Gordon:

I'm living just north of Little Rock, and have only caught the yellow bass on one lake: Lake Conway, which is a large but shallow dammed fishing lake. Your friend's experience fits with mine: I've caught most of the ones I've caught in the last six weeks or so, relatively shallow or suspended within 5 feet of the surface in deeper water, and they often seem to be hanging out around the crappie (which I have a lot harder time catching--it's funny, but one of the reasons I think I "outfish" the spin/bait casters where I often fish is that they are seeking only crappie, and I'm happy to catch the yellow bass. So when we both leave, and I've caught 15 bass and they have 2 decent crappie, we both think we've done better!).

Mike