Action was HOT last night,

Went EARLY yesterday morning ONLY to get at the lake and see a bass tournament getting under way, at 6;00 a.m., At LP, went up to W to launch. Forgot my electronics, so I trolled the flats with crank baits, caught two / 2 nice keepers, after a couple of hours, loaded up and went home until late evening. Went back up around 6;00 p.m. with my electronics. Trolled the flats 5 - 7 ft fow, the bite was onnnnn, 1/2 oz Rattle traps', some hits, felt like the fish was going to pull my shoulder out of socket !!!!! Violent strikes, attacks. After all of the weekend boat traffic left and the lake calmed down, very little wind, beautiful night, stayed until 9;00 p.m., here are pics of last night's catch. Attachment 241276

Whites are a lot of action if you run into schools of them. That 15 limit can be filled very quick though

Love being on the lake early and late, thanks for the report and the pics!

That is what we dream about every time we go out fishing. Congrats.

Nice job

Nice!

Looks alot like a fish fry congrats.

One should seek to get their limits by sorting and releasing the smaller fish, NOT just keeping the 15 limit. I was there earlier and two elderly men were keeping short fish, 7 - 10 inches, when it should have been the 14 plus, THERE are alot of 14 plus I alone have caught. I want 15 WITH SOME MEAT, on them. 10 - 12 inch are too small to keep. And the schools, are fleeting and one has to have 3 poles in the water when there is a school, they come quickly and disappear just as as fast the as the shad leave. IT seems (?) as the bigger white bass are at the very bottom of any school or ball of shad or when one's crank bait is kicking / dragging the bottom.

I have a bro in law that says when he is fishing for whites he has a balloon on one end of some fishing line and a safety pin on the other and when he catches his first white he attaches the safety pin through the dorsal fin and puts fish back into water , then follows ballon and keeps up with where the school is that way ,

Thanks for the report and pics.

Curt, I never heard of the balloon trick before. Interesting.

WOW , FANTASTIC IDEA !!!! Seen ballOons used before, however, not like that, I will try / do it, LOVE THAT IDEA !!!!!!!!! THAT will be interesting and FUN to see, THANKS A BUNCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in missouri if you don't keep the fish you must release unharmed back to the water if possible,,, attaching metal is harm to a fish and you will get a ticket...

Thx beagle , will inform my brother in law about that . Amsoil sorry I almost sent you down a bad path

How do you release a short paddlefish that has been snagged with a metal hook? What about cutting the line on a trout that has swallowed a hook? I don't buy it. The safety pin can be put through the dorsal fin and easily be removed and the fish kept or released.