Arkansas Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Beaver Lake 03/09/06:

Jtskpiper@wmconnect.com wrote:

BEAVE LAKE: BY J.T. CRAPPIE GUIDE SERVICES

Black Bass: Conditions- Water level is low and water color ideal: Weather has made fishing tough--cold front after cold front. Tough to identify a pattern. Jerk bait on chunk rock producing best. Pig and jigs on deep flats (15-20ft)- inside river bends also good but fish smaller. Weather pattern not helping consistency.

Striped Bass: The Stripers are here. Water temp is 44 degrees F. Fish are scattered roaming finding schools of shad. Tip, look at every sharp bend in the river near a flat. Shiners and shad equal success. Fish 20 to 30 feet deep on edges of flats. Fish are in different locations daily. The full moon has not been a friend to daytime fisherman. Wind a key to fishable water. Umbrellas are producing well due to the scattered nature of the fish. Slow is the operative word. Some fish caught "way up" the river, but they are in small groups trying to spawn. "Here one day, gone tomorrow"

Crappie: Crappie bite tough. Most fish being caught along drop-off in 6 to 15 feet of water. "Spider Riggers" are having poor luck in open water at the mouth of coves. Best fishing within "brush piles". Many new brush piles starting to produce. Big Hickory, Eden Bluff, Mouth of War Eagle popular. Use your electronics. Many good reports from using Shinee Hineee's.

White Bass: Whites have been caught in the back of Monte-ne on warm afternoons, as well as up the rivers. Try small spoons.