White bass fer supper

[RockyRaab2]

My first experience with White Bass was from the Rio Grande at Laredo, Texas. During the spawning run, it was literally impossible to make a cast of more than 50 feet and get the lure back without at least a strike and 90% of the time a hookup. They seemed to be all 12" clones of each other. An hour was all my arms lasted, they fought so hard in the current.

(Back then, it was safe to stand on the bank of the Rio - or be in Laredo. Today, no.)