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NICE WORK, BOYS! — 78 FISH @ BELTON

February 24th, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This past Tuesday afternoon, February 22nd, I fished a “Kids Fish, Too!” package trip with 7-year-old Koa Hanson and his buddy, 6-year-old Jack Jereb.

As the name implies, “Kids Fish, Too!” trips are specifically for kids. Parents are “optional” and those who do attend help me help the kids be successful, but don’t fish themselves. These trips are both shorter and less expensive than my standard adult trips and are intended for elementary-aged kids.

Helping me help the boys today were Koa’s uncle, Matt Murdoch, and Jack’s dad, Michael Jereb. When we first planned this trip, it was scheduled for the day before, when Koa’s dad would be able to make it, but, high winds forced a move to today’s date, before the incoming winter storm pushed water temperatures even lower.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on March 1^st, 2^nd and 22^nd. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: After working out the kinks in their presentations at the first stop we made, the boys “got in the groove” of the tactics we used to attract and catch 78 fish (primarily white bass) in right at 3.5 hours on the water. From left: Michael & Jack Jereb, Koa Hanson, and Matt Murdoch.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday (PM), 22 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

I picked up this afternoon right where we left off at the close of this morning’s trip, looking for congregations of white bass in deep water, near or on breaklines in 35-41 feet of water.

The incoming cold front and the barometric pressure change at hand made things much easier to find fish, as they were postured slightly up off the bottom feeding for most of the afternoon, thus making them easier to spot on all manner of sonar.

We looked over 6 areas, and found fish at 4 of them. We missed a number of opportunities at our first stop as the boys were getting used to the equipment and the technique, but, by the time we moved on to our next area, they were ” whackin’ and stackin’ “.

These two young boys with limited prior experience caught 78 fish in 3.5 hours, whereas my two adults this morning caught 80 fish in just over 4 hours. Were the boys more skilled fisherman? No — this result simply underscores the importance weather has on fish activity. The fish this afternoon were far more aggressive than those we encountered this morning without the strong influence of a rising barometer.

The boys took 100% of their fish on the white, 5/8 oz. Bladed Hazy Eye Slab used with a “slow-smoking” tactic in conjunction with Garmin LiveScope.

We caught 78 fish, including 3 freshwater drum, 2 short hybrid stripers, and 73 white bass.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 78 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: No helpful bird activity this afternoon. Temperature profile was as follows:

0 feet 53.1F
5 feet 53.1F
10 feet 52.9F
15 feet 52.8F
20 feet 52.8F
25 feet 52.6F
30 feet 52.5F
35 feet 52.5F
40 feet 52.3F
45 feet 52.3F
50 feet 52.3F
55 feet 52.3F
60 feet 52.3F
65 feet 52.3F

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 2:15P

End Time: 5:45P

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 75F, falling to 54F during our time on the water

Elevation: 2.89 feet low, 0.07′ rise in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 53.1F

Wind Speed & Direction: The lead edge of an incoming winter storm moved in over the midday period, shifting winds from SW at the end of this morning’s trip to NW by the start of this afternoon’s trip.

Sky Condition: 30% cloud cover for the entire trip

Moon Phase: Waning gibbous moon at 66% illumination.

GT = 50

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 1679/0409 (2 fish), Area 0412 (41 fish), Area 0154 (14 fish), Area 2032 (21 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

PLAYING THE WEATHER — 80 FISH @ BELTON

February 23rd, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This past Tuesday morning, February 22nd, I fished with returning father-and-son pair Michael and Joey English.

Joey attends an adult boarding school in Utah where his dad visits him every 8 weeks or so, then, once a year Michael flies Joey back to Texas where he has a chance to catch up with extended family.

Michael booked this fishing trip as one of several special events the two would do together on this winter’s visit.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on March 1^st, 2^nd and 22^nd. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: We “hand-picked” this date based on weather and the Englishes’ flexible schedule. A wind shift took place today in advance of our next incoming cold front; the later it got, the higher the winds blew, and the better the fish bit, right up until around 11am. We wound up with exactly 80 fish landed.

