Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: Night
of the 17th till morning
of the 18th of August 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Multiple Devices
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Perch, Shad, Nightcrawlers, Minnows, Shrimp, Sure
Shot Punch Bait, and Liver.
Qty_Caught: 5 to 10
Additional_comments: Caught 8 cats to keep and 2 dinks from
6pm till
8am. Fished the off a point on the flats in less than 10 feet. Weather:
10-20mph winds, partly cloudy. Couple of guys up the creek caught 3
cats.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: The
night of July 25, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Fair
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Multiple Devices
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Shad, Perch, Nightcrawlers, Punch bait.
Qty_Caught: 1 to 5
Additional_comments: Caught two on setlines in 5 - 10 feet
of water
on shad. Weather was clear, slight wind.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: The
evening of July 20 till the
morning of July 21
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Multiple Devices
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad, Minnows, Shrimp, Livers, Nightcrawlers, Dip
bait and Punch
baits.
Qty_Caught: 1 to 5
Additional_comments: We fished 1 to 20 feet of water. We ran
a trotline,
throwlines, juglines and 8 poles from the boat. Caught 3 cats on the
trotline
in 5 feet. One cat on a throwline in 18 feet. One cat on rod and reel
in
2 feet. Weather was clear with a slight wind
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: The
night of 22 June till the morning
of 23 June 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Poor
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad, Perch, Nightcrawlers and Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: 1 to 5
Additional_comments: Fished all depths (1-30) at four
different locations.
Caught one cat about 7 inches on a nightcrawler early in the night. For
the rest of night; NOTHING. Clear skies with a slight wind.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: Night
of 13 June, Night of 14 June,
Night of 16June
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Poor
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad, Perch, Night Crawlers, Grasshoppers, Cut Drum,
and Punch
Bait
Qty_Caught: SKUNKED
Additional_comments: I fished all different depths,
contours, structures,
etc every night and didn't catch anything but gar and drum.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: The
night of 8 June 02 into the
morning of 9 June 02
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Fair
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad, Perch, Nightcrawlers, and Punch Bait.
Qty_Caught: 1 to 5
Additional_comments: Caught 2 channel cats one a hour before
sunrise
on Sure
Shot Punch
Bait and one about a hour after sunrise on a nightcrawler.
Did catch
one, not a keeper, about midnight on punch bait. Weather was cloudy
with
a slight SE wind.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: 7
June 02
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Fair
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad, Perch, Nightcrawlers, and Punch Bait.
Qty_Caught: 1 to 5
Additional_comments: Fished from 6pm - Midnight. Caught 2
Channel Cats
on Sure
Shot Punch
Bait in Shallow Water. Weather was Partly Cloudy with a
slight NE wind.
Submitted By: Philip
Parrish
Date(s)_Fished: Evening
of June 1st - Morning June
2nd
Water_Body_Fished: Belton Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Cowhouse Creek
Overall_Rating: Poor
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Perch, Shad, Nightcrawlers, Crawfish and Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: SKUNKED
Additional_comments: Bank Fishing. I fished 1 foot to more
than 25 feet
with 10 rods. I fished in five different spots on the creek that night
all
with different structures/contours. Wind was from the South, 1-10mph.
Clear
Skies. Some locals on the lake running juglines caught 5 on one check
of
the Jugs, they were placed in 1 - 6 feet of water on a flat.
