White bass frenzy

The other night, my three year old and I were out fishing when the top of
the water went nuts with fish activity for about 15 minutes. Last night, I
decided to go back and see if I could catch one of those fish. The same
thing happened about 45 minutes before sunset for 15 minutes. This was out
in 100 feet of water not too far from the dam. Turns out they were white
bass chasing shad. Within 15 minutes, I had landed quite a few. I lost
quite a few too due to poor hook setting technique. By casting into the
different areas where they were jumping like crazy, I could get a hit every
cast. It has been a long time since I have caught white bass. For a 10"
fish, they sure put up a great fight, especially when compared to crappie.
Once the frenzy was over, I only had a couple of hits over the next hour and
landed only one more fish.

What was wild was having the shad spill out all of the boat. As I was
pulling the fish into the boat, I kept seeing all of this flashing out of
the corner of my eye. I was to busy trying to unhook the fish and get to
the next one. When I finally looked down, I had quite of few shad laying
all over the boat. The shad were 1/2" to 1" in size and overall, very
small. At least, I think they were shad. They were mostly silvery white
with blue coloration on top.

Jeff

P.S. I was using an 1/8 lead head jig with a chartreuse grub tipped with a
small piece of nightcrawler.

Try a float and fly or even specialized agitator with a jig or two tied on
behind.

We used to fish the warm water discharge areas of Lake Erie for white bass
using a large "agitator" plug. We would tie a 4-5' leader on behind with a
small jig on the end. Sometimes we would tie on a second jig a foot or so
behind the first. It worked very effectively for surface feeding white
bass. You could often catch them two at a time that way.

Bob La Londe
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"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
The other night, my three year old and I were out fishing when the top of
the water went nuts with fish activity for about 15 minutes. Last night,
I
decided to go back and see if I could catch one of those fish. The same
thing happened about 45 minutes before sunset for 15 minutes. This was
out
in 100 feet of water not too far from the dam. Turns out they were white
bass chasing shad. Within 15 minutes, I had landed quite a few. I lost
quite a few too due to poor hook setting technique. By casting into the
different areas where they were jumping like crazy, I could get a hit
every
cast. It has been a long time since I have caught white bass. For a 10"
fish, they sure put up a great fight, especially when compared to crappie.
Once the frenzy was over, I only had a couple of hits over the next hour
and
landed only one more fish.

What was wild was having the shad spill out all of the boat. As I was
pulling the fish into the boat, I kept seeing all of this flashing out of
the corner of my eye. I was to busy trying to unhook the fish and get to
the next one. When I finally looked down, I had quite of few shad laying
all over the boat. The shad were 1/2" to 1" in size and overall, very
small. At least, I think they were shad. They were mostly silvery white
with blue coloration on top.

Jeff

P.S. I was using an 1/8 lead head jig with a chartreuse grub tipped with
a
small piece of nightcrawler.

What do you mean by an agitator plug? Something like a jitterbug? Or is
that something that floats without a hook and you tie hooks with leaders to
it?

The weather is nice again today so I may go out again tonight to see if the
same thing is going on. One guy I talked to out there said they pulled in a
2lb white bass. That must have been fun. He thought the state record for
Ohio was 5lb. I have never caught any white bass larger than 10 or 11
inches.

Jeff


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
s.com...
Try a float and fly or even specialized agitator with a jig or two tied on
behind.

We used to fish the warm water discharge areas of Lake Erie for white bass
using a large "agitator" plug. We would tie a 4-5' leader on behind with
a
small jig on the end. Sometimes we would tie on a second jig a foot or so
behind the first. It worked very effectively for surface feeding white
bass. You could often catch them two at a time that way.

Bob La Londe
Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Win Free Tackle for Being an Active Member
http:///www.YumaBassMan.com




"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
The other night, my three year old and I were out fishing when the top
of
the water went nuts with fish activity for about 15 minutes. Last
night,
I
decided to go back and see if I could catch one of those fish. The same
thing happened about 45 minutes before sunset for 15 minutes. This was
out
in 100 feet of water not too far from the dam. Turns out they were
white
bass chasing shad. Within 15 minutes, I had landed quite a few. I lost
quite a few too due to poor hook setting technique. By casting into the
different areas where they were jumping like crazy, I could get a hit
every
cast. It has been a long time since I have caught white bass. For a
10"
fish, they sure put up a great fight, especially when compared to
crappie.
Once the frenzy was over, I only had a couple of hits over the next hour
and
landed only one more fish.

What was wild was having the shad spill out all of the boat. As I was
pulling the fish into the boat, I kept seeing all of this flashing out
of
the corner of my eye. I was to busy trying to unhook the fish and get
to
the next one. When I finally looked down, I had quite of few shad
laying
all over the boat. The shad were 1/2" to 1" in size and overall, very
small. At least, I think they were shad. They were mostly silvery
white
with blue coloration on top.

Jeff

P.S. I was using an 1/8 lead head jig with a chartreuse grub tipped
with
a
small piece of nightcrawler.

Hold on. Let me see if I can find a link to a picture for you.

http://tinyurl.com/32kty

I posted a picture in the link above. This is a picture I quicked up in
corel presentations, but it shoudl convey the idea very well. I have used
purpose built agitator with the best success, bt I have also use a very
large popper instead of the agitator plug, when I could not get agitators.
You have to experiment and see what gets you the most fish.

I had a hard time finding them on the internet, but lots of the tackle shops
in Northern Ohio sell them. In order to get my last batch of them I had to
get in touch with my Uncle Paul who lives in Avon, and have him send me
some.

