White Bass?

[fisherman wannabe]

Does anyone fish for white bass on the Pomme river? I was thinking of try that this weekend and wondered if anyone had been fishing for them? I was going to take my 9 year old son. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks again.

[Muskie Bob]

report your luck. The fishing prospects weren't very good for white bass (see quote below). I really miss the white bass fishing. good luck.

"Angling for white bass is expected to be poor in 2011 and the next few years. In November of 2009 Pomme de Terre experienced a white bass die off that severely impacted the fishery. It will take several years for white bass numbers to improve."

taken from the following.....

http://extra.mdc.mo.gov/fish/prospects/?m=13#a59

[Dutch]

I talked to the creel guy up there last fall. He said he had only seen 7 whites all year long. Some friends of mine usually fish for them in the fall and do well. This year they had a grand total of 0 in 4 days so they left.

[any and all fishing]

I wonder if there has been any restocking of whites since the die off?

[MOPanfisher]

I talked with the MDC Fisheries Biologist last night. The die off in November of 2009 affected primarily the larger fish, adult sized of reproduction age. The MDC had done some electro shock surveys up both the Pomme and Lindley and found a surprisingly high number of young white bass, they would mostly have been from the hatch of 2009 and weren't affected by the die off and are just now reaching a size to catch, although they are small mostly 4-8" range. However they will grow quickly and can reproduce. MDC doesn't stock white bass at least not here, they are a prolific spawner and can quickly recover the population. Looks they have a decent start on it.

[fisherman wannabe]

I ended up taking my son to fellows lake. We fished for 3 hours and did not get a bite. I am wishing we would have went to pomme.