Hearty Army Boys from Fort Hood — 23 Fish, Lake Belton

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning I fished with two brothers from Fort Hood, Zach and Jeremiah Schaeffer.  Zach is 13 and Jeremiah is 10.  Their mom, Kayla, signed them up for this fishing trip through the Fort Hood SKIESUnlimited Program.  I was impressed with the way they hung with me in the cold, especially as we sped from one area to another creating a wind chill well down in the 20’s.

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From left: Zach and Jeremiah Schaeffer with a few of the hard-earned white bass we had to work for in this morning’s tough, cold conditions.

 WHAT WE FISHED FOR: This was a multi-species trip focused on white bass.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Saturday morning, 09 December, 2017

HOW WE FISHED:  Simply put, the fishing was tough today.  A mild, reinforcing cold front moved in overnight on top of the already cold conditions we’ve had since this past Tuesday.  The fish were glued to the bottom and our presentations just had to nearly knock them in the head to get a reflex bite as they were not much interested in feeding.  There was next to no bird activity this morning.  All of the fish we put in the boat (2 largemouth, 3 drum, 3 short hybrid, and 15 white bass) came on slab presented with an easing tactic.

OBSERVATIONS/NOTES:   1) Due to an extended cold spell, the water surface temperature, which was a over 64F on Monday, had dropped to 61.5 this morning.  Fish were very, very tight to the bottom. 2) When we found a school of fish worth jigging for, all of the fish we were to catch from that school came in the first few minutes spent over those fish; the longer we stayed over them, the more our results tailed out to nothing.

TALLY: 23 FISH, all caught and released

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 7:00a

End Time:  11:00a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start:  32F

Water Surface Temp:  61.5F

Wind Speed & Direction:  NW10-13

Sky Conditions:  Bright blue, clear skies

Water Level: 2.73 feet low

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Wx SNAPSHOT:

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AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area  vic 561

**Area  vic 2055

**Area B2063 through B2064

**Area  vic 211

Bob Maindelle, Central Texas Fishing Guide

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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