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I've heard never to use the traps cause they attract all the jap beetles to your yard from miles around. the best way to get rid of them is to spray. SK

curious what the lake level is like currently on the upper end -- any useable ramps with decent parking? K-dock? Beaver? thanks in advance for the info! SK

eat it AND put it on the wall! :-) Great catch!!! SK

I have a 6hp Johnson I can sell - SK

a few thumbnails -- SK

thanks! the vids are fun to put together! we are still learning, takes time and patience for sure. We often use golden shiners and brooders and they work well...the bigger the better. Shad are preferable tho most of the time if you can get them. Barnett's pawn shop in Garfield has brooders sometimes, often they are too small though. Perch work well when the stripers are shallow on the banks, not so much as they move deeper.

This time of year you are likely going to do best from pt 5 up to the dam. From about 4am until 9am, then again in the late evening, or even at night. With as clear as the lake is, the shad are tough or impossible to net in Beaver, unless you find them at night. Sometimes you can find them in the river areas around hickory creek. Coming from OK, you are better off bringing them over if you have a way to keep them alive. We will be down this weekend trying it out as well. Good luck to you! SK

they are legal, we use them regularly SK

how's cape fair looking so far this week? would a guy be able to launch/park there yet? Looking to try to net some shad for bait. ty, SK

Wildlife Creations at BassPro does a fantastic job -- and they're replicas are less $ than skin mounts! Great catch on that bass!! Wow what a hawg!!! SK

we killed the stripers in the 08 flood fishing right up next to the trees with live bait. Woods point and Hand coves. You should time it just right! we will be down at beaver lake at the same time using the same method. good luck to you guys!! SK

WOW!!!

Got to put in my 2 cents! stripers are a big challenge to learn and can be a lot of work, but it is so much worth it when you hook into a fish that pulls out 150ft of line in a few seconds :-) out of that cool clean water they are up there with walleye as far as table fare goes, we keep the freezers stocked. I would love to see them put a few more in BSL as it would be a little closer to home and easier on the gas tank. here are some of our amateur videos to get the striper fever going (got to be careful not to add an extra T in there lol)...hope this weather warms up, we are ready to stretch some lines!! :-) SK fishing vids --once on the channel, click on 'see all' over to the right to show all the videos

Did you use gas with ethanol? We blew a '00 150 opti and believe ethanol had a lot to do with it. SK

thanks guys..was a blast down there. too bad we have to do this pheasant hunting thing in Kansas this weekend...and deer the following weekend.. will be down the last weeknd of the month for 4 days to tear up some more stripers :-) :-) have a safe weekend!!! SK

Plenty of fish and shad in the Ventris, Coose, and PC areas...fishing was a bit tough. Did get my biggest yet, 26lbs 42". Caught 7 total stripes over the weekend...and about a dozen each white and black bass. Beautiful time to be on the lake!!! SK

anyone been striper fishing or seen any on the lake? Thinking about hitting it this weekend. thanks in advance! :-) SK

man you guys are tearing it up!!! those are some amazing fish. just getting started on the stripers about 5 years ago big time and we are hooked ...man it sure gets in your blood. hoping to find a big one this weekend at Beaver! have a great weekend GL and good fishing SK

welcome aboard -- couldn't be in a much better area for hunting the big eyes and stripes. we should swap some stories and secrets sometime. Youtube Channel Here is a dandy we got this summer on the south end of Table Rock - 11 lbs 9 oz good fishing! SK

Dad and I pulled the ailing 150 optimax off and installed a 2005 225 on the Starcraft - wow it is running sweet!!! Had a 23 pitch prop and was hitting 56MPH and 5100 RPM but the hole shot was lacking....switched to the 21 pitch and the hole shot is amazing...getting 57MPH and just under 5500RPM. Fish better watch out now! :-) good fishing this weekend! SK click here for Opti 225 test run vid

stockton is horrible -- stay away at all costs!! SK

you guys see any balls of shad on the graph or flipping on the top around there? SK

I have seen a couple close the marina in the past....never right there at the fish cleaning station. So the shad didnt get stunned huh? Did you see any balls flipping or on the graph? we are coming down Friday to try to get some bait. Will probably try cape fair and maybe kings then HI. SK

awesome..thanks for the tips!

70lb thrust electric works great for saving gas :-)