Waco Weather Forecast

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Bob Maindelle
Bob M.
Salado, Texas
Reported 1 month ago
LAKE BELTON - Surface temperature 86.6F. Elevation 1.5 feet low and falling. White bass fishing is consistent during the first and last hour of light. If fish appear on the surface, use Cork Rigs with Sandy Sandwich Streamers imitating young-of-the-year shad. When fish do not appear on the surface, work MAL Bridge lures vertically or horizontally as indicated by sonar up to three hours past sunrise or up to 90 minutes prior to sunset. Downrigging with #12 or #13 Pet Spoons will help cover ground to help you zero in on places where these other tactics may be used. Hybrid...
Bob Maindelle
Bob M. Salado, Texas Reported 1 month ago
LAKE BELTON - Surface temperature 86.6F. Elevation 1.5 feet low and falling. White bass fishing is consistent during the first and last hour of light. If fish appear on the surface, use Cork Rigs with Sandy Sandwich Streamers imitating young-of-the-year shad. When fish do not appear on the surface, work MAL Bridge lures vertically or horizontally as indicated by sonar up to three hours past sunrise or up to 90 minutes prior to sunset. Downrigging with #12 or #13 Pet Spoons will help cover ground to help you zero in on places where these other tactics may be used. Hybrid are consistent on shrimp fished near bottom under greenlights from an anchored position under cover of darkness in the 30-foot range. Blue and channel catfish may be chummed to areas in the 20-30 foot range with cattle cubes and/or soured grain and fished successfully with Whisker Seeker Tackle cheese punchbait on #6 treble hooks. Sunfish are abundant in longer, shallower coves with wood, rock, and vegetative cover. Use worm on #14 long-shank hooks under sensitive slipfloats to catch bluegills, longears, redears, and green sunfish. Sunfishing is very kid-friendly right now.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW RESERVOIR - Surface temperature 86.6F. Elevation 1.04 feet low and falling. White bass fishing is most consistent in the three hours following sunrise. Work MAL Bridge lures vertically using a "smoking" tactic with spinning gear allowing bait to fall all the way to bottom, removing slack, then cranking the lure at a moderate cadence
Fishing in Belton, Texas
Fishing in Belton, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 3 years ago
Spring time has shown up that the water temps are perfect, and the recent rain has helped us! We were on the fish like always, but this month has been epic!
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 3 years ago
Spring time has shown up that the water temps are perfect, and the recent rain has helped us! We were on the fish like always, but this month has been epic!
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 3 years ago
Warmer water temps from the spring weather have the fish just about ready to spawn, and we're putting clients on some huge fish and tons of good numbers right now. The dates are available but filling super quickly!
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 3 years ago
Warmer water temps from the spring weather have the fish just about ready to spawn, and we're putting clients on some huge fish and tons of good numbers right now. The dates are available but filling super quickly!
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 3 years ago
Love is in the air. The fish are staging for the spring spawn with the water temps getting warmer.
Lots of big fish out and about!
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 3 years ago
Love is in the air. The fish are staging for the spring spawn with the water temps getting warmer.
Lots of big fish out and about!
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 3 years ago
Bowfishing is still awesome in the winter time lots of big buffs out roaming around but trips are slower this time of year due to the cold unfortunately.
But we're still on them if folks want to bare the elements
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 3 years ago
Bowfishing is still awesome in the winter time lots of big buffs out roaming around but trips are slower this time of year due to the cold unfortunately.
But we're still on them if folks want to bare the elements
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
Alligator Gar Fishing in Waco, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 4 years ago
The fall fishing has started to get really good with the late night temperatures dropping it will continue to only get better. We have been really busy Making Memories and put smiles on our clients faces!
We do have some Open dates in November!
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 4 years ago
The fall fishing has started to get really good with the late night temperatures dropping it will continue to only get better. We have been really busy Making Memories and put smiles on our clients faces!
We do have some Open dates in November!
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
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Seth S.
Valley Mills, Texas
Reported 4 years ago
The fall fishing is one of my favorite times of the year. The weather feels amazing at night in Sep and Oct and the bigger fish are moving up in the shallow water to feed and get ready for a hard winter.
We shoot some of our biggest fish of the year in these months every season.
Seth Skinner
Seth S. Valley Mills, Texas Reported 4 years ago
The fall fishing is one of my favorite times of the year. The weather feels amazing at night in Sep and Oct and the bigger fish are moving up in the shallow water to feed and get ready for a hard winter.
We shoot some of our biggest fish of the year in these months every season.
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
Carp fishing in Waco, Texas
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