And the final score is....

North Texan · 03-20-2006, 06:17 PM

Jeff - 50
Sand Bass - 0

Last week was my spring break, which I spent wisely......fishing. I went to the D/FW metroplex to fish with my cousin. He lives on Lake Alverado, and has a bass boat. We fished Alverado Wednesday and Thursday, catching a bunch of sand bass, a few largemouth bass, a catfish, and a crappie. The wind was blowing hard both days, and the fish were in about 8 feet of water off two points. Casting wasn't very effective, so we started trolling, and got bite after bite using white shad-colored crankbaits. They weren't the magnum-sized sand bass I was hoping for, but all were at the 11-13" range, so I took the opportunity to fill my freezer with some fish filets.

Then we went fishing on Aquilla Friday got skunked.[:@]

The Rev · 03-20-2006, 08:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: North Texan

Jeff - 50
Sand Bass - 0

Last week was my spring break, which I spent wisely......fishing. I went to the D/FW metroplex to fish with my cousin. He lives on Lake Alverado, and has a bass boat. We fished Alverado Wednesday and Thursday, catching a bunch of sand bass, a few largemouth bass, a catfish, and a crappie. The wind was blowing hard both days, and the fish were in about 8 feet of water off two points. Casting wasn't very effective, so we started trolling, and got bite after bite using white shad-colored crankbaits. They weren't the magnum-sized sand bass I was hoping for, but all were at the 11-13" range, so I took the opportunity to fill my freezer with some fish filets.

Then we went fishing on Aquilla Friday got skunked.[:@]

I live ten minutes from Alvarado, and it's a nice small lake. I've caught as many as 30 blacks on one day.. I rarely fish there however, since I've been told not to eat anything out of that lake.. Pollution from the pesticides, but it probably won't hurt you

... Let me know if you die from them okay?

don't feel bad about Aquilla, I get skunked there all the time.. My son kills them when he goes, then I go with him, and we can't buy a fish...

TeeJay · 03-21-2006, 12:02 PM

Poeple actually eat bass![:'(]

The Rev · 03-22-2006, 07:56 PM

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ORIGINAL: TeeJay

Poeple actually eat bass![:'(]

Sand bass (white bass)they do. When they are schooling I've caught several hundred in a weekend. Then I'll keep a few and have a fish fry, but I prefer crappie, or catfish..

North Texan · 03-22-2006, 08:05 PM

I tried to catch crappie on some minnows, but no such luck. The only crappie I caught was one that took a crankbait while I was trolling for sandbass.

And I like catfish, too. But catfish are a lot worse about being hit or miss flavor wise. One may taste great, but the next may taste terrible.