Luck

[Benni3]

I got 2 hybrids and marlo got 2 today,,,,,,,

[Ron Jones]

Sweet!
Looks like the spot.
The Man

[Benni3]

Sweet!
Looks like the spot.
The Man

Thanks my friend,,,,,,,,,,

[Benni3]

I got 4hybirds 1 cat,,marlo 5hybirds 1 cat,,,Larry 2hybirds and clay 3hybirds,,,,,, today was the most ever at the cove and we got fish,,,,,,

[Benni3]

One right after another,,,,,,,,,

[oc1]

Life is good.
-s

[Dominick]

Benni is cool.  Just like Hollywood.  Sunglasses at night.     Dominick

[Benni3]

Benni is cool.  Just like Hollywood.  Sunglasses at night.     Dominick

Life is good.
-s

Thanks very much my friends,,,,,,,,,

[Benni3]

I got skunked,,,,marlo 3hybirds and Larry got 1hybird,,,, still fun,,,,,,

[Brewcrafter]

I am curious - are those "hybrids" the same thing that I have had countless hours of fun catching in Missouri that we referred to as "white bass"?  They were a blast (and BOY did they taste good smoked).  Routine was always the same; fish the river and nothing happening and then a school would swim through and BAM - 15-30 minutes of insane action.  In SW Missouri white Rooster Tails was the hot ticket.  Great photos thanks for sharing! - john

[Benni3]

I am curious - are those "hybrids" the same thing that I have had countless hours of fun catching in Missouri that we referred to as "white bass"?  They were a blast (and BOY did they taste good smoked).  Routine was always the same; fish the river and nothing happening and then a school would swim through and BAM - 15-30 minutes of insane action.  In SW Missouri white Rooster Tails was the hot ticket.  Great photos thanks for sharing! - john

Thanks man and yes they are "hybrids" and in this super clean water they taste great,,,,,, they fight harder then smallmouth for pound for pound maybe bonito's,,,,,,,,

[thorhammer]

hybrid are striper X white bass cross. sometimes called wypers. they, and white perch, are all of the Morone genus. I'm downstream from Benni, and we used to catch white bass and hybrids in the 90's but I haven't seen either in 20 years. Typically hybrids are stocked.

John

[Brewcrafter]

Thanks Benni and Thorhammer!  Where I was at in SW Missouri you would meter them in large schools in the lakes (Table Rock, Bull Shoals, pretty much any lake) but the fun was in the spring when they would run up the tributaries and creeks feeding the lakes.  White Rooster Tails and also Maribou jigs were the hot ticket, and when a school would come upstream it would be fun chaos. - john

[thorhammer]

i have boxes of rooster tails from those lost days

[Gfish]

Best store-bought spinner I ever used. With that lead body, hackle and hydrodynamic blade you could reel it straight in, jerk it in, jig it down deep and make nice accurate casts on small waters(creeks).