ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END — 70 FISH @ BELTON

WHO I FISHED WITH: This past Thursday morning, May 27th, I fished with Mr. Eddie Dunn of Troup, TX, and his long-time friend and fellow teacher, coach, and school administrator, Joe Oliver, of Temple, TX.  Also accompanying Eddie was his 7-year-old grandson, Briggs Dowdy.

Unfortunately, the low-pressure system that has fueled the uber-successful fishing for the majority of this month passed over us and to our east over night and into the early morning hours, and with that, we experienced a return to more seasonally “normal” fishing.

PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Joe Oliver, Briggs Dowdy (age 7), and Briggs’ grandfather, Eddie Dunn.

WHERE WE FISHED: Belton Lake

WHEN WE FISHED: Thursday (AM), 27 May 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

Instead of an intense, 4-hour long bite which had become the norm of the past 2+ weeks, we experienced so-so fishing for the first several hours of our trip, then were fortunate to be “tipped off” by gulls to the presence of a large, migrating school of white bass which, in our final hour, produced the majority of our catch of 70 fish.

Up until that time, we had some short-lived success right at first light, then hopped around a good bit taking just a handful of fish at each place we went to as the fish (which were present but simply not aggressive) would “flare” up and then settle back down after we caught just 3 or 4 of them.

All of the fish we landed came on the white MAL Heavy.

MAL Lures  are found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

Tutorial on how to fish MAL Lures is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSvfXgrAUE

TALLY: 70 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS:  A flood-water juggling act continues with Proctor and Belton’s flows being reduced to allow Whitney to begin gushing water into the Brazos.  No stained water yet observed.

TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:

Start Time:  6:40A

End Time: 10:40A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 73F

Elevation:  1.25 feet high, no 24-hour change, 1621 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 73.4F

Wind Speed & Direction: SE9-12 all morning

Sky Condition: Murky grey for the first 90 minutes, then lightening, but still 100% grey

Moon Phase: Waning gibbous moon at 98% illumination

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AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

**Area B0094G – this was the only area that really produced more than a few fish for us all morning; fish were loosely schooled, but there were hundreds of fish spread over a wide, open-water area; even these fish were not overly aggressive

 

 

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) Website: www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

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