PHOTO CAPTION: This nice Lake Belton largemouth bass fell for a 5/8 oz. white Bladed Hazy Eye Slab in 42 feet of water.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday (AM), 22 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

I went into today’s trip assuming the fish were going to continue to display typical wintertime behavior, meaning that they’d be deep, on bottom, and pretty lethargic. All this turned out to be true.

We found fish with sonar, with down-imaging and colored sonar playing a bigger role than side-imaging now given how tight to the bottom the fish are holding, and how prone to immobility they are. This keeps them from being easily distinguished from the bottom, thus hindering discovering on side-imaging.

When we found fish, we gauged very quickly whether or not they were active/catchable by seeing if fish would follow the slabs we presented any distance up off bottom. If they did, we stuck around and tried to capitalize; if they did not chase, we hung it up, moved on, and kept looking for more active fish.

The one and only tactic we employed this morning was “slow-smoking” the white, 5/8 oz. Bladed Hazy Eye Slab. This slab shows up well on Garmin LiveScope and can therefore be followed by folks with limited sonar experience.

Most of our fish were hooked within 4-8 feet of the bottom as they slowly overtook our rising baits. A simple “wrist snap” hookset sealed the deal most of the time, and produced a catch of exactly 80 fish before we got to the midday lull around 11:15.

We caught 80 fish, including 8 freshwater drum, 3 largemouth bass, 3 short hybrid stripers, and 66 white bass.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 80 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: No helpful bird activity today. Temperature profile was as follows:

0 feet 53.1F
5 feet 53.1F
10 feet 52.9F
15 feet 52.8F
20 feet 52.8F
25 feet 52.6F
30 feet 52.5F
35 feet 52.5F
40 feet 52.3F
45 feet 52.3F
50 feet 52.3F
55 feet 52.3F
60 feet 52.3F
65 feet 52.3F

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:10A

End Time: 11:15A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 68F

Elevation: 2.89 feet low, 0.07′ rise in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 53.1F

Wind Speed & Direction: SSE6 at trip’s start, then going nearly slack from 8:45 to 9:20, then picking up from the SW with a slight ripple which increased to SW7 by trip’s end

Sky Condition: 80% cloud cover at trip’s start, slowly clearing to 10%.

Moon Phase: Waning gibbous moon at 66% illumination.

GT = 105

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 71298 (11 fish), Area B0152G (6 fish), Area vic B0005C (23 fish), Area vic 1269 (40 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

THREADING THE NEEDLE – 75 FISH @ BELTON

February 17th, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Thursday, February 17th, I fished with first-time guests Kenny and Clayton McLaughlin of Gatesville.

This father-and-son team work their family construction business together focusing on concrete and dirt work.

Mrs. Tarrah McLaughlin presented this trip to her husband, Kenny, for his birthday.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on Feb. 28th, and March 1st and 2nd. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: We managed to get a full four-hour trip in for Kenny McLaughlin (left) and his son, Clayton, between the storm front and the cold front this morning on Lake Belton, resulting in a nice catch of 75 fish, all on white, 5/8 oz. Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Thursday (AM), 17 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

Oh how I wish we could have been on the water yesterday, which was the McLaughlin’s originally scheduled date. We had warm, “heavy” air, abundant humidity, 100% grey cloud cover, and found ourselves at the end of a 4-day warming trend. The winds yesterday were simply too great to cash in on that, but, we were able to “thread the needle” and fish that “window” between the pre-frontal stormfront passage, and the front’s actual arrival with high winds and a significant temperature drop.

This scenario typically produces fishing which as at least better than the fishing in the stretch of days between fronts.

We found fish to be in a neutral to somewhat positive mood all morning, finding them and catching them at 6 distinct locations. Each location’s fishing played out the same, with the fish staying interested about 25-30 minutes at each location before shutting down.

We fished with slowly smoked 5/8 oz., white Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and caught fish steadily, with the first hour being our slowest, and with the fishing which occurred right as the front hit being the fastest (and least comfortable!).

Most of our fish were hooked within 2-4 feet of the bottom as they slowly overtook our rising baits.

