WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Wednesday, March 9th, I fished with Johnny Frey of Marble Falls, TX, and his son-in-law, CJ Ruhnke of Harker Heights.
Mrs. Frey was originally supposed to join us, but the 34F starting temperature this morning gave her second thoughts.
Johnny volunteers at Camp Peniel, a Christian camp on the Highland Lakes near Marble Falls. They have a father-son fishing event coming up soon, and one of his goals in fishing this morning was to see the approach I took to targeting white bass so he’d have a possible starting point for the participants in the event to be held on Lake Buchanan.
Here is how the fishing went …
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My next few openings will be on March 30th and April 4th thru 7th. Weekday mornings are always best.
PHOTO CAPTION: The largemouth bass by-catch continued this morning on the MAL Heavy Lure worked horizontally as fish begin moving shallower.
PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Johnny Frey and CJ Ruhnke with a few of the chunky 37 white bass we took this morning before the action tapered off around 10AM.
WHERE WE FISHED: Stillhouse Hollow
WHEN WE FISHED: Wednesday (AM), 098 March 2021
HOW WE FISHED:
After two days of wind and complete, grey cloud cover, this morning’s conditions, although more pleasant to be out in, were more difficult for fishing.
After some thin grey cloud cover and a continuing breeze from the north for about 90 minutes, the winds went nearly calm and the skies began to clear and brighten. Right away the fishing scaled back. About 45 minutes later, after a NNE breeze once again rippled the surface, the fishing revived a bit, only to die off sharply right around the 10 o’clock hour, as was the case on both Mon. and Tue. as well.
The “sawtooth” retrieve was the ticket once again today as the fish are still very closely relating to bottom. Side imaging clearly revealed nomadic schools of white bass wandering around in groups of ~15-25 fish each. We’d choose which side of the boat to cast from based on our side imaging readings.
We caught 37 white bass and 2 largemouth bass this morning, 100% of which came on MAL Heavy with silver blade and chartreuse tail. The white bass we are catching are long, plump fish — the best condition they will typically be in all year.
Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs and MAL Lures are found here: https://whitebasstools.com/
TALLY: 39 fish caught and released
OBSERVATIONS: 10A seems to be quitting time since the last cold front passed early Mon. AM. Both fish and bird activity sharply dropped off after this point in time for three days in a row now.
WEATHER DATA:
Start Time: 7:05A
End Time: 11:40A
Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 34F
Elevation: 3.12 feet low, 0.00′ change in last 24 hours, 1 CFS flow
Water Surface Temp: 52.3F
Wind Speed & Direction: NNW5-7 for about 90 minutes, then calm, then turning NE, then ENE, never blowing more than 5-6mph.
Sky Condition: Thin grey cloud cover for about 60 minutes, then quickly clearing to 20% white clouds on bright blue sky thereafter.
Moon Phase: Waxing crescent moon at 41% illumination.
GT = 55
Wx SNAPSHOT:
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
Areas 1174/SH0074G, SH0077G
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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