Sometimes you just have to do it. I'm 1 1/2 hrs away, and I usually consider the drive over the desire to be out here. When the spawn is on though, one just has to gas up and go. The drive home is tough, especially if you don't catch very many fish. And especially if you have to work the next day. Many of these guys here are catching limits of fish. I'm not one of those guys. It's tough burning all that fuel driving back and forth with no fish. But that one day when you find the fish and catch a near limit... its all worth it. It makes for a good story, and you'll know where to go and what to do next time. My local creeks are still 1 hr away. from me. Another 30 minutes added to my drive and the possibility of magnum sized whites, I just gas up and go.

We fished cedar creek at CR125 on Sunday. HL&S's video influenced me to seek that place out. I managed 8 fish from 4pm to 6pm. They were big fish too. Not as good as HL&S & friends but enough for a good meal. It was worth the almost 1/2 tank of gas to get there and back. I'll be back soon.

Tight Lines.

I went back up Jerdelle Tuesday evening and can say that without more rain the whitebass run is over for that little creek. It is still fun to fly fish for sunfish and little bass but no where near as fun as catching mature whitebass..

I had a couple more really good days catching white bass and hybrids at the dam. Problem is, it is becoming far too crowded for me to use the fly rod down there effectively now.

It stinks because I really enjoy catching those hybrids. Trying to find them and catch them from the bank or kayak with a fly rod on the main lake is not something I've been successful at yet.

Any advice is welcome.

If you don't mind what you catch them on, get some little crawdad traps or a dip net and find some small to medium sized crawfish. Maybe a bait shop sells them. Rig them up Carolina rig style with a 36" leader and fish them on spinning gear. I use little razor sharp wide gap size 2, 4 or 6 hooks and steel barrel sinkers from 1/4-1/2 ounce. Chunking lures didn't seem to be producing many hybrids, and I didn't see many small shad around. I did, however, see people catching quite a few 3" crappie in throw nets and dip nets. I threw my little blue/chrome rapala rippin rap on 50lb braid and lighter wire hooks, with a white buck tail with flashabou rear treble. Caught several whites on it and had one hybrid hooked in the top of the head that came unbuttoned at the bank. I got snagged several times, but with the heavy braid I was able to pull it loose. I tried to throw it between two trees and the wind blew my line into a limb on my last cast with that lure. I came back with an intact knot and a mangled split ring. I tied on various other lipless cranks without success, switched over to a little 1/8 oz road runner with a smoke colored grub and started catching whites again about every 20 minutes. I threw probably 30 different lures of various kinds, and while many produced followers and obvious tail swipes, only the road runner and rippin rap produced for me. I saw people with multi jig setups who were dedicated to that one presentation catch a few. I use a H2O express lipless crankbait in ghost shad color with a feathered sparkly white treble beating the banks in the main lake with good success, but the water is pretty off colored for that right now it seems.

I had a couple more really good days catching white bass and hybrids at the dam. Problem is, it is becoming far too crowded for me to use the fly rod down there effectively now.

It stinks because I really enjoy catching those hybrids. Trying to find them and catch them from the bank or kayak with a fly rod on the main lake is not something I've been successful at yet.

Any advice is welcome.

J-Moe, I beleive I've told you of a few good spots already. Whites and hybrids........ Think back....