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C.A.S.T. Event — 65 Fish @ Belton Lake

October 6th, 2024October 18th, 2024 by Bob Maindelle

Bob Maindelle Guide Lines Oct. 13 — Thirteen-year-old Riggin Crain of Killeen participated in the recent CAST for Kids event held last Sunday on Belton Lake. Riggin single-handedly landed 55 fish while accompanied by his stepfather, Peter Delavan.

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Last Sunday, 27 children with various disabilities and special needs were treated to a morning of fishing, fun, food and prizes by the Catch a Special Thrill (CAST) for Kids organization, supported by a host of local volunteers.

I wrote of this event in my Sept. 22 column, and personally volunteered as a boat captain, also recruiting my brother, Andy Maindelle, as my volunteer co-captain.

Volunteers arrived at the North Point Marina at 8 a.m. and received a briefing on how the morning was to unfold. Kids, each accompanied by at least one parent or guardian, began to arrive around 9 a.m.. As they arrived, each was paired with a boat captain to head out on Belton Lake in pursuit of fish.

While most of the boat captains were from the local area, one boat crew, captained by fellow freshwater fishing guide Jason Weisberg, travelled in from Richland-Chambers Reservoir, near Corsicana.

When asked what motivated him to make the drive, Weisberg replied, “Cecilia (Weisberg’s wife) and I are the CAST for Kids coordinators for the Richland-Chambers event, and when Mrs. (Randi) Bingham asked for boats because she thought she was going to be short, I knew that feeling well and was able make the Belton event along with a fellow guide who wanted to deckhand for the event.”

Some captains opted to fish for bass, others for catfish or sunfish or hybrid striped bass. I opted to take my assigned young man, Riggin Crain, and his stepfather, Peter Delavan, out in search of white bass.

Riggin is 13 years old and attends Smith Middle School.

Delavan communicated to the CAST Program Events Director, Jim Behnken, that Riggin was a bit anxious about things because this event was well outside of the daily routine in which he functions best.

Understanding this, my brother and I tried to put Riggin at ease by explaining what we would be doing before we did it so there would be no surprises.

The four of us departed North Point Marina by boat and, after a few minutes on plane, settled down at idle speed over a patch of bottom in about 34 feet of water.

Side-imaging revealed the presence of an abundance of white bass and the threadfin shad upon which the white bass feed. I marked a particularly large school of white bass in this vicinity by touching the screen of my sonar unit, and then gave the trolling motor a command to go to that location and essentially park us over top of the fish.

I handed Riggin a light spinning outfit and stood beside him and showed him each step of the process for executing a successful retrieve. Riggin let his MAL Original Lure fall to the bottom, closed his spinning reel’s bail by hand, took up any slack in the line, and then began a series of seven handle turns with the first being faster than the remaining six so as to initiate the spinning of the blade.

Riggin landed a fish on his first attempt, and 52 additional fish would follow, all caught from the same area.

As we approached the 11:45 a.m. deadline to return to our meeting point, I saw that Riggin was getting pretty hot in the increasingly warm and windless conditions. I asked him if he would like to head back in for lunch and the awards ceremony or try for a short time to see if we could catch more than one fish at a time.

Riggin opted to fish.

I then incorporated downriggers into our approach, letting a single three-armed umbrella rig equipped with #13 Pet Spoons down to just four feet off the bottom as we trolled upstream of the area where we had just been fishing. In a matter of minutes, the bouncing rod tip telegraphed the strikes of a pair of white bass.

Riggin reeled these two fish in successfully, we added those to his total for a final count of 55 fish, and we headed back to North Point Marina, allowing the breeze generated by the boat ride to cool us down.

Once at the marina, Riggin was greeted by his mother, Danielle Delavan, and one of his siblings.

As the closing ceremony got underway, the local event coordinator, Randi Bingham of Bingham Marine on FM 439 in Belton, called each child up, took their picture, presented him or her with a plaque, a tackle box, a rod and reel, and a gift card to Walmart. All attendees were treated to a barbecue lunch, courtesy of Farm Bureau Insurance.

As scheduled, the event concluded right at 12:30 p.m. Later in the week, CAST sent out surveys asking how to make an already well-run event even better for the future.

Bingham summed up the event well, saying, “Sunday was absolutely perfect! I couldn’t have asked for a better day for these children! Every single child and their families were able to get on a boat and spend a few hours on the water fishing. This was our best year yet and we can’t wait for next year!”

