Sandbass - The People’s Fish

I was well into my 20s when I first began fishing for white bass (sand bass) as they are called in north Texas. Sand bass flourish in lakes with feeder streams and each spring make spawning runs in the creeks or rivers.

This provides one of the first fishing events of the year for many anglers. But white bass can be caught in abundance year around with a bit of knowledge of patterns.

The farm ponds and small lakes I grew up fishing in northeast Texas simply didn’t have sandbass and I was somewhat of a late bloomer when it comes to fishing for them. We fished for fun and food back in the sixties and catfish, largemouth bass or crappie sizzling in a cast iron skillet was the reward of a successful fishing trips.