Lake Ray Hubbard Fishing Guide Report
Spring break fishing on Lake Ray Hubbard is right around the corner. It can be an interesting time of year. I have been fishing for white bass and hybrid stripe bass during spring break for over 20 years and every year is an adventure. With the weather changing sometimes on a daily bases the fish can change a pattern in a matter of hours. Please don’t misunderstand me and thinking fish can not be caught. I have caught thousands of fish over my life time and even till this day I enjoy the hunt. When you locate fish and catch fish its very rewarding. We start getting warmer weather and people including myself get the itch. March can be a windy month for sure. When white bass start to spawn they do up into the creeks , but there are plenty of fish to be caught on the lake. Most of the times the March winds help in that part pushing them on points and flats that they spawn on. We can get some fantastic weather as well, after all this is Texas.
White Bass Patterns
White bass will be ganging up in open water more to the North end of the lake, waiting for the perfect temperatures to start spawning. As they wait for the right time , they will eat heavily before they make their run. When the temps warm up you want to look shallow on windward points and flats. Another area to look at is the I-30 highway rocks. White bass will spawn on the rocks and sometimes the more wind the better. There will be schools of fish just off the rocks in the deep water staging waiting on temps to rise. Moving water is the key, white bass want moving water to spawn. Thats why it’s important to fish the windy side of structure. Be sure to your eye out for gulls this time of year. If you see large groups of birds hitting the water , ease in the area upwind and daft thru.
White Bass Lures
When you find large schools staging in deep water I like to use the slab and jig combo. The size slab depends on how much wind there is, as I like to drift with drift socks most of the time. If you are spot locking or anchoring then use a 3/4 oz slab with a jig about 16 inches above. Most days they like a slow lift and sometime no movement at all. If you get lucky and fish birds , throw a small inline spinner like a rooster tail or a little George. I will also have a 4 inch sassy shad tied on, you never know when hybrids are mixed in with the white bass. When the water warms through out the day throw that same little George up on the shallow flats and points reeling just fast enough to keep it from hanging on bottom.
Lake Ray Hubbard Fishing Guide
We target White Bass year round . Lake Ray Hubbard has a great white bass and hybrid Striper population. For more information on Lake Ray Hubbard Fishing Guide, follow this link.