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The past few weeks when I have had time I have been taking some folks from church that do not get to fish much, we have been trolling for and catching White Bass, limiting out each time. I am ready now to go back to crappie fishing but with the weather remaining about the same and knowing they are there and how easy they are to catch it is hard to stay away from those Whites, I do love catching them.Attachment 51035Attachment 51036Attachment 51037
Very nice Whites there fishbaskett. I don't blame you... I love to catch 'em and eat 'em too.
Here lately our weather has been so cold and windy you can't hardly find a time to go when you can
tolerate it. I'm planning to go Friday and make a day of it.
Great report and pics. Thanks for sharing.
I just did a devotional of Proverbs 27:17 not long ago, If I can locate it, hand written, I will pm you with it.
You know eating those Whites is just taboo with some folks but we like em just fine, had some for supper matter of fact.
Do that fishbaskett... it's one of my (many) favorite passages in the bible.
I don't eat Whites as much as I used to... the white perch have just about ruined the White Bass populations
around here and the way I understand it... the same is true in alot of lakes and waterways in the last many
years that previously had good populations of White Bass.
I am not sure how crappie could hurt the White Bass population, Whites are such voracious feeders and prolific spawners looks like it could be the other way around..
No fishbaskett... I didn't say crappie... I said white perch have hurt the white bass populations because they are even more voracious feeders
than crappie, white bass, largemouth bass and many others and are said to out compete the other young species for forage.
Special K
You have a pm.
I have heard Crappie called White Perch, not sure about your White Perch??
Don't blame you,stick with em while they're hot......hard to find a fish any more fun to catch those dude's are scrappy.
Their is two species that fall into the area you are discussing. Myself I thought a white bass and a sand bass were the same but they are two different fish. The sand bass is mainly referred to as a trash fish or hog feed fish.
The sand bass my Dad used to call them rock bass. Some folks get the sand bass mixed up with the striper, but again two different fish.
A rock bass is more of a green color and stripes are darker green than a white bass. The white bass is a good name because it is whiter than most bass.
White Perch is what some of the older folks call Crappie and now we have white crappie and black crappie and we have some shell crackers in our waters also.
I have caught sand bass when fishing for crappie, but I need to get some white bass and try them out--Believe it or not I will bet that some folks do not know the difference in a sand bass and a white bass.
Do you guys consider the two the same fish.
A lot of areas call white bass sand bass. We catch yellow bass along the Miss. River that are similar to whites, but yellowish in color. Sure can tangle lots of lines when you're fishing a spread.
I got into some white bass really for the first time in my life on my last trip to Greer's Ferry. They can ruin you just like a limit of crappie. I did know enough to cut the red stuff out of the meat. No one knew the difference when I cook them.
Way to go Fishbasket.
Oh BTW. I bet you people in East Texas know what a white pearch is.
DP
From everything I have read the sand bass and the white bass are the same. Most folks call them white's except those in Texas and Oklahoma.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backwater Man
White perch--
Aquatic Nuisance Species: Some states consider the white perch to be a nuisance species due to its ability to destroy fisheries. They have been associated with the declines in both walleye and white bass populations because they feed heavily on baitfish utilized by those species and out-compete them for food and space. Many states have enacted laws forbidding possession of live white perch. Additionally, these states recommend not releasing captured white perch back into the water in order to help control the spread of this species.[1]
White perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some confuse the ''Yellow Bass'' with ''White Bass''
Yellow bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wow great post, not only is this interesting but scary. Never seen or knew a true "White Perch" existed. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper
Nimrod does Nimrod have White Bass?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
How does a person know the difference between a white perch and white bass?
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Originally Posted by bugman
white perch are all white except lateral line, white bass have multiple lines and get a bit bigger here is some pics i googled
white bass are good to eat but to me white perch are much more tastier but harder to get eater size ones
white perch
http://www.bigtimbercreek.org/fish_wh_perch.jpg
white bass and at bottom a yellow bass
http://www.outdooralabama.com/images...Wilson2007.jpg
Last season I got in a bunch of the yellow bass--had a yellow belly, but looked exactly like the white bass. These I got into were all small, maybe 1/2 lb. They sure mess up the crappie fishing if in the same area.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockmike
See the yellow bass--those bold green lines on the fish remind me of a sand bass---I do not remember the lines on a white bass being so bold, plus they are a larger fish than the yellow bass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Backwater Man
yeah the white bass the lines look like they are drawn on with a pencil. a yellow bass they look like a magic marker thats how my grampappy use to tell me, you can see the difference in the pic i posted above
The white perch photo remnds me of a shad--maybe it is just me.
Lake Wright Patnam is full of them--You can see them after the shad in huge schools. Bass fisherman I guess love to catch them as sport. I love the sport of catching fish to eat, but I will release ones that I consider too small.Quote:
Originally Posted by creekslick
Many Texans that I have seen do not catch the sand bass to eat. I use to see them get up into the 4-5 lb. range, but we use to snag them at the spillway years ago in the 1960,s.
another easy way to tell white perch from white bass is white perch will nibble at a bait like a bluegill will. lil machine gun taps.. a white bass will try to rip the rod out of your hands
A yellow bass in Texas is call a "bar fish." Go figure. In SW ARK. a white bass is call a sand bass or sandy. A fish by another name is still a fish, catch um if you can.
We catch a White Bassin Nimrod from time to time. Sometimes in early spring you can catch several way up river.
Sand Bass just a local name for Yellow BassQuote:
Originally Posted by Backwater Man
All,
White Perch are not native to Arkasnas. Actually the only place that I have heard of any of them is a couple of very small ones were found in a fish sample in Dardanelle. They were not sure where they came from. Here is a link to info on them from fishbase.org Morone americana, White perch : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium. They look very similar to white bass found here in Arkansas.
There you go, now that is why I White Bass fish. I throw crankbaits a lot and they will literally try to take the rod from you, fight all the way to the boat then dive and make that finale run when you get him to the boat. Wow, got me wanting to go again this afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by IceManCometh
From time to time I have crossed the river on the gravel road bridge, think there is a AG&F ramp there and thought it looked real good for the spring spawn of whites.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD