Greetings…
I am contemplating coming to the river(Everts) on 4-23 in an attempt to catch White bass…Crappies…and or Catfish. I am NOT too picky-has the river crested? I am not really into fightn logs/and white water for a few fish but am dying to get there. Please advise-
The condition of the river is its pretty tame by most folks standards. It’s come up a chunk in the last week but no real big deal if you keep your eyes peeled for the floating deadheads that are just part of the deal in the spring on the river.
The really good news for you is that the whitebass are just thick up near the dam right now. I like catching a few now and then but they are really thick. To the point of being annoying if you’re looking to pull a walleye or two off of these same areas. Plastics, hair jigs, double jig rigs with minnows, it’ll all work. I’d advise just forgetting the minnows altogether as the re-baiting costs you fish when the whitebass will hit just about anything you throw in front of them. In fact, pinch your barbs down, I do if I’m targeting them intentionally, and it will make the chore of securing the fish for hook removal a lickety split quick deal and save on your hands and fingers as these little buggers have some nasty sharp gill plates that get me prety good from time to time.
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!! You MAY git me as a client sooner or later due to your great advice and info as usual.
As usual, my pleasure!
The whities are running X-large again this year so you should have a blast. Bring the kids and the ultra-light gear along and just try to keep the smiles off your faces!
I was fishing whites today for a while… from what I heard the bite was not as strong as it has been on the Mn side.. but I guess on the Wi side it was pretty buff….guess I chose the wrong side.. silly me!…. and a 2 jig rig with a couple of 1/8 oz bucktails worked pretty good… I got them at Everts…
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