CLIENTS: This morning, Monday, August 25, I fished with Mr. Roger Janosek and his grandson, Evan.  Roger is a retired judge who recently moved to this area, and Evan is putting out feelers at age 19 into both the EMT world and the world of diesel repair.  Both had prior fishing experience, but not doing what we did today for white bass.  Fortunately, both fellows handled spinning gear well, allowing them to take full advantage of what we found early on in the trip.

 

TODAY’S DATE: Monday, 25 August 2025 (AM)

NEXT OPEN DATE FOR FISHING:  Tuesday, 02 September (AM) 

NEXT OPEN DATES FOR SONAR TRAINING: Saturday, 30 August (AM)

 

PHOTO CAPTION:   From left: Evan and Roger Janosek with a few of the 45 fish they landed this morning, as has been the case for most of August, the best bite is taking place in the low-light period from about 30 minutes before sunrise to about 30 minutes thereafter.  38 of their 45 fish came during this window.

 

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WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

SUMMARY OF HOW WE FISHED:

Although multiple, mild cold fronts are currently in the short and long-term forecasts, today was a continuation of the bright, hot, still conditions we’ve been experiencing for the lion’s share of August.

Accordingly, the fishing was as it has been for the past few weeks with the majority of the morning’s action taking place in the first 60 to 70 minutes, then seeing fish scatter and suspend thereafter, making fishing much, much tougher.

Using the Cork Rig with the new, very durable Sandy Sandwich streamer, grandfather and grandson landed 38 fish before the topwater action ended once and for all.

We moved on and fished a multitude of locations, none of which had strong concentrations of aggressively feeding fish. Over the remainder of the trip we landed seven additional fish with four coming on the downriggers equipped with 3-armed umbrella rigs ties up with  #12 Pet Spoons on one and  #13 Pet Spoons on the other.  The fellows took an additional three fish picked up off bottom in about 26 feet of water using the MAL Heavy in conjunction with a sawtooth retrieve.

We wrapped up around 10:55 with exactly 45 fish landed, including one largemouth bass, one blue catfish, two hybrid striped bass, and 41 white bass, all of which were between 10.5 and 13.5 inches.

 

OBSERVATIONS: Belton is now 0.28′ high with a 0.06 fall in the last 24 hours with USACE releasing 337 CFS.

 

 

LATEST WATER TEMPERATURE PROFILE:  Taken around 6:15AM, Monday, 25 August …

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 6:45A

End Time: 10:55A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 75F

Elevation: 0.52′ high with a 0.06 fall in the last 24 hours with USACE releasing 337 CFS

Water Surface Temp: 87.8F on the surface.

Wind Speed & Direction:  SE0-4

Sky Condition: <10% white cloud cover on a hazy sky

Moon Phase: Waxing crescent moon at 6% illumination.

GT = 40

 

Wx SNAPSHOT:  

 

 

AREAS FISHED WITH MOST SUCCESS:

 

Area vic B0279G – 11 fish with topwater action under low-light conditions on Cork Rigs/Sandy Sandwich streamers

Area vic 2243 – 11 fish with topwater action under low-light conditions on Cork Rigs/Sandy Sandwich streamers

Area vic 2242 – 16 fish with topwater action under low-light conditions on Cork Rigs/Sandy Sandwich streamers

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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