I heard a report of the white bass running on the ARkansas River below my house. My stepson and myself went out Saturday evening and he took the zebco 33 and caught about 10. I took flyrod and didnt catch many fish until about 745 from then until to dark to tie on another clouser minnow caught about 30. They really loved the yellow/black streamer hair clouser with red eyes the boy was also catching them on yellow and black jigs. Went back yesterday evening and the water had dropped about 5 or 6 feet and the fished had moved away from the banks. First time to ever catch the white bass like that on a fly rod was a lot of fun. We usually hit them schooling in the hot summer on the shoals but have never caught that many.
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From: Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] An actual fishing report Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:50:58 -0500
Seven of us from our club (and a guest - a buddy i had worked with many years) went chasing the white bass spawning run yesterday. Two of our group had sink-tip lines and were able to get here flies down deeply enough in the pools. They caught several of the finny creatures. Unfortunately, I was not one of them. Just as i was about to concede to my body's complaints about wading too long, I was able to connect with a small (12") white using a white fly rod jig (the only thing I could get "down"). All the guys (except my guest) connected with at least one fish....although one fellow's lone fish was a small smallmouth - and another fellow's lone fish was a 3lb or so carp.
One of the guys said he lost count of the number of fish he had caught. At dinner, he admitted that he lost count at 3,
A couple of the many locals who were out were fishing with VERY heavy (huge) spinning lures and were cleaning up. I saw one of them (fishing about 100 feet downstream of me) catch at least 30. in a little over an hour.
But in spite of having the wrong equipment, it was an absolutely gorgeous day to be out away from the noise and confusion (and lawn mowing) of suburbia. If I get a chance to go back this week, I'll definitely have a sink-tip line.
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Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
