Sun City Sportsmen — 34 Fish, Spring Break Trip #6, 14 March

This morning I fished Stillhouse with fishing buddies Jim Key and Jim Grier, both now retired from corporate America. living in Sun City, TX, and getting outdoors as much as time will allow..
 

Jim Key (R) and Jim Grier (L) heft a nice catch of mature, spawn-ready white bass taken on bladebaits in 17 feet of water this morning.


I first met “the Jims” when Jim Key invited me to speak at the Sun City Hunting and Fishing Club about a month ago, in his capacity as one of the Club’s officers.

Both gentlemen were already accomplished fishermen with a breadth of experience in various water types and for various species, so, my job was made easier as we got to concentrate on catching fish and not so much on the mechanics of how to use the gear, etc. as is the case with those less experienced.

As they have for the past 4 days, the fish fed aggressively for the first 2 hours of the trip up shallow and attracted birds from above thanks to the baitfish these fish forced to the surface.  This made locating the fish and keeping up with them fairly straightforward.  We all used Cicada bladebaits to target these bottom-oriented white bass and caught fish steadily.

The combination of a sensitive graphite rod and braided line allows the angler to literally feel every movement of the bait and, of course, the never-subtle strike of these white bass as they overtake and swipe at the lure.

We boated a total of 24 white bass at our first area fished before we had to move on after the action died.

We tried two other softly sloping areas without success before “heading deep” to vertically jig in clearer water for the remainder of our trip.  We made a number of stops and picked up fish at 3 of these from as shallow as 26 feet to as deep at 42 feet.  Each stop we executed in the same way — vertically jigging with a 3/8 oz. slab held in a perfectly plumb orientation and giving plenty of “pause time” for the fish to find the bait and strike it.  We added another 10 fish to our tally in this way and called it a day after a full 4 plus hours on the water.
 


TALLY = 34 FISH, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:45a
End Time: 12:15p
Air Temp: 49F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 53-54F 
Wind: SSE4-6
Skies: Mostly overcast grey.
Other Notes: GT25

Areas Fished with success:

**  1194-1351 – casting Cicadas
**  1201, 103/746, 1308 – vertical jigging with TNT180 slabs, white, 3/8 oz.






Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service

254-368-7411

www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas