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BryceTheFisherman
12-29-2015, 09:24 PM
We've been getting massive a mounts of rain here in Spring city and watts bar, causing the water level to up more than 2 feet. I fished for 2 days in that time, I've got tons of catfish (20-35 cats) snagged a bass lol! and about 20 or 30 stripers! The temperature has been 50-70 degrees in dec it's crazy, hooked tons of fish it's been crazy!
StriperFan
12-30-2015, 11:49 AM
Are you fishing tailwaters, which can get a big run of fish when conditions are right? What technique you been using? I'm guessing some kind of live or fresh cut bait. Are you catching stripers or stripe? Pics would be cool.
BryceTheFisherman
12-30-2015, 06:37 PM
Are you fishing tailwaters, which can get a big run of fish when conditions are right? What technique you been using? I'm guessing some kind of live or fresh cut bait. Are you catching stripers or stripe? Pics would be cool.

Didn't have any pictures of the catfish, because I didn't have my phone with me. But got a picture of the bass and the stripers, got the cats on chicken liver, the bass was on a spinner. And the stripers was caught off straight fresh worms.
https://i.imgur.com/bHJ2fWF.jpg
white95v6
12-30-2015, 09:29 PM
You didn't catch any stripers(rockfish). You caught white bass(stripe). But good catch no matter the species.
Gone fishing
12-30-2015, 10:28 PM
Great catch! Just a heads up if those were stripers (rockfish) that catch would be illegal.
Heiny57
12-30-2015, 10:58 PM
Good catch, but make sure you don't get the wrong species mixed in.
XxthejuicexX
12-30-2015, 11:27 PM
That's a big mouth on a little body! Good stringer of white bass. the large mouth needs to eat something other than your bait.
tkwalker
12-31-2015, 01:40 AM
Great catch! Just a heads up if those were stripers (rockfish) that catch would be illegal.

There are no Stripers in that pile ... <'TK>< :)
agelesssone
12-31-2015, 08:42 AM
The "stripers" look more like yellow bass to me....especially since they were caught on worms.
jad2t
12-31-2015, 09:13 AM
Yes the ones fully visible are 100% yellow bass. I could be wrong but I believe there is no size or creel limit on those. IF those were actually Striped Bass, you'd be in big trouble for posting that picture! Be careful and make sure you know what fish you're keeping. Looks like you had a fun day though, well done!
BryceTheFisherman
12-31-2015, 07:34 PM
Great catch! Just a heads up if those were stripers (rockfish) that catch would be illegal.

We put them on a stringer so we could see how many we caught they were released.
BryceTheFisherman
12-31-2015, 07:36 PM
Yes the ones fully visible are 100% yellow bass. I could be wrong but I believe there is no size or creel limit on those. IF those were actually Striped Bass, you'd be in big trouble for posting that picture! Be careful and make sure you know what fish you're keeping. Looks like you had a fun day though, well done!

Thanks! I'm not exactly sure but they where released, I hardly ever keep fish i catch.
StriperFan
01-01-2016, 09:23 AM
That would have been an excellent stringer for the fryer, those yellow bass are right up there with the best of them. And those are some good sized ones.