Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Report by Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Bob Maindelle

Conditions:

Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 11:00a

Air Temp: 68F at trip’s start, warming to the mid 80’s by day’s end

Water Temp: 75F

Wind: Winds were steady from the ESE at ~7 prior to sunrise, and steadily increased to 11mph by 9:30 and then stayed there the rest of the trip

Skies: Skies were heavily overcast and leaden grey through 10:30am, and then began to brighten and clear to partly cloudy by day’s end.

Fished a half day morning trip today. My first job was to net shad in advance of a Belton hybrid trip on Thursday. Shad were pretty accommodating – managed 70 in 14 throws ranging from 2 1/8 up to 5 ½ inches, all gizzards, all around Area 262. I then focused on fishing by 7:50am.

Quickly fished a couple of areas looking for active fish given that the wind had a heavy easterly component and I suspected that might really dampen the bite. Tried Area 292, 293, SE of 114 and at around 12-14 feet off 999 without so much as a swipe, then headed elsewhere

As I arrived at the expanse of water between Areas 290 and 291, a topwater feed was just getting underway. Whites ranging from 7 to 12 inches were tearing up 1.25 inch long shad throughout the water column in 6 to 12 feet of water. The Cork Rig accounted for 90% of the catch, and a white blade did the trick for the remainder during brief lulls in the topwater action, and then again after it died off. The fishing was strong from 9:15 to 10:20, and then sustained at a slower pace until about 10:50a.

TALLY = 58 FISH, all caught and released

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