Welcome to the "Annual Sandbass Hybrid Striper Run" @ Rowlett Creek @ Lake Ray Hubbard & Hickory Creek @ Lake Lewisville and many more!

I'm Carey Thorn. Licensed Professional Fishing Guide. Full Time, Year Round, FULLY INSURED FOR YOUR SAFTEY & MINE. Guiding for Over 10 Years at Rowlett Creek and my clients and I have landed over 100,00 fish from just one little creek. I will show you how to land these hard fighting fish all on your own. If you just don't get the hang of it, Ill take two people out and teach you how to do this on your own with out me, the very next day, for $75.00 each.

Now, what are we talking about:



White Bass/ Sand Bass: Are freshwater fish that are migratory in nature, like Salmon. They spend most of their lives in the open-water portions of lakes and reservoirs or river pools. But when water temperatures rise above 55-60 degrees F, its usually the peak time to catch them. Between February and May, White Bass migrate up rivers and streams seeking gravel or rocky bottom areas to begin spawning activity. With the end of March being the "Peak Time", in Central Texas bodies of water.
Males arrive at the spawning grounds about one month ahead of females and we call them "Scouts" (5-9 inchers). Rather than build nests, white bass spawn in mid-water. As the males and the female move toward the surface of the water, the female releases 62,000 to 1,000,000 eggs that are rapidly fertilized. During this, you will see a pod of fish come to the surface and boil during spawning. About 10 fish or so, will be in this pod of boiling fish, with one female in between the ruckus. A lot of people will cast to the boiling fish, but usually don't respond to their bait, due to they have one thing on their minds at the moment.

These adhesive, fertilized eggs, sink to the bottom and stick to gravel, boulders, or vegetation. The eggs hatch in two to three days, but because the adult white bass do not protect the eggs, few survive. Those that do, however, grow rapidly to 4 or 5 inches in length by the end of the summer and migrate back to open water to join the adults in the main lake. So when you catch a 5-9 inch Sand Bass, 99% of the time, it was born in the very same creek or river.

White bass can be easily confused with striped bass, hybrid striped bass, yellow bass. You might want to study how to tell the difference between a Sand bass and a Hybrid Striper. If you don't figure this topic out, the game wardens will help you out after giving you a big fine and possibly taking you gear and impounding your vehicle. Make sure you don't miscount and go over your limit and make sure the fish are 10 inches or over. I try not to keep anything unless its 12 inches and over. The little fish, 10-11 inches, just are not worth the time and effort to clean. But, the ball is in your court, keep what you want within the law.

The typical weight of a white bass is between one-half and 2 pounds, though they can grow to 3 or 4 pounds. The world record white bass is 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Most grow to a length of between 10 and 12 inches, though they can reach 17 inches or more. Their life span can be as long as 10 years, however, few survive more than four years. Like many fish, females generally grow large, faster and live longer than males.

White bass are attracted to small, live bait, such as shad, shiners and minnows. They are also more than willing to bite an artificial lure, another reason they are popular with anglers. Such lures as small jigs and crank baits, as well as top water lures, have proven successful. Its not uncommon to catch over 50 to 100 fish per outing, Sometimes over 300 on a good day. If you have the right gear and you might get your limit of 25 fish within 30 mins!

-Even Kids Can Do This!!!

- 4-6 Pound Fluorocarbon Fishing Line.
- Crank Baits, Jigs, Top Water Lures, and Minnows.
- Polarized Glasses.
- 6-7 Foot Medium Action Rod
- Spinning Reel
- A Cooler With Ice, To Transport Fish
- Stringer
- Fishing License- Must be on you at all times w/ I.D.
-Small Size 6 Split shots
-Size 4 Eagle Claw bronze hooks
-Small 2 inch bobbers peggable
-Zoom Tiny Flukes w/ 1/32 oz JJig Head
-Medium Minnows

Tips:

How to locate fish in shallow water: I use this method to find the sandbass, hybrids, and shad in creeks and rivers all year, not just the winter.

