Thanks to the statewide public school Spring Break this week, my fishing calendar is completely full with 2 trips per day scheduled each day from Monday through Saturday.  Each day I aim to provide a quick snapshot of the action…

FRIDAY AM

 

 

Who: Todd and Andrew Heifrin (age 16), and Jason, Maggie (age 13), and Andrew (age 6) Maine

What: Targeting hybrid striped bass using live shad on Lake Belton, as well as a bit of “slabbing” in the last hour, targeting white bass

Where: Lake Belton, Area 1912  (suspended hybrid with white bass beneath); Area 709 (hyper-aggressive white bass on slabs under birds).

When: 7:45a to 12:00p

Other:

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 68F

Water Surface Temp:  63.4F

Wind Speed & Direction:  SSE13-15

Sky Conditions: Morning began with 100% grey clouds to the point of drizzle and then warmed and dried very slowly

Water Level:  0.60 feet above full pool

GT =  60

Tally: 187 fish, all caught and released.

 

FRIDAY PM

Who:  From left in group photo: Duncan Lancaster, Kaden Lehrmann (front), Mr. Ken McCoy, Kenneth McCoy, Grant Baggerly.

 

What: A 50/50 blend of slabbing for white bass (early afternoon) and live bait fishing for hybrid (last 2 hours up to sunset).

Where: Belton Lake, Area 1914 for 22 white bass, Area vic 902 for mixed bag of hybrid, white bass, and blue catfish

When:  3:30p to 7:30p

Other:

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 74F

Water Surface Temp:  64.1F

Wind Speed & Direction:  SSE11

Sky Conditions: Fair skies with 20% white cloud cover

Water Level:  0.59 feet above full pool

GT =  50

Tally: 70 fish, all caught and released.

DAY’S GRAND TALLY = 159 FISH, all caught and released

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