Whites, Whites, Everywhere Whites

[denjac]

Bill, isnt that the same ramp I picked you up at in my boat? If it is , its in Big cow. If not I am confused.

[Sam]

Bill, Martin, CaptainJoe, and all - thanks for the ramp info!

It sounds like there are two ramps. I'm familiar with that point by the mouth of Cow Creek where the old camp was. I didn't know there was a ramp, but it was launchable even without one with my light Tracker rig and 4wd.

If the new ramp is steep and in the cove above Little Cow Creek, that's a little out of my way. I guess I'll just go down 65 and across 86 to Cow Creek. It'll be hard to cross that bridge and pass up the Long Creek arm though, I've had a lot of fun there.

I'm glad those white bass are carrying on so - but it makes me wonder. They got thick like that on Bull Shoals in the fall of, I think, 2004 - and then the next spring you couldn't find a one. They've just now come back over there, and I hope that doesn't work the same way on Tablerock.

[CaptainJoe]

Bill.

Thanks.......I meant about 1.4 not 1/4. Stupid backslash got in the way of my period. But, if it is more like 2 miles, yes I do need to recheck my mileage.

Joe

[Bill Babler]

1 1/4 is close enough, just didn't want anyone turning into Jim Bakers traveling road show, wanting to catch a white bass.

[crappiefisherman]

So after 2 days we figured out where the ramp was, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,are the whites still at it.I might try for some if Some one will chime in and give a thurs morning or evening report.Im interested in the dam area if any one knows .Thanks.

[crappiefisherman]

So after 2 days we figured out where the ramp was, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,are the whites still at it.I might try for some if Some one will chime in and give a thurs morning or evening report.Im interested in the dam area if any one knows .Thanks.

[Sam]

Well, every day is different. For me, it was the usual story of "you should have been here yesterday".

We went out of Cow Creek today, I took a friend instead of my granddaughter. I'm glad I didn't take her.

We fished hard from Little Cow Creek to Point 5 and back, from 1:30 p.m. until 7:30. We didn't catch a white bass, or even see a white bass boil - and believe me, we were trying and looking. There just weren't any.

I believe the good reports here. We 'scoped 'em by the thousands in deep water, especially up by Point 5 and outside the mouth of Little Cow Creek. They were in 100'+ of water and none of them were less than 50' deep, mostly around 70'. We tried trolling even though we didn't have anything that would run near that deep. Nothing. We tried sitting still where they scoped the thickest and jigging very deep with spoons. Nothing. We saw a couple of other boats that were obviously fishing for white bass, and I don't think they caught a one either.

It wasn't a total loss. We caught and released some short smallmouths, and they were fun. Finally, we went along some rocky banks with jigs and swimmin' minnows while still keeping an eye out for surfacing white bass. We brought about 20 big black perch home from doing that.

It might be good again tomorrow, though - that's fishing.

[crappiefisherman]

Thanks Sam