The eggs sink and attach to rocks, sticks and bottom vegetation and hatch within two to four days. White bass are fast growing predators. Individuals up to 17 inches long and nine years of age have been taken in Oneida Lake. White bass are known for feeding at the surface in large schools. They primarily eat insects and fish.
White bass are locally popular sportfish.
Their aggressive nature and schooling tendency make them one of the easiest fish to catch. The best fishing is in spring when schools of white bass move inshore. Casting or trolling streamer flies, jigs, spinners, and spoons or still fishing with minnows will produce good catches. Since white bass often feed near the surface, be sure to keep lures and bait off bottom. Hybrid Bass Hybrid bass are a cross between striped bass and white bass.