White Bass &
Hybrids.

Why White Bass Trips Work for Groups

White bass are abundant in the North Texas lakes we fish and known for aggressive feeding. In warmer months they often gather in huge schools on the surface, chasing shad in a feeding frenzy.

That makes them a great fit for family trips, trips with kids, and corporate or company outings. There's constant action and little to no waiting. If we're not catching fish, we move to find them.

White bass also need very little casting skill, so inexperienced anglers catch fish right away. They're excellent to eat, and we clean your catch at the end of the trip. If you'd rather catch and release, we can do that too.

Where We Find Them

Eagle Mountain Lake, Lake Lewisville and Lake Worth all hold strong white bass populations, as do most of the other waters we guide. Eagle Mountain is our home lake; other locations are by request, depending on the season and scheduling. Lake Worth is catch and release only.

What Is a Hybrid Striped Bass?

A hybrid striped bass — "hybrid" or "hybrid striper" — is a cross between a white bass and a striped bass. Texas Parks and Wildlife stocks them in many Texas lakes.

We catch them with techniques similar to striper and white bass fishing, but hybrids grow much larger and fight hard. When you hook a big one, there's no guessing what it is. Hybrid striped bass trips are available June through September on Lake Lewisville and Lake Bridgeport.

About White Bass

Common names include sandbass, sandie, sand bass, barfish, streaker and silver bass. The species name chrysops is Greek for "golden eye." White bass are silvery, shading from dark gray on the back to white on the belly, with several incomplete horizontal stripes on each side.

Adults look like young striped bass and are often confused with them. Striped bass have two tooth patches on the back of the tongue; white bass have one. Striped bass also have two sharp points on each gill cover, while white bass have one.

White bass spawn in early spring. Males move upstream to spawning areas up to a month before females, preferring running water over gravel or rock. A large female can release nearly a million eggs. Young fish grow quickly — as much as 8 or 9 inches in the first year — and white bass older than four are rare.

Adults travel in schools and feed near the surface on gizzard and threadfin shad. They're native to the central US west of the Appalachians; in Texas, they're native to the Red River drainage. White bass are the fifth most preferred species among licensed Texas anglers — strong fighters and excellent table fare.