Dave :

Fish don't care about our calendar only theirs. Different locations and water temps and weather (rain/inflows). Looks like another rolling spawn.


Comparison of Creel Statistics for River and Reservoir Components of a Texas White Bass Fishery


White bass Morone chrysops rank among the top
five sport fish sought by Texas freshwater anglers
(Ditton et al. 1991).

Lake Buchanan is a 9,312-ha impoundment of
the Colorado River. The Colorado River extends
for some 200 km upstream of Lake Buchanan before
reaching the dam of another reservoir. A number
of private fishing camps are located along the
river; these camps provide access to the public for a fee. Anecdotal information indicates that substantial fishing pressure and harvesting of white bass occur at these camps during the white bass spawning eason.

Our survey of the Lake Buchanan white bass
fishery spanned the period from February through
April 1996 and 1997.


Field procedures.�Roving creel surveys were
conducted daily from February 1 through April 30
in 1996 and 1997. This period encompassed the
spring white bass spawning migration. The study
area was divided into three regions: river, upper
reservoir, and lower reservoir.