Starting Them Early — 76 Fish with Shaun, Bradley, and Wyatt Trinkle, 06 Oct. ’17

by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: Shaun Trinkle of Harker Heights, TX, and his two sons, Bradley (age 6) and Wyatt (age 4).   Shaun is on active duty in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Hood, and is originally from Virginia.

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Bradley Trinkle with one of many white bass he brought over the gunwales today.

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“Okay, Mr. Bob, take the picture any time now.  The sun is killin’ me!!”   — Wyatt Trinkle with a 2-year class white bass.

 

WHAT WE FISHED FOR: This was a multi-species trip focused on white bass in the first 2.5 hours, then on sunfish in the last 45 minutes.

WHERE WE FISHED: Stillhouse

WHEN WE FISHED: Friday morning, 06 October

HOW WE FISHED: Given the boys’ age and limited experience, we used downriggers as long as the boys stayed interested in that method.  Once the novelty wore off (about the same time the first two areas we fished successfully began to taper off), we changed over to vertical tactics using tailspinners over a very cooperative school of deep white bass mixed with a few small largemouth in 47′.  We wrapped up with a round of shallow water sunfishing around weeds/rocks/brush for the last 45 minutes of the trip.

OBSERVATIONS:

TALLY: 76 FISH, all caught and released, including 48 white bass, 2 largemouth bass, and 26 sunfish

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 7:15a

End Time: 11:00a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start:  71

Water Surface Temp:  78.9

Wind Speed & Direction:  S5-8

Sky Conditions:  10% white cloud cover at sunrise, increasing to under 20% by trip’s end

Water Level: 1.21 feet low

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AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area 1523-1715 – low light downrigging with balls set at 36-38′ through 8:35a

**Area 074-1278 – downrigging with balls set at 30-32′ through 9:15a

**Area 2018 – tailspinners for white bass and 2 largemouth through 10:05a

**Area 667 – sunfish on slipfloats up shallow for 26 fish through 11:00a

 

Bob Maindelle, Central Texas Fishing Guide

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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