Champster

Thanks for all the insight guys. I assume the 910 level is for Table Rock causing the Beaver tailwaters to get low or does the power generation stop on Beaver until the lake rises? Anyway, I guess I will put in at Holiday and work my way back towards Houseman (during daylight) and see how it looks or until I think it's getting unsafe or I find enough shad. I would be happy with a dozen or so descent size ones. I have a good shad tank so I think I can keep them alive overnight and get out early on the lake. I guess if that doesn't work , I have some good submersible lights and will try them on the lake at night. Any advise on getting shad using lights in the middle of June; creeks, docks, open water etc.? If all else fails I will just have to go to plan C and catch some bluegill. I do know how to do that. Finally, any ideas as to the drive time (pulling a boat of course) from Beaver Dam to the Holiday ramp? Again, thanks for all the help and I will let you all know how it all went when I return.

Thanks so much for the info and the warning. I was taught courteous boating from childhood, back in the day when you actually came off plane and idled past other boats on the water within 300ft. or gave them a wide birth when able. I have a Lowrance HDS 8 w/insight depth finder and an LSS1 but not sure how detailed it is on the White river though. Thanks again.

How about towards holiday island or should I launch up there and try to cast net some shad?

Greetings, Is it safe to run a 19'bass boat w/ 200 bewteen houseman access and holiday island. On towards the dam I wouldn't dream of it. I have never been past parker bottoms fly fishing for trout.. Also if my boat will work, would it be safe between to two at night with a good spot light. I am coming to beaver on 18 Jun for 4 nights and am planning on trying to get some shad for the stripers. I have caught them using bluegill but want to give the shad a try this year. Thanks again.

I have been following this thread and feel a need to chime in. As for the bass fishing. Tournaments have been the worst thing to happen to bass fishing all across the nation more than anything else. The only thing bass tournament fishing is about is MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. I am originally from Florida and have bass fished since I was 4 years old (started with my father), and remember the days when we would have 150 (no exageration) bass a day catches (and release most except those to eat) with at least one over 6lbs and the occasional 10+. Largest one to date was 16 1/2 and all on artificial baits. This was throughout the 60's and 70's. Then came Tom Mann and Bassmasters in the 70's. In the early 80's when B.A.S.S. was getting popular and everyone and their brother called themselves a Bass fisherman, entering tournaments with rocket sleds and rude as he%$ on the water, putting 100 to 150 boats on a lake every Saturday, destroyed the fishery and it has never recovered. Nowadays they go out and beat the water to death to catch 5 measley fish looking like Patch Pirate Indy car drivers and acting like rock stars at weigh-ins. It is disgusting and you cannot tell me that after the way the fish are handled that they have any form of a long term survival rate as well as return to their original haunts. I have witnessed the demise first hand. I have also seen the same effect with Walleye tournaments on some compounds in the midwest. I am sorry if I offend the tournament fisherman, nice folks or otherwise, but tournaments do nothing but destroy fisheries. Of course marinas and bait shops and resorts love them because of the MONEY they bring in. So sad. So when it comes to the "modern bass fisherman" and the true love of catching bass, STOP promoting the tournamnet trails and start promoting fishery and habitat restoration. As for the Stripers, they are a blast if you can catch one.