bferg Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Good luck to those guys. Looks like Friday and Saturday will be miserable in terms of weather. With the color moving down the lake and the quickly rising water it would take a pro to catch them this weekend. In my (limited) experience fishing gets brutal when the water comes up this quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Doc Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Never fails. When they come, unseasonal conditions occur. This one seems to be extremely this year. From what I saw Monday afternoon, everyone is bank beating. Which was unwise. Too much is changing from debris, water level, etc. Food sources will move and change conditions. My assumption: Ledges and deeper structure is less affected by rising water. Fishing open off shore structure would be less effected. It will take a pro who is great at fishing structure like Mark Rose to catch them consistently on that pattern. You can bet he will be fishing on Sunday if he's in the tournament. Mike jones 1 Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I dont know if theyve actually caught the lake in motion like this, wheres its rising in feet from 1 day to the next. What they find on thursday will be 5ft deeper by sunday. I suspect beaver will be near 1130 by then. I hope im wrong & I hope the forecast is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notropis Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I'm very concerned regarding the safety of the FLW participates and anyone else traveling at high speeds on the lake this week. There's already a ton of floating debris on the lake and it will only get worse as the lake continues to rise. I hope the FLW organizers warn the participates of the danger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bferg Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, Notropis said: I'm very concerned regarding the safety of the FLW participates and anyone else traveling at high speeds on the lake this week. There's already a ton of floating debris on the lake and it will only get worse as the lake continues to rise. I hope the FLW organizers warn the participates of the danger! I'm sure they will- this isn't their first rodeo. Lightening is the real threat but if that materializes they will just shut it down. The updated rain forecast for the weekend is over 4.5 inches between Friday/Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Notropis, my favorite poster in the beaver lake forum. How will this flood affect fishing & spawning activity? has beaver lake become a dirty water fishery from hickory creek & up the rivers? It seems the crappie have benefited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike jones Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 You guys are correct...it will be a miracle if no one gets hurt tomorrow. 2 friends drew pros running as far up the river as they can go. There are some big logs and lots of current out there right now! The Core called Mike @ Hickory Creek and warned him to be pulling his docks in. They said the lake would be 1130 by the weekend. I'm headed to Table Rock early in the morning for a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Hope the service trailers are stocked up with Lower units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notropis Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Very true, bferg, these guys aren't amateurs and lightening is more dangerous statistically but the floating stuff is dangerous too, especially when you have a lot boat traffic in narrow parts of the lake, river arms etc. I've had my share of encounters with floating logs when I worked on the lake, some of which I'll never forget! TrophyFishR, as far as the spawn goes, the timing of the high water couldn't hardly be better. Most species of fish are in the process of spawning or will be in the next few weeks so the high water will provide good nursery areas and increased zooplankton production for good survival and growth of larvae fish. The bad news is, fishing is probably going to be a lot tougher for bass and similar species the next few weeks as the fish spread out to occupy all the additional cover the high water will provide. The open water species (stripers, whites etc.) will get pushed around by the incoming muddy water and the stripers will probably start heading down lake in front of the mud line. I guess, we'll see how much rain we continue to get, if the forecasts are accurate we could see the lake filled to capacity and possible floodgate openings next week. bfishn and Lance34 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Lets say the fish have been spawning at 1110ft & the lake rises to 1130ft, will those fish stay on the beds & be fixed at that depth? I see the water temps crashed to 54 from 72 last week. Thats gotta prolong the spawning phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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