Posts Tagged ‘Fishing During a Warming Trend’

CLIENTS: This morning, Thursday, May 14, I fished with Matt Wells and his son, Ethan Spruiell. Matt runs an arborist and pest control business in the Midland area, and Ethan makes his living as a plumber in the Temple area. Matt and his wife came in to visit Ethan, Ethan’s wife, and their three daughters.…

CLIENTS: This morning, Wednesday, May 13, I welcomed aboard returning guest, Kevin Yuille. Joining him for the first time aboard was his wife, Toni. The two met in high school and are going on their 28th year of marriage. Kevin is a U.S. Army veteran having served in both the field artillery and as an…

CLIENTS: This morning, Tuesday, May 12, I welcomed back the Gossard trio which included John Gossard Sr., and his sons, John Jr., and James. John is a Vietnam-era veteran, John oversees the maintenance of a 400+ unit a apartment complex here in Texas, and James is a battalion chief of an Austin-area fire department with…

CLIENTS: This morning, Monday, May 11, I fished with long time guests Frank Sumner & Mike Tracy. Frank treated Mike, his pastor at New Beginnings Church in Harker Heights, to a morning fishing trip on Lake Belton targeting white bass. Along the way we had a good-natured discussion about living peaceably with the opposite sex,…

CLIENTS: On Friday, May 8, I capped off a full week of fishing which was accompanied by a full week of crazy, Texas springtime weather. Joining me this morning was returning guest Gary Jones of Temple fishing solo. Gary filled in at the last minute after a grandfather and grandson I had scheduled to take…

CLIENTS: This morning, Thursday, May 7, I welcomed aboard returning guests Cory and Hunter Hargrove, a father and son team from Academy, Texas. Joining the Hargroves for his first time aboard was James Ledbetter of Salado. James and cory are brothers-in-law. Cory makes a living as a railroad man and James makes a living as…

CLIENTS: This morning, Wednesday, May 6, I welcomed longtime client, Dwight Stone aboard, accompanied by a first time guest, Mr. Chester Collinsworth, both from Georgetown, Texas. Dwight and I had been comparing notes about weather for this morning‘s trip as far back as Sunday, and we hoped we might just get a full trip in…

CLIENTS: This morning, Tuesday, May 5, I fished with returning guest, Mr. David Giese of Salado. David came with two buddies from his church previously, and this time brought his wife, Kim. The two have been married over 40 years and first met in the library at the college they attended. TODAY’S DATE: 05 May…

CLIENTS: This morning, Monday, May 4, I fish with first time guests Kyle and Sawyer Melton of Salado. Kyle is a firefighter who had the day off, and Sawyer just got to play hooky to spend some father and son time on the water. I was a little unsure about having a seven year-old out…

CLIENTS: This morning, Wednesday, 29 April, I fished with returning guest Jack Swingler, a member of the Austin Woods and Waters Club, accompanied by his friend and my first time guest, Jay Barnes. We were targeting white bass on Lake Belton today. TODAY’S DATE: 29 April 2026 (AM) NEXT OPEN DATES FOR FISHING: 02 June…