White Bass

[Mr. Houx]

Launched the Kayaks on Saturday morning, fished from the mill dam down about a mile and then back up. Using a fly rod with baitfish imitations, only caught a suckerfish. We did see evidence of white bass being caught at the ramp but no one in my group caught anything other than a few black bass and the sucker. Any other reports?

[MSUFisherBear]

Sorry for the delay in response. I saw your post the other day and had started to respond, got side tracked then haven't been back on.

 

I, too, went Saturday from the kayak. I fished for a while out of a kayak in Swan. It was definitely a cold wind. I went for the same reason you did - looking for the whites. I never spotted one. I saw several different fish (bass, suckers, a couple of walleye) but never saw the whites. Well... I guess I did see one, but it was dead attached to a chain stringer laying on the bottom of the lake . 

I'm hoping to go again this weekend. I have to think that they were there at some point, but my guess is that it was one of the waves. Warmer days with a little more sun may help matters.

I did catch a couple of small bass out at the mouth. Also saw a couple of interesting root wads that washed in that should be good once the water gets up higher!

[Mr. Houx]

Keep us updated if you get back out, they are around but I think that they really come and go in that clear shallow water depending on the weather cloud cover. 

[Fish24/7]

ever been at night ?that's when they typically run and the action can be nonstop. Try a purple or smoke/purple swimming minnow, or a live minnow on a split shot rig. 

good luck!