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long lined trolled the upper end of wateree along the banks caught over 100 fish in 2 hours. i used a jighead and white curly tail jig also used an xrap. i caught over 50 white bass,about 10 largemouth a few where nice sized, about 30 where stripers , and the other half where good sized crappie.threw on schools i saw them hitting topwater. i actualy got bored of catchig fish because it was too easy.
Congratulations Bassandkittys!!! I can't say I've had a day like that, getting bored catching fish. lol!! Thanks for the report.
Fished lower Wateree yesterday only a few caught deep. they were stacked up on edges of humps but would not bite well.
Were you in Wateree Creek up the river side? Thanks T
Don't you hate those day when the fish just won't stop biting :Rofl Enjoyed your report and congrats.
LOL....I agree. No peace and quiet at all. Better find another sport. :biggrin
Congrats on your catch. :)
50 white bass! I haven't seen that many come out of there in the last 7 years total.
Wow, we long lined Secession using jigs with Sliders, including white, which was the better producer, but nothing like these numbers.
Congrats and is bored another word for my reeling hand gave out..:biggrin
You need to give guided trips. Sounds like a really good time was had.:highfive
I have seen a total of 2 white bass come out of Wateree in the last 7 years caught one in a throw net and one on hook put um both backQuote:
Originally Posted by bioguy
I was kind of being a smart ass, pretty sure he was just catching pesky white perch.Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle remus
i remember back 15 year ago or so, killing them in clear water cove.
[QUOTE=uncle remus;3069079]I have seen a total of 2 white bass come out of Wateree in the last 7 years caught one in a throw net and one on hook put um both back[/QUOTE
He must means White perch.I have never caught a White bass (top picture) that I know of at Wateree but have caught boat loads of White perch and Stripers.
Talked to Richard at Lake World saturday and he told me we no longer have white bass in Murray. The white perch have taken over, which he said he is going to have a perch jerk in late November.
[QUOTE=B10gone;3069383]There are white bass in Wateree, but they are kinda like Muskie, a fish of a 1,000 casts now a days. It seems like once the perch invaded, the white bass took a massive decline. Thanks for the ID pictures!Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle remus
We used to catch white bass by the bucket full at Cedar Creek in the springtime. We fished from the bank with dark green rubber tail jigs. We also used to troll small spinner baits in Wylie and fill up the cooler with white bass. Santee, up in the swamps at Rimini, was also a great place to fill up the cooler. Since the introduction of white perch about fourty years ago, I'm afraid the white bass are mostly gone. I caught one at Wateree about ten years ago. That was the last one I have seen there.
The story I got from Don Drose, the best Santee guide I ever fished with, was that cat fishermen from Virginia brought white perch from the Chesapeake Bay to Santee to use as catfish bait. Of course the bait that wasn't used was turned loose in the lake. That's how we got the white perch in South Corolina. Sad story, but apparently true.
Thumper was that not illegal to do? Bringing bait from 1 state to another? Then what's the story for Lake Murray having so many? Thanks
I don't know if it was illegal back then, I think it is now. From Santee, they could run all the way to Columbia in the spring spawn. I'm sure folks caught them and used them for bait in all of the state lakes. At the time Don Drose actually called them Virginia Perch.
We lived on Wateree from early 80s to 2002. We caught tons of white bass in spring time right off our dock. Mid 90s is when the perch really started to show up. As they moved in the white bass went away. Thumper1 has as good a reason as any. No one else seems to know where they came from. Wish we still had the white bass. But then what fun would a good old perch jerk be ?
I liked eating the white bass better than the perch. I dont like the perch.Quote:
Originally Posted by ofishlbizzness
I like them all Countryboy, if you saw me you would understand, I'm kind of rotund. The perch have been bad for all species in our lakes. Catch all that you can, don't throw them back, give them to someone who will eat them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Countryboy N.C.
The catfish love them!
I just told how many I caught in the past 7 years. no pun meant == my wife and i used to catch a lot of white bassQuote:
Originally Posted by bioguy
and crappie too we just don't fish like we used to == sure wish the white bass and crappie were still in the lake like they used to be
but i do love to anchor down on a bunch of good size perch == i think they are about as good to eat as you can get
and a ton of fun to catch too