WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Wednesday, November 8, I fished with a crew of three very fine ladies – – Mrs. Kitty Brin, and her two friends, Darlene Kelly, and Michelle Holstrom, all from the Terrell, TX, area.
Kitty and her husband Danny fished with me on Stillhouse about a year and a half ago. After that, Danny got a gift certificate from me which Kitty redeemed with her two friends today. Kitty and Michelle are long-time employees at Nucor Steel, and Darlene is retired from the banking business. Fortunately, all three ladies had prior experience using spinning tackle, so things went quite well today.
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PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Michele Holstrom, Kitty Brin, and Darlene Kelley with a portion of their 184-fish catch taken in right at four hours’ time this morning on Lake Belton.
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WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton
WHEN WE FISHED: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
HOW WE FISHED:
Although I came prepared to fish for fast-moving hybrid striped bass under birds this morning after such activity showed up on both Monday and Tuesday, such did not materialize this morning.
So, we opted for finding and fishing for heavily congregated, bottom-oriented, white bass using a smoking tactic from start to finish this morning.
The ladies put together their 184 fish catch on just three stops.
At each location I found fish, hovered a top them using the Spot-Lock feature of my Minn Kota Ulterra, then had the ladies drop their white, 5/8-ounce, Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs down to these fish and retrieve them upward using the smoking tactic. That tactic is described in this tutorial video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPopSLUYoQ
Thanks to the wind and cloud cover caused by pre-frontal warming in advance of a mild cold front’s arrival tomorrow, the bite was strong this morning from about 7:50 through 10:35. The fish let up significantly at that time, and by 11 AM they had just about completely shut down.
The ladies’ 184 fish catch consisted of 2 largemouth bass, 1 short hybrid striped bass, and 181 white bass. As has been the case since turnover, and as will be the case through the winter, there were a lot of small fish to wade through in this high-numbers, cool-water fishery.
TALLY: 184 fish caught and released.
OBSERVATIONS: No bird action this morning. Here was the water temperature profile down to 60′ taken Tuesday, 07 Nov.:
0 feet, 67.4F
5 feet, 67.4F
10 feet, 67.4F
15 feet, 67.4F
20 feet, 67.4F
25 feet, 67.4F
30 feet, 67.1F
35 feet, 66.8F
40 feet, 66.4F
45 feet, 65.9F
50 feet, 64.4F
55 feet, 62.9F
60 feet, 62.0F
WEATHER DATA:
Start Time: 7:00A
End Time: 11:00A
Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 71F
Elevation: 15.17 feet low, 47 CFS flow
Water Surface Temp: 67.4F on the surface.
Wind Speed & Direction: SSW9 at trip’s start, building to SSW14 by trip’s end
Sky Condition: 100% light grey cloud cover all morning
Moon Phase: Waning crescent moon at 22% illumination.
GT = 165
Wx SNAPSHOT:
N/A
AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:
Areas:
Area 1552 – 11 fish smoking Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs
Area B0005C – 72 fish smoking Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs
Area B0015C – 101 fish smoking Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs
Bob Maindelle
Full-time, Professional Fishing Guide and Owner of Holding the Line Guide Service
Belton Lake Fishing Guide, Stillhouse Hollow Fishing Guide
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