This morning I welcomed Jeffrey and Robyn Knight aboard, along with their two kids, 13 year old Jaelyn, and 10 year old Jace. The Knight’s live in Georgetown where they make a living in the irrigation industry.
Everyone was all smiles when daddy pulled in this 8.25 pound yellow cat that grabbed his jigging spoon for breakfast in about 20 feet of water.
And everyone was all smiles again when gripping onto their “family photo fish” after enduring a downpour on our way back to the boat ramp. L to R: Jaelyn, Jeffrey, Robyn, and Jace.
You could tell this was a close-knit family right from the time they walked from their vehicle, down the boat ramp, to where I was waiting at the water’s edge to start our trip. First of all, they were all doing something together as a family, dad had is arm around mom as they walked down to the boat, and the little brother and big sister who were 3 years apart were actually speaking with one another!Come to find out, mom (Robyn) had planned out a local family adventure for every day of the week of this Spring Break, so, I was honored to be a part of that plan and a part of strengthening the bonds of an already strong family.
Over the course of the week the Knight’s had ventured to the Austin Junk Cathedral, to scenic Mount Bonnell overlooking the Colorado River, to TopGolf (a modern twist on the driving range), and, later this evening, indoor skydiving!!!
Our fishing was tough today. We had a wet east wind to start off with, followed by fog that came and went and some extended periods of calm. After last night’s bird extravaganza, this was a bit of a let down as we never saw a single bird this morning dip to the water’s surface after bait.
We searched far and wide and burnt a lot of gasoline and, in the end, picked up exactly 12 fish, so, at least everyone got to get their string stretched a few times this morning. With what I figured is her typical positive outlook on things, Robyn said, “Well, that’s 12 more fish than we would have caught sitting at the house!”. Well said!!
We caught quite the mixed bag of fish even if we didn’t catch a boatload of them. In fact, our first 5 fish consisted of 5 different species: white bass, hybrid striped bass, yellow catfish, freshwater drum, and largemouth bass.
We used primarily jigging, downrigging, and flatline trolling to land the fish we caught this morning.
Jigging accounted for 7 fish, the downriggers for 3, and the flatlines for 2.
It was a joy to have this family on my boat!!
TALLY = 12 FISH, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:50a
End Time: 12:15p
Air Temp: 60F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 55F
Wind: S8-10
Skies: Heavy overcast and fog to the point of light drizzle late in the morning
Other Notes: GT0
Areas Fished with success:
** 1000/1077 Jigging
** 1000/1010 Flatlines and Downrigging
** 1009/327 Jigging
** 691/369 Flatlines and Downrigging
Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service
254-368-7411
www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas