Not much to say about the trip today other than I caught a couple of fish in the hour and a half I was at the river. I caught one larger white bass that I decided not to manipulate into a fishporn shot. The water was much murkier than on my last few trips. I couldn’t see the bottom which is a bit disconcerting considering I decided to see if I could fish, wade and use my new Canon DSLR camera at the same time. I only had one close call when a boat motored by me and drove a series of waves up to the bottom of the camera.

White flies tended to work better for me (white Cypert Minnow about a size 10 and some ghastly combination of giant dumbbell eyes, white chenille, and white marabou on a size 8 hook that I threw together one day when I bought into the logic that bass like big ugly stuff). Also, fishing in the weedy shallow areas was most productive. Some pics below:

The last time I went in to the Sportsmans Finest fly shop, I got an update on the best places to fish the white bass run in this area. Due to the drought, most of the places where people usually go aren’t great right now. The one place that Ted recommended was outside Georgetown on Granger Lake.

Supposedly it can get very crowded there but it’s worth the trip.

Here’s a map to the general area.

If you have a report, please post it here. Also, any tips for the fellow angler wannabes would be highly appreciated.

Central Texas White Bass Run

Nice article with location information to help the local central Texas folks fish for White Bass. It’s about the time for the run. Leave a note on here if you find a good spot.