let me start by letting yawl know I dont actually try to ketch striped fish much
almost never these days
but the males have already moved up in several spots in the creeks and run off my crappie darnit
heads up to yawl to start looking in your favorite creeks and rivers for the striped fishes
they are for sure up in them

My favorite creeks are Dry - have been for a cpl years now.

have not been able to find very many stripers past week.. going again tomorrow and will try a few creeks... Thanks

The water in my favorite creek is way too muddy. But I may try next week.

I live in the Austin area(Leander) but will be up there the weekend of the Feb. 7-8 for a volleyball tournament at the Dallas convention center. I am hoping to get away a bit and take my son fishing for whites. Can anyone recommend a creek that we can go to not too far from there? Not asking for your special spot. Feel free to PM me.

Tony

Interesting info considering how cold it has been.

I saw your pics on the crappie forum of those sandies. Like I said over there, if you drop that little jig into PK the sand bass will have it long before a crappie could get it.

White rock creek, Rowlette creek, hickory creek. White rock creek may be your best bet this time of the year.

rowlette creek is dry lol

Now I'm curious about " the run". Are they heading to shallow water like a crappie does for spawn? Should I start targeting rocky areas or bush/timber in shallower water? Don't really keep alot of sand bass for eating, but love catching just about anything!

many moons ago I chased the striped fish
on the Brazos the male sand bass and actual stripers where half way up to the Granbury spillway from lake Whitney by mid January ...right under hwy 67 to be exact
the fish I have been finding are on the same time frame in a different river system in ft worth
and the other day I noticed it may be happening in the trinity river as well
I saw a huge flock of gulls and cormorants bombing an area of the river
and 3 guys shoulder to shoulder chunking baits at the mess

Mr Ketchn..this is the only time I'll accept you for being out of your crappie section. Thanks for the info.

hilarious I tell ya ...
and BTW ....
HOLY HECK YAWL ....the big girls were in there today with the boys
man what a slam fest .....
a small fish was in the 12 inch range
never ketched a throw back !!!!
a couple a hours double limits
a striped fish EVERY CAST
best go get em if you b a striped fish ketcher

I love stripers fishing! striper fishing is my game. I do make lots lures for it.

Do they run up the river from Lake Worth?

Yes the more water they let out of eagle mnt the better.

ARE THE FISH GOOD TO EAT IN THE NATURE CENTER CAUSE LAKE WORTH IS CONNECTED TO IT ?

Crazy that it has already started. Seems a month early but I will take it. Or maybe this is just west of dallas...

they are for sure way up from the lakes in the shallow water NOW
found em again making life difficult for me yesterday as well
darn things sure tear up my light crappie tackle
and ruin my pretty jigs as well

and it is getting worse by the trip there
darn things have over run the creek
my crappie left for spots unknown
nothing but sand bass in there it seems now
them big sow sandy fish took over the place
with a few males in the mix
19 of them put a hurt on me yesterday and NOT a single crappie
sad bit true ....
KABOOM

You still catching them on the silver flash?

they are taking that bait well
but they chew em up pretty bad fast
one bait is typically done after about 20 or so fish
that newest version with the UV enhancement is the BOMB

looks kinda bluish to the human eye
but is actually clear with sparkles
man do they like it
Thermoclines Lures ROCK !!!!

I would venture to say the larger versions are deadly on big fish
hybrids and stripers for sure
they make 3 sizes and I am using the smallest ...the lil fry
about 1.25 of an inch long
the super fry amd mr fry are really large baits
bet they smack lips as well as this here lil thing ...

I can take an army there, and help you clean up all those nuisance sandies.

JK.

trust me sir there is an army style assault going on there in full swing right now
I expect to see amphibious vehicles along with all the different water craft in there soon as well
and the infantry has already arrived on the front lines
the aerial assault has been going on for a while as well
cormorants and kingfishers are having them a party tooo

I guess that I am too late. I better stay foot, and intercept them as they swim up north.

pm me if you want more info
they aint easy to find
I do a lot of walking and pitching
they are currently under a thick pc of brush for some reason
probably due to local fishing pressure is my thoughts

still in there it seems
I managed quite a few yesterday in a brush top fall down yet again
cant find me a crappie in there no more
sad but true

Looks like fun to me!