishing Guide’s Report, 19 Sep. 2013






This morning I fished with Payton D. and Dick C., both veterans and retirees with a heart for people.



The majority of our success came on downriggers today, with very limited opportunities to fish other techniques.

Payton, who traces his family tree back at least 3 generations to the Brookhaven Community located on the south bank of Cowhouse Creek on what is now Fort Hood, is a Navy vet and retired letter carrier. Dick, a U.S. Army Vietnam vet, served in the Texas National Guard and owned his own construction company. Both are very faithful men and both have a servant’s heart for ministering to others.

I wish I could have put more fish in the boat for such good fellows, but, as the seasons begin to change and the stable, reliable weather of summer slowly slips behind us, the frequently changing weather patterns put some speedbumps in our path. Today began with very murky, grey skies and a SE wind in advance of some much needed rainy weather due in the next 2 days. The skies never got bright enough to make you squint until after 10:15 — just too little, too late.

Now, it’s not like we didn’t catch fish — we actually caught fish pretty steadily, but, we never got into a bunch that just put the feedbag on and raced after our presentations for any length of time. So, we had to cover a lot of ground and work for each fish we caught, but, in the end, we landed 3 dozen fish — all white bass, and we got to jig for them, throw blades for them, and, mainly, downrig for them.

The small, resident population of terns on Stillhouse tried to help, but, they too had to range far and wide to get a shot at feeding on shad forced to the top by a white bass or largemouth now and then, and even then only during occasional breaks in the clouds when the sun got bright enough to spur topwater feeding.


TALLY = 36 FISH, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS:

Start Time: 7:15a

End Time: 11:30a

Air Temp: 78F at trip’s start.

Water Surface Temp: 85.2F

Wind: Winds were SE6-7.

Skies: 100% cloudy band murky grey.

Areas Fished:

**1230 smoked slabs for 7 fish early

**853/1246/1240 smoked slabs under birds then downrigged to mop up for 19 fish

**460 consistent bird action, but only 5 fish produced

**863/041 final area fished with downriggers for 5 fish

Bob Maindelle

Holding the Line Guide Service

254-368-7411

www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

Salado, Texas








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