03-03-2004, 11:58 PM
Hey Nate,
I've dissected a white bass as well a couple of times. All they ever have is tiny insects just like icehole said. I wasn't too knowledgable then (not that I am now, lol [crazy]), so I don't know exactly what they were. All I know is yes they were tiny like size 22 or smaller. I really don't think you'll ever catch any using a fly imitating something like that though. The water is too murky in Utah Lake and the odds are really against you. If you really want to catch white bass on a fly rod I would go with streamers.
Since they do hit just about anything gold or silver flashy, you could tie some wooley buggers that have lots of flashabou in silver or gold colors -- gold for sunny weather and silver for cloudy. You could also use chartruese, pink, or other colors that you'd normally use for jigs. They should work just like a marabou jig, just not right on the bottom. White bass will hit high or low in the water column so that shouldn't make much of a difference.
BTW I'll probably be going down to where the Provo enters the lake in my tube with my little bro (his first tubing attempt with his brand new tube[cool]) on Sat. sometime. Fishluvr said he might go too. Come on down if you can. I'll let you know Friday if that's still the plan. Gonna try for walleye and white bass or whatever else will bite.[sly]
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I've dissected a white bass as well a couple of times. All they ever have is tiny insects just like icehole said. I wasn't too knowledgable then (not that I am now, lol [crazy]), so I don't know exactly what they were. All I know is yes they were tiny like size 22 or smaller. I really don't think you'll ever catch any using a fly imitating something like that though. The water is too murky in Utah Lake and the odds are really against you. If you really want to catch white bass on a fly rod I would go with streamers.
Since they do hit just about anything gold or silver flashy, you could tie some wooley buggers that have lots of flashabou in silver or gold colors -- gold for sunny weather and silver for cloudy. You could also use chartruese, pink, or other colors that you'd normally use for jigs. They should work just like a marabou jig, just not right on the bottom. White bass will hit high or low in the water column so that shouldn't make much of a difference.
BTW I'll probably be going down to where the Provo enters the lake in my tube with my little bro (his first tubing attempt with his brand new tube[cool]) on Sat. sometime. Fishluvr said he might go too. Come on down if you can. I'll let you know Friday if that's still the plan. Gonna try for walleye and white bass or whatever else will bite.[sly]
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