Summer Schooling

While most youngsters are enjoying school being out for the summer, there is another type of school going on, summer school. I don’t mean your traditional classroom education type of summer school, I am talking about summertime schools of sand bass and hybrids. The action is fast and fun. Richland-Chambers reservoir is loaded with sand bass and an abundant supply of food for them to eat, shad. Each year about this time, the "sandies " can be found chasing shad to the surface and create a feeding frenzy that literally makes the water boil. They are a blast to catch, even for we "serious bass anglers".

I especially like to take my daughters, Tatum and Megan, for an afternoon of fishing. I do not know of a better way to capture the interest of a youngster than to get them out on the water and let them catch fish, one after another. They love it. Often, I do not even fish myself…I can’t. I’m too busy taking off their fish. I have hooked both girls on the sport of fishing by taking them sand bass fishing. The key to kids and fishing is catching fish.

The best way to catch these guys is with a chrome slab or chrome and black Rat-L-Trap in the ¼ or ½ ounce size on a medium action rod with 15 – 20 lb. line. Read More