Lake Georgetown Relents (a bit) in the Afternoon — 64 Fish, 22 Nov. 2016

This past Tuesday afternoon, November 22nd, I fished a 1/2 day, multi-species trip on Lake Georgetown with my nephew, Trent Maindelle, who was home on Thanksgiving break from his junior year at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

 

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The fish turned on for a brief, 45-minute feed just before a storm cell moved in from the SW and brought about a rapid change in conditions.  Here, Trent holds his “double” and my “double” — four fish caught just seconds apart as the fish went on a heavy, brief feed in advance of approaching rain.

After a very tough morning on Georgetown, I invited my nephew out for an afternoon on Georgetown.  He lives in north Austin, and, since I was already halfway there, I figured we’d grab lunch and catch up on things while wetting a line.

So, after a worse-than-bad lunch at Carl’s Junior on Hwy. 29, (should have known the food was iffy when they were the only restaurant in a 10-mile radius with enough parking for my truck and boat), we headed out in pursuit of a few fish.

As we got going, it felt like a repeat performance of the slow morning I’d just experienced (11 fish in 5.25 hours).   We downrigged for a few fish on the east end of the lake, but, as a small storm cell approached the area, the wind died down and the skies actually got a bit brighter.  At this same time, we spotted two gulls dip down over open water.  I moved in for a closer look and found a small area of bottom atop a high spot covered with fish.

We set up in a hover using the Ulterra’s Spot Lock function and caught the tar out of the fish until the rain began to fall, and then it was all over — for good.  During this time we caught singles and doubles using Hazy Eye Shad tandem rigs for about 45 minutes.  We took our fish count from single digits up to 62 fish in this short period of time.  Once the rain came and left and left calm conditions in its wake, the fishing went right back downhill.  We landed only 2 more fish in our last 1.75 hours.

There’s an old saying in fishing — “Don’t leave fish to find fish.”  Should have stayed on Lake Belton.  But then there’s another saying — “Hindsight is 20/20.”

TALLY = 64 fish, all caught and released

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 1:45p

End Time:  5:15p

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 67F

Water Surface Temp:  68.2F

Wind Speed & Direction:  SSW12, then falling suddenly to calm following the passage of a small storm cell.

Sky Conditions: 100% grey cloud cover, but thinner than in the morning, thus allowing for brighter conditions

Water Level:  2.31 feet below full pool

GT = 0

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area 854-1850 via downrigging at trip’s beginning, and again at trip’s end

**Area 1853 – via vertical jigging with Hazy Eye Shad tandem rigs in ~32 feet of water

Bob Maindelle

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