With 4 trips on the books over the course of the Columbus Day weekend, I wanted to get out on the water and find several concentrations of fish. The significant cold from that came in this past Saturday has set the water temperatures into the 70’s for keeps now, so, the thermocline will begin to drop and dissipate soon. Staying on top of fish movements during this time can be tricky.
In addition to finding fish today, I also tested the new Aqua Vu MIcro AV5 with DVR. Although I took some pretty amateurish video, this was definitely a “work out the bugs” run, but, bottom line: I found and verified fish and species type with this tool, and did it in over 40 feet of water using the infrared lights built into the camera.
When all was said and done today, I spent 5 hours on the water and found 3 distinct populations of fish. The thermocline has definitely dropped to between 45 and 50 feet, and the fish I caught this morning all came out of 36-44 feet of water and were bottom oriented. I did not use downriggers at all today as I searched, but rather relied on slabs and bladebaits to probe.
I boated 52 white bass, 3 freshwater drum, and 1 largemouth bass.
TALLY = 56 FISH, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:35a
End Time: 12:30p
Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 74F
Water Surface Temp: 77.9F in lower lake, 78.7 at mid lake
Wind Speed & Direction: SSW 11-13
Sky Conditions: 50% clouds on a fair sky
Other: GT=0
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
**Area 1451 – 20 fish (1 largemouth, 3 drum, 16 white bass)
**Area 1452/1453/1454 – 30 white bass
**Area 1455/1456/1457 – 6 white bass (verified fish presence and left them alone)
Bob Maindelle
Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service
254.368.7411 (call or text)
Salado, TX
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