Working the White Water

[Rockport24]

HA! nice pics Mike!
the one with the guy in the fog looks like he is walking on water!!

[shadow]

Originally Posted by Nebe

I'll take the seam of a nice rip over whitewater anyday.

I'll second that.And yes the edges are better Then there was friday night 2 bass 50' feet from the white water got noting in the white water or the rip in front.

[shadow]

I must go to anther site now after looking at that picture mike.

[ThrowingTimber]

I hear she carries a fish rope, with a few knots every few feet. Its not visible in the picture though.....

[RIROCKHOUND]

Certain spots I LOVE white water, if it is clean, then bigger is better... most spots I prefer some water but not more than 2-4ft...

[Nebe]

i find that brighter colors work better in white water..

It took me a while to realize that if you throw a white plug into frothy white water, your not going to have much luck-

now this plug was meant for the suds IMO

[Rockport24]

nice!

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by Nebe

i find that brighter colors work better in white water..

It took me a while to realize that if you throw a white plug into frothy white water, your not going to have much luck-

I don't know about that....
My favorite plug for working moderate white water is a white surfster or a herring bm danny.I never really subscribed to the notion that colors make much of a difference ,especially in white water.
What I do find is that bass trail the rushing wave and feed in the foam behind it.Getting your plug to land in the foam at precise time the wave is breaking is what I find to work for me.I generally find that I don't need more than a two crank with a reel before metal lip is engulfed...if the fish are there.

Originally Posted by Fish_Eye

How many of you out there actively look for conditions where you can work the suds?

What do you consider optimal conditions?

How do you stay safe?

I prefer to fish the rips instead of the open beach but if I am playing a sand sissy I want the white water.The more the better from either southerly or easterly direction.Anything but a cross wind or a hard west.
Optimal conditions ?
Moderate to hard southerly after the coldfront in the fall .Gets the bait moving and provides lots of cover for bass.
Obviously ,each location is different depending which way is facing.
Staying safe ?
can you say "wetsuit"?

[libassboy]

I really like a superstrike bottle plug for alot of white water. I lay the thing in the froth and just let it drift around with tension....works REALLY well.
Interestingly enuf its the white one, i discovered this a few years back, give it a try guys.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by Fish_Eye

Who's your ideal fishing buddy...someone who goes out no matter what the conditions?

Or is someone who just makes it a better experience by being there?

Now your talkin'. I have the urge for a Bud Light now..

[Pete_G]

For me it depends what the wave is breaking on.

Several of my favorite spots have big boulders in them with fairly steep walls. 6+ foot vertical walls. I always think of the backside of them as being like the bed of a pick up truck. It's likely to be a dead spot with minimal turbulence, and I think the stripers lay up right in there because of it. So in that case, the moment that wave passes, I'm parking a plug almost on the rock, deep in the froth, and working away from it. A lot of my poppers have serious damage to the ass end because of it.

I picture the striper sitting in there waiting and each time a wave goes over he's looking up to see what came by in the passing wave. If something is there, it gets crushed. A good pencil popper heavy enough to settle and work in the mess (usually yellow over white or white) is often my weapon of choice followed by a metal lip. Herring color almost anytime, blurple for the other times

A more mild, sloping rock causing the whitewater changes my tactics a bit.

The wetsuit is of course my choice for nasty whitewater. I just feel safer in it.

[Joe]

I like stuff like this...just at night
I like points and its interesting how the whitewater will often make up in a point - like in the picture above.
Freaking rife with possibilities....
Rolling, well spaced waves, discernable foam lines...Peaks, waves coming from multi directions, 2-4 footers.

Pete - It reads like your describing visualization, I'm a believer.