Thinking About Going White Fishing The First Time Tomorrow

[polock]

Ok so i have never been fishing for whites. I was thinking about driving down to bridgeport and heading up towards flat creek. is this a good spot? how do you fish for them? what do you use? any advice would be helpful.. thanks a lot guys

[Predator1]

Ok so i have never been fishing for whites. I was thinking about driving down to bridgeport and heading up towards flat creek. is this a good spot? how do you fish for them? what do you use? any advice would be helpful.. thanks a lot guys

We caught them up Flat Creek 2 weeks ago and then started fishing for the SpoonBills. You may want to head up river above McCord Bend. Try White Rooster tails, minnow colored Shad Raps, Swimming Minnows. These have been working. The rain we had last week had them move up river. I dont know what has been happening up Flat Creek. If you dont have a jet motor, be carefull above McCord Bend. There are shallow areas. Keep an EYE on the Missouri River Level Section of this Forum. Choose James River. You will see a map. Click on Galena. That will give you a general idea on the Water Level.

Good Luck and Be Safe

[polock]

cool, i'll try that, do you fish the banks? how do you find where they are? fish fast, slow? shallow deep?

[Predator1]

cool, i'll try that, do you fish the banks? how do you find where they are? fish fast, slow? shallow deep?

I like to let my rooster tails sink to the bottom, then give them enough jerk to get the spinner going, just enough to feel the tension of the blade and I real them in moderately slow-not fast. The swimming minnows and the spoons, I use a jerk jerking motion---one, two...one two three and sometimes we were reeling them slow. Spoons were the same way and the shad raps too. Also the shad raps worked well while trolling......we fished the banks back across the flats and. When we were up flat creek, we found them in bend to the left of the bluffs.

I did not get out this weekend. My partner went yesterday and said no one was catching hardly any whites above McCords Bend or SpoonBills. I think the bills moved further up river and the cold run off water caused the whites to move down river to deeper water.

I think after next week cold front is over and the warming trend picks up, the whites will start biting.

[hendernt]

Ok so i have never been fishing for whites. I was thinking about driving down to bridgeport and heading up towards flat creek. is this a good spot? how do you fish for them? what do you use? any advice would be helpful.. thanks a lot guys

I usuassly use swimming minnows roadrunners or rooster tails. I usually fish them slow and w/ swmming minnows and roadrunners i se about 1/16 unce jigs they are a blast t catch if you get into them. Try fishing windswept shores as well if you can find any as they will hold whites many times (on lakes anyway). Stckton is a good place to fsh for them as well and i have caght quite a few at fellows as well.

[Predator1]

I usuassly use swimming minnows roadrunners or rooster tails. I usually fish them slow and w/ swmming minnows and roadrunners i se about 1/16 unce jigs they are a blast t catch if you get into them. Try fishing windswept shores as well if you can find any as they will hold whites many times (on lakes anyway). Stckton is a good place to fsh for them as well and i have caght quite a few at fellows as well.

Hendernt,

You are definately right about windswept shores....lots of shad/minnows hold against those shores.

[Ham]

Try fishing windswept shores as well if you can find any as they will hold whites many times (on lakes anyway).

Kinda hard to find a shoreline that isn't wind swept here lately