This past Friday morning I fished once again with a contingent of the Oliver clan. This morning’s trip included Pa Oliver, and three of his sons: Joe, Jamie, and Jack. Although this family really doesn’t need much of an excuse to go fishing, the excuse this go-‘round was Pa’s upcoming 87th birthday.
Happy Birthday, Pa! Pa’s “Cameron Yoe” hat is in support of son Joe’s new job as the Cameron High School principal.
Pa’s son, Jamie Oliver, from north Austin with a hybrid.
Pa’s son, Jack Oliver, from Marble Falls with a hybrid.
Pa’s son, Joe Oliver, from Temple with a hybrid.
Now nearly 12 days after the recent flooding, the main basin of Belton is still not holding fish, and is still quite turbid. This has left the Leon River arm as the only fishable option, and with that comes a lots of white bass interference while fishing live bait for hybrid.
During this morning’s efforts, we fished five distinct areas, and at each area we caught 3 to 5 white bass for every hybrid that took our live baits. After dropping Joe off at 11am, we hit two more areas and encountered pretty much the same situation.
This appears to be something that we will just have to work through until the water on the main lake clears up and the fish return to their April/May routine, if they do.
For our efforts today we landed a total of 65 fish, 100% of which were landed on live bait.
TALLY = 65 FISH, all caught and released
Wx Snapshot:
TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:00a
End Time: 12:15p
Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 79F
Water Surface Temp: 74F
Wind Speed & Direction: SSE8-9
Sky Conditions: 40% clouds on fair sky
Water Level: 5.34 feet above full pool and falling; 3900+ cfs release
GT = 50
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
**Area 146/1922
**Area 1926
**Area994
**Area1916/1827
**Area1668/788
**Area1661/1623
Bob Maindelle
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