A FISH LARGER THAN THE FISHERMAN WHO CAUGHT IT – 74 FISH

WHO I FISHED WITH:   This past Wednesday morning, I welcomed back Mr. Frank Killoran.  Frank fished with me once before, along with his wife.  On this trip, he was joined by his son, Scott, and the two men assisted me in making Scott’s three kids (Frank’s grandkids) successful.  Whenever I have younger kids aboard we shoot for quantity over quality and really “mix it up” so we’re not doing one thing for too long, lest the kids get bored for fidgety.

 

PHOTO CAPTION:   5-year-old Chris Killoran and his grandpa, Frank Killoran, with a 5.5 pound longnose gar which was, literally, longer than Chris.  This fish fell for a downrigged Pet Spoon while we were otherwise fooling white bass.

 

PHOTO CAPTION:  From left, siblings Ericka Taylor (age 9), Chase Killoran (age 6), and Chris Killoran (age 5) put the hurt on 74 fish.  Each child landed their very first fish during this morning’s trip.

 

WHAT WE FISHED FOR:  Multi-species; mainly white bass and sunfish

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED:  12 June 2019, AM

HOW WE FISHED:  We broke this trip down into four short segments which fit into a 3.5 hour timespan (which, over the years I’ve found is about max for kids aged 5-7).  Segment 1 was deep-jigging for white bass with tailspinners.  While we did catch fish this way, and while it did afford each child the opportunity to catch the first fish of their lives, the fish were not overly aggressive, and they moved frequently, so, we didn’t spend too long doing this.  Segment 2 was downrigging for suspended fish.  This put a few fish in the boat, including Chris’ gar, but was pretty slow.  Segment 3 was deep downrigging near bottom.  This paid off well, producing multiple doubles and steady action for as long as the kids stayed interested.  Before long the novelty of this method wore off on the boys and so we left these fish biting to move on to Segment 4, our final adventure, which involved fishing for sunfish in shallow water using bait and slipfloats.  This also went well and the boys wore out just about the same time the fish at this location got thinned out enough to require patience.

TALLY: 74 fish caught and released, including 32 white bass, 3 short hybrid, 1 longnose gar, and 38 sunfish

 

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time: 6:45a

End Time: 9:15a

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start:   68F

Elevation:   2.11 feet high on a 24-hour fall of 0.13 feet and with a flow of 2705 cfs

Water Surface Temp:  81.7F

Wind Speed & Direction: WNW3-4 all morning

Sky Conditions: 40% white, high, thin clouds all morning 

GT = 15

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 AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area vic 150 produced white bass via vertical work with tailspinners and deep downrigging with Pet Spoons on a 3-armed umbrella rig

**Area 502 produced 38 sunfish

 

 

 

Bob Maindelle

Full-time, Professional Fishing Guide and Owner of Holding the Line Guide Service

Belton Lake Fishing Guide, Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide

254.368.7411 (call or text)

 

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