Central Texas Fishing Summary – Week of 12 December – 18 December-- 536 Fish

TOTAL CATCH FOR THE WEEK: 536 FISH – 100% caught & released

TRIPS RUN: 5 trips

AVERAGE CATCH PER TRIP: 107.2 fish/trip

ONE SENTENCE SUMMARY: This week’s fishing steadily improved as we shook off the effects of the last cold front, experienced two record high temperatures on Thurs. and Fri. and enjoyed incredible pre-frontal fishing on Friday’s AM and PM trips; best scenario was finding heavily schooled white bass still in under 25 feet of water and working the MAL Heavy Lure (white blade, chartreuse tail) with a sawtooth tactic whenever we could or working a Bladed Hazy Eye Slab (white, 3/8 oz.) vertically when things were tougher.




MONDAY AM PHOTO CAPTION: Gary Jones of Temple, TX, with a pair of white bass from his Monday morning trip on Lake Belton. We experienced the strongest action in our first and last hour with slow fishing in between. We used MAL Heavy Lures for active fish, and Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs when they slowed down.




TUESDAY AM PHOTO CAPTION: Fogged in!! Father and son team Mark and Tyler Jermstad with a few of the white bass we really had to work for today after facing unforecast fog for the first 3 hours of our morning. Fishing was tough – I extended the trip significantly just to get us into the 50 fish range.




WEDNESDAY AM PHOTO CAPTION: Father and son team Chris and Easton Lampi worked to put together a catch of 72 fish. The most aggressive fish were taken using MAL Heavy Lures cast horizontally and worked back using a sawtooth tactic.




FRIDAY AM PHOTO CAPTION: From left: J.T. Miller and Gary Hannemann of McGregor with a few of the 143 fish they landed. Note the sky condition on this pre-frontal weather setup.




FRIDAY PM PHOTO CAPTION: From left: Amelia Powell, Jason, Morgan, and Ava Locklin, and Brock Powell. This crew landed 205 fish under textbook pre-frontal conditions this afternoon before another cold front would arrive ~6AM the following morning.



MONDAY AM
Who: Gary Jones
What: 65 fish, including 8 freshwater drum, 1 largemouth bass, 5 juvenile hybrid striped bass, and 51 white bass.
Where: Lake Belton
When: AM
How: Sight-casting MAL Lures under birds early, then fishing Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs thereafter for fish which got much tougher to catch after our first hour on the water.
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TUESDAY
Who: Mark & Tyler Jermstad
What: 51 fish, including 2 juvenile hybrid striped bass and 49 white bass.
Where: Lake Belton
When: AM
How: Slow, tedious fishing for reluctant fish under the cover of heavy, unforecast fog, using 3/8 oz., white Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs.
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WEDNESDAY
Who: Chris and Easton Lampi
What: 72 fish, including 2 juvenile hybrid striped bass and 70 white bass
Where: Lake Belton
When: AM
How: We employed a 50-50 mix of MAL Heavy Lures fished with a sawtooth pattern when the fish were active and Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs fish with an easing tactic used vertically when the fish slowed down.
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THURSDAY AM
Conducted on-the-water sonar training.

FRIDAY AM
Who: Gary Hannemann and J.T. Miller
What: 143 fish, including 6 juvenile hybrid striped bass and 137 white bass.
Where: Lake Belton
When: AM
How: We employed a 50-50 mix of MAL Heavy Lures fished with a sawtooth pattern when the fish were active and Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs fish with an easing tactic used vertically when the fish slowed down.
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FRIDAY PM
Who: Jason, Morgan, & Ava Locklin, and Brock & Amelia Powell
What: 205 fish including 1 largemouth bass, 5 freshwater drum, 6 juvenile hybrid striped bass and 194 white bass.
Where: Lake Belton
When: PM
How: We employed a 50-50 mix of MAL Heavy Lures fished with a sawtooth pattern when the fish were active and Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs fish with an easing tactic used vertically when the fish slowed down.
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SATURDAY - Closed for “Marriage Maintenance Day”

SUNDAY – Closed to worship and serve the Lord

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Solid post and fish as always. Good job.

Nice catching Bob! Thanks for all of the info.