SOLDIERS’ KIDS INVOLVED IN FISHING FUN (SKIFF) – 70 FISH @ LAKE BELTON

December 8th, 2023 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: On Thursday morning, December 7, I ran a SKIFF trip for Mr. Nick Stowman, and his son, Mordecai.

Nick is a bona fide disabled combat veteran who was injured multiple times when vehicles he was in were struck by IED‘s (improvised explosive devices) as he served as a scout in the U.S. Army. Nick served 4 1/2 years.

Mordecai, age 13, is one of three siblings, and the most “outdoorsy” of the three.

ABOUT SKIFF: This fishing trip, like all SKIFF trips, was provided to this military family at no charge. This program began in May of 2009. It is funded by the donations and fundraising efforts of the Austin Fly Fishers and other organizations they have partnered with, namely The McBride Foundation and Subaru. S.K.I.F.F. provides the children of military personnel separated from their families due to duty commitments with the opportunity to go fishing. SKIFF trips are also provided, free of charge, to Gold Star families who have lost their service member while he or she was on active duty. In mid-2019, SKIFF also began providing trips to dependents whose parents are bona fide disabled veterans. I coordinate and conduct these 3.5 hour adventures on Belton Lake and Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir, just outside the gates of Fort Cavazos in Bell County, TX, year ’round. Call or text 254.368.7411.

Here is how the fishing went…

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PHOTO CAPTION: Mordecai Stowman came up with our largest fish of the trip. This 5.25 pound hybrid striped bass was one of nine legal hybrid we took under the best weather conditions we’ve had for fishing in quite a spell.

PHOTO CAPTION: U.S. Army veteran Nick Stowman with one of the chunky hybrids he and his 13-year-old son landed. These fish were gorging on 3.25″ long threadfin shad.

PHOTO CAPTION: When the hybrid action settled down, we turned out sights on white bass and had to visit only two areas to stay in plenty of action as we “slow-smoked” Hazy Eye Slabs to catch these bottom-hugging fish.

Find the Bladed Hazy Eye Slab here: https://whitebasstools.com/

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Thursday, 07 Dec. 2023 (PM)

HOW WE FISHED:

We finally had some weather I could get excited about today. We had a balmy south wind return, taking temperatures into the 60s by the end of our four hour trip after a 46° start. We also were blessed with gray cloud cover all morning at approximately 90% coverage.

Birds worked long and hard this morning and were present, at least sporadically, from 7:50 AM through our wrap-up at 11 AM. We used downriggers to fish below the most aggressive bird activity and were rewarded with nine legal hybrid striped bass as we trolled using number 13 Pet Spoons on one three-armed umbrella rig, and number 14 Pet Spoons on the other.

When the bird activity waned, we reverted to what has been standard operating procedure now that the water has dropped below 60° – that is slow smoking vertically with a Bladed Hazy Eye Slab (white, 5/8 oz.). We used these slabs in conjunction with Garmin LiveScope, and found the fish more responsive than at any point in the last two weeks.

We had to hit only one location to take our 44-fish count up to 70 before calling it a day right at 11 AM.

Here is a tutorial on the smoking tactic we used… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPopSLUYoQ

TALLY: 70 fish caught and released.

OBSERVATIONS: The water temperature profile measured on 07 Dec., was:

0 feet, 60.4F
5 feet, 60.4F
10 feet, 60.4F
15 feet, 60.4F
20 feet, 60.4F
25 feet, 60.4F
30 feet, 60.3F
35 feet, 60.3F
40 feet, 60.1F
45 feet 59.8F
50 feet, 59.6F
55 feet, 59.4F

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:30A

End Time: 11:00A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 46F

Elevation: 15.68 feet low, 40 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 58.7F on the surface.

Wind Speed & Direction: SSE10-13

Sky Condition: About 90% grey cloud cover all morning

Moon Phase: Waning crescent moon at 29% illumination.

GT = N/A

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area 1205 thru 1275 – 44 fish downrigging #13/14 Pet Spoons, incl. 9 legal hybrid

Area 1549 – 26 white bass smoking white, 5/8 oz. 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

254.368.7411 (call or text)

E-mail: Bob@HoldingTheLineGuideService.com

AN EXTREME CASE OF BEGINNER’S LUCK — 44 FISH @ BELTON

July 17th, 2023July 17th, 2023 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Monday, July 17, I fished with mother-daughter team Julee and Claire Manley .

This trip was a Mother’s Day gift from Claire to her mom.

