White Bass Running?

[Randall]

I'll be down for probably two days next week. I'm going to trout fish in the blue ribbon section and try for some whites downstream. Anybody know if they're up in the river? I heard they that there's some pretty good fishing below Bryant creek when they start running.

[Justin Spencer]

The White bass can't get past Dawt Mill due to the dam, but they will run up to the dam which is about 2 miles from the 160 Bridge at Tecumseh. I was down that way the other day and went up the Bryant about a quarter mile and found a few males. That would mean they should be up the North Fork also, and with this rain should continue to go up. If you are floating you could do a float on the lower end, hit the red ribbon trout area (which has been fishing very good for browns)and portage around the dam, fish for whites the last two miles, and take out at Tecumseh.

[Randall]

Awesome, thanks. What are the crowds like in the middle of the week generally?

[Justin Spencer]

Non-existant on the river, as you get down to the lake, probably be quite a few around the bridge looking for those whites. Check out my blog for what has been going on with the fishing here. You can access it from sunburstranchcanoe.com.