10 OCTOBER 2008






Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Conditions:

Start Time: 7:00a

End Time: 12:10p

Air Temp: 64F at trip’s start, warming to the mid 80’s by day’s end

Water Temp: 75F

Wind: Winds were steady from the SSE at ~7 prior to sunrise, and steadily increased to 10mph by 9:30 and then stayed there the rest of the trip

Skies: Skies were fair with high, thin clouds. The air was dry.

Fished a half day morning trip today with Chuck and Matthew S of Cedar Park, and son-in-law, Edmond, from central New Jersey.

We began the trip downrigging 19-24 feet deep out from Areas 160 & 205. We picked up only 1 white bass as we were waiting for sunrise. There was a disappointing lack of shad in the entire area.

As first light came, I was hoping for the heavy topwater feeding at and all around Area 160 to Area 205 but, by the time the sun had risen and 15 minutes or so had passed by, no topwater was apparent here, so we moved looking for topwater while the window of opportunity was still open. While waiting for things to develop, the trio put 3 small bass in the boat.

We were fortunate and did find topwater action at and around Area 209, generally about 80 yards to the north and about 120 yards to the south, and over 23-35 feet of water. The action was heaviest at the onset, slowly tapering off, but never completely ending until almost 11:15a. At first there was a 50/50 mix of white bass and black bass, but as the high thin cloud layer burned off and the sun brightened, the whites tapered out and only the largemouth remained feeding on top. Shad ~2.5 inches in length were seen skipping out of the water ahead of the gamefish. We caught fish on top on a combination of Cork Rigs, Tear Drop Rigs, and with clear Spooks, with the Cork Rig doing best, then the Spooks, then the Tear Drops. When things slowed down and the fish were only popping up here and there briefly, we downrigged with larger Pet Spoons. We kept the topwater rigs ready to go and the guys did well quickly switching over from one method to the other as the fish dictated. This whole scenario yielded 52 fish.

By 11:15, the topwater went quiet, and we vertical jigged for a bit, picking up 5 more largemouth, and a white bass over 36 feet just to the SE of Area 209. The last fish of the day came around 11:45a as we downrigged up a largemouth and a drum between Areas 41 and 196.

TALLY = 62 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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