This evening, Wednesday, 16 March, I fished the 6th “Spring Break Week” trip of the week.  I welcomed aboard Andre Abadie, his wife, Linda, and their boys, Nicholas and Christopher for a white bass fishing adventure on Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir.

From left: Nicholas, Andre’, Linda, and Christopher Abadie all display white bass taken from Stillhouse Hollow just a few minutes into their 4-hour trip.  The fish cooperated for over 3 of those 4 hours, allowing the Abadie’s to put together a catch of 91 fish.

Andre’ serves as a commissioned officer in the First Cavalry Division on Ft. Hood and Linda works in the healthcare field as a registered nurse.  They were referred my way by COL Hank McKnelly whom Andre’ works with.

Although this spring season usually allows for some variety in the tactics we employ, last week’s rains stained the upper part of the lake and the fishing there has been off.  It is in that shallower water where casting and trolling have typically paid off, but that has not been the case  this week.  That left us with one alternative, and that was deep-water vertical jigging.

This is a super-productive technique, however, it is quite technical and requires concentration from start to finish.  So, the challenge was to help encourage Nicholas and Christopher to stick with the program.  The boys did a great job, improving as they went, and their results reflected this.

By the time the sun set, we managed a nice bag of 91 fish, every single one of which was caught on slabs.

 

TALLY = 91 FISH, all caught and released

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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 3:45p

End Time:  7:45p

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 79F

Water Surface Temp:  65.6F

Wind Speed & Direction:  SE8-9 the entire trip

Sky Conditions:  A light white hazy cut down on the sun’s intensity and grew thick enough to obscure the sun just prior to sunset.

Water Level: 625.41 and falling with 622.0 being full pool.  Water being released at 1143 cubic feet per second.  Lake fell 0.06 feet in the past 24 hours

Other: GT= 0

Wx SNAPSHOT (a graphical look at the forecast that faced us today):

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area   342/1567 – vertical jigging

**Area   947/948  – vertical jigging

**Area   640/803 – vertical jigging

 

Bob Maindelle

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