How to catch White bass

White bass feed in 45–86°F water and bite best at 56–78°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 25 waters; in October they are at their peak in Texas fresh water, Louisiana fresh water, Mississippi fresh water and 17 more.

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About

The sand bass: a silver, striped, shad-chasing schooler that runs up the rivers by the thousand every spring to spawn — the Texas rivers in February, the Wolf in May — and boils on the surface of the big lakes all summer. The state fish of Oklahoma.

How to fish it

In the spring run, the river bends and the gravel bars where the current slows; in summer, chase the birds and the surface boils with a small spoon.

What it eats

small jigs and grubsinline spinnersslab spoonslive minnows

Live bait for it

Minnows (fatheads, shiners)Hooked lightly through the lips or behind the dorsal on a #6 to #2 hook under a slip bobber for crappie, perch and walleye; a big golden shiner on a 2/0 to 4/0 for largemouth, pike and stripers.