2/20 White Bass

I don't do much freshwater fishing anymore, but when I was in college every spring I usually made a few trips to a creek to hammer some white bass. Being that it was the start of the Lenten season, I figured I'd stop by one of the old spots and see if the white bass run was on. I got there around 11:00 to overcast skies, cool temps and some good lookin creek water. A little greenish tint to it and it was moving pretty good. First spot I tried, nada. The creek was up higher than I'd ever seen it, so off into the woods I went to look for some new spots upstream. My thought was that with the weather we'd been having along with the arctic blast that was on the way, they'd be staging in the deeper holes. I mainly looked for sharp bends in the creek with steep sides. Kinda like this







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I started out using a little roadrunner jig with a curly tail on a spinning rod to run recon for me. I figured I'd do that to locate them then switch over to my fly rod once I found them. About an hour in, I found them and setup with my fly rod.







I threw #4-#6 weighted clousers in pink/white and chart/white. Color really didn't seem to matter much as long as you fished it near the bottom. For the next few hours, I was able to catch fish on almost every cast. The other casts were either catching tree branches, brush or small woodland creatures. I'm not the best with line management so I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned. The females I caught were really fat, so I assume they still haven't spawned. I ended up keeping a few for the frier. Warning: Gratuitous stringer shots







Yes that's my 8wt rod and yes it was overkill, but it's all I gots so deal with it. The rest of the weekend was spent with these idiots