White bass at chick dam

[Striper104]

Ok for the last few weeks i havent caught a single one. The month before i could be out there around 7am and catch one on almost every cast. So my question is where have they gone?

 

[Tight_Lines]

i am with you! back in march and April i could catch one almost every cast. also the skip jacks/shad are no where to be found. i am bank fishing but i have practically thrown my whole tackle box at em and have lately caught nothing but a few spotted bass. the pattern of these fish have completely eluded and confused me!!

 

[Tight_Lines]

Also good to hear that there are other folks looking for them also!! i really enjoy catching them! especially on an ultra light!

 

[Striper104]

I use white foley spoons and swimbaits. The only fish being caught are walleye and small catfish. Does anyone know when fishing will pick up in general.

 

[rhys42]

I was out there yesterday afternoon and caught two white bass and a smallmouth around 3:00 using swimbaits (2" pearl red eye), but that was all the action I saw in about 4 hours. I was just casting out into the current and letting it drift a bit, then a slow retrieve. Saw a couple caught around the rail too; looked like they were using jigging spoons. Also noticed the complete absence of skips.

 

[SpurHunter]

Lack of bait is the number one reason they are not there right now. While at some times the bait is there and the whites are not, (no idea where they go), you wont find them in numbers until the bat shows back up.

 

[M GO BLUE]

Striper104 - 10/19/2017 9:11 PM

I use white foley spoons and swimbaits. The only fish being caught are walleye and small catfish. Does anyone know when fishing will pick up in general.

You say 'Walleye' like its a bad thing!!!? Any size to them? How many you getting in to?

 

[Striper104]

Atleast 5 to 6 walleye are being caught each morning before day light. They range between 16 to 24 inches.

 

[Zhouni]

Just wondering if they are there now I would like to go this evening

 

[Striper104]

Ive noticed people are no longer cast netting at the dam, does this mean the shad wont return to the dam until spring?

 

[porthos33]

Striper104 - 10/20/2017 9:29 PM Atleast 5 to 6 walleye are being caught each morning before day light. They range between 16 to 24 inches.

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And you are sure they are walleye and not sauger?</p>

 

[swamp]

16 in. maybe sauger
24 in I'm betting on walleye
don't tell anyone your catching them

 

[Striper104]

They are deffinitely walleye, sauger have spots and tend to be smaller. These walleye tend to be 20 inch plus.

 

[Striper104]

I have also caught a few 23 inch plus walleye at nickajack dam.

 

[Tight_Lines]

what are walleye being caught on? is there a creel for them?

 

[SpurHunter]

Striper104 - 10/21/2017 1:19 PM

Ive noticed people are no longer cast netting at the dam, does this mean the shad wont return to the dam until spring?

Only means the bait is not there. When it shows back up, so do the guys netting bait.

 

[JEEPnFISH]

Walleye 5 per day, 16 inch minimum.

 

[Tight_Lines]

Striper104,
I stopped by the dam during my lunch break to see if anyone was fishing, and saw three guys fishing up against the wall. generators wide open warm water. each had buckets with them and one guy came by me with several NICE white bass (prob 2 lb a piece) in it! looked like they were throwing large buck tail spoons across the face of the dam from the railing there. i mean they were losing ALOT of gear but the each caught one while i was there. not sure how long they had been there but the one guy had a bucket of maybe 10. hope this helps!
good fishing!