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msauer933

msauer933

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I went up to Clear last Thursday to try and fill the freezer with Yellow Bass fillets. Turned out to be a good decision as they were on fire.

I ended up catching them all out from the ventura boat ramp right up next to the reeds. Caught a lot of them on a 2 inch white swim bait. After getting sick of fighting the wind I ended up anchoring and throwing a minnow under a slip bobber did just as well. Ended up bringing close to 50 home. Caught all of them in less than 2 hours.

Give it a shot if you are in the area. It was fast action and the most fun fishing I have had in a while.

Good Luck
 
Muskies were in the back of mind every time I was pulling one of those little buggers up to the boat. I was waiting for one to take a swipe at a yellow and scare the crap out of me.:eek:

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Yellow bass is one of the few Iowa species I've never landed, let alone ate. How are they to eat?

Great work, btw! Must be really similar to striper/wiper fishing... When they're on, they're on.
 
They are similar to white bass with regards to the feed frenzy you can encounter. However they are 10x better eating than whites. I would say they are one of the best eating fish there is. They can really take over small bodies of water so they aren't a prized possession as far as the food chain goes in these bodies of water. I suppose Clear Lake is big enough and has enough predator fish to keep the yellow population in check.
 
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