This evening I welcomed Curtis Wright aboard, accompanied by his father, Dale, and his son, Joshua. Dale is in Texas for a Spring Break visit from Utah where he makes a living remodeling homes.
The Wright boys definitely got it “wright” tonight, racking up an impressive catch of 54 fish consisting mainly of white bass taken on jigging spoons. From L to R: Joshua, Dale, and Curtis.
This was Curtis’ fourth trip out with me, Joshua’s second, and Dale’s first. All previous trips have been on Stillhouse, so fishing Belton offered a change of scenery and a shot at some hybrid stripers.Over the past several days the first ninety minutes of the afternoon trips have been pretty quiet, and, today pretty much followed that trend. We boated a few fish by jigging over fish we’d located on sonar, but, the real show started around 6pm when a mix of terns and gulls started to get “antsy” over patches of water where white bass and hybrid striper were slowly getting in the mood to feed.
From roughly 6p to 7:30p, we encountered non-stop bird action, although it was not all located in one area. In fact, the birds were quite transient, moving from area to area, although after 90 minutes of observing the birds and catching fish, it became clear that both were primarily concentrated in 3 distinct areas, each ~60-70 yards in diameter.
Once I got the boat over these fish by trolling into them (note I did NOT run into these fish with the outboard), we used jigging, easing, smoking, and casting techniques to seal the deal, although the jigging near bottom was the most consistent of these methods.
Due to the cloud cover, the fishing wrapped up about 15-20 minutes earlier than over the past couple of evenings. Once the birds were done feeding, the fish bit another 10 minutes or so and then that was it for the night.
TALLY = 54 FISH, all caught and released
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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 3:45a
End Time: 7:50p
Air Temp: 65F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 55-56F
Wind: S8-10
Skies: Light overcast.
Other Notes: GT0
Areas Fished with success:
** 1359 – vertical jigging in ~32 feet of water
** 211 – vertical jigging in ~29 feet of water
** 507-1360 – working slabs in a variety of ways under birds
** 1362 – working slabs in a variety of ways under birds
Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service
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www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas