Posts Tagged ‘Fishing in Cold Weather’

CLIENTS: On Wednesday afternoon, December 10, I fished a breezy afternoon trip with three generations of the Wilhite family. Joining me was grandpa Tom, his son Keith, and Keith’s sons, Jesse (age 14) and Benjamin (age 22). Keith’s wife was also due to join us, but, unfortunately, was not feeling well as the boys got…

CLIENTS: On Tuesday morning, December 9, I fished with my brother, Andy Maindelle, in visiting from Spring, Texas, on Stillhouse Hollow reservoir in pursuit of white bass. TODAY’S DATE: Tuesday, 09 December 2025 (AM) NEXT OPEN DATE FOR FISHING: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 (AM or PM) PHOTO CAPTION: Andy Maindelle with a pair of 13.50…

CLIENTS: This past Saturday afternoon I fished with a crew of six. This fishing trip was in celebration of the forthcoming union of two families by marriage on the 22nd of this month. Joining me today were Greg Jones, the father of the groom. The groom, Michael Jones, was accompanied by his cousin (and best man)…

CLIENTS: After very tough fishing the morning prior, I returned to Lake Belton on Saturday morning, Dec. 06, with Mark Ray and Jonathan Brown as we continued in our efforts to collect white bass for the 13-month study on this species being conducted by Temple College. Mark is a retired painter and member at a…

FOREWORD: Friends, as many of you know, I post a detailed report for EVERY fishing trip I conduct … the good, the bad, and the ugly. I do not “sugarcoat” and I do not “cherry pick” by posting only when we catch big fish and/or lots of fish. I feel this makes my reports more…

CLIENTS: This past Friday afternoon, November 28, I fished a short “Kids Fish, Too!“ afternoon trip with three generations aboard. While only the children, ages five, eight, and nine, did the fishing, the adults aboard helped me help the kids be successful. Joining me was Mr. Manuel Pena, the President of the Austin Fly Fishers…

CLIENTS: This past Friday morning, I finished with a grandfather/grandson team welcoming aboard Thad Willson and his 13-year-old grandson, Alex Grossman. Both fellows had fished before, but neither had fished in the way we went about approaching white bass this morning. Both already had down the fundamentals of using spinning gear, so, their learning curve…

CLIENTS: This morning, Thanksgiving Day, 2025, I fished with returning guests Brett and Vilma Jordan of Pflugerville. Vilma is originally from Guatemala. She and Brett met when both of them worked at Dell Computers in the Austin area. TODAY’S DATE: Thursday, 27 November 2025 (AM) NEXT OPEN DATE FOR FISHING: Monday, 01 December 2025 (AM…

CLIENTS: This past Wednesday morning, November 26, I fished with a returning crew of three including Shawn Leverington, Jeff Burns, and Ryan Blair. Shawn is a U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel whose “regular job” is as a civilian working for the government; as such, he had some “bonus” fishing time during the recent government shutdown.…

CLIENTS: This afternoon, Tuesday, November 25, I fished a short two hour, 40 minute trip with a crew of three young people. Mr. Max Jordan from the Belton area gathered three grandkids together – – Houston Brown, and Maeve and AJ Lantham, and accompanied them on this afternoon‘s trip before packing up and heading back…