Both ladies are local folks, having grown up here in Central Texas. Claire recently began working in the medical field as a certified physician’s assistant after graduation from Texas A&M, and Julee, a University of Mary Hardin-Baylor grad, has been an educator for many years now, now serving as a public school principal

Neither lady had ever fished before nor had any prior experience with baitcasting gear nor spinning gear, so job number one was to get them trained up.

Here is how the fishing went…

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PHOTO CAPTION: That’s Julee Manley and her daughter, Claire Manley, cashing in Julee’s most recent Mother’s Day present — a fishing trip with her daughter the day before Julee heads back to work as a public school principal.

PHOTO CAPTION: Claire experienced an extreme case of beginner’s luck this morning landing three sets of triples — three fish at the same time on a single 3-armed umbrella rig!

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Monday, 17 July 2023 (AM)

HOW WE FISHED:

Overall, the fishing this morning was a good bit tougher than that which I experienced on Belton last week. There was no lowlight/sunrise topwater action, and very little such action at any other point in the morning.

The topwater action, although inconsistent, sure does make things easier, as you know both exactly where the fish are, and that they are aggressively feeding.

Lacking that, we had to more slowly comb over areas using sonar. When I found fish, we either downrigged for them if they appeared scattered, or Spot-Locked and began using a sawtooth method with white-tailed MAL Heavy Lures if they were more tightly grouped and on or near bottom.

We managed to put together a fair catch by constantly alternating between the downrigging technique and the sawtooth method. By the time the fish began to shut down around 10:10, the ladies had landed a total of 44 fish, including 3 hybrid striped bass (all short), 2 freshwater drum, and 39 white bass, all of which were of legal size.

TALLY: 44 fish caught and released.

See a tutorial on the Smoking Method here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSvfXgrAUE

Here is a tutorial on the Sawtooth Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3FMEQHOMQ

Find the entire family of MAL Lures here: https://whitebasstools.com/

OBSERVATIONS: Much reduced topwater activity this morning, with next to no activity right at first light/sunrise, all in stark comparison with the first half of last week.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 6:15A

End Time: 10:35A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 79F

Elevation: 14.45 feet low, 56 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 84.3F on the surface.

Wind Speed & Direction: SSW8-9 thru 9A, then bumping up to SSW11-13

Sky Condition: 0% cloud cover cover

Moon Phase: New moon at 0% illumination.

GT = 50

Wx SNAPSHOT: That brown, flat line at 0% in the third segment down in the graph below is our chance of precipitation; unfortunately, it stays flat until midday Sunday.

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 814 – downrigging for scattered, small schools of white bass in low-light conditions with fish at 16′ deep and balls set at 10-13.

Area vic B0030G – downrigging w/5′ bottom tracking in 20-30′ leading to use of sawtooth method to capitalize on what we’d found

Area vic B0031G – downrigging w/5′ bottom tracking in 20-30′ leading to use of sawtooth method to capitalize on what we’d found

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

WE WERE ON THE RIGHT “TRACK” — 106 FISH, MAL HEAVY LURES

March 27th, 2023 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Monday, March 27, I fished with first time guests Levi and Brant Bybee. This father-and-son team drove about two hours south from near Azle, TX, where they normally fish on Eagle Mountain Lake to link up with me at 7:45 AM for a morning spent in pursuit of white bass.

Levi, originally from Missouri, retired from a career with the railroad, and Brant is now 28 years into a railroad career of his own. We were definitely on the right “track” this morning after the skies brightened up and the wind started to blow and got the fish into a feeding mood.

Here is how the fishing went…

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PHOTO CAPTION: Brant Bybee of Azle, TX, landed our best fish of the trip. This solid, 19-inch hybrid took an MAL Heavy with chartreuse tail as he cast it out and counted it down 6 seconds before retrieving.

PHOTO CAPTION: Father-and-son team Levi and Brant Bybee scored a 106-fish morning working baits both vertically when the fishing was slower, and horizontally when birds and sonar indicated fish were more aggressive.

PHOTO CAPTION: This is what caught all of our quality fish today. The MAL Heavy with chartreuse tail was counted down 6 or 8 seconds and then retrieved straight back through fish pushing shad to the surface.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Thursday, 23 March 2023 (PM)

HOW WE FISHED:

Fishing followed a normal, bell-shaped curve this morning, with a slow first hour, a plateau of peak activity in the middle two hours, and a gradual slowdown in the final hour. During the first hour fish were tight to the bottom and at first we had to entice them with the white, 5/8 ounce bladed Hazy Eye Slabs.

