This second day of Spring Break 2013 I was joined by Dolph M. and one of his grandsons, Grayson, of Circle C, Texas.
Grandpa Dolph and Grayson sharing some time together, catching fish, enjoying the great outdoors, (and eating some BIG muffins).
I first got to know Dolph last year when he brought another batch of grandkids (from Los Angeles, CA) out for some hybrid fishing on Lake Belton.
Grayson is 12 years old and really did well today. Depth control is really the name of the game on these cold, bottom-hugging fish and Grayson did well at making sure his presentation was exactly where it needed to be.
This year, with a lighter load of passengers, Dolph joined in on the fishing instead of just chaperoning as he did last time. We caught a good bunch of fish today for our efforts (and had some awesome muffins, weighing in at about 3 pounds a piece)!
We found fish at 6 different locations this morning and, due to the still-low water temperatures (56-57F) wound up vertical jigging for every last one of the fish we boated. We enjoyed success up shallow (15-22 feet) early on and then, due to bright, clear skies, found our mid- to late-morning fish out deeper (35-40 feet). Birds were helpful to some degree, although very distracted by loon and cormorant action now. We found fish at Areas 052, 101/330, and 372 early and shallow. We found fish at 1180, 1181, and 1182 deeper later in the morning.
After a total of 5 hours on the water, we’d boated at total of 59 fish, including 4 crappie, 5 largemouth bass, 1 drum and 49 white bass.
TALLY = 59 fish, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS:
Start Time: 7:45a
End Time: 12:45p
Air Temp: 47F at trip’s start
Water Surface Temp: ~56-57F
Wind: Winds were S9-11
Skies: Skies were fair and cloudless.