White Bass On The Spring

[Phil Lilley]

Friend of mine sent me this report for the Spring River -

I went a long cold ride up the Spring R. Did not have much time, and I wasted the 1st 11/2 hours fishing next to the other boats where I only caught 1 small white. Then I moved to alittle shallower water, about 10-12 ft deep and commenced catching.

It was a real nice day 46f, water39f.. I was using smoke swimming minnow. If it is windy it makes it alot more difficult to catch. As is the case this time of year I could not feel any of the fish tap the jig. It was more like picking up on the rod tip and there was weight. Because it was like that, I missed several during the 30-45 minutes that I was on them. They were so cold they did not put up much of a fight. I was alone when I caught them, the other boats had packed it in and were gone by 4:30.

[fishinSWMO]

Thanks for the report.