Fishing For White Bass With Live Bait

[@ktulucalls]

The unidentified minnow at 13:45 - I believe they're a fish called Silversides. I live on the Tennessee River - same waters where Richard Gene fishes often and I've been catching those same minnows recently when cast netting. They have a brilliant silver stripe running the length of their bodies.

[@jeromedwojak918]

Great video Richard! I would have to say that your fishing vids are my favorite on you tube. I look forward each day to see what you share of your experiences on the water! Love them!

[@DanielGlenTimms]

I think white bass and bluegill pound for pound are the best freshwater fighters. Taste great too! Another enjoyable video Richard!

[@ut000bs]

I fished sunfish as a sort of hobby on ultralight gear and I always said if bluegill got up to about 8-9 pounds largemouth bass would be a side fish.

[@Fishing256]

Ya they are very underrated for their fighting spirit

[@gregorysucher6987]

tilapia are good fighters to

[@mwilson70201]

I use to fish the Little Miami River west of Cincinatti. My favorite time was when white bass were running upstream in the spring/early summer. Nonstop action and good sized ones too. They would wear me out. I'm from Tn. But love fishing the Ohio/Indiana rivers and creeks.

[@kerrycomstock9220]

Thanks, Richard, for putting a smile on my face this morning.....wishing I could go fishing, instead of working!! Looking forward to the next one....again, Thanks Richard!

[@thomasharp3246]

Using live bait long that is probably a lot better than losing a bunch of plastic baits in the water and cheaper. Can't beat that natural presentation really. You're an expert angler, enjoy the videos.

[@ut000bs]

We used to fish the stripe run on the Holstein River just above the fork with the French Broad that creates our beloved Tennessee River. We called white bass 'stripes' which shouldn't be confused with stripers which were striped bass. We had loads of fun every spring up there in our spot catching them on double-baited lines often two at a time. We used minnows some but small to mid size white plastic grubs seemed to work best. They would always hit a white plastic grub. That's some great memories. We caught ours under a bridge, too. We'd literally catch way over a hundred each and at the last we'd start culling out the 2-3 nice ones we'd take home each to fry up if we wanted fish.

[@joegrande4848]

The fish catching king strikes again. 😀🤴🤴🤴🤴

[@LTOutdoors15]

I gotta say you have the best fishing channel on here. I cant get enough, you seem like such a great guy and you're hilarious. I hope to fish with you one day in my travels. Tight lines man

[@odustbrown1836]

That's a baby anchovy. They can sometimes be found in freshwater rivers. In Louisiana we call them glass minnows. They're good bait when you can keep them alive.

[@mikebryant9493]

Lots of fun to watch Richard, those white bass are soooo tasty!!

[@shaneowens8774]

I fish for white bass a lot here in central Texas. Absolutely love catching them and I think they are great to eat. Not as good as crappie but fine eating. Thanks for the video Richard sure enjoyed it.

[@JETTIEROCKSFISHINGwithMIKED]

Ive just recently discovered your channel..so far i have watched about 10 or so videos..ive got to say i really enjoy your content..im not much of a freshwater fisherman other then channel cats in the winter on the st johns..i mainly saltwater fish..but you have got me jacked up to try more freshwater stuff...tight lines to you brother..

[@blakecallahan4911]

Richard gene the fishing machine has the best video on KZbin keep up the good work buddy number one fan right here

[@Calm_Relax_Fish]

Elmer you got away to fish again. You on it!!!

[@michaelmiller3378]

My favorite fishing of all time!

[@jeffyoung2089]

It sure was fun to watch you catching fish!

[@mannyochoa3041]

Enjoy watching you fish! great video we need more!

[@KennyP56]

Richard Gene you are a hoot! Great show as always.

[@justinthomasfishing181]

Another great video brother. Keep em coming. My kids love the funny parts. God bless!!

[@greygrim4630]

Always makes you want to go fishing

[@robertthompson6949]

Love u man!!!! Sniffing the minnow net!! Lol !!!

[@MapleHIllSawmill]

Another great video, glad to see the stripe fishing. 4lb test is a challenge but 2lb test is a lot of fun to.

[@FishGuy876]

Hi Richard. Thanks for the invaluable lessons in your video. Please do a video about how you clean/cook these fish when you do eat them :)

[@countryboyray1243]

Andy Kellett I am with you Andy! He said filleted in butter!! I got to have that!

[@amieengland2437]

Another great video Richard!! Love all your videos!!

[@ztemde978]

Lol, that stunk! Great as always Richard. Keep it up.

[@keithbartlett6708]

Thank you for the video! Keep'em coming.

[@eddiedufrene8146]

Another good video. I will try the live bait my next trip out. I have a cast net that I used in LA to catch live bait. I will dust if off and put it to work.

[@jonahlawrence2797]

Great video Richard thanks again love the ending

[@rickangel9743]

Hi Richard I have 3 ACC rods love them.I have caught alot of crappies on them . Be carefull and don't break it.

[@tracymeadows3463]

Lol that stunk🤣 loved it brother!!!🤚🏻high five on an Awesome trip....

