More White Bass

[Phil Lilley]

Last evening from 5-dark they were catching whites up further than we were in the am- in the Tea Tables area. The friend who went up there caught their limit and then caught and released alot of big sows on white sliders. The bite stopped at dark. Only 5 boats on the creek.

Last night I understand Charlie Farmer was on KY3 and announced whites were being caught in Beaver Creek on white swimming minnows.

Today the creek is bank to bank according to Bill Beck. It's a madhouse he said. If you caught a white you were swarmed by boats.

Take my advice- be there at daylight and try to enjoy the quiet and fishing until the crowds arrive.

Best thing- white bass are starting to show up in other places like Swan, James, Sac, Long Creek and the Kings... and many others probably. It'll spread out the folks.

[Bill Babler]

It was Charlie Cambell on his weekly fishing report on KY3. Showed a boat catching doubles on really nice sow-whites.

Both Beck and Tim Paige reported the creek was boat full at 9 AM.

Like Phil has mentioned early fisherman did extermely well. Get there at daylight.

Both guide trips, caught whites, but mostly males with only a couple of keepers. Just so much boat traffic, it turned them off.

You can also be like Mike and go after the night time whites, you don't need a fly rod. Less people and more fish.

Great reports from Backcountry Outfitters, to show night fishing is great. Good Luck.

[Project Healing Waters]

At daybreak, water temp was 55.1 degrees above DTT all the way up to the first riffle. At 2pm it was 56.5 at DTT. I caught one male mid-morning up above DTT on a gray/white Clouser Minnow. When the crowds starting stacking in on top of each other, I high tailed it to Swan. I figured if I had to fish in a crowd, I might as well have modern conveniences. When I left at 2pm, you would have sworn there was a $1 million white bass tournament going on in Beaver Creek. If the water warms to near 60 degrees, this will push the whites up the creek where it's too shallow for most of the boats.