Twin Bridges

[breeves2245]

I guess since I got retired last week of March, I'll be contributing some on this board. "Got retired" is another way of saying laid off. Oh well, was going to retire this time next year, so close enough.

My curiosity got the best of me, had to make a run to Twin Bridges yesterday. Just an exploratory trip since this was my first time. Got there about 1:00 pm. About 15 boats out, many were kayaks. Not the best launch, but I've used worse. 

Not knowing where to go or what to throw I beat the banks and out 15 feet or so with the Ned and a blue/silver Flicker Shad.  Even threw a Mepps spinner. Beats me how this place is on fire and I get blanked after three hours of chunking those lures. Maybe the switch from SW to NW wind, I don't know.  And I hear whites are either off/on sometimes. Didn't see any other boats catching either. 

I liked that part of the river, easy to fish with plenty of brush to target. Didn't go all the way up to the War Eagle arm. I'll fish it again sometime.

One question - I know there is a White River forum, does this post belong there?

 

[Bill Babler]

One thing on Whites this time of the year.  They can be extremely fickle.  Others, with more knowledge of white bass, please correct me if I'm wrong, but very, very seldom will they bite early after a high pressure cold nite.  During high pressure bright days its the same deal.  Middle of the day is for naps and golf, not fishing.  Usually right before dark or if you get some cloud cover and especially just a twinge of breeze they can go.  At times  you will see some surface activity if they are there, not feeding, but just some swirling and movement.

I believe your post is in the correct location.  

Good Luck

[Quillback]

Yes I believe this is the place to post as most folks consider that Twin Bridges area and on up to be part of Beaver.

[Notropis]

Bill has a good point, just because the fish are in a spawning mood doesn't mean they're in a feeding mood 24-7.  One of the things I learned during brood stock collection for walleye and other river spawning fish is that they tend to bite best before and after the actual spawn.  We could usually tell if the walleye were spawning by talking to anglers. Hook and line catching would slow down when we started finding the big females on the gravel shoals ready to spawn.  There would be hundreds of males on the shoals looking for females but anglers weren't catching them.  I guess they had their mind on other things!  

[bferg]

21 hours ago, Notropis said:

Bill has a good point, just because the fish are in a spawning mood doesn't mean they're in a feeding mood 24-7.  One of the things I learned during brood stock collection for walleye and other river spawning fish is that they tend to bite best before and after the actual spawn.  We could usually tell if the walleye were spawning by talking to anglers. Hook and line catching would slow down when we started finding the big females on the gravel shoals ready to spawn.  There would be hundreds of males on the shoals looking for females but anglers weren't catching them.  I guess they had their mind on other things!  

Late in the spawn I have been up the War Eagle and have stood and watched 100’s of fish in shallow water and not gotten a single bite.  Just assumed they were doing their thing and didn’t care much about a clouser minnow.  That’s a frustrating feeling.