3 GENERATIONS ABOARD — 72 FISH @ BELTON

WHO I FISHED WITH:  This past Saturday morning I fished with returning guests Jim, Dan, and Jake Deuser — three generations of Deusers.  Jim has retired to Georgetown, his son, Dan, works in San Antonio, and Dan’s son, Jake, is a high school student in San Antonio who, by the way, is working toward earning the rank of Eagle Scout.

From left:  Dan, Jim, and Jake Deuser cashed in on some late spring Belton Lake hybrid action.  The shad spawn continued this morning, as did the hybrid bite.

 

WHAT WE FISHED FOR:  We targeted hybrid striped bass for the entire 4 hours this morning.   As always, we had white bass, as well as a few blue cat and even fewer largemouth bass blend in the mix, too.   The best hybrid bite came from 7:30 to 8:30, and then, after moving to our second area, from 9:30 to 10:00 as the wind increased fairly quickly.

WHERE WE FISHED: Belton Lake

WHEN WE FISHED: Friday morning, 18 May 2018

HOW WE FISHED: We fished live shad the entire trip.

OBSERVATIONS/NOTES:    1) Area SHAD18 produced really nice quality threadfin shad this morning around 6:25-6:35am. 2) Smaller sized threadfin shad and cutbait got the nod this morning; fish were again generally uninterested in large threadfin.  3) I observed several nearby boats using gizzard shad catching nil.

TALLY: 72 FISH, ALL CAUGHT AND RELEASED 

 

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 6:35a

End Time: 10:45a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 73F

Water Surface Temp:  75.4F

Wind Speed & Direction:  Steady SSE wind at 10-11, tapering up to SSE17 by trip’s end

Sky Conditions:  Light blue sky with 40-50% cloud cover.

Water Level: 1.93 feet low and slowly falling.

GT = 5

 

Wx SNAPSHOT:    

 

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area B0091C

**Area vic 1469

 

 

Bob Maindelle, Central Texas Fishing Guide

Owner, Holding the Line Guide Service

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