24 MARCH 2008 (AM)






Stillhouse Lake Fishing Report by Central Texas Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle


Fished a morning and an evening trip today. Reports for each trip are posted separately.

Morning Trip: Fished from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The air temp. was 43 F and the water surface temp was 58F. I delayed the start of the trip beyond sunrise to allow for a little wind to build. Once the wind got going in a steady direction, it came ENE at around 8 mph. Any wind from the NE typically means slow fishing, and today was no exception. Although I found plenty of fish, beyond an initial, quick feed, they were tight to the bottom and difficult to coax into striking.

I located fish at 3 areas this morning: Area 135, Area 122, and Area 128 (N). At Area 135, fish were initially very active and were found in schools on the bottom and in small packs of 3-4 fish up higher in the water column. Once the burst of activity that coincided with the start of the wind died off, these fish, as well as the fish at 122 and 128, became lethargic, often barely coming off bottom, or swimming upward with or at the slab lifted high or reeled in, but with nowhere near the speed necessary to overtake the bait. Area 135 produced 15 fish, then I left to search for other active areas. Area 122 gave up 15 fish as well. A final quick-check stop at Area 128 gave up a white bass, as well.

Notable today was the number of black bass in the catch (nearly half) and only 2 of them going the 14 inch limit.

Every fish was caught on slabs ranging from 1/8 to ¾ oz. 2 pairs of white bass came on a tandem rig, at Area 122.

TALLY = 31 FISH, all caught and released

Bob Maindelle, Owner Holding The Line Guide Service and Kids Fish, Too! Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide, Belton Lake Fishing Guide, Lake Georgetown Fishing Guide, Walter E. Long (Decker) Lake Fishing Guide. Offering Salado Fishing, Killeen Fishing and Ft. Hood Fishing








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