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Read at Oklahoma Wildlife DepartmentWhite bass Morone chrysops
2 of 15worth the trip today
Best right now at Maumee River, Ohio. Water is inside the 55–80° range white bass like at 2 of the 2 spots with a live reading.
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Where white bass score best right now
About white bass
A hard-fighting open-water schooling bass of big reservoirs and their feeder rivers across the Plains and Midwest. White bass run up tributaries by the thousands to spawn in spring — the run is a calendar event on waters like McConaughy and the Missouri reservoirs — then chase shad in surface-busting "jumps" through summer. Often hybridized with striped bass to make the "wiper." Abundant and lightly regulated, so creel limits are generous or absent.
Morone chrysops, family Moronidae.
White bass, spot by spot
All 15 spots with white bass in season, scored for white bass, best first.
The water they want
White bass feed from about 55° to 80°F and best near 68°. Each pin is one spot’s water right now, from NOAA and USGS gauges; 2 of 2 are inside the range.
ideal 68°
55°80°
How they feed
- Water55–80°F, best near 68°
- TideEither, as long as it moves
- MoonEither
- DepthUsually 4–30 ft
- Active monthsApr–Oct
Scored against their own temperature range and tide preference first, then wind, weather and warnings. Solunar periods only break ties. How the score works
Keep or release
- Illinoisno daily limitIllinois: no limit on white, yellow, striped and hybrid bass under 17"; only 3 a day 17" or longer.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Kansas non-tidalno daily limitKansas (K.A.R. 115-25-14): no statewide limit on white bass; striped bass and wipers are 5 a day each. KDWP posts lake-specific limits on some reservoirs.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Nebraska non-tidal15 a dayNebraska inland waters: 15 striped bass, white bass and wipers a day in aggregate, 30 in possession, no minimum, only one 18" or longer.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 18, 2026 · source · 8 days since checked
- North Dakota non-tidal30 a dayNorth Dakota (2026–28 proclamation): 30 white bass a day, 60 in possession.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Ohiono daily limitOhio Lake Erie Sport Fishing District, the Maumee and Sandusky runs included: striped, hybrid and white bass are open all year with no daily limit and no minimum length.Great lakes waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- South Dakota non-tidalno daily limitSouth Dakota: no limit on white bass or rock bass statewide; the Missouri River below Fort Randall Dam is 15 a day.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Texas10" minimum · 25 a day10" minimum, 25/day.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
- Wisconsin non-tidalno daily limitWisconsin inland: no daily limit and no size limit on white, yellow and rock bass, open all year.Non tidal waters · verified Oct 23, 2026 · source
Rules change, and they differ by state and often by water. Each spot page shows the limits for its own water. White bass are fished at spots in 7 states: Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin.
Waters with their own rules
These waters set limits for white bass that differ from the rest of their state.
Reports that mention white bass
1 state agency named white bass in their latest reports, newest first, linked to the source.
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