White Bass
Morone chrysops
A silvery, deep-bodied true bass marked with faint dark horizontal stripes, the white bass travels in fast-moving schools and provides fast action in Manitoba's Red River and Lake Winnipeg system. Aggressive and abundant, it strikes small jigs and spinners and is prized for its light-tackle sport and table quality.
Open water and current of large southern Manitoba rivers and lakes; a schooling native true bass carried under a 10-per-day general limit.
How to Catch White Bass
Whether you're new to targeting White Bass or refining your approach, success starts with matching your tactics to where the fish lives. White Bass (Morone chrysops) is typically found in river water and lake water, so concentrate your effort where those conditions line up. Mature White Bass average around 12 inches, which helps you choose the right line, lure size, and tackle for the fight.
Where to Find White Bass in the USA & Canada
White Bass is recorded across a range of North American waters, including spots in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Browse the linked water guides below to see the specific lakes, rivers, and coastal waters where anglers report catching White Bass, then plan a trip around the water closest to you.
White Bass Fishing Regulations & Limits
Fishing rules for White Bass vary by state and province. Before you head out, check the daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons that apply in your area. When FishFinder has matching records, the regulations link below takes you to the rules hub. Following local limits keeps White Bass populations healthy for future seasons.
Related Water Guides for White Bass
Explore these FishFinder water guides for places where White Bass is recorded:
- Lake Erie — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Winnipeg — White Bass fishing water
- Red River — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Manitoba — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Guntersville — White Bass fishing water
- Wheeler Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Wilson Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Pickwick Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Weiss Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lay Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Logan Martin Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Neely Henry Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Walter F. George Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- West Point Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Alabama River — White Bass fishing water
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Pleasant — White Bass fishing water
- Bull Shoals Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Norfork — White Bass fishing water
- Beaver Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Greers Ferry Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Ouachita — White Bass fishing water
- DeGray Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Dardanelle — White Bass fishing water
- Arkansas River — White Bass fishing water
- Lower Mississippi River — White Bass fishing water
- Pueblo Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- John Martin Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- West Point Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Savannah River — White Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Illinois-Iowa Border) — White Bass fishing water
- Illinois River — White Bass fishing water
- Heidecke Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Braidwood Lake — White Bass fishing water
- LaSalle Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Powerton Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Clinton Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Shelbyville — White Bass fishing water
- Sangchris Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Decatur — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Springfield — White Bass fishing water
- Carlyle Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Rend Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Ohio River — White Bass fishing water
- Wabash River — White Bass fishing water
- Monroe Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Patoka Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Brookville Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Cecil M. Harden Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Cagles Mill Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Mississinewa Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Salamonie Lake — White Bass fishing water
- J. Edward Roush Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Geist Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Clear Lake (Iowa) — White Bass fishing water
- Storm Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Rathbun — White Bass fishing water
- Saylorville Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Red Rock — White Bass fishing water
- Coralville Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Iowa Waters) — White Bass fishing water
- Missouri River — White Bass fishing water
- Des Moines River — White Bass fishing water
- Milford Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Wilson Reservoir (Kansas) — White Bass fishing water
- Cheney Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Clinton Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Perry Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- El Dorado Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Kanopolis Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Glen Elder Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Tuttle Creek Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Melvern Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Cedar Bluff Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Council Grove Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Marion Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Pomona Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Hillsdale Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Big Hill Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- John Redmond Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lovewell Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Kansas River — White Bass fishing water
- Arkansas River (Kansas) — White Bass fishing water
- Kentucky Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Barkley — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Cumberland — White Bass fishing water
- Dale Hollow Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Barren River Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Cave Run Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Green River Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Taylorsville Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Nolin River Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Rough River Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Herrington Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Kentucky River — White Bass fishing water
- Green River — White Bass fishing water
- Toledo Bend Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Caddo Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Sabine River — White Bass fishing water
- False River — White Bass fishing water
- D'Arbonne Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Atchafalaya Basin — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Claiborne — White Bass fishing water
- Red River (Louisiana) — White Bass fishing water
- Ouachita River — White Bass fishing water
- Lake St. Clair (Michigan) — White Bass fishing water
- Detroit River — White Bass fishing water
- St. Marys River (Michigan) — White Bass fishing water
- Saginaw Bay — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Erie (Michigan) — White Bass fishing water
- St. Croix River (Minnesota) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Pepin — White Bass fishing water
- St. Louis River Estuary — White Bass fishing water
