This
afternoon I was joined on Belton Lake by returning guests Diana Angle
and her nephew, Tom Vilalta. This time, Tom’s mom (Diana’s sister) Donna
Vilalta joined us for the first time.  We got going at 4:15 and fished right until dark.

 
Diana Angle traveled 1,300 miles to battle this bad boy!!

Donna had her hands full when this fish started smoking her drag.

Tom was all smiles when he caught up with his mom and aunt and got on the board with a hybrid of his own! 

Diana, who works as a government contractor on the Aegis Missile system in California, visits Tom regularly.  Tom is an infantryman currently assigned to the 1^st Cavalry Division, and Donna is retired and lives in Riverside, California

The first two hours were very slow on areas that, just hours before during today’s morning trip, were producing very well.

Around 6:10p we hit into our first consistent fishing and that went strong right up until 7:40p when the deep water we were fishing began to get dark and me made a move into shallower, brighter water conditions hoping for a twilight bite.

At that first location we caught a mix of legal and short hybrid, a few white bass and a few blue catfish, taking our tally up to 34 fish.

At our final stop of the evening, we added a final 5 fish to our tally.

Our entire catch this afternoon came on live threadfin shad fished vertically beneath the boat on a tightline.

Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service

254-368-7411
www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas