This
morning I fished with U.S. Army Sergeant Chris McCool and Specialst
Joseph Parker. Both are currently serving on active duty at Fort Hood
with an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal unit).
Although our focus was on hybrid striped bass, when using live shad, you never know what you might come up with. Joseph battled this 9.00 pound blue cat which flexed his hybrid rod right down into the butt section. Powerful fish!
And, of course we caught hybrid. Check out the “live action” video…
SPC Joseph Parker (L) and SGT Chris McCool (R) with a nice pair of hybrid taken on live shad.
Conditions were a bit tough today with windless, bright skies, so, we had to work for every fish we caught, but, in the end, we were able to put together a catch of 38 fish, though it took a full 4+ hours to do so.
We fished three areas today, each in much the same way. First, we searched for fish with sonar until we saw a density of fish on bottom. Then, we hovered over top of these fish and got baits down. We then chummed and tried to draw a response. Three times we tried it, and three times it worked. The fish never went on a rampage, the birds never fed over top of any fish today, and only once did we have more than one fish on at a time, but we ground it out and were rewarded for our efforts.
TALLY = 38 FISH, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:20a
End Time: 11:35a
Air Temp: 61F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 62-63F
Wind: Calm until 10am, then ESE at 6 increasing to 11
Skies: Fair with 30-40% high thin white clouds
Other Notes: GT20
Areas Fished with success:
**1370 Netted shad here
**1280/1282 Bottom-dwelling hybrid chummed up
**835 Bottom-dwelling hybrid chummed up
Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service
254-368-7411
www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas