GRADUATION TRIP WITH GRANDPA ALLEN – 73 FISH @ BELTON

WHO I FISHED WITH:  This past Tuesday morning I fished with Allen Naff and his granddaughter, Logan Floyd, of Marble Falls, TX.  Logan, age 18, just graduated from Faith Academy and, after working this coming summer in the family real estate business, will be headed to Temple College in Temple, TX, pursuing a degree in accounting.  Logan had never landed a hybrid striped bass before this morning’s trip, but had enough fishing fundamentals down to do very well.  We wound up with 73 fish in right at 4 hours of fishing.

From left: Logan Floyd and her grandfather, Allen Naff, both of Marble Falls, TX, did a granddad-granddaughter trip with me on Belton this morning following Logan’s graduation from Faith Academy. 

Allen with our best fish of the trip.  We enjoyed pleasant weather and a steady bite all morning. 

WHAT WE FISHED FOR:  We targeted hybrid striped bass for the entire 4 hours this morning.  The majority of our hybrid came in the first 3 hours, then white bass made up a greater part of our catch between 9:45 and 10:45am.

WHERE WE FISHED: Belton Lake

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday morning, 15 May 2018

HOW WE FISHED: It was pretty straightforward fishing this morning with great conditions — we had just enough thin cloud cover to keep the direct sun from making it too hot, and enough breeze to disturb the water’s surface and get the fish into a feeding mood.  We fished on one area for three hours with a steady pick of fish, a majority of which were hybrid striped bass, taken on live shad.  When this area went soft, we moved and got back into fish, although the majority of the fish caught at this second area were white bass. Logan kept ’em coming in on the portside on bait while Allen worked a jig for variety’s sake and caught white bass on the starboard.  Bait definitely outperformed the artificials, but he wanted to see how this tactic worked so as to use it in other seasons back on his home waters.

OBSERVATIONS/NOTES:    1) Abundant shad spawning at Area SHAD 14 right at 6:00am.

TALLY: 73 FISH, ALL CAUGHT AND RELEASED 

 

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 10:45a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 73F

Water Surface Temp:  73.7F

Wind Speed & Direction:  Steady S8

Sky Conditions:  Blue sky with 20% cloud cover

Water Level: 1.98 low and steady.

GT = 20

 

Wx SNAPSHOT:    

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area  vic1555 – strong hybrid action on shad for 2 hours for 49 fish.

**Area 717/B0037C – moderate action for white bass and fewer hybrid on shad for the final hour

 

 

Bob Maindelle, Central Texas Fishing Guide

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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