Any white bass reports?

[Recurve78]

In particular Nolin.

 

[Gforcetrivers]

Cant say about Nolin but caught these two off my boat ramp today. Lost a few more and missed some hits. Also had this Mountain Brook Lamprey in one of its stomachs. Its been a couple of years since we had a decent run. Also caught big ole sheepshead. Got them on an F5 silver flatfish fished really slow with a few split shot. Fish fry for supper tonight!

 

[1wildcatfan]

What's a sheepshead (in Ky)? Thought that was a salt water fish.

 

[Gforcetrivers]

What's a sheepshead (in Ky)? Thought that was a salt water

Freshwater drum. Not sure what else they may be called locally

 

[1wildcatfan]

Freshwater drum. Not sure what else they may be called locally

Have caught plenty of drum, sheepshead is a new one on me.

 

[Feedman]

We caught some sheepshead in Lake Erie

 

[drakeshooter]

Have caught plenty of drum, sheepshead is a new one on me.

Just heard it myself recently. They say they’re good eating but I won’t even touch the nasty slimy bastages with my bare hands if I don’t have to. We used to catch them every night night fishing, caught some whoppers.

 

[Brody]

Cut out the mud vein on the smaller ones and they make good tablefare

 

[Redlined]

Just heard it myself recently. They say they’re good eating but I won’t even touch the nasty slimy bastages with my bare hands if I don’t have to. We used to catch them every night night fishing, caught some whoppers.

I've caught some whoppers over the years, had one inhale a crankbait one evening and pulled the boat a hundred yards down the bank before I got him netted that was probably 15lbs. Then had another about the same size smash a quarter oz jig walleye fishing. Thought I finally had my double digit 'eye until it broke the surface ☹️

 

[Redlined]

Back to the stripes, the little males were starting to show up sporadically 2 weeks ago at Nolin, then we got the big rain and the windstorm. The river came up quick and now they're pulling the lake so hard everyone I've talked to said the fish have moved back down towards the lake. I'd say another week at least, maybe two, before they start showing up in numbers.

 

[mcbuck58]

We caught some sheepshead in Lake Erie

Here’s a Lake Erie Sheepshead (Freshwater Drum). Have you ever heard them drumming? It can get loud night fishing on a still night on the Nolin River for Walleye.

 

[1wildcatfan]

Here’s a Lake Erie Sheepshead (Freshwater Drum). Have you ever heard them drumming? It can get loud night fishing on a still night on the Nolin River for Walleye. View attachment 111199

Can't believe she's holding that slimy thing. Long time ago brought one in the boat, that slime dried on my boat carpet and it took a lot of scrubbing to get it off. No more drum came in the boat after that.

 

[Gforcetrivers]

The one I caught was probly 6-7 pounds, I kept it and fried it up. Thats bigger than I like to keep but didnt want to throw it back. Watching Packer carry that thing up to the house was hysterical.

 

[Gforcetrivers]

Back to the stripes, the little males were starting to show up sporadically 2 weeks ago at Nolin, then we got the big rain and the windstorm. The river came up quick and now they're pulling the lake so hard everyone I've talked to said the fish have moved back down towards the lake. I'd say another week at least, maybe two, before they start showing up in numbers.

As you can see these are big females. I am in Burkesville BTW.

 

[drakeshooter]

I've caught some whoppers over the years, had one inhale a crankbait one evening and pulled the boat a hundred yards down the bank before I got him netted that was probably 15lbs. Then had another about the same size smash a quarter oz jig walleye fishing. Thought I finally had my double digit 'eye until it broke the surface ☹️

The big ones hit every bit as hard as a big old smallie BUT they give up in a few seconds, how I always knew what I had before I saw it. Smalljaws don’t have quit in them.