There are two or three brands atleast. glo bobs is one made by North
American Outdoors in Akron Ohio. Another in Jock's Agitator made by TJ Mfg
in Cleveland Ohio.

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"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
What do you mean by an agitator plug? Something like a jitterbug? Or is
that something that floats without a hook and you tie hooks with leaders
to
it?

The weather is nice again today so I may go out again tonight to see if
the
same thing is going on. One guy I talked to out there said they pulled in
a
2lb white bass. That must have been fun. He thought the state record for
Ohio was 5lb. I have never caught any white bass larger than 10 or 11
inches.

Jeff


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
s.com...
Try a float and fly or even specialized agitator with a jig or two tied
on
behind.

We used to fish the warm water discharge areas of Lake Erie for white
bass
using a large "agitator" plug. We would tie a 4-5' leader on behind
with
a
small jig on the end. Sometimes we would tie on a second jig a foot or
so
behind the first. It worked very effectively for surface feeding white
bass. You could often catch them two at a time that way.

Bob La Londe
Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Win Free Tackle for Being an Active Member
http:///www.YumaBassMan.com




"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
The other night, my three year old and I were out fishing when the top
of
the water went nuts with fish activity for about 15 minutes. Last
night,
I
decided to go back and see if I could catch one of those fish. The
same
thing happened about 45 minutes before sunset for 15 minutes. This
was
out
in 100 feet of water not too far from the dam. Turns out they were
white
bass chasing shad. Within 15 minutes, I had landed quite a few. I
lost
quite a few too due to poor hook setting technique. By casting into
the
different areas where they were jumping like crazy, I could get a hit
every
cast. It has been a long time since I have caught white bass. For a
10"
fish, they sure put up a great fight, especially when compared to
crappie.
Once the frenzy was over, I only had a couple of hits over the next
hour
and
landed only one more fish.

What was wild was having the shad spill out all of the boat. As I was
pulling the fish into the boat, I kept seeing all of this flashing out
of
the corner of my eye. I was to busy trying to unhook the fish and get
to
the next one. When I finally looked down, I had quite of few shad
laying
all over the boat. The shad were 1/2" to 1" in size and overall, very
small. At least, I think they were shad. They were mostly silvery
white
with blue coloration on top.

Jeff

P.S. I was using an 1/8 lead head jig with a chartreuse grub tipped
with
a
small piece of nightcrawler.

Thanks Bob. I understand it now. A picture is worth a 1000 words! I will
definitely give that a try.

Jeff


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
Hold on. Let me see if I can find a link to a picture for you.

http://tinyurl.com/32kty

I posted a picture in the link above. This is a picture I quicked up in
corel presentations, but it shoudl convey the idea very well. I have used
purpose built agitator with the best success, bt I have also use a very
large popper instead of the agitator plug, when I could not get agitators.
You have to experiment and see what gets you the most fish.

I had a hard time finding them on the internet, but lots of the tackle
shops
in Northern Ohio sell them. In order to get my last batch of them I had
to
get in touch with my Uncle Paul who lives in Avon, and have him send me
some.

There are two or three brands atleast. glo bobs is one made by North
American Outdoors in Akron Ohio. Another in Jock's Agitator made by TJ
Mfg
in Cleveland Ohio.

--
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Fishing & Boating Link Index
www.YumaBassMan.com


"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
What do you mean by an agitator plug? Something like a jitterbug? Or
is
that something that floats without a hook and you tie hooks with leaders
to
it?

The weather is nice again today so I may go out again tonight to see if
the
same thing is going on. One guy I talked to out there said they pulled
in
a
2lb white bass. That must have been fun. He thought the state record
for
Ohio was 5lb. I have never caught any white bass larger than 10 or 11
inches.

Jeff


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
s.com...
Try a float and fly or even specialized agitator with a jig or two
tied
on
behind.

We used to fish the warm water discharge areas of Lake Erie for white
bass
using a large "agitator" plug. We would tie a 4-5' leader on behind
with
a
small jig on the end. Sometimes we would tie on a second jig a foot
or
so
behind the first. It worked very effectively for surface feeding
white
bass. You could often catch them two at a time that way.

Bob La Londe
Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Win Free Tackle for Being an Active Member
http:///www.YumaBassMan.com




"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
...
The other night, my three year old and I were out fishing when the
top
of
the water went nuts with fish activity for about 15 minutes. Last
night,
I
decided to go back and see if I could catch one of those fish. The
same
thing happened about 45 minutes before sunset for 15 minutes. This
was
out
in 100 feet of water not too far from the dam. Turns out they were
white
bass chasing shad. Within 15 minutes, I had landed quite a few. I
lost
quite a few too due to poor hook setting technique. By casting into
the
different areas where they were jumping like crazy, I could get a
hit
every
cast. It has been a long time since I have caught white bass. For
a
10"
fish, they sure put up a great fight, especially when compared to
crappie.
Once the frenzy was over, I only had a couple of hits over the next
hour
and
landed only one more fish.

What was wild was having the shad spill out all of the boat. As I
was
pulling the fish into the boat, I kept seeing all of this flashing
out
of
the corner of my eye. I was to busy trying to unhook the fish and
get
to
the next one. When I finally looked down, I had quite of few shad
laying
all over the boat. The shad were 1/2" to 1" in size and overall,
very
small. At least, I think they were shad. They were mostly silvery
white
with blue coloration on top.

Jeff

P.S. I was using an 1/8 lead head jig with a chartreuse grub tipped
with
a
small piece of nightcrawler.