WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Tuesday, August 3rd, I fished with returning guest Stiles Parker, joined by first-time guest Steve Parker, Stiles’ dad.
Stiles works as a commission-only salesman in the construction industry, and resides in the Georgetown, TX, area.
He and his wife, Sarah, are excitedly anticipating the arrival of their second child, a daughter, in September.
PHOTO CAPTION: From left, Stiles and Steve Parker with a pair of quality white bass, representative of the quality of fish we took all morning, primarily fishing MAL Heavy Lures vertically in conjunction with Garmin LiveScope.
WHERE WE FISHED: Stillhouse Hollow
WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday (AM), 03 August 2021
HOW WE FISHED:
Yesterday’s on again/off again rain showers fueled by the passage of a low-level cold front (in the wake of Sunday’s cold front) stopped just before sunset yesterday, leaving cool, cloudy conditions in place for this morning’s fishing.
Stiles and Steve arrived early so as to see how I use my bungee-cord contraption to quickly launch my boat solo.
After that demo, we loaded up and made our way to the fishing grounds.
Steve was excited to see the Garmin LiveScope in action as the last sonar he used had rolls of temperature-sensitive graph paper in them!! Aside from that, Stiles had really “talked up” the technology from his several previous trips out with me.
With the low-light level made dimmer than usual by the clouds, the deep-water bite didn’t immediately fire up, so, we took a couple of downrigger passes catching fish on each pass until the fish came alive and began to reveal themselves positioned up off bottom and in a feeding posture.
We worked 3-armed umbrella rigs on a pair of identical, limber, fiberglass downrigger rods, with each umbrella equipped with Pet Spoons selected to match the approx. size of the forage.
From that point on we worked MAL Heavy Lures in white color for the remainder of the trip, sitting on our first area for an unusually long hour-plus. After that, around 9:00, as the bite began to wane, we moved and more briefly fished four additional areas, three of which produced fish for us, through about 10AM, when the fellows decided to call it a great day in the outdoors and head back in.
In all, we landed 72 fish, including 71 white bass and 1 freshwater drum.
MAL Lures are found here: https://whitebasstools.com/
TALLY: 72 fish caught and released
OBSERVATIONS: 1) Saw a handful of grey terns this morning and yesterday morning. 2) USACE is releasing at 1,590 cfs on Belton.
TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 6:30A
End Time: 10:10A
Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 75F
Elevation: 0.77′ high, .04′ fall, and a flow of 201cfs
Water Surface Temp: 85.4F
Wind Speed & Direction: NNE6-9 all morning
Sky Condition: Light grey cloud cover all morning
Moon Phase: Waning crescent moon at 24% illumination
GT = 85
Wx SNAPSHOT:
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
**Area 1424 – downrig w/ transition to vertical MAL Lure work as skies brightened
**Area 1968 – MAL Heavy in white worked vertically for solid results on white bass
**Area vic 198 – MAL Heavy in white worked vertically for solid results on white bass
**Area SH0052C/1569 – MAL Heavy in white worked vertically for solid results on white bass
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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