With the water now once again above 60°, the fish began to respond well to the commotion we made with the thumper. We found these fish would pull up off bottom and would suspend about 6 to 7 feet away from bottom. These fish were more aggressive than those remaining on bottom, and responded well to a smoking tactic with a MAL Heavy Lure (chartreuse tail). By the end of our first hour we had landed 20 fish, but most of these fish were small.

The middle two hours started as I spotted about 15 gulls working along a 100 yard stretch of shoreline with some timber sprinkled along it. As we drew closer, I could see shad popping out of the water trying to escape the whites beneath them, and the occasional swirl of a white bass on the surface. We threw MAL Heavies with chartreuse tails to these fish, using a countdown method, and found letting the lure drop to a six-count after it hit the water and then retrieving it straight back to the boat made for a very effective presentation. We took an additional 40 fish in this matter, all of which were solid 12 to 13 inch fish.

After this action died, I did not immediately spot any birds, and so went back to using sonar to find fish. I found a group of several hundred bottom-dwelling white bass and the fishing that ensued was much like that in the first hour, although the fish were more aggressive. We caught them equally well on slabs and MALs worked vertically. Although this fishing was productive, about half of these fish were undersized. We left these fish still biting with 20 landed after I spotted more bird action.

As we approach these birds, we found much the same scenario as we had at the previous location under birds. This group of fish was in a bit deeper water, and so we experimented with eight, nine, ten, and twelve counts after the cast to get our lures to optimum depth. We found an eight-count worked best and stayed on these fish until we landed a total of 24 and Levi and Brent decided to call it a good morning around 11:30A.

Our tally totaled 106 fish with one largemouth, bass, one short hybrid, one legal hybrid, and 103 white bass caught and released.

TALLY: 106 fish caught and released

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

OBSERVATIONS: After hitting 60F+ a few weeks back, the water surface temperature dropped back below the 60F mark up until this past weekend.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:45A

End Time: 11:30A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 55F

Elevation: 14.26 feet low, 24 CFS flow, .01′ fall over the last 24 hrs.

Water Surface Temp: 62F on the surface.

Wind Speed & Direction: NNW8 all morning

Sky Condition: 90% white-grey cloud cover.

Moon Phase: Waxing crescent moon at 35% illumination.

GT = 35

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area B0014C/B0192C – 20 fish (most small) on smoked slab/MAL Heavy

Area 0154 – 42 quality fish under birds taken by counting down MAL Heavies

Area 0149/0151 – 23 fish, mixed size, on smoked slab/MAL Heavy

Area 0403 – 10 fish, mixed size, on smoked slab/MAL Heavy

Area B0068C – 11 quality fish under birds taken by counting down MAL Heavies

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

WATER TEMPS ON A DOWNHILL SLIDE — 98 FISH

November 22nd, 2022November 22nd, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: This morning, Tuesday, 22 November, I fished with returning guest Mike Tomberlin, accompanied by his sons, Josh and Sean, and by Mike’s friend, Donna. This was Donna, Josh, and Sean’s first time aboard with me. The trip was in celebration of Josh and Sean’s forthcoming birthdays.

Here is how the fishing went …

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PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Sean, Donna, Mike, and Josh with a portion of their take as we pursued Lake Belton white bass under cool, grey conditions with cooling water.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 (AM)

HOW WE FISHED:

As much as I hate to say it this early in November, I think we’ve moved “past peak” on the fantastic fall white bass fishing which, in some years, has held on through late December. This long downward slide we’ve had on water temperature ever since the Veterans’ Day cold front tore through has cut 4-5 degrees from the surface temperature in just over a week and the fish certainly haven’t taken a liking to it.

I noted that even when we were at peak feed times today with fish driving bait close enough to the surface to interest the birds, the fish were not moving with the speed and agility that I saw just a week to ten days ago. Corresponding with this was an increased number of “refusals” on our baits where fish either outright ignored the baits, or, followed half-heartedly a few feet and then gave up.

I’m sure things will rebound a bit when fish get used to the “new normal” if/when we get some stable and/or warming weather, but a rapid cooldown like we are now experiencing never helps.

Still, we managed a 98 fish outing, but everyone had to stay on their game for the entire time to make that happen.

We used MAL Originals with white tails the entire trip, fishing them vertically with a smoking tactic. I did try a slab now and then, but the fish weren’t any more or less interested in that than the spinner.

When all was said and done, this crew landed 98 fish including 1 legal hybrid, 9 short hybrid striped bass, 2 largemouth bass, and 86 white bass.

