Best white bass & hybrids lakes in West Virginia
6 West Virginia waters hold white bass & hybrids, 4 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.
- Ohio River — Greenup Pool — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
- Beech Fork Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Saugeye, Crappie, Bluegill
- Mount Storm Lake — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill
- Hawks Nest Lake — 62 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Ohio River — Pike Island Pool — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
- Ohio River — New Cumberland Pool — 40 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
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When to fish white bass & hybrids in West Virginia
- Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
- Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
- Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
- Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.
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