A sentimental favorite, this lure just flat-out catches fish and is ideal for the tributary streams white bass run into in the spring to spawn. Selecting lures for white bass—also known as sand bass, ...

Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using plastic worms, tube baits or any soft plastic lure to catch black bass. Try ...

Fishing with topwater lures isn’t the only way to catch white bass, but many would argue that it’s the most exciting. One friend of mine described this type of fishing as “a sensory overdose.” You see ...

A simple silver spinner is one of many lures that feeding white bass will smash. (Doug Newhoff/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be ...

The river was up and ugly as Texas rivers tend to get when a good late-winter or early-spring rain sends a slug of sediment-rich runoff down the channel. But when we maneuvered the boat out of the ...

Striped bass are scattered from Rocky Branch park to Hickory Creek park. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the best striper baits are brood minnows or shad. Fish 15 to 30 feet deep.

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for Nov. 1.

The white bass are running, according to veteran Ozarks anglers who are already going after those finny fighters. When you hook one, you know it has to be a white bass. The drag on your ultra-light ...

When the white bass are running on the Illinois River at Starved Rock, you have two choices in a boat. You can battle the armada of jig casters in the current below the dam or you can drop back to a ...

Unfortunate are anglers who consider only a handful of "premier" game fish worthy of their efforts and view white bass in the same light as epicures see factory-baked white bread - something to be ...

Anglers are eager for an uptick in fishing as spring nears, but Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said the bite is spotty for all species. Recent rain has raised water levels in the White and War Eagle ...