This morning I fished with retired U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Floyd Falter of Morgan’s Point, TX.
Mr. Floyd Falter of Morgan’s Point save the best for last. We decided to wrap it up after “just one more” — and that one more was the biggest fish of the trip, coming in right at 5 pounds.
Floyd called me about a month ago and was helpful in communicating what he wanted to accomplish. He wanted to fish for hybrid striped bass on Belton in relatively calm conditions and with the ambient temperature at least above the 40’s. Mr. Falter is 80 years old, and knows what his body can take and not take, so, I did my best to accommodate his entire request.
We chose a date 2 weeks ago, but let that slide when I saw the winds out of the north would inhibit our success and put the temperature at the borderline for his comfort. Today, on the other hand, was to have light winds, a sunrise temperature of 64F, and comes at a time when the shad spawn and hybrid bite is in high gear.
We fished 4 rods today and scarce had a time when we weren’t encountering some manner of action. We caught 9 legal hybrid, and a combination of 20 short hybrids and white bass, all on live threadfin shad.
After a solid 90 minutes of action beginning at 8:00am, Floyd felt he’d enjoyed enough of a good thing for this day and we decided to call it a good trip right then and there and headed back to the ramp.
TALLY = 29 FISH, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 8:00a
End Time: 9:40a
Air Temp: 64F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 64.73F
Wind: NNW3-4, slowly building to NNW8-9 on the heels of a mild coldfront that pushed thru by 7:30p last night with T’storms.
Skies: Fair
Other Notes: GT0
Areas Fished with success:
**1375 Netted shad here
**1374 Fished here to catch all 29 fish.
Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service
254-368-7411
www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas