Thanks to all who provided intel for our Whitney fishing trip 4/24 and 4/25. Eight of us (Cliff, Bruce, Eric, Todd, Graham, Ed, Bobby, and I) fished the 24th in three boats and six of us (ex Cliff and Bruce) the 25th in two boats. Results: On the 24th we caught about 150: 12 legal stripers, 40 short stripers, a couple of drum, and the rest white bass, From 7 am to 2 pm on the 25th we caught 502: 369 white bass, 126 short stripers, 6 drum, and a 31 inch buffalo. The vast majority were caught on the bottom near the east side out from McCowan Valley in 24 to 27 fow. We located them using sonar and side scan then spot-locking and thumped to keep them under us. One boat found them there the 1st day, and the two boats went back to that same spot on day 2 and found them again.

Eleven of the legal stripers were caught a bit SW of there near the river channel when birds were seen working over surfacing fish. One boat (Bruce, Cliff, and Eric) got to them and caught 11 legals and one short before they stopped. That was the only surface action we saw the two days. The other legal was caught (by Todd) farther south in 28 fow on the bottom next to a drop-off into much deeper water. In that same area Graham hooked a really big striper and fought it about 5 minutes before it got tangled in another line and came off when he attempted to get free from the other line. Ed caught the 31 inch buffalo next to the cliffs on the west side near the dam.

Baits: Ed and Bobby did great with heavy white slabs. Graham and I used Hazy-eyed slabs and BoBlades. Todd did well with the HayBud spinner including catching a 19 inch striper on it. Not sure what the others used. We stayed two nights at Cozy Cabin (airB&B) on the west side of the lake, and grilled steaks the 1st night and had a fish fry the second. We had planned to go back out in the afternoon of day 2 and also fish the morning of day3, but all the catching on day2 satisfied our fishing urge and tired us out. Weather prevented day 3 fishing.







This one shows the HayBud spinner:



We actually were holding up 5 fish: Ed caught 3 on one line and Bobby and I each had one. One of Ed's fish covered up mine.

Great post.

Excellent write up, DC. Thank you! My first time on Whitney. She's pretty and big lake amost Texoma like size wise. Last two months have been very busy for me so this fishing get away road trip with good friends was a healthy remedy! And a nice bonus...We caught a bunch!

Thank you for the maticulous planning and organizing and making it fun for all of us. I had a blast and feel very blessed and more energized now. Lol

Whitney got healthy population of box stripers 12 to 14 inches and they hang out with the sandies.

My only legal striper on the trip.

Thanx for the report, I've primarily targeted stripers on Whitney, I have only landed a few whitebass, assumed the lake did not have as good a population as others like Cedar Creek, or Tawakoni.
You seem to be the Sandbass Whisperer.
Guess I will need to reconsider Whitney which is much closer.

Great job guys!

Nice trip guys. It looks like a lot of fish were caught and a lot of food was eaten, that’s my kind of fishing trip👍👍

All good, water color looks great !

Looked like great fun & fellowship.

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SirDukeOfLor: The sandbass are not everywhere, but we prefished Whitney the 17th and also found sandbass. We found them in 21 to 28 fow as a few bumps on the bottom. We spotlocked and started tapping the boat floor with our feet, and they gathered up under us on the bottom. We caught all fishing vertically with slabs, BoBlades, Hazy-eyed slabs, or heavy spinners keeping them close to the bottom.

Great Report..

Thank you Dennis for planning such a great trip! It was a great time with great fellowship. I enjoyed meeting the rest of the crew and look forward to more fishing trips in the future!! Next one needs to be on Waurika!!

I’m glad ya’ll had good fishing and got on some TW action!! Tough to beat keeper fish blowing up TW plugs!

Also, as sirduke implied, never have had too much success with sandies out there, so glad you were able to pattern them out. Definitely would enjoy figuring out more consistent way to catch them there!

Great post !!!!!
Nice trip