White bass have arrived in Triangle

👋 Mary Helen here with a Triangle fishing report.

• I heard over the weekend that white bass were back in the area, so I went to New Hope Creek in Durham to check things out.

Zoom in: White bass spawn in North Carolina's creeks and rivers in the spring.

• Because they travel in large schools and are active feeders during the spawn, they "can be caught in great numbers at this time," per N.C. Wildlife.

State of play: They were indeed running on Tuesday, and plenty hungry.

• Two of us caught around a dozen white bass, using artificial swimbaits and spinners.