17 MAY 2008






Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle


Trip conditions:

Trip duration: 6:30a to 1:00p

Air temp: 65F at launch time

Surface temp: 71F

Wind: WNW at 4 to 6 for a majority of the this morning’s trip, spiking briefly up to 10, then shifting WSW and dropping back off to 6-8.

Fished a half day morning trip today with Pat and Lynn T. of North Georgia, and John S. of Salado.

Today’s early morning conditions were a little tough. We started off patrolling in the vicinity of Area 173 looking for some easy topwater. We did find fish feeding on top, but they were well-spread, sporadic, and small. After about an hour’s time spend we’d boated 6 fish, none of legal size. For a brief period about 4 Bonaparte gulls began to work over fish-forced shad, but that was very short-lived.

Our next bit of action came on live bait fished on downlines in the vicinity of Area 61 in 22-28 feet. We caught 7 additional largemouth bass here, 3 being keeper size. We fished this area about 40 minutes and apparently combed out all the active fish during that time as the action then slowed to a crawl.

Our final successful stop came just a few yards SSE of Are 122 at the top of the hump in 38′, surrounded by 40-44+ feet of water. No doubt turned on by the highest winds we would have all day, very aggressively feeding white bass and largemouth bass kept us busy at first on live bait, and then on slabs. Over a period of approx. 90 minutes, we boated 66 fish including 3 drum (one going 4.75 pounds), 1 channel catfish, a largemouth bass weighing in at 5.00 pounds (Lynn’s personal best fish), and multiple other largemouth, as well as (a majority of ) white bass of all sizes from sub-legal to 14+ inches.

Things slowed to a crawl by 12:30p and we called it a day. After dropping the crew back off at the dock, I experimented with shad on the shallow flat to the NE of Area 161. Got 3 shad twanged, and managed one average drum.

TALLY = 80 FISH

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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