Whites Are Up The James!

[Tightline]

My son,bro-in-law and me made it to lower end of Ashers about 2:00 pm and started catching Whites right off the bat.The graph was covered up with fish everywhere we went.

The only problem was they were all really small,even too small for me to keep,I really like eating those small males. Sometimes your jig would get hit 4 or 5 times on the fall in 6 foot of water.

About 5:00 pm we decided to get off the flats and shallows and fish the deeper channel.

That was the ticket,we started picking up some desent size males and caught 5 or 6 nice sows.

We ended up bringing home 31 good eaters.We all decided that we caught atleast 150 whites and I thought that was being conservative.

Those small Whites would be great to get a youngster in to.

White was the best color especially for the bigger fish. We threw jigs,sliders,SMs,and rooster tails.

It was a beautiful day.

[Jason Essary]

heh tightline, we had to cross paths yesterday. I fished from ashers all the way to bottom of blunks. never found anything other than the dinks. Maybe this rain will bring in the better ones. we did our best on white also, but dont under estimate the purple swimming minnows. but this rain will change everything.

[techo]

A friend of mine said his Dad caught 24 keepers up there today. Must be time!

[Tightline]

Yep,Coyote,I'd say we crossed paths.

I think the really bigger fish are laying in the deeper waters at Ashers and below to Flat Creek waiting for a rise in the water.

Don't under estimate the color white after dark when there's a good moon also!!!