TUTORIAL SMOKING VIDEO (Vertical): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSvfXgrAUE
TUTORIAL SAWTOOTH VIDEO (Horizontal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3FMEQHOMQ

TALLY: 98 fish caught and released

Find MAL Lures here: https://whitebasstools.com/

OBSERVATIONS: 1) 6th consecutive trip helpful bird activity. Birds active 8:30 – 9:50A today.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:15A

End Time: Noon

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 43F

Elevation: 13.42 feet low, 0.03′ fall in last 24 hours, 40 CFS flow.

Water Surface Temp: 60.9F

Wind Speed & Direction: Calm with fog for first hour, SSE4 for middle 2 hours, NNW3-4 for last hour

Sky Condition: Solid grey sky all morning with light fog in the first hour.

Moon Phase: Waning crescent moon at 3% illumination.

GT = 0

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

B0167G through B0052G – whites on slope under birds

Area vic 151 – under birds

Areas B0013C/1543/966/967/715/1544 – under birds

Area B0102C/B0042C – after bird activity ended

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

BEGGING TO GO – 119 FISH

October 13th, 2022 by Bob Maindelle

WHO I FISHED WITH: On Wednesday morning, October 12th, I fished with U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Aaron Sepaugh and his two sons, 10-year-old Braden, and 7-year-old Tucker.

The boys fished with me previously when Aaron was deployed to Europe in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot. Since his return, the boys have been begging him to go fishing again, and today was the day they made that happen on a little break from their coursework at Central Texas Christian School.

Here is how the fishing went …

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PHOTO CAPTION: Vertical and horizontal use of the MAL Original were the ticket for white bass which have now begun relating to bottom in greater numbers thanks to significant cooling of the water down to the 40-45 foot level. All of our fish were in 34 feet of water, or less.

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

WHEN WE FISHED: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 (AM)

HOW WE FISHED:

The fish were very “fired up” this morning and, although we could have caught fish by employing just one of the three techniques we employed this morning, in the interest of adding variety to keep the kids’ interest, we wound up using vertical MAL Lure tactics, horizontal MAL Lure tactics, and downrigging with Pet Spoons to put together our catch.

The fishing followed a pretty obvious curve this morning with fish activity spiking at sunrise, then slowly tapering to a finish by around 11:30. As evidence, we landed 50 fish in our first hour, another 54 fish in the following 2.25 hours, and a final 15 fish in our last .75 hours.

Fall fishing (my favorite of the year) is kicking in fast. We never had to probe below 34 feet today to stay in ample concentrations of fish the entire morning.

Our first 50 fish were taken solely by working MAL Dense Lures vertically. We split our next 54 fish equally between vertical MAL Lure work followed by downrigging once the fish slowed down a bit on their chase speed. Although there was potential for catching fish with a horizontal tactic, the boys were new at casting spinning gear and that, combined with a cross wind, diminished their chances of success. Still, they caught a few fish that way.

Our final 15 fish were spread across two area which we hit quickly and fished only vertically until the fish turned off to that tactic.

The MAL Dense with white body and chartreuse tail was the charm today as the extra weight helped the boys maintain contact with their lures all the time.

TUTORIAL SMOKING VIDEO (Vertical): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDSvfXgrAUE
TUTORIAL SAWTOOTH VIDEO (Horizontal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3FMEQHOMQ

TALLY: 119 fish caught and released

Find MAL Lures here: https://whitebasstools.com/

OBSERVATIONS: The slow arrival of a mild, dry cold front due in overnight caused a windshift from S to WSW this morning and, no doubt, enhanced the bite.

WEATHER DATA:

Start Time: 7:30A

End Time: 11:35A

Air Temp. @ Trip’s Start: 70F

Elevation: 12.12 feet low, 0.12′ fall in last 24 hours, 384 CFS flow

Water Surface Temp: 77.1F

Wind Speed & Direction: S4-5, shifting and increasing to WSW11-12 by trip’s end. A noticeable uptick occurred right at 10A.

Sky Condition: <5% white clouds on a blue sky

Moon Phase: Waning gibbous moon at 92% illumination.

GT = 0

Wx SNAPSHOT:

AREAS FISHED WITH SUCCESS:

Area vic 1000 – 50 fish in the first hour, all on smoked MAL Dense Lures

Area B0085C to 0187 to B0174C – 2.25 hours to catch 54 fish with a 50/50 split on downrigging vs. smoking.

Area B0154G – 6 fish via smoking MAL Dense Lures

Area B0155G – a final 9 fish via smoking MAL Dense Lures

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