We caught 75 fish, including 9 freshwater drum and 66 white bass.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 75 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: No helpful bird activity today. A storm front passed through just before sunrise, leaving clearing weather and a frontally-influenced wind shift in its wake, followed by the cold front’s arrival around 10:50 with a much more drastic temperature drop than was forecast.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:00A

End Time: 11:25A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 59F (dropping to 46F by trip’s end)

Elevation: 2.87 feet low, 0.00′ change in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 51.8F

Wind Speed & Direction: WSW6 at trip’s start, slowly increasing and swinging through W, then WNW, then NW as the front arrived around 10:50. As the front arrived, the temperature dropped quickly as the wind ramped up an additional 3-4 mph to 20mph straight-line with higher gusts.

Sky Condition: Clear skies at trip’s start, increasing to 100% cloud cover as the front moved in.

Moon Phase: Full moon at 100% illumination.

GT = 0

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 714 (4 fish), Area vic 1055 (29 fish), Area vic B1298 (18 fish), Area vic B0009G (17 fish), Area 1819 (7 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

LOW & SLOW – 63 FISH @ BELTON

February 16th, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: On Tuesday, February 15th, I fished for the first time since the passage of Winter Storm Landon.

Joining me today from north Austin was my brother, Andy Maindelle. We’d planned a Maindelle-style cast-and-blast comprised of white bass fishing in the morning, then heading over to the range to zero the rifle he’ll be using for our annual prairie dog shoot during the summer.

Between cold weather with much frontal activity and low water temps, and Belton Anglers Stocking Hybrid (B.A.S.H.) fundraising duties, I had not fished much over the past two week period, nor had I been all that excited about doing so, knowing the fishing is typically slow this time of year.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on Feb. 28th, and March 1st and 2nd. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: Andy Maindelle with two of the 63 fish we took on Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs (white, 5/8 oz.) from cold, 50.8F water while fishing Belton between cold fronts.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday (AM), 15 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

Our weather today was in that “ho-hum” category between fronts with the last front’s passage back on Saturday morning, and the next front’s passage due in early Thursday morning. We had mostly clear skies, an overnight low of 39F, and increasing SE winds throughout the morning.

We fished about 4.5 hours, from sunrise at ~7:12 until the bite shut down for good around 11:45.

Our best span of fishing was in the hour from 8:10 to 9:10.

The water was a nearly uniform 50.8F from surface to bottom in 65′. We found our fish today in 32-41′. The chilling water has definitely moved the fish out deeper, albeit weeks later than is typical for Lake Belton, as we normally see that transition in mid-December or so.

The tactics we employed today were slow and methodical, although the fish activity level was not so low as to require deadsticking. We used the white, 5/8 oz. Bladed Hazy Eye Slab all morning save for one 10 minute span when we experimented with horizontally hung soft plastics and found fish response to them was the same as to the slabs.

We used an easing tactic with long, 8′ rods to slowly lift our slabs away from bottom while observing Garmin LiveScope. When lifting the slab caused a white bass to follow, we kept right on lifting until the fish overtook the slab. If we couldn’t lift any higher but were still being pursued, we’d continue the upward motion of the slab by smoothly transitioning to reeling it upward.

We caught 63 fish, including 8 freshwater drum, 2 largemouth bass, and 53 white bass. No “magnum” fish today; and no milt or eggs seen dripping from any of the fish we landed.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 63 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: No helpful bird activity today. Gulls were focused on naturally-occurring shad near the surface pre-sunrise and little else; terns worked randomly over open water for the first 3 hours of the morning.

Temperature profile:

0 feet 50.8F
5 feet 50.8F
10 feet 50.8F
15 feet 50.8F
20 feet 50.8F
25 feet 50.8F
30 feet 50.8F
35 feet 50.8F
40 feet 50.8F
45 feet 50.8F
50 feet 50.5F
55 feet 50.5F
60 feet 50.5F
65 feet 50.5F

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:10A

End Time: 11:45A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 39F

Elevation: 2.86 feet low, 0.02′ fall in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 50.8F

Wind Speed & Direction: SE7 at sunrise, steadily increasing to SE20, gusting 28 by trip’s end, with winds forecast to stay 17-20+ straightline with higher gust until after Thursday’s frontal passage.

Sky Condition: Clear skies at trip’s start, increasing to 10-15% white cloud cover over the course of the morning.

Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous moon at 98% illumination.

