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 Belton 6/22/12
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06/22/12 07:43 PM
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 Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/23/12 01:24 AM
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any morning topwater action?
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/23/12 03:21 AM
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StumpJumper1
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kinda the same old story, huh?
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/23/12 06:51 PM
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any morning topwater action? Very very little and fish were dinks. Nothing like past years. Tons of bait in the H2O. Can't figure it out.
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/23/12 09:45 PM
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Rag's
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Go to stillhouse and fish off shore grass 18 to 20 ft
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/24/12 05:53 PM
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ZeroHour
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is in need of a drought...oh sorry thought we were doing word association with Belton.
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/24/12 11:25 PM
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The C.A.S.T. Tournament on Saturday was won with four fish weighing 5.31 lbs. Big bass was 2.71, caught by my daughter. She ended up with second place as well with 4.25 lbs. The big bass was caught on a spinner bait off a main lake flat point first thing in the morning. Got a few fish on a Zara Spook Jr. Once the sun hit the water the bites were few and far between with nothing but dinks landed.
Tons and tons of shad in the lake. The fish almost have too much bait to eat. I wonder if a lake the size of Belton can become "stunted" when there is a lot of forage?
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 02:26 AM
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StumpJumper1
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no such thing as too much to eat.
that lake needs as much forage as possible anyways with all the whites and hybrids.
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 03:27 AM
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jwatts77
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It seems all the central Texas lakes are struggling with size at the weigh-ins lately. Whitney, Belton, Waco, even Stillhouse have had fishing reports indicating no one is having good days on the water recently. What should we attribute this lack of quality and size too?
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 03:37 AM
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StumpJumper1
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gotta be the super low lake levels that came up to full pool or higher. i think it has the fish acting weird.
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 02:24 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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...What should we attribute this lack of quality and size too?
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 03:57 PM
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Are you saying over or under stocking?
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 08:05 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Under on largemouths. Hasn't been a stocking in 17 years. Lots of bad spawn years due to water fluctuations. There are entire cohorts (age classes) that are almost nonexistent.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/25/12 11:16 PM
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Understood, but the # of 10"-12" fish in this lake is crazy. In my opinion, they should lift the slot for several years and allow harvest of the abundance of small fish. This would improve the food chain/growth rate of the 14" and overs.
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Re: Belton 6/22/12
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06/26/12 12:07 AM
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i think it's pretty obvious tpwd is trying to make it a smallie lake.
but i don't agree with most of tpwd's decisions in the first place, so i'm biased on this...
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