AUSTIN – For Texas anglers and fisheries biologists alike, heavy rainfall early in the year signals the beginning of a very exciting event – the annual white bass spring spawning run upstream from reservoirs into rivers and creeks. With ample moisture currently falling across the state, anglers could see schools of the popular sport fish concentrating in their local fishing holes very soon.
“We know anglers have been catching some male white bass since the beginning of February, but the spawn was delayed this year because the temperature and the water flows weren’t ideal,” said Richard Ott, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries District Supervisor for Tyler South. “What we’ve been waiting for is a good warm Gulf rain to come up here and entice female white bass to make their way up stream. The rain we had this week is going to turn things on for sure.”
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