- Grenada Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Sardis Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Pickwick Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — White Bass fishing water
- Lake of the Ozarks — White Bass fishing water
- Harry S. Truman Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Table Rock Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Bull Shoals Lake (Missouri) — White Bass fishing water
- Norfork Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Stockton Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Pomme de Terre Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Mark Twain Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Smithville Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Pools 20-26) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake McConaughy — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Ogallala — White Bass fishing water
- Merritt Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Calamus Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Harlan County Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Sherman Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Elwood Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Branched Oak Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lewis and Clark Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Missouri River (Nebraska Waters) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Minatare — White Bass fishing water
- Red Willow Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Sutherland Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Johnson Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Maloney — White Bass fishing water
- Willow Creek Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lahontan Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Rye Patch Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Washoe Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Elephant Butte Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Caballo Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Conchas Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Ute Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Sumner Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Brantley Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Fontana Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Tillery — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Gaston — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Sakakawea — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Oahe — White Bass fishing water
- Devils Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Ashtabula — White Bass fishing water
- Maumee River — White Bass fishing water
- Sandusky River — White Bass fishing water
- Ohio River (Ohio) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Milton — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Texoma — White Bass fishing water
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees — White Bass fishing water
- Fort Gibson Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Overholser — White Bass fishing water
- Great Salt Plains Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Murray — White Bass fishing water
- Arkansas River (Oklahoma) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Murray (South Carolina) — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Greenwood — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Sharpe — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Francis Case — White Bass fishing water
- Waubay Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Bitter Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Poinsett — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Thompson — White Bass fishing water
- James River (South Dakota) — White Bass fishing water
- Angostura Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Shadehill Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Old Hickory Lake — White Bass fishing water
- J. Percy Priest Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Cordell Hull Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Tims Ford Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Center Hill Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Chickamauga Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Nickajack Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Watts Bar Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Fort Loudoun Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Melton Hill Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Norris Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Cherokee Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Douglas Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Boone Lake — White Bass fishing water
- South Holston Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Watauga Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Caney Fork River — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Fork — White Bass fishing water
- Sam Rayburn Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- O.H. Ivie Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Conroe — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Livingston — White Bass fishing water
- Trinity River — White Bass fishing water
- Choke Canyon Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Ray Hubbard — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Tawakoni — White Bass fishing water
- Richland Chambers Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Bob Sandlin — White Bass fishing water
- Lake O' the Pines — White Bass fishing water
- Grapevine Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Falcon International Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Amistad — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Whitney — White Bass fishing water
- Possum Kingdom Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Belton — White Bass fishing water
- Utah Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir) — White Bass fishing water
- Leesville Reservoir — White Bass fishing water
- Staunton River — White Bass fishing water
- Ohio River (West Virginia) — White Bass fishing water
- Kanawha River — White Bass fishing water
- Monongahela River — White Bass fishing water
- Cheat Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Bluestone Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Beech Fork Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Mount Storm Lake — White Bass fishing water
- R.D. Bailey Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Winnebago — White Bass fishing water
- Wolf River (Wisconsin) — White Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Wisconsin-Minnesota Boundary) — White Bass fishing water
- Wisconsin River — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Petenwell — White Bass fishing water
- Castle Rock Lake — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Mendota — White Bass fishing water
- Lake Koshkonong — White Bass fishing water
- Big Green Lake — White Bass fishing water
White Bass Regulations
Review current FishFinder regulation records before targeting White Bass:
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of water is best for catching White Bass?
White Bass (Morone chrysops) is typically found in river water and lake water. Focus your effort where those conditions line up to improve your chances.
How big does White Bass get?
Mature White Bass average around 12 inches, though individual fish can run larger. Matching your line, lure size, and tackle to that range makes for a better fight and landing rate.
Where can I catch White Bass in the USA and Canada?
White Bass is reported across North American waters, including spots in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Check the locations listed on this page to find the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters closest to you.
Do I need a fishing license to catch White Bass?
A valid fishing license is required in most US states and Canadian provinces. Daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons for White Bass vary by region, so review the regulations on this page and with your local wildlife authority before heading out.