White bass fishing on the feeder creeks off the upper Trinity River in February and into March is about action and numbers, pure and simple, and we posted a good one. Doggett and I released more fish than we retained. We kept nowhere near the 100 whites our foursome was allowed, but cleaning so many fish held little appeal. Besides, white bass eat a lot better fresh than frozen. Through a little less than two hours of actual fishing, best-guess estimates were that the group had handled some 150 white bass.
Fishing can be better by several definitions, but that's about as good as catching can get.
Pre-spawn fishing for white bass off the Trinity River started three weeks ago and should continue almost as long. Conditions change from day to day, and keeping tabs on the river level can prevent wasted effort. Good as fishing was last week, for example, action slowed to nil after the river fell several feet over the weekend. Creeks that ran strong and flush with fish last week were reduced to empty trickles. For action to improve, either those creeks have to fill or the river has to clear.