Lake Belton Fishing Report – November 13, 2026 | White Bass Patterns & Water Conditions – 136 Fish Catch

CLIENTS: This morning, Friday, November 13, I welcomed back the crew from Corrective Chiropractic in Harker Heights, TX. The practice is normally closed on Fridays ever since Covid hit, and this Friday Dr. Jason Degenhardt decided to work in a little team building. Joining him was Dr. Shane Isdale, Kristie Smonko, Darleen Alicea, and Abbie Wilson.

TODAY’S DATE: 13 November 2026 (AM)


NEXT OPEN MORNING DATES: 17, 24, 30 Nov., 4 Dec. 2026

PHOTO CAPTION: From left: The Corrective Chiropractic crew – Abbie Wilson, Shane Isdale, Jason Degenhardt, Kristie Smonko, and Darleen Alicea got right down to business this morning and, in 4 hours’ time, landed 136 fish on Lake Belton.

SUMMARY OF HOW WE FISHED:

A very mild cold front passed through from Wednesday night into the early hours Thursday morning, but there was no storm front, and really no northwest wind to speak of after the front passed. All we really noticed was a drop in cloud cover, temperature, and humidity.

There was next to no wind at all yesterday, which really concerned me for our prospects this morning, although several forecasts indicated there would be more (albeit still light) northwest wind today than we had yesterday.

Fortunately, this worked out to be true. We had a calm spell for the first hour, but still caught fish thanks to the low-light conditions at that time, then, just in time, the wind began to blow from the northwest at right at 4 to 5 mph – – just enough to ripple the surface. We enjoyed our best bite between 8 AM and 10 AM, after which the bite begin to drop off substantially.

We called it a good morning at around 10:55 AM by which time this crew of five had landed 136 fish including 1 freshwater drum, 1 largemouth bass, 1 white crappie, 1 hybrid striper, and 132 white bass.

With this many anglers aboard, casting was not a safe option, so I left the sawtooth method equipment home and planned only on working MAL Dense Lures vertically. With it quite obvious that there was going to be no cloud cover, I used the silver blade, silver body, chartreuse tailed version of the MAL Dense for everyone.

Four of the five anglers had joined me on a similar trip around the same time of year last year, and, thankfully, Shane (new addition for this year) got the gist of the smoking tactic by reviewing the tutorial video I sent to everyone previously, so he joined right in on the catching, as well.

Although we have now had five cold fronts, the water surface temperature is still around 70F. Until it drops down to 60F, we should enjoy excellent white bass fishing, especially on those days influenced by the northwest winds left in the wake of additional, incoming cold front.

RESULTS: 136 fish, all caught and released

WHERE WE FISHED: Lake Belton

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SEE THE “SMOKING TACTIC” TUTORIAL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3FMEQHOMQ

OBSERVATIONS: With 5 cold fronts now passed, we are still at 70F from the surface down to 60′. Fishing should remain excellent until water temps hit 60F.

LATEST WATER TEMPERATURE PROFILE:

Taken on Lake Belton on 11 Nov. 2026, approx. 6:15AM…

Taken on Lake Belton on 04 Nov. 2026, approx. 6:10AM…

Area vic B009C -1 fish on smoked MAL Dense Lure

Area 2715 – 20 fish on smoked MAL Dense Lure