Any White Bass Fisherman Here?

[IndianaFinesse]

Does anyone white bass fish on here? I fish for them fairly often, about a quarter of my trips are targeting white bass.  Lately the big pre-spawn females have been biting on roostertails like crazy.

[Kevin22]

Yeah, quite a bit actually. 

[jonathan creason]

Most of the white bass in my area have been displaced by perch, unfortunately, the spring runs up the river used to be a ton of fun.  One of my all-time favorite fishing trips was several years ago when my dad, brother, and I found a big school of healthy females along the edge of a sandbar off the main river channel.  For a while it was a big white bass on every cast. 

Wish I could put my boys on fishing like that now.

[Team9nine]

15 hours ago, Kevin22 said:

Yeah, quite a bit actually. 

X2 - all year long. Managed about 700+ last year. Was a good year for them.

-T9

[Kevin22]

I'm lucky enough to live on the Miss river. When they run, they run. We use two tube jigs on 1/16 jigs and when they are biting you get two on most casts. In late may, right after the spawn, the smaller males are in a frenzy! Its nothing to catch 200 a day. We use little pocket "clickers" to keep track of numbers. Right now the big females are just starting to feed for pre-spawn, we have been catching some dandy 16-17"ers. 

[zell_pop1]

They sure are fun to target when green/brown fish aren't active. Yellow bass too.

[Bluebasser86]

Caught several of them Friday. They're not my favorite but they can sure save a day when the bass aren't cooperating. 

[kcdinkerz]

Yup made two trips this year and put a hurting on them. Don't really like eating them tough. I just bring a few back for my parents.

[Spyman42]

What would be a good lures for white bass?

[IndianaFinesse]

White roostertails are the best lure I have found, but a lot of guys do well with a white 2inch curly tail.

[Scott F]

I've caught a lot on chrome blade baits.

[roadwarrior]

Little George, Silver Buddy, lipless crank bait and grubs.

 

 

 

[scaleface]

I usually use crappie jigs for whites . I fish the Mississippi river and lakes foe them .On the lakes I watch for active gulls and fish there , sometimes deep .

[tholmes]

19 hours ago, Spyman42 said:

What would be a good lures for white bass?

They'll hit pretty much anything moving. In-line spinners, tailspinners, blade baits, small spoons, jigs, grubs etc. White and/or silver in clear water, yellow, chartreuse, gold in stained/muddy water.

Tom

[Kevin22]

1.5" crappie tubes are by far the best for numbers. Johnson silver minnows in 1/4oz size or #4-5 inline spinners are best for size. 

[bowhunter63]

Gold bladed rooster tails or small rapalas,Its getting good now in Missouri

[senile1]

I catch them a lot as well, though it is rare that I go fishing with white bass as the main item on the agenda.  Here and there when the bass aren't biting, switching to white bass has turned a bad day into an awesome day.  I use chrome pepper spoons, chrome and white pepper spoons, crappie jigs with grub trailers, and rooster tails most of the time.

[Kevin22]

The big ones are biting pretty good on 1/2oz blade baits fished on current seems. Short 6-8" lift and drop. Nothing huge yet though, another couple weeks and the good ones will be biting! Best two went 2# 8oz and 2# 4oz. 16.5 and 16" 

 

 

[gallowaypt]

Kevin, those are some monster whites! On first glance, I thought they were all hybrid.

[IndianaFinesse]

19 hours ago, Kevin22 said:

The big ones are biting pretty good on 1/2oz blade baits fished on current seems. Short 6-8" lift and drop. Nothing huge yet though, another couple weeks and the good ones will be biting! Best two went 2# 8oz and 2# 4oz. 16.5 and 16" 

 

 

Wow, those are some monster white bass, and good eating to!  At first I thought they were small wipers.

[Kevin22]

No, no hybrids yet! Just whites. We don't usually hit the hybrids until mid summer. Big bait big fish. 1/2oz blades, 7'M rod with 12# fluoro.Let it hit bottom then pop it up 6-8" just so the blade wobbles 3-5 times then let it fall. They'll take the rod out of your hand if you aren't holding tight. 

[Ratherbfishing]

I'm Caucasian, if that's what you mean.