Stratos on Stillhouse Lake 4 Dec 21

[Donald Garner]

Greetings to everyone,
Dwayne and I made it over to Stillhouse Lake for a day trip 9am - 3pm.  We manage to put (1) short fish in the boat to chase out the skunk.  We launched the Stratos out of Dana Peak Park and caught our lone fish over in the cove by Union Grove boat ramp.
Weather:
Cloudy over cast to bright sunny skies. Forecasted temps were 64- 76dgrs with a SE wind @ 8mphs.
Lake Conditions
Stained to Clear depending on your location
Water temps varied 57dgrs > 64dgrs depending on your location
There's a lot of New Hydrilla all over the lake.  Some of the cove's area are 80% covered. I remember when there wasn't but one location that had grass.  Now it's all over the place.
Structure and bait used to catch fish
Cove with isolated submerged hydrilla in (9ft) of water
Bait used

Equipment used
Crankbait Setup> BPS Extreme 7ft (M) Fast Tip Action; Reel> ABU Garcia Orra Winch 5.4:1 Low Profile Casting Reel > Line; Berkley Big Game 15lb Clear Mono; Bait> Academy H20 Express Rattlin T 5/8oz "woops"y Shad colored crankbait.
UB Fishing Machine

2004 Stratos 285 PRO XL Dual Console; Yamaha 150 VMax outboard; Minnkota Foretrex 80lbs foot control trolling motor; Lowrance Hook 7's electronics at the bow and console

To learn more about Stillhouse Hollow Lake here in Central Texas just click on the link below.
Stillhouse Lake

[Princeton_Man]

Glad you and Dwayne got out. How's he doing?

[Mike Cork]

I guess I missed this trip. 70's in December is great fishing weather

[Donald Garner]

I guess I missed this trip. 70's in December is great fishing weather

It was 78dgrs this afternoon while out on Belton Lake.  The fish weren't biting during the trip and I lost some of my Bladed Jigs on submerged boulders and standing timber    We should've went over to Stillhouse and fished all that new Hydrilla the lake has 

Glad you and Dwayne got out. How's he doing? 

Jim tks for asking.  Health wise he's doing well.  He's got his driving privileges' back and applied for a maintenance job for the school district.  He aced the interview and was hired.  He's been working now just a little over a month.

[Princeton_Man]

I guess I missed this trip. 70's in December is great fishing weather

It was 78dgrs this afternoon while out on Belton Lake.  The fish weren't biting during the trip and I lost some of my Bladed Jigs on submerged boulders and standing timber    We should've went over to Stillhouse and fished all that new Hydrilla the lake has 

Glad you and Dwayne got out. How's he doing? 

Jim tks for asking.  Health wise he's doing well.  He's got his driving privileges' back and applied for a maintenance job for the school district.  He aced the interview and was hired.  He's been working now just a little over a month.

Awesome! Glad he's recovered and back on his feet. 

[Donald Garner]

Tks buddy, we're still taking it a day at a time.  He's liking his job so that makes it better.