Striped bass are scattered from Rocky Branch park to Hickory Creek park. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the best striper baits are brood minnows or shad. Fish 15 to 30 feet deep.

The river was up and ugly as Texas rivers tend to get when a good late-winter or early-spring rain sends a slug of sediment-rich runoff down the channel. But when we maneuvered the boat out of the ...

Fishing with topwater lures isn’t the only way to catch white bass, but many would argue that it’s the most exciting. One friend of mine described this type of fishing as “a sensory overdose.” You see ...

A little rain can bring an attitude adjustment for anglers looking forward to catching walleye and white bass during their spawning runs. Mike McBride at the Lake Sequoyah bait shop was acting hang ...

Anglers are eager for an uptick in fishing as spring nears, but Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said the bite is spotty for all species. Recent rain has raised water levels in the White and War Eagle ...

Feb. 27—AUSTIN — The annual white bass run, a treasured tradition for anglers across Texas, has officially begun. Each spring, white bass run upstream from reservoirs into rivers and creeks to spawn, ...

A simple silver spinner is one of many lures that feeding white bass will smash. (Doug Newhoff/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be ...

Donald Hornick is, by his own admission, "absolutely crazy about fishing for white bass." The 52-year-old Houstonian even makes and sells a few white bass lures — heavy, "slab" spoons used to jig for ...

As February crawls along, hundreds of thousands of winter-weary freshwater anglers focus their hopes on a fish that blessedly busts these depressing doldrums. “The white bass are here! And they’re ...