A Guy Named Utah — 97 Fish, Belton, 19 April

This past Tuesday afternoon I fished with fishing buddies Jeremy Crawford and Utah Harris.  Utah is a resident of Temple, TX, and Jeremy drove down from Toledo, Ohio, to visit him.

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From left: Utah Harris of Temple, TX, and Jeremy Crawford of Toledo, Ohio, paired up for some mixed bag action tonight on white bass, and hybrid striper of all sizes.

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Jeremy boated this healthy hybrid just before sunset on live shad fished down at 27 feet over a deeper bottom.  Toward sunset, we watched the fish draw closer and closer to the surface to take advantage of the remaining light.

We experienced consistent action on both live bait and artificials this afternoon, thanks, in part to grey skies and moving water pushed by a light SE wind.

We fished 5 areas this afternoon, finding good results at 3 of them.  We began and ended the trip targeting hybrid striped bass using live shad, and, for variety’s sake, used artificials for about a 50 minute run under some laughing gulls that pointed the way to some easy white bass action in about 23 feet of water.

TALLY: 97 Fish, all caught and released

 

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 3:30p

End Time:  8:00p

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 73F

Water Surface Temp:  72.1F

Wind Speed & Direction:  Winds were SSE6-8 the entire trip

Sky Conditions:  70% cloud cover

Water Level: Rapidly rising thanks to recent heavy rainfall; ~595.40 feet with 594.00 being full pool. Very little water is being released due to more severe flooding downstream (631 cu. ft./sec.)

Other: GT= 45

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area 1743 – moderate action on whites, short hybrid, and keeper hybrid on live shad

**Area vic 738 – fast action on white bass in the 1, 2, and 3 year class by easing with slabs

**Area 1744 – last light bite by whites, short hybrid, and keeper hybrid on live shad

 

 

Bob Maindelle

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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