Day: April 7, 2016

We Have an Awesome Mom! — 110 Fish, Belton Lake, 07 April

by Bob Maindelle

This morning, my younger brother, Andy, and I treated my mom to a morning of fishing on Belton Lake.

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My mom, Charlotte Maindelle, 71 years young and going strong!! 

My mom is actually the one who got the whole fishing thing started for our family.  Her father and grandfather were both commercial fishermen on the Mississippi River out of Wycliffe, Kentucky, prior to WWII, so she was introduced to the basic of gear, boats, line, terminal tackle, etc. at a young age.  When she and my dad married and were on a young Army officer’s salary down in Ft. Gordon, GA, they took advantage of the fishing opportunities on nearby Clark Hill Reservoir on the Savannah River.  Mom showed dad the ropes and he really took to fishing.  His favorite thing was trolling ThinFin crankbaits (which were quite innovative for that time period) for largemouth bass and anything else that would hit them.

Today we fished live shad targeting hybrid stripers.  We caught fish early and late in the morning, with a tough hour in the middle while it was bright and calm.  Once some high, thin cloud cover moved in and the S. wind began to push, it was game on.

We caught a mix of short and legal white bass, short and legal hybrid stripers, and one largemouth bass.  No drum or bluecats this trip.

My treat was the fishing, and Andy’s treat was lunch — we headed to Sol de Jalisco (thanks for that pointer, Mr. Tyroch!).

Great weather and great fishing with my great family!!

 

TALLY = 110 FISH, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 7:15 a

End Time: 12:00p

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 58F

Water Surface Temp:  64.8

Wind Speed & Direction:  WSW4-5 at trip’s start, then going calm for about 75 minutes, then blowing S10 for the remainder of the trip

Sky Conditions:  20% cloud cover increasing to 60% high, thin white cloud cover.

Water Level: 594.93 and rising with 594.0 being full pool.  Water being released at 252 cubic feet per second.  Lake rose 0.04 feet in the past 24 hours

Other: GT= 0

 

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area vic 152/1188 early success with bait for whites and hybrid on bait, then switching to slabs as smaller fish moved in
**Area vic 1541 late morning success with bait for whites and hybrid on bait, then switching to slabs as smaller fish moved in
 

 

Bob Maindelle

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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