[@chrisnunnelley3417]

Great job Richard. I am doing the cast for kids on the 25th of this month. I may go there and let some handicap kids catch some white bass. Bet it will be fun for them. It is blasting off from the old boat harbor right next to that bridge. Thanks for the tips. If you find any more good spots close to there let me know please. 👍👍👍👍

[@JazzyBackyardBBQAndSides]

Great video Richard! your fishing vids are my favorite.

[@GrandLakeGuy]

Awesome! love catch sandies..

[@wileysanders3709]

Those spotted bass you be catching is some pritty fish

[@wpgordone352]

R.G. Hit wuz great to see you and Ole ELLMO back in rare form there at the end , I golly !!! Golly Bum !! Dem sho wuz some nice White Bass you wuz catching airr boy !! And ye gotta go fishn to git away from dem mean ole hateful woman's when they git on the war path !! I'm glad dat stinky minner net didn't knock you out Cuz !! Be careful out airr ELLMO !!!

[@roygilkey9246]

I got my line in the water 4 more days and i'm going!!! great vid keep them coming!!

[@mc2000Gmc]

Great show mean gene 👍🏻👍🏻

[@brandonburdette7895]

😆😅😅😅😅😅I love the famous ending lol

This place is incredible! Congratulations, *beautiful* Video. Hugs and good fishing!👍🎣🐠🐟

[@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS]

Great day and thanks for the laugh Sir.👍👍👊

[@johnmills925]

Man I'll tell you, those white bass are some good eating !!

[@sammyvh11]

Happy Birthday Ritchie!

[@howardmassengale7937]

Another great video...hope that's not mama Sue you're talking about...she'll put that frying pan on you.

[@Nate......]

Love your sense of humor Richard don't change for anyone

[@detectivemikevarnado7515]

Nice change of pace!

[@vhf2582]

That was fun to watch. Could you go white bass fishing again? We call them sand bass.

[@michaelh7429]

We call them sand bass too in Oklahoma...love the fighting 2 pounders

[@ut000bs]

We call them stripes in East Tennessee.

[@RickeyMcDaniel]

They are good eating!

[@ut000bs]

@Jamie Ford We used to catch them when they were running up the French Broad River up beyond the forks of the river. We used small, white hair jigs to great success. Ten of us went one afternoon and caught our limit. We fed the whole block that night. No joke. Fillets cut into strips and deep-fried. So good.

[@ut000bs]

@Jamie Ford The stripes would usually start up the river in April right when the crappie were spawning. We would hit the stripes on Saturday from the bank and hit the crappie on Watts Bar from a boat on Sunday. I used to know some good places for crappie on Watts Bar that you could count on at some depth all summer long. That was good times.

[@MrButterbean2787]

Me and my dad got on some one time and was catching them two at a time. Needless to say we had our limit in no time.

[@rbishop12399]

like those smooth hook sets!

[@codywarren1071]

Here in Texas we call those ghost minnows, they work great during the spawn

[@traviswheeler2798]

Awesome as always!

[@loutippey9792]

Whitebass are fun fun to catch. Good eating to. This is what i fish for about 85% of the time. And crappie about 15%. We troll for them using Tony Accetta #12 pet spoons and we use a three way swivel using a white tail and yellow tail and catch two at a time. You get two two pounders on at the same time you got yourself a fight. We use a 10/10 Jet Diver to take it down to about 8 ft.

[@brianwillis9797]

i wanna make a trip to come crappie fishing with ya.

[@lynnlange488]

Great video on fishing light tackle for white bass! That is a lot of fun. I have done it. Keep up the good work Gene!!

[@edwardtomlin8592]

Couldn't stop laughing when you was talkin about your mom is going to whoop me!!!!

[@snuggalufagusjambuddy7303]

Great video! Thanks, R.G.T.F.M

[@TheFishDimension]

Richard, this just happened to me too! It’s in my most recent video! Was throwing a rooster tail around and white bass just started hitting it like crazy every time. It’s like they all called each other.

[@jumpinggulley]

What size cast net do you use and can you make a how to video on throwing one? Thanks.

[@Eric_Cleckler]

Awesome video!

[@patarmstrong1712]

Me and my fishing buddy, Ole Dougie Doug have targeted White Bass for years. We use Med. Action rods and 15# line cuz these guys are strong! When we get into 'em, we want to load the boat, not spend 3 minutes getting them in.

[@shambamish]

Dang ol wermens!

[@bonyarmoutdoors]

Richard you ever fish lakes other than the River ? over on our side of the state we have BCDA lake systems come over and do a video North west corner of Alabama cedar creek, little bear, or Big bear TVA BCDA check it out

[@drewdouglas4883]

Great video

[@johns6504]

That last bass heard you say "cooler" and jumped right out of your hands. He went and told his buddies...that's why they stopped biting!!

[@mikeyzx2]

I've caught some small eating size blue cat around those bridge pilings

[@hillbillymoonshiners9353]

Richard Gene the fishing machine you better get off the lake and stay out of the Heat😎 hahaha

[@ifishcatfish]

Are these still the weights i sent u? Very happy to see them in video. They have another benefit - when u use stopper instead of crimping, you dont damage the already thin line. This method is a must for thin line. In my opinion.