GT = N/A

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 1290 (3 fish) Area 187 (30 fish), Area vic 1286 (16 fish), Area vic B0005C (14 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

LAST TRIP BEFORE THE WINTER STORM — 107 FISH @ BELTON

February 2nd, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Wednesday, February 2nd, I fished with returning guest Gary Jones, from Temple, TX.

Gary is a retired banker and recently got his own Boston Whaler center console with the intention of fishing on Lake Belton, so, the purpose of his trips have been twofold — to catch fish, and to learn the approach to catching fish.

Each time I’ve taken Gary out, I’ve tried to introduce him to new concepts or new tactics, and this morning was no exception.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on Feb. 7th, 8th, and 9th. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: Gary Jones cashed in on pre-frontal fishing in the hours just before a major cold front arrived, landing 107 fish in just over 4 hours.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Wednesday (AM), 02 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

There are times when winter white bass fishing can be hard to get excited about, but today was NOT one of those days. The pre-frontal weather scenario was a wonderful setup for a productive trip.

Add to this great weather scenario the fact that I was able to fish under similar (albeit not pre-frontal) conditions yesterday insofar as temperature, wind velocity, and cloud cover are concerned, and it was one of those situations where I was confident in knowing where the fish would be, and when they’d be there.

As a result, my 1-man party landed slightly more fish than my 2-man party did yesterday, and yesterday’s fishing wasn’t bad at all.

We found the fish to be most aggressive today in our first hour and our final hour. In our first hour, the wind had just shifted to the north and the skies were brightening due to the obscured sunrise, and in our last hour the wind velocity picked up, clouds thickened, and temperatures began to fall. During these two hours, the fish were aggressive enough to chase very willingly after our slowly smoked 5/8 oz. Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs (white color) whether we first encountered them on bottom or suspended.

During the middle portion of the trip, the fish were not as enthusiastic. This is when I introduced Gary to the tactic of “sniping” which involves the use of small soft plastics on jigheads presented to individual fish seen on Garmin LiveScope. I’d been keeping these rigs aboard since last Saturday’s trip, but had yet to use them. In speaking with fellow guide Jason Weisberg over on Richland-Chambers, he’s found this rig especially useful for suspended fish, so, we gave it a shot today when we found suspended fish.

Gary got a good taste of this tactic and, thanks to an abundance of suspended fish, had a chance to enjoy repetition and work on overcoming some of the shortfalls in his tactics which everyone encounters when trying something for the first time.

At the 4-hour mark we’d landed 76 fish. It was at this time that a noticeable uptick in the wind, a thickening of the clouds, and a drop in air temperature took place. Within minutes, a helpful flock of terns began to work over a patch of open water. As we drew near, I let Gary make the call as to what side-imaging signatures we decided to Spot-Lock atop of. He chose well, and we closed out our trip with a final 31 fish in about 25 minutes’ time for a final tally of 107 fish.

We caught 107 fish, including 6 freshwater drum, 3 largemouth bass, 2 short hybrid striped bass, and 96 white bass.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 107 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: The impact of pre-frontal weather was readily observed today. The fish were aggressive, the birds were working, and the number of suspended fish, both active and neutral, was remarkable. Rain was to move in on the lead edge of a major winter storm beginning about an hour after our trip; temps are due to fall below freezing overnight, and stay below freezing until Saturday, thus creating an icing danger on Thursday, Friday, and into Saturday.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:25A

End Time: 12:10P

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 52F

Elevation: 2.76 feet low, 0.04 rise in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 52.5F

Wind Speed & Direction: NW6 at sunrise, building steadily to NW11 by 11:30, then increasing quickly to NW14 just after 11:30

Sky Condition: Full grey cloud cover all morning, steadily thickening.

Moon Phase: Waxing crescent moon at 2% illumination.

GT = 225

Wx SNAPSHOT: The pink and orange coloration below is frozen precipitation forecast for 03 Feb…

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area 1290 (40 fish), Area 355 (14 fish), Area B0053C (22 fish), Area B0112C/B0157C (31 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

SLEEPIN’ IN – 100 FISH @ BELTON

February 1st, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Tuesday, February 1st, I fished with returning guests Dwight Stone and Otto Riedel from the Georgetown, TX, area.

