When conditions are not conducive to spawning throughout the spawning season, females will re-obsorb their eggs (I've cleaned many with partially re-obsorbed eggs). Did those of you who fish LL regularly observe a substantial amount of re-obsorbtion this past spring?

some but not much... as far as creek inflows I caught alot of fish this spring up in one creek in paticular... and there was no shortage of fish... as far as I could see we had a great spawn. and I caught fish consistantly for several weeks.

White bass are so prolific I doubt that fish harvest has anything to do with the numbers currently being caught. Grapevine has been slow all year but has started to pick up. I imagine Lewisville may not be far behind...but this fair fall weather my give way and you may have to wait for spring. It is my opinion that lake conditions...such as the drought of 2006 and the subsequent flooding in 2007 took its toll on area lakes. I know that Grapevine only had one ramp open in parts of 2006 due to low water. During this time a lot of vegitation took root in normally flooded lands. In 2007, these areas flooded...the vegitation died and the natural decaying process took oxygen out of the water.

That is my theory for what it is worth. A small number of sandies can turn into scores within a few years. Just keep in mind that never put one sand bass in lake lewisville.

As for hybrids...that is a different story.

Incredible read David. Here in Minnesota we have fantastic White Bass fishing and to be quite honest nobody fishes them. In fact I will go on a limb and say the majority of folks in this area consider them to be a trash fish. This ironically is complete garbage in my book! When I chase the spawners in the spring it�s not unheard of to go into the mid 100's for numbers with two in the boat during the spawn.

As a result of the little attention this species gets we also have very little information. In my heart of hearts I always suspected that the fish I am on in the spring are several miles downstream in the deeper reservoir sections of the river I fish and your reading validated that thought!

Thanks, Mike

that sucks