More on dark green water: Remember the Dark Green Water.

The use of a bobber in the winter and spring fishing crappie and sandbass in the creeks. These vids are about crappie in the winter. The sandbass are hugging the bottom as well. They will mainly hold in deeper pools and pockets and shaded areas.

Part 1

Part 2

Guided Bank and Wade Fishing Trips:

(Fly Fishing, Lure Fishing, or Bait Fishing)

Bank Fishing, Wading, or Personal Water Craft Trips Available:

- $150/Half Day for up to 2 anglers. $75 each additional angler.

- $275/Whole Day for up to 2 anglers. $75 each additional angler.


Not into the Bank thing. Then we take the boat!




Boat Trips: Up to 5 customers at a time.

- $275/Whole Day for up to 2 anglers. $75 each additional angler.

Nice video thanks for sharing

OK Carey what creek where you in? {crossroads} and what fly were you using? looks like one of your secret flies! suspended below a strike indicator? come on man give us the scoop!

Carey change the setting on your GoPro to 1080p full HD! why are you shooting in 480 standard?

I need all the tips on this GoPro thing. New to it.

Here is a video from today on a scouting trip. I slayed them, Over 200 came to hand. 80% were 9-12 inches

anyone recognizes this spot? send me a PM and let me know I sure would like to wet my fly line sometime

Hey Carey I will make you a deal I will give you a one on one with your GoPro if you take me fishing!

Carey thank you for a very informative video, I also use the GoPro for my fishing escapades. Hope to have many this season.

Spinning Tackle Report: Same Place

White Rock Creek Sandies......



Todays Report: Im in the Magnum Sandbass now. We didnt catch anything smaller than 13 inches today. All on flukes and bobber.

They have started to move in thicker..... Females should be right behind them very soon.

Report: Sunday March 3rd

Hit the creek a bit later than I wanted to. So we didnt get there till 730am. The Minnow place didnt open till 7 am....

Got to the water and landed a fish on the first cast. Limited in less than 1.5 hours after Jack stayed out of the trees. Those tree fish were biting today.

Lures: Jig/Bobber & small jerk baits & Medium minnows.




Report: Round II ( Fly Fishing)



Jack wanted to try the sandies out on the fly rod so he hooked up with his buddy John and we hit the water. Jack already got his limit this morning, so he was catch and release learning how to fly fish. If jack will set the hook before the fish poops it out, he will be fine.

Can't wait til summer time to hit the main lake with you on those fly rods...

BaffinBay called me and said he was headed to Creek/River/Stream #X-254, so I hopped in the truck and went down there. I decided I was going to throw the fly rod for a bit, so I strung it up and went looking for BaffinBay in the woods. When I found him, I started throwing things in the woods behind him, and freaked him out a bit.

I fished for about an hour and a half and quickly filled up a stringer of sandies, while I watched BB throw everything in his tackle box like usual. Had a good time as always and still finished a bunch of chores.




1/64th oz White Neer Deer @ 3.5 ft deep. Small twitches in the strike zone and it was Sandie Time. All fish were males. Females should show up after the next rain.

Report: over 100+ sandies landed. (15 mins of video edited down)

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hMRzPyAypo&feature=youtube_gdata_player [/video]

I'd say it doesn't get any better than that, but it does! The hybrids and the BIG female sandies will show up very soon!

I had the pleasure fishing with Cable Smith and his dad a day ago. Cable Smith is the host of the Lonestaroutdoorshow.com. He does the radio show on Saturday mornings at 8-9 am and you can hear my interview with him on the radio, 95.3 fm this Saturday morning.
He has never flyfished before, so I brought my flyrod and we hit the creek. We practiced roll casting for about 15-20 minutes, after he got that done and he graduated the roll cast, we went hunting for the Sandbass.