![]() In some rivers, the run can last through May. But a winter warm spell or early arrival of spring rains can get them moving as early as January. In most parts of Texas, white bass start running in February and go steady through the end of March. Sand bass start their runs up Texas rivers when water temperatures are still in the low 50s. White bass offer one of the earliest fishing opportunities of the year in Texas, which is one reason why so many anglers in the Lone Star State look forward to catching them. Though they spend much of their lives in deep, clear reservoirs where they have been stocked extensively by Texas Parks & Wildlife, the real opportunity to catch these fish is in late winter and early spring, when they head upriver to spawn. These fish-which are called “sand bass” by many Texas anglers-travel in enormous schools, often biting indiscriminately on any lure that vaguely resembles a bite-size shad. What white bass lack in size, they make up for in numbers.
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