SKIFF Trip #25 – Rachel & Aaron Cherry Land 50

WHO I FISHED WITH: This past Tuesday morning I fished with Rachel and Aaron Cherry of Nolanville on the 25th SKIFF program trip of the 2017 season.  SKIFF, which stands for Soldiers’ Kids Involved in Fishing Fun, exists to provide fishing trips at no charge to the children of military men and women separated from their kids due to their military duty.  The Cherry kids’ dad is currently serving in South Korea.

 

RACHEL CHERRY

ABOVE: Rachel Cherry with our largest fish of the trip, a nice 19″ hybrid striped bass.

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ABOVE:  Aaron Cherry with a nice freshwater drum (nicknamed “gaspergou”) we caught on the same slabs we were using for white bass and hybrid stripers.

WHAT WE FISHED FOR: This was a multi-species trip focused on white bass

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday morning, 28 November 2017

HOW WE FISHED:  This fishing trip divided evenly into two distinct halves.  The first half was spent in the more shallow, turbid waters of one of Belton Lake’s tributaries fishing for white bass under birds.  The second half was spent in deeper, clearer water nearer the dam fishing for white bass and hybrid stripers, also under birds.  All of our fish were caught on slabs fished via a smoking tactic.

OBSERVATIONS/NOTES:   1)  When under active birds, the hybrid were much more likely to suspend and move horizontally whereas the white bass stayed glued to bottom.  The movement and feeding of the hybrid was the primary factor for the presence of birds.

TALLY: 50 FISH, all caught and released

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time:  7:00a

End Time:  11:00a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start:  53F

Water Surface Temp:  63.7F

Wind Speed & Direction:  S11-13 for the entire trip

Sky Conditions:  30% broken white cloud cover

Water Level: 2.62 feet low

GT = 0

Wx SNAPSHOT:

28NOV17

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS (MORNING):

**Area  2058-708 under birds (primarily terns) over several acres — fish were in tight, distinct “clumps” and were pretty stubborn

**Area 836-1142 under birds (primarily gulls) over several acres — whites were on bottom; hybrid suspended; fish were not as tough as at 2058-708, but were still not overly aggressive.

 

 

Bob Maindelle, Central Texas Fishing Guide

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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