St. Louis Hybrids?

[esox niger]

You can catch white bass (dont know about hybrids)in connected creeks...femme osage creek, bonhomme creek. I had one realy good day about a month ago.. plenty of 17- 19 inch fish..they were gone the next day havent seen them since in that spot . come to think of it I hooked something massive that day. caught some drum and alot of white bass and something huge. got two small white bass on the connected oxbow lake off of femme osage creek as water was hitting 20+ feet very high and probably not ideal. they might be good there at times helps to have float tube or kayak, limited fishing otherwise. how bout dardene creek behind #33 (small and sometimes hard to fish)...could be there this spring . maybe even Creve couer lake.

[Gavin]

Illinois is probably your best bet, Sparkleminnow knows where....

Or head to Truman or down to S. Missouri..Saw a couple guys filleting a nice mess of hybrids down at Patrick Bridge a couple weeks ago. Said they caught em at night down below the confluence of the North Fork of the White and Bryant Creek. Cheers.

[duckydoty]

Cuiver river has some to be caught. Should be just about right anytime soon.

[ekl-stl]

I fished a creek that connects to the Mississippi near the Cuiver and started catching small male White Bass the last few days.. All males.. and all small. I cleaned a few last night and there stomachs were absolutely empty. Any idea what stage of spawning these could be in..

I suspect it was a little early and these are the first males coming up?

[duckydoty]

Should be pre spawn up there. Check the water temps and that should tell you what is going on.

[ekl-stl]

I am not familiar with what the temps should be, but what temp am I looking for when the females move up?

[duckydoty]

60 degrees is usually the magic number

[sparkleminnow]

Usually, when the shad start to spawn the hybrids won't be far away. That is usually when the water temps get above 68 F. My best time catching hybrids is after the water gets above 70 F. Cooler temps can hold them, and they can be caught. But, they go into high gear (feeding & breeding) after the water reaches 70 degrees.

[fishinwrench]

I have been catching them in the LO tribs for going on 3 weeks. At first they were all males and mostly Whites, then some slightly bigger Hybrids and female Whites entered the mix. Two days ago we went and the area I had been fishing was void of them (nothing but Gar to be found), so I decided to hike upstream to see if I could catch a few Smallmouth or something. Three riffles upstream from where I had been catching them for the last 3 weeks...there the Whites and Hybrids were, thick as ants at a picnic. Sight fishing to them in clear shallow water is a BLAST !

Most that I'm catching are 12-14 inches but I'm starting to see a few in the 4 lb.+ range.

Just wondering how much longer before they leave the creek. The run has never lasted this long in this particular creek before, usually it is a 10-14 day affair at best.

This fly here has accounted for hundreds of whites and hybrids this spring, I've pretty much kept it under my hat until now but myself and a few close friends have done so well with it that I really want to share....plus I'd like to know if it works as good elsewhere. Seems to draw strikes in dirty AND clear water, even during the mid-day period.

[FishinCricket]

I have been catching them in the LO tribs for going on 3 weeks. At first they were all males and mostly Whites, then some slightly bigger Hybrids and female Whites entered the mix. Two days ago we went and the area I had been fishing was void of them (nothing but Gar to be found), so I decided to hike upstream to see if I could catch a few Smallmouth or something. Three riffles upstream from where I had been catching them for the last 3 weeks...there the Whites and Hybrids were, thick as ants at a picnic. Sight fishing to them in clear shallow water is a BLAST !

Most that I'm catching are 12-14 inches but I'm starting to see a few in the 4 lb.+ range.

Just wondering how much longer before they leave the creek. The run has never lasted this long in this particular creek before, usually it is a 10-14 day affair at best.

This fly here has accounted for hundreds of whites and hybrids this spring, I've pretty much kept it under my hat until now but myself and a few cose friends have done so well with it that I really want to share....plus I'd like to know if it works as good elsewhere. Seems to draw strikes in dirty AND clear water, even during the mid-day period.

This is the sneaky little fly I was posting about! First fish I ever caught on a fly!