Lake Whitney

[adchunts]

Little bro and I fished Whitney for the first time last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Got into a bunch of small stripers and hybrids on top water and crankbaits. Also caught a few largemouth doing the same. Ned Rig produced some decent largemouth, but no smallmouth unfortunately. Had a really nice largemouth (4 pound +) jump off right at the boat after a couple of drag screaming runs. We stayed on the lower end of the lake for the most part, as I really wanted to catch some brownies. That is something I have missed since moving from Arkansas.

Any tips for when we go back? I do plan to target some larger stripers next time.

[skeeter2222]

Shoot me a pm before you go next time, i have been going two times a week and going tomorrow if its not raining. Im sure it will change a little before you go.

[Dubee]

If you want to catch smallies. Whitney isn't the place to do it

[adchunts]

Shoot me a pm before you go next time, i have been going two times a week and going tomorrow if its not raining. Im sure it will change a little before you go.

Thank you! Will do, sir.

[Phoenix 920 Pro XP]

if you fish whitney everyday for a year you might catch one smallmouth

[utinator]

I didn't know they had smallies in Lake Whitney.

[Dubee]

Years ago it was the best smallmouth lake in the state. They got wiped out by golden algae blooms. There might be one caught every once in awhile but very rare.

[Bobs21X]

Most all of the smallies in the record book there were caught in the cold weather/water months, and at night
The Texas top list below indicates most, if not all the Big 'Uns, on Whitney were caught by the same Fella. Ron Gardner

1 Meredith 7.93 23 03/13/1998 Timothy Teague

2	Whitney	7.72	22	11/20/1988	Ronald Gardner
3	Whitney	7.68	23.25	10/14/1997	Ronald Gardner
4	Whitney	7.55	24.25	12/18/1997	Ronald Gardner
5	Whitney	7.46	25.13	03/09/1994	Ronald Gardner
6	Bridgeport	7.41	23	03/21/1997	Mike Roberts
7	Whitney	7.37	23.38	10/28/1996	Ronald Gardner
8	Whitney	7.25	21	01/04/1998	Darrell Ferguson
9	Whitney	7.21	25	02/11/1996	Ron Gardner
10	Whitney	7.06	23.13	04/06/1995	Ronald Gardner

[grout-scout]

Damn those were some pig smallmouth weighing that much.

[Bobs21X]

Damn those were some pig smallmouth weighing that much.

I am afraid that algae crap ruined those days. Or, at least for n ow.

Gardner learned the lake from his father.

[Astroglass165v]

Stripers and cats all over, some largemouth, seen a couple smalls. Sandbass usually around the island area too