[@ThePatdaddy83]

We saw some absolute slabs over in the grass at the other end of the bridge when we were bowfishing last week. What is it with minn kotas and squeaking? Everyone I know with one it sqeauks. I've only had motorguide and never made a squeak

[@PapaSmurfx93]

Get some!!!

[@mlt8912]

We call them sand bass in Texas, I think they are the same.. just bigger in Texas.. LOL

[@sammyvh11]

Id take large white bass and bluegill over crappie anyday.

[@TheMB2333]

That shirt pocket looks as though it had its' share of smokes stuffed in it. 😁

[@bonsai-r-usliveinharmony5691]

L&m menthol!!!

[@lukehardin3398]

Do you use a split Shit weight or just the hook?

[@claymore1346]

Amazing

[@trumpfan4937]

😂I don’t know how I just saw this video but it sounded like you had clown on the boat with ya? What was that birthday noisemaker sound?

[@angelasheppard7197]

Wouldnt the bait fish you hav in bucket get too hot since they are at the top of the water where it's the hottest?thanks for sharing

[@fishingislife6778]

If I’m gonna use minnows should I get small or medium

[@mattwatson6597]

thanks

[@Thumpaholic]

Silver-Side minnows....?

[@baylortaylor6378]

Where did you get that minner bucket?

[@edwardtomlin8592]

if you think they fight just imagine their hybrid stripers crossed with white bass and regular striper with hybrid vigor! they pull good !and 100 dollar tag's too!

[@mikebryant9493]

Let’s get that trolling motor some WD 40 Richard!

[@ronself9880]

Use rem oil on that trolling motor lol

[@edwardtomlin8592]

, Elmer forgot to lube it up!

[@SouthWestIron]

Used to fish with an old timer that would actually use WD-40 on his joints!

[@jonpogue427]

You are funny I tell you what!

[@ronself9880]

Still the man

[@LivingstonFishing]

On it!

[@dustincanty4077]

Great video but didn't seem to be as clear as your other videos seems like your GoPro wasn't as good this time

[@fishinfreak4374]

The other evening I went out in about forty feet of water and saw on the fishfinder what I thought was a big school of white bass. I dropped down a live shad and BOOM! They weren't white bass, they were big hybrids. Let me tell ya, that was a ton of fun. Ended up with three nice hybrids then I saw the white bass boiling and I filled my cooler with them.

[@prevost8686]

fishin freak Fish & Game used to stock hybrids in our reservoirs. Said they was going to replace them with strippers. Stripers have not thrived at all due to shallow water and warm temperatures.

[@fishinfreak4374]

Wayne Swicegood that sucks.

[@prevost8686]

fishin freak Not many of us understand why they stocked stripers in a reservoir that at its deepest is only around 40ft. With hot & dry weather it’ll drop 10 feet or more because so much water is pulled for big city useage. 20 years ago you’d see 10-12 lb hybrids pretty regularly. My best was about 7lb. It wasn’t uncommon to run into huge schools of them busting shad on the surface in the morning and evenings but them days are gone now.

[@fishinfreak4374]

Wayne Swicegood wow, I wonder why fish and game decided they needed to stop that.

[@danedwards3015]

Why are you not catching crappie here? It’s your crappie fishing area. I guess they moved out and the whites moved in Richard?

[@texans433]

How do I mail you something? Since you have shown me so much and gave great ideas!! I have a rod I would like to send you.

[@garrettblack7156]

What size hook are you using

[@reeceandcarlensdad]

Ya ol net smeller! ;-)

[@scooterbrown8259]

White bass , & jumbo peech are delicious

[@rodneyyarbrough6524]

Hey big guy... are those stripe good to eat? I’ve heard they have to be cleaned a certain way. What’s your opinion.

[@dennisbirnstihl7780]

Hey Rodney! I catch and clean allot of whites.they taste great,but you have to remove the red from the meat it,s way to fishy. There are some good videos on youtube on this subject.GO FISHIN ITS GOOD FERYA.

[@rodneyyarbrough6524]

Dennis Birnstihl Thanks. I’ll check it out. A friend of mine said soak them in 7up for a minute and that will take the strong taste out. He does that with channel cat and it works great.

[@billantrim2251]

Guys they are just like eating a big hybrid or a true striper. Just remember if it ain’t white cut it out! Good eating but not as good as crappie or bluegill.

[@rodneyyarbrough6524]

Bill Antrim As long as I can find crappie and sauger I don’t worry about cleaning anything else. I’ll remember your advice in case the crappie dry up. Thanks.

[@billantrim2251]

I’m with you!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SouthWestIron]

Lessssslettemgooooooo.

[@stevenmartin4061]

Mr. Gene get out there and make me a good crappie video again.It been while on crappie.

[@robertintexas]

Looked like what we call glass minnows down here. Very fragile.

[@patarmstrong1712]

I wonder if that 'white bait' was a Skip Jack...

[@bobbygreen2291]

Richard you gonna have to change oil in that old rod they have burned it up and blown out the back bone

[@barnett37]

We want to meet Elmo....are you him ?