Dad, My Fish was Bigger than Yours! — 70 Fish, Stillhouse Fishing Guide Report, 29 March 2013






This afternoon I fished with returning guests Will M. of Salado, and his 10 year old daughter, Amy



Yes, Amy won the big fish contest by a landslide today — this largemouth weighed 3 1/8 pounds on a certified scale.


Larger white bass like these were in short supply this afternoon, but we managed a few photo-worthy rascals.





As with most afternoon trips this time of year, this one got off to a slow start but ended handsomely.

We had to hunt and peck for the first two hours by which time we’d only managed to put 23 fish in the boat. We found fish at two locations between Area 074/1017, then found a few on top of Area 946, then a few more in the vicinity of Area 1181, but each of these areas only gave up 5 or 6 fish each, and even those few were smallish.

Around 6pm, halfway through the trip, Will mentioned to Amy that we may not do as well as during our last trip (May 2012, 52 fish caught primarily via downrigging). I encouraged them not to give up hope yet, as the better half was just about to begin.

It was then that we made our way over to Area 103/549. Right at the upper end of the 20-25 foot breakline the bottom was carpeted with white bass. We made a good buoy throw right on them then circled back and hovered over top of them for over an hour. We made up for some lost time here, more than doubling our catch and pushing past the magic “52 fish from last trip” mark, as well. By the time these fish quit, we had amassed a catch of 58 fish. These fish were very aggressive and fell to both a vertical jigging technique, as well as to a slow-smoking tactic.

For variety’s sake, we decided to head shallow at last light to do some flatline trolling, but, as we geared up to move out, we spotted another patch of bottom blanketed with white bass in the vicinity of Area 702. We stopped and again used a slow-smoking tactic to boat a final 12 fish before the action died for good.

We did give flatline trolling a try just briefly, but, given the heavy cloud cover and the late start we got due to our unexpected find at Area 702, it was too little, too late.


TALLY = 70 fish, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS:

Start Time: 4:00p

End Time: 8:00p

Air Temp: 69F at trip’s start

Water Surface Temp: ~60F

Wind: Winds were SSW11 tapering off to SSW8.

Skies: Skies were leaden grey the entire trip.








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