After yesterday’s rain, fog was almost a certainty whether it was forecast or not, simply because the lake’s low temperature combining with the cool, damp air above it creates fog on the water even though it may not exist on the surrounding land.

For this reason, I pushed our start time back to 8:15AM to give the sun a chance to warm the air and thin or eliminate the fog before we started hunting fish.

Here is how the fishing went …

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My next few openings will be on Feb. 7th, 8th, and 9th. Weekday mornings are always best.

PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Otto Reidel and Dwight Stone. Balmy conditions and grey skies with a light SE breeze were just right for white bass this morning. That white bass in Dwight’s right hand is a 14 3/8″ Lake Belton white bass — you don’t come across many of those in a year’s time on Belton. Shirtsleeves in February won’t be lasting long as a winter storm is due in Wednesday evening!!

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday (AM), 01 February 2021

HOW WE FISHED:

As we began fishing around 8:15A, there was still a significant blanket of fog over the lake and the surface was calm. The fog was thin enough to allow light through, so the air had a white appearance (not grey as when there is a thick fog with no sun coming through).

We found fish off of a short, vertical “step” which connected a 28′ flat with a 34′ flat, and the fish were on the deep side, tight to bottom. We used the thumper (now that the water is in the low 50’s) to draw fish in and keep them under us, and worked slabs with a slow-smoking tactic to draw strikes.

This worked well; with two short hops over about an hour’s time, we tallied 24 fish. We then moved about 75 yards along this same feature, fished one stop for another 30 minutes and picked up another 24 fish as the fog began to lift, revealing a sunny sky with ~75% white cloud cover, which did not last long as it gave way to full, grey cloud cover within 45 minutes of the fog’s disappearance.

When these fish slowed, we’d fished the entirety of this feature, and so we moved on.

We began hunting fish once again and shortly thereafter spotted a small flock of terns just beginning to show interest over a ~5 acre patch of water. We observed them, and the still-glassy water surface, and took an educated guess on the center of mass of the action. That was a good guess as it landed us on our next 9 fish before the birds committed more heavily about 300 yards away.

From this point on, just as a light SE ripple was beginning, it was easy fishing by keeping up with the birds and working the slabs slowly and vertically. By 11:45 we’d landed exactly 100 fish.

The 100 fish we caught were all taken on the 5/8 oz. white Bladed Hazy Eye Slab fished with a slow-smoking tactic in conjunction with Garmin LiveScope.

At this point, I gave Dwight and Otto the option of continuing to catch white bass, or changing things up and chasing some blue catfish. A buddy of mine had been doing well with a pretty simple approach, so, I’d loaded the catfish rods knowing that Dwight is always game for trying something new.

The catfishing didn’t really work out. I was hoping to find large schools of shad near bottom, which normally correlates with good blue catfishing, but, the only bait I found in the brief time I looked was suspended up high in the water column. We drew three strikes in about a 25 minute span with no hookups, and called it a done deal with our 100 fish catch. The fellows then made a bee-line for Miller’s Smokehouse!

We caught 100 fish, including 14 freshwater drum, 1 largemouth bass, 11 short hybrid striped bass, and 74 white bass.

Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures found here: https://whitebasstools.com/

TALLY: 100 fish caught and released

OBSERVATIONS: I saw the first evidence of white bass “dripping” milt and eggs. We got a 1″ rain area-wide yesterday. Here is the temperature profile:

0 feet 53.5F
5 feet 53.2F
10 feet 53.2F
15 feet 53.2F
20 feet 53.2F
25 feet 53.1F
30 feet 53.1F
35 feet 53.1F
40 feet 53.1F
45 feet 53.1F
50 feet 53.1F
55 feet 52.9F
60 feet 52.9F
65 feet 52.9F

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 8:15A

End Time: 12:30P

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 54F

Elevation: 2.8 feet low, 0.05 rise in last 24 hours, 8 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 53.5F

Wind Speed & Direction: Calm until ~10:00, then SE6

Sky Condition: Fog for ~90 minutes, then clearing briefly, then clouding back to 100% bright grey

Moon Phase: New moon at 0% illumination.

GT = 25

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Areas 971 (24 fish), Area 038 (24 fish), Area B0002C (9 fish), Area 579 (21 fish), Area B0190C (22 fish)

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)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com