The Whites

[denjac]

Are the white bass all ganged up and going threw the whole lake eating everything the can get? Or is it just the local area populations we are seeing ? Just seems like from the reports on them the entire lake population formed a giant gang and are reaking destruction everywhere they go.

[Bill Babler]

Whites, seem to be pretty much lake wide.

Dam area, almost everyday from Gage's to point 5, just have to go lookin for them.

Kimberling City to Baxter and then up inside the Big Indian same deal

Mouth of Big Bay and White Oak

Kings River mouth to Emeald Beach, by the milliions most any day, but you have to look for them.

Big M area and Viney Creek.

Folks are going out and telling me they are not finding them. My first question is how and where are you fishing? Are you really lookin, or have you just went to a spot and started fishing, hoping they will come or you will see some?

A typical morning for me looking for whites, is I may launch at 86 and run up to Gages, then go to the mid-part of Clevenger and then to State Park, and then to Beardsley Branch, then over to point 1 then across to Combs, then to point 5 and If I don't see them, I will run midway back again and start looking or bass fishing.

The Big Cedar guides are running from Cedar Holler to point 5 and just cruising waiting and driving and looking for the fish to break or surface. They are trying to look in the locations they were the day before at the time they surfaced then. Usually not there and they continue the search, for at least an hour or two of a 4 hr. trip.

If you just bass fish for that 2 hrs. in the dam area, you may if things go well, catch a half dozen or so, maybe a dozen. If you find the whites you can catch 50 in the same time period. The deep K's are still there after 2 hrs. and you can still catch your dozen for the clients. It is just a calculated time factor risk. You can also ask your guests how they prefer to fish, and pretty much tell them the numbers before you ever start.

The other day, I fished from the Shell Knob Bridge to Big M, Back down the lake to Big Creek then Back to Big M. White bass fishing is a reactionary sport, you have to seek the bite for the most part, and if you feel on an 8 hr. fishing trip, you need to fish the entire time, you may be in trouble. It is never that easy for me, I have to not only look for the whites I also have to search for bass everyday. I have locations that are good to check, but usually hit about 30 percent at best. Right now on the K's its better as some fish are just locked in. With these cool nights however they could leave me in a heartbeat. Bill said they left some of those locations yesterday. I'll let you know when I check after the guests leave.

You need to put in the time and the effort to find them. I just don't know if it is possible to launch and start fishing and catchin. It sure isn't for me, I have to go to work at it. I may on an easy day only run 10 to 15 miles lookin and fishin. People just want things to easy