Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide Report – 17 March 2009 (PM) – 23 Fish






Fished a “Kids Fish, Too!” half-day evening trip this evening with Grandma Joyce W. and her grandsons, C.J. and Nate, ov Irving, TX. Joyce works at Dallas Baptist Univ. and wanted to get here grandsons out of the city for Spring Break.


C.J. WITH HIS NEAR-RECORD CRAPPIE

NATE AND C.J. WITH A PAIR OF WHITE BASS


Start Time: 3:30p


End Time: 7:30p


Air Temp: 79F at trip’s start, cooling towards sunset.


Water Surface Temp: ~58-59F

Wind: We had a nice breeze at S 8-10.

Skies: Skies were clear and bright.

We had some tough conditions due to the fact that the fish had a heavy mid-day feed due to a late start on the wind today. The boys were both young and not too experienced with the gear, etc., so we decided to focus on flatline trolling as our primary approach.

I watched the last of the day’s bird activity conclude over open water just minutes before my guest’s arrival and knew it was going to be a bit tough to make things happen.

When all was said and done, we had success flatline trolling in the vicinity of Area 888 to 290, and also around Area 374. We enjoyed a mix of white bass, small largemouth, and crappie.

At one point in our trip, I was making a left turn of 180 degrees to make another trolling pass over a productive stretch of bottom. As the lure on the outside rod sped up, and the lure on the inside rod slowed down, a crappie hit the inside bait. As C.J. reeled it in, I could see it was a quality fish. I netted it, then measured and weighed it. It eclipsed the current 12 inch, 0.86 pound Jr. Angler lake record, going 12.25 inches and 1 pound even. I indicated this to grandma Joyce without letting C.J. know. Then, on the very next trolling pass, the exact same thing happened to Nate. This time, the fish went 12 7/8 inches and 1 1/8 pounds. Wow! two record crappie in consecutive trolling passes. Well, good thing we hadn’t told C.J., because now his little brother was the new record holder!!

A photo of Nate’s crappie is posted in the Photo Gallery.

We wrapped up this trip with a total of 23 fish.


TALLY = 23 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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