White Bass are Running!! (Pics added!)

[Daniel My Brother]

**EDIT: PICS ADDED BELOW**

On the way to the lake tonight, a buddy and I stopped by a favorite spot on the diversion channel to see how high and fast the water was moving. While we were there he made a quick cast just below the rocks and immediately hooked into a nice white bass.

Another cast, another white bass.

Another cast, another white bass.

As quick as you can say rooster tail, I grabbed my rod and pitched into the riffle. In short order we were reeling 'em in as fast as we could get our line in the water.

With heavy baitcasting gear, I was poorly prepared for tossing feather light spinners into tight quarters, but when the white bass are running, you don't need to be precise.

We caught 'em until our wrists got tired, and kept enough for a couple nice meals.

Around here the white bass make about three runs a year. If you're lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, you'll never forget it.

We're heading back in the morning to see if the run is still on. If so, I'll take pictures.

[S I G M A]

This happened once last year to me... caught about 25 in an hour. Biggest one was about maybe 13-14 inches, but still pretty fun... just killed them on a 1/8 oz rooster tail... on a baitcaster as well

[The Rooster]

:DRoosters ROCK!!!  I got over 100 of them that I NEVER go fishing without.  Try some in the 1/4 or 3/8 ounce size for casting gear.  Gets you WAY out there and down a little deeper too.  

[CookieMonst3r]

Roostertails are nice and they catch a lot of different species. On a side note I see roostertails changed his name to "The Rooster". ;D

[Daniel My Brother]

OK, this is going to sound like a fish story, but we went back this morning and fished for about 3 1/2 hours and probably caught 200 fish! We got bites on just about every cast. The lure of choice was anything small that a fish could fit in it's greedy little mouth. My favorite was a white roadrunner.

The rapids were roaring so loud that we couldn't hear each other at all. When we'd catch a good one we'd just look at each other and smile and shake our heads as if to say "this is unbelievable."

Here are some pics...

Mark with a nice one

Here's a more typical one

Check out this fat Kentucky bass. I can't even count how many of these we pulled in

It's a little risky getting to the good spots, but well worth it

One more Kentucky bass for the road

Thanks for looking!

[S I G M A]

nice pics  

[The Rooster]

Roostertails are nice and they catch a lot of different species. On a side note I see roostertails changed his name to "The Rooster". ;D

<br><br>Yeah, I had to stop there.  "The ****" wasn't going to come off sounding right. ;D  Really though, Roosters rock when it comes to whitebass fishing.  They account for 3/4's of the fishing I do on the Ohio River around here.  White bass love the things.  <br><br>And that does look like it was dangerous.  I climb down rocks that look like that to get to the water but once there it's just water with no rocks visible above the surface to stand on.  But very dangerous getting there, one fall could kill you easily.  If the fishing was that good though, danger would not be on my mind, I'd just be thinking about keeping my rods from getting broken, like I do here when climbing over those rocks.  <br><br>Great "fish story".  Wish I could have been one of the "characters" in it.  That looks like a lot of fun.  <br><br>By the way, did you ever make it to the lake last night??  

[Daniel My Brother]

By the way, did you ever make it to the lake last night??

We only made it to the lake in time to cook up some steaks in the dark and then hit the road home.

As good as the Rooster Tails were working, I switched to the Road Runner so I wouldn't have to mess with a treble hook. It didn't seem to matter to the fish.

[GitRDoneIke23]

Down here our White Bass run in the spring.................... :-? :-?

-Ike

[Daniel My Brother]

Down here our White Bass run in the spring.................... :-? :-?

They run about 3 times up here. First time is around early march. That's typically the best time. Then again in August, and sometimes in October/November.  The spring run is a spawning run...I don't know why they run in August, but I suspect it has something to do with all the shad that are everywhere.

I went back again this morning, and while the bite has slowed some, there are still fish to be caught.

[mayassa]

Wow,

Its great to have a amazing day

[packman]

nice pics ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[fishinfiend]

Great job and nice fish. I love catching spotted bass.

[IDbasser]

I remember as a kid catching some whitebass during one those runs.  it was so much fun, and so easy to catch.  I caught them on the Sulfer River below Lake Wright Patman outside Texarkana, TX.  What memories.

[harshman]

awesome DMB I went to Twain a couple days after reading your post and found the whites running there to.....i love catching those fish.

Harshman

[Jig Thrower]

ya the lake i normally fish boils with white bass twice a year a white rooster tail will only last about five fish they hit so hard that is fun fishing  8-)