White Bass / Stripers RSS

Before this latest cold snap, we were starting to catch decent numbers of whites, so once the water temperature warms back up after this weekend, the whites should really start running! Also, be prepared for anything—you never know what you might hook during the white bass run!Dave Whitlock with a nice walleye he hooked while fishing for white bass at Twin Bridges!Michael with a ten-pound striper he somehow landed (got lucky) while white bass fishing with his Scott X2s six-weight rod and eight-pound Rio Max Plus tippet!

On Thursday, just before this latest cold snap, my brother and I headed out to Twin Bridges to see if we could find any white bass. We launched the boat, and fished from the mouth of Richland Creek all the way past Walker’s Bluff downstream, and while we didn’t hook a bunch of fish, we did manage to boat fourteen whities! Most were small juveniles, but three were in the one- to two-pound range. With the warmer temps predicted for the middle of next week, it won’t be long now! There are definitely fish in the area, and once the...