Thread: White Bass Question

Bump, need some wisdom here guys!

It could drop the temperature a degree or two if it is a cold rain. They may back off a bit or they may not. On large corps lakes, the upper tributaries warm up the quickest, so it may not have much of an impact. Another thing, I have noticed that a rain that increases the flow a bit will also trigger walleye and white bass to make their big push. This rain may actually kick things into high gear.Good luck.

I glad to see someone who fishes for the whites and keep them for table fare.

Originally Posted by D10

It could drop the temperature a degree or two if it is a cold rain. They may back off a bit or they may not. On large corps lakes, the upper tributaries warm up the quickest, so it may not have much of an impact. Another thing, I have noticed that a rain that increases the flow a bit will also trigger walleye and white bass to make their big push. This rain may actually kick things into high gear.Good luck.

Kind of my observation as well. If you get a little pulse of water in the tributaries at about the right time, it triggers them to head up the creek. I am ready for some spring white bass fishing. With the drought its been a couple years since I have experienced the wear yourself out white bass fishing.

Does anyone know if norfork is a good white bass lake? Im going to be camping close to Bennett's bayou and wondering if it has a creek or anything running into the lake?

Most larger COE lakes with rivers being dammed have good populations of Whites. Even Nimrod being shallow and gets awful warm in summer has a limited run of Whites each spring up the river. I have caught good numbers a few times in winter / early spring actually looking for Crappie. They tend to bunch up in deep holes upriver before making their run up. Very few actually target them here.

Cant speek for bennetts bayou, but get ya an ultralight and a white rooster tail head to diamond bay and into the back. Throw at the banks slow row back and hang on!

I've just never really cared for white bass myself. Id rather eat a green carp or a Kentucky! Bennett's bayou is good for small mouth if you can get up the creek above walkers? "Wade fish". Don't over look the crappie while you'r there in walkers cove around boat docks. I have a cabin a Cranfield area but don't fish the lake to much. Just recreation lake for us during the summer. It has